Iceland football team
The Iceland men's national football team (Template:Lang-is) is the national men's football team of Iceland and is controlled by the Football Association of Iceland.<ref>Script error</ref>
Although Iceland is one of Europe's smaller football nations, the football team has enjoyed success in the twenty first century. In the qualifying rounds for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, Iceland reached the play offs before losing to Croatia. Iceland reached its first major tournament, UEFA Euro 2016, after a qualification campaign which included home and away wins over the Netherlands.
In doing this they became the smallest ever nation to qualify for a major tournament. Iceland was allocated to Euro 2016 Group F. Birkir Bjarnason scored Iceland's first major tournament goal in the 50th minute against Portugal in a group stage match.<ref>Script error</ref>
After advancing to the knockout stages of Euro 2016, Iceland defeated England in the Round of 16, advancing to the quarter finals, where they lost to France 5–2. Iceland finished 8th in UEFA Euro 2016, with 2 wins, 2 draws and only one defeat.
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History
Although Úrvalsdeild, the Icelandic Football League, was founded in 1912,<ref name="Fieldoo">Script error</ref> the country's first international match was only played on 29 July 1930, against the Faroe Islands.<ref name="King">Script error</ref> Iceland won away, 1–0. However, both teams remained unaffiliated with FIFA.Script error The first match officially recognised by FIFA took place in Reykjavík on 27 July 1946; Iceland lost 0–3 to Denmark.<ref name="Bein">Script error</ref> The first international victory was against Finland in 1947.<ref name="Uefa">Script error</ref> For the first twenty years of the Football Association of Iceland (KSÍ)'s existence, the team did not participate in qualifying for the World Cup or the European Football Championship. In 1954 Iceland applied to take part in qualification for the 1956 European Football Championship, but the application was rejected.<ref name="King"/> In qualification for the 1958 World Cup, Iceland came last in their group, with no wins, and with 26 goals against.<ref name="King"/> Since 1974, the team has taken part inempted to qualifying for every World Cup and European Championship, but until recently without success.Script error In 1994, the team was awarded their then best ever position in the FIFA rankings, 37th.<ref>Script error</ref>
In qualification for Euro 2004, Iceland finished third of their group, 1 point behind Scotland.<ref>Script error</ref> If they had finished second, they would have made a playoff spot.<ref>Script error</ref>
In 2014, Iceland almost became the smallest nation to qualify for a FIFA World Cup.<ref>Script error</ref> Finishing second in Group D, they played Croatia in a two-leg playoff for qualification.<ref>Script error</ref><ref>Script error</ref> After holding them to a 0–0 draw in the home leg, they lost 2–0 away.<ref>Script error</ref>
Iceland qualified for a major tournament for the first time in 2015 after finishing second in Group A of qualification for Euro 2016, losing only two games, and beating the Netherlands, who had finished third in the 2014 World Cup, twice.<ref>Script error</ref> During the qualification, they reached their highest ranking in the FIFA World Rankings, 23rd.<ref>Script error</ref><ref>Script error</ref> They were drawn into a group with Portugal, Hungary, and Austria for the final tournament.
At the Euro 2016, Iceland recorded 1–1 draws in their first two pool matches against Portugal and Hungary. They then advanced from their pool with a 2–1 victory against Austria.<ref>Script error</ref> Iceland qualified for the tournament's quarter finals, after a surprising 2–1 win against England in the Round of 16.<ref>Script error</ref> They were eliminated by France in the quarter-finals, by 5–2.<ref>Script error</ref>
World Cup record
European Championship record
UEFA European Championship record | ||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA |
Template:Country data France 1960 | Did not enter | |||||||
Template:Country data Spain 1964 | Did not qualify | |||||||
Template:Country data Italy 1968 | Did not enter | |||||||
Template:Country data Belgium 1972 | ||||||||
Template:Country data Yugoslavia 1976 | Did not qualify | |||||||
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Template:Country data West Germany 1988 | ||||||||
Template:Country data Sweden 1992 | ||||||||
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Template:Country data Austria Template:Country data Switzerland 2008 | ||||||||
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Template:Country data France 2016 | Quarter-finals | 8th | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
Total | 1/15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
All–time record against all nations
This list is Icelandic national team complete records, both friendlies and competitive matches. Countries that are in italics are not members of FIFA or are former countries. As of 6 October 2016
UEFA:
Against | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | GD | % Won | % Unbeaten |
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Template:Fb | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 60% | 60% |
Template:Fb | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | +14 | 100% | 100% |
Template:Fb | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 67% | 100% |
Template:Fb | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 25% | 75% |
Template:Fb | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 100% |
Template:Fb | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 0% | 0% |
Template:Fb | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 32 | −26 | 0% | 0% |
Template:Fb | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 0% | 20% |
Template:Fb | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0% | 25% |
Template:Fb | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 43% | 86% |
Template:Fb | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 40% | 40% |
Template:Fb | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 0% | 20% |
Template:Fb | 22 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 62 | −48 | 0% | 18% |
Template:Fb | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 31 | −24 | 14% | 21% |
Template:Fb | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 33% | 67% |
Template:Fb | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 60% | 80% |
Template:Fb | 25 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 70 | 13 | +57 | 92% | 96% |
Template:Fb | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 19 | −5 | 33% | 50% |
Template:Fb | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 35 | −22 | 0% | 27% |
Template:Fb | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 100% | 100% |
Template:Fb | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 11 | −10 | 0% | 25% |
Template:Fb | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 33% | 33% |
Template:Fb | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 22 | −11 | 27% | 36% |
Template:Fb | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 0% | 38% |
Template:Fb | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 33% | 67% |
Template:Fb | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 50% | 100% |
Template:Fb | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 50% | 100% |
Template:Fb | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 33% | 67& |
Template:Fb | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 50% | 83% |
Template:Fb | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 50% | 75% |
Template:Fb | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 57% | 100% |
Template:Fb | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 25% | 50% |
Template:Fb | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 31 | 10 | +21 | 71% | 79% |
Template:Fb | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0% | 0% |
Template:Fb | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 36 | −27 | 14% | 29% |
Template:Fb | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 67% | 67% |
Template:Fb | 33 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 32 | 62 | −30 | 21% | 39% |
Template:Fb | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 0% | 17% |
Template:Fb | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 0% | 20% |
Template:Fb | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | −8 | 0% | 0% |
Template:Fb | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 17% | 33% |
Template:Fb | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 0% | 0% |
Template:Fb | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 15 | −11 | 0% | 38% |
Template:Fb | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 20% | 40% |
Template:Fb | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 15 | −8 | 25% | 25% |
Template:Fb | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 11% | 33% |
Template:Fb | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 36 | −21 | 13% | 25% |
Template:Fb | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 0% | 20% |
Template:Fb | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | +6 | 63% | 78% |
Template:Fb | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 0% | 67% |
Template:Fb | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 14% | 29% |
Rest of the World
Against | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | GD | % Won | % Unbeaten |
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Template:Fb | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 50% | 50% |
Template:Fb | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 75% | 75% |
Template:Fb | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100% | 100% |
Template:Fb | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0% | 0% |
Template:Fb | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 33% | 100% |
Template:Fb | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 0% | 50% |
Template:Fb | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 100% | 100% |
Template:Fb | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 100% | 100% |
Template:Fb | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0% | 0% |
Template:Fb | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 0% | 0% |
Template:Fb | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 29% | 86% |
Template:Fb | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 100% |
Template:Fb | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 100% | 100% |
Template:Fb | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 20% | 60% |
Template:Fb | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 67% | 100% |
Template:Fb | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 0% | 100% |
Template:Fb | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 0% | 0% |
Template:Fb | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 67% | 67% |
Template:Fb | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 29% | 57% |
Template:Fb | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0% | 0% |
Recent competitions
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
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Play-off
UEFA Euro 2016
Qualifying
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Group stage
Template:UEFA Euro 2016 Group F table
Knockout phase
Round of 16
27 June 2016
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Template:Country data ENG | 1–2 | Template:Fb |
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Rooney 4' (pen.) | Report | Ragnar Sigurðsson 6' Kolbeinn Sigþórsson 18' |
Quarter-finals
3 July 2016
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Template:Country data FRA | 5–2 | Template:Fb |
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2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
Template:2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group I table
Schedule and recent results
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Friendly matches
2016
13 January 2016 | Template:Country data FIN | 0–1 | Template:Fb | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |
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Report | Arnór Ingvi Traustason 16' | Stadium: Mohammad Bin Zayed Stadium Referee: Adel Al-Naqbi, UAE |
16 January 2016 | Template:Country data UAE | 2–1 | Template:Fb | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |
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Al Hammadi 26' Mabkhout 47' |
Report | Viðar Örn Kjartansson 14' | Stadium: Mohammad Bin Zayed Stadium Attendance: 500 |
31 January 2016 | Template:Country data USA | 3–2 | Template:Fb | Carson, California, United States |
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13:00 UTC-8 | Altidore 20' Orozco 59' Birnbaum 90' |
Report | Kristinn Steindórsson 13' Aron Sigurðarson 48' |
Stadium: StubHub Center |
24 March 2016 | Template:Country data DEN | 2–1 | Template:Fb | Herning, Denmark |
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Nicolai Jorgensen 50', 54' | Report | Arnór Ingvi Traustason 90' | Stadium: MCH Arena |
29 March 2016 | Template:Country data GRE | 2–3 | Template:Fb | Piraeus, Greece |
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19:30 | Fortounis 19' (pen.), 31' | Report | Arnór Ingvi Traustason 34' Sverrir Ingi Ingason 70' Kolbeinn Sigþórsson 82' |
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Referee: Javier Estrada Fernández (Template:Nfa) |
1 June 2016 | Template:Country data NOR | 3–2 | Template:Fb | Oslo, Norway |
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Johansen 1' Helland 41' Sørloth 67' |
Report | Sverrir Ingi Ingason 36' Gylfi Sigurðsson 81' (pen.) |
Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion |
6 June 2016 | Template:Country data ISL | 4–0 | Template:Fb | Reykjavik, Iceland |
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Kolbeinn Sigþórsson 10' Birkir Már Sævarsson 20' Alfreð Finnbogason 42' Eiður Guðjohnsen 82' |
Report | Stadium: Laugardalsvöllur |
2016 UEFA Euro qualification
9 September 2014 | Template:Country data ISL | 3–0 | Template:Fb | Reykjavík, Iceland |
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18:45 UTC±0 | Jón Daði Böðvarsson 19' Gylfi Sigurðsson 76' Kolbeinn Sigþórsson 77' |
Report | Stadium: Laugardalsvöllur Attendance: 8,811 Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia) |
10 October 2014 | Template:Country data LAT | 0–3 | Template:Fb | Riga, Latvia |
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21:45 UTC+3 | Report | Gylfi Sigurðsson 66' Aron Gunnarsson 77' Rúrik Gíslason 90' |
Stadium: Skonto stadions Attendance: 6,354 Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer (Austria) |
13 October 2014 | Template:Country data ISL | 2–0 | Template:Fb | Reykjavík, Iceland |
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18:45 UTC±0 | Gylfi Sigurðsson 10' (pen.), 42' | Report | Stadium: Laugardalsvöllur Attendance: 9,800 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain) |
16 November 2014 | Template:Country data CZE | 2–1 | Template:Fb | Plzeň, Czech Republic |
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20:45 UTC+1 | Kadeřábek 45' Jón Daði Böðvarsson 61' (o.g.) |
Report | Ragnar Sigurðsson 9' | Stadium: Doosan Arena Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany) |
28 March 2015 | Template:Country data KAZ | 0–3 | Template:Fb | Astana, Kazakhstan |
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21:00 UTC+6 | Report | Eiður Guðjohnsen 20' Birkir Bjarnason 32', 90' |
Stadium: Astana Arena Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece) |
12 June 2015 | Template:Country data ISL | 2–1 | Template:Fb | Reykjavík, Iceland |
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18:45 UTC±0 | Aron Gunnarsson 60' Kolbeinn Sigþórsson 76' |
Report | Dočkal 55' | Stadium: Laugardalsvöllur Attendance: 9,767 Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland) |
3 September 2015 | Template:Country data NED | 0–1 | Template:Fb | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
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20:45 UTC+2 | Report | Gylfi Sigurðsson 51' (pen.) | Stadium: Amsterdam ArenA Referee: Milorad Mažić (Template:Nfa) |
6 September 2015 | Template:Country data ISL | 0–0 | Template:Fb | Reykjavík, Iceland |
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18:45 UTC±0 | Report | Stadium: Laugardalsvöllur Referee: Yevhen Aranovsky (Template:Nfa) |
10 October 2015 | Template:Country data ISL | 2–2 | Template:Fb | Reykjavík, Iceland |
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16:00 UTC±0 | Kolbeinn Sigþórsson 5' Gylfi Sigurðsson 27' |
Report | Aleksandrs Cauņa 49' Valērijs Šabala 68' |
Stadium: Laugardalsvöllur Referee: Alexei Eskov (Template:Nfa) |
13 October 2015 | Template:Country data TUR | 1–0 | Template:Fb | Konya, Turkey |
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20:45 UTC+3 | Selçuk İnan 89' | Report | Stadium: Torku Arena Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Template:Nfa) |
2016 UEFA Euro
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Players
Current squad
The following 23 players were called up for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Finland on 6 October and Turkey on 9 October 2016.<ref>Script error</ref>
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Recent call-ups
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- INJ = Withdrew because of injury.
Kit providers
The official kit is currently produced by Italian sports manufacturing company Erreà since 2002. Before that the kit providers were German companies Adidas (1947–1992) and Reusch (1993–2001).
Period | Kit provider |
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1947–1992 | Template:Country data GER Adidas |
1993–2001 | Template:Country data GER Reusch |
2002–present | Template:Country data ITA Erreà |
Most caps and goals
Most caps
As of 9 October 2016, the 20 players with the most caps for Iceland are:
Note: Some unofficial matches are counted for some players playing pre-1990, as per the KSÍ count.
Rank | Name | Career | Caps | Goals |
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1 | Rúnar Kristinsson | 1987–2004 | 104 | 3 |
2 | Hermann Hreiðarsson | 1996–2011 | 89 | 5 |
3 | Eiður Guðjohnsen | 1996– | 88 | 26 |
4 | Guðni Bergsson | 1984–2003 | 80 | 1 |
5 | Brynjar Björn Gunnarsson | 1997–2009 | 74 | 4 |
Birkir Kristinsson | 1988–2004 | 74 | 0 | |
7 | Arnór Guðjohnsen | 1979–1997 | 73 | 14 |
8 | Ólafur Þórðarson | 1984–1996 | 72 | 5 |
9 | Arnar Grétarsson | 1991–2004 | 71 | 2 |
Árni Gautur Arason | 1998–2010 | 71 | 0 | |
11 | Atli Eðvaldsson | 1976–1991 | 70 | 8 |
12 | Sævar Jónsson | 1980–1992 | 69 | 1 |
13 | Marteinn Geirsson | 1971–1982 | 67 | 8 |
14 | Eyjólfur Sverrisson | 1990–2001 | 66 | 10 |
Aron Gunnarsson | 2008– | 66 | 2 | |
16 | Sigurður Jónsson | 1983–1999 | 65 | 3 |
Indriði Sigurðsson | 2000–2014 | 65 | 2 | |
Birkir Már Sævarsson | 2007– | 65 | 1 | |
19 | Ragnar Sigurðsson | 2007– | 64 | 3 |
20 | Helgi Sigurðsson | 1993–2008 | 62 | 10 |
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Top goalscorers
As of 9 October 2016, the 20 players with the most goals for Iceland are:
Note: Some unofficial matches are counted for some players playing pre-1990, as per the KSÍ count.
Rank | Name | Career | Goals | Caps | GPG |
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1 | Eiður Guðjohnsen (list) | 1996– | 26 | 88 | 0.30 |
2 | Kolbeinn Sigþórsson | 2010– | 22 | 44 | 0.50 |
3 | Ríkharður Jónsson | 1947–1965 | 17 | 33 | 0.52 |
4 | Ríkharður Daðason | 1991–2004 | 14 | 44 | 0.32 |
Gylfi Þór Sigurðsson | 2010– | 14 | 47 | 0.30 | |
Arnór Guðjohnsen | 1979–1997 | 14 | 73 | 0.19 | |
7 | Þórður Guðjónsson | 1993–2004 | 13 | 58 | 0.22 |
8 | Tryggvi Guðmundsson | 1997–2008 | 12 | 42 | 0.29 |
Heiðar Helguson | 1999–2011 | 12 | 55 | 0.22 | |
10 | Alfreð Finnbogason | 2010– | 11 | 40 | 0.28 |
Pétur Pétursson | 1978–1990 | 11 | 41 | 0.27 | |
Matthías Hallgrímsson | 1968–1977 | 11 | 45 | 0.24 | |
13 | Helgi Sigurðsson | 1993–2008 | 10 | 62 | 0.16 |
Eyjólfur Sverrisson | 1990–2001 | 10 | 66 | 0.15 | |
15 | Þórður Þ. Þórðarson | 1951–1958 | 9 | 16 | 0.56 |
Teitur Þórðarson | 1972–1985 | 9 | 41 | 0.22 | |
17 | Guðmundur Steinsson | 1980–1988 | 8 | 19 | 0.42 |
Sigurður Grétarsson | 1980–1992 | 8 | 46 | 0.17 | |
Birkir Bjarnason | 2010– | 8 | 55 | 0.15 | |
Marteinn Geirsson | 1971–1982 | 8 | 67 | 0.12 | |
Atli Eðvaldsson | 1976–1991 | 8 | 70 | 0.11 |
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National coaches
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Father and son
In a friendly against Estonia on 24 April 1996 in Tallinn, Eiður Smári Guðjohnsen entered as a substitute for his father Arnór. This marked the first time that a father and son played in the same international match.