Iceland football team

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File:IcelandvsSlovakia.jpg
A friendly match between Iceland and Slovakia, at the Laugardalsvöllur in Reykjavík, Iceland

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.

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

FIFA World Cup
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
Template:Country data Uruguay 1930 Did not enter
Template:Country data ITA 1934
Template:Country data FRA 1938
Template:Country data BRA 1950
Template:Country data SUI 1954 Entry not accepted by FIFA
Template:Country data SWE 1958 Did not qualify
Template:Country data CHI 1962 Did not enter
Template:Country data ENG 1966
Template:Country data MEX 1970
Template:Country data West Germany 1974 Did not qualify
Template:Country data Argentina 1978
Template:Country data Spain 1982
Template:Country data Mexico 1986
Template:Country data Italy 1990
Template:Country data United States 1994
Template:Country data France 1998
Template:Country data South Korea Template:Country data Japan 2002
Template:Country data Germany 2006
Template:Country data South Africa 2010
Template:Country data Brazil 2014
Template:Country data Russia 2018 TBD
Template:Country data Qatar 2022
Total 0/20

European Championship record

UEFA European Championship record
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
Template:Country data Italy 1980
Template:Country data France 1984
Template:Country data West Germany 1988
Template:Country data Sweden 1992
Template:Country data England 1996
Template:Country data Belgium Template:Country data Netherlands 2000
Template:Country data Portugal 2004
Template:Country data Austria Template:Country data Switzerland 2008
Template:Country data Poland Ukraine 2012
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
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
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

Template:2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group E

Play-off

UEFA Euro 2016

Qualifying

Template:UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group A

Group stage

Template:UEFA Euro 2016 Group F table

Knockout phase

Round of 16
Quarter-finals

3 July 2016 (2016-07-03)
21:00
Template:Country data FRA 5–2 Template:Fb
Report

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

2016 UEFA Euro qualification

2016 UEFA Euro

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Key

  Win   Draw   Loss

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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Notes:

  • 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
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.

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Hermann Hreiðarsson played 89 games for Iceland between 1996 and 2011, which puts him second in the nation's appearances list.
Rank Name Career Caps Goals
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

In bold players still playing or available for selection.

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
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

In bold players still playing or available for selection.

National coaches

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Manager Year(s) Games Win Draw Loss Goals
for
Goals
against
Goal
diff
Win % Unbeaten %
Template:Country data ENG Freddie Steele
Template:Country data SCO Murdo McDougall
1946 1 0 0 1 0 3 −3 0.0% 0.0%
Template:Country data SWE Roland Bergström 1947 1 0 0 1 2 4 −2 0.0% 0.0%
Template:Country data SCO Joe Devine 1948 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 100.0% 100.0%
Template:Country data GER Fritz Buchloh 1949 1 0 0 1 1 5 −4 0.0% 0.0%
Template:Country data ISL Óli B. Jónsson 1951 2 1 0 1 5 6 −1 50.0% 50.0%
Template:Country data AUT Franz Köhler 1953 3 0 0 3 4 11 −7 0.0% 0.0%
Template:Country data ISL Karl Guðmundsson 1954–1956 6 2 0 4 9 14 −5 33.3% 33.3%
Template:Country data SCO Alex Weir 1957 6 0 0 6 8 35 −27 0.0% 0.0%
Template:Country data ISL Óli B. Jónsson 1958 1 0 0 1 2 3 −1 0.0% 0.0%
Template:Country data ISL Karl Guðmundsson 1959 4 1 1 2 5 7 −2 25.0% 50.0%
Template:Country data ISL Óli B. Jónsson 1960 3 0 0 3 1 11 −10 0.0% 0.0%
Template:Country data ISL Karl Guðmundsson 1961 2 1 0 1 4 4 0 50.0% 50.0%
Template:Country data ISL Ríkharður Jónsson 1962 3 0 1 2 4 8 −4 0.0% 33.3%
Template:Country data ISL Karl Guðmundsson 1963–1965 6 1 0 5 5 19 −14 16.7% 16.7%
Template:Country data ISL Ríkharður Jónsson 1965 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0% 100.0%
Template:Country data ISL Karl Guðmundsson 1966 2 0 1 1 3 5 −2 0.0% 50.0%
Template:Country data ISL Reynir Karlsson 1967 4 0 1 3 6 23 −17 0.0% 25.0%
Template:Country data GER Walter Pfeiffer 1968 2 0 0 2 1 7 −6 0.0% 0.0%
Template:Country data ISL Ríkharður Jónsson 1969–1971 15 2 3 10 13 24 −11 13.3% 33.3%
Template:Country data SCO Duncan McDowell 1972 4 1 0 3 5 13 −8 25.0% 25.0%
Template:Country data ISL Eggert Jóhannesson 1972 1 0 0 1 1 4 −3 0.0% 0.0%
Template:Country data ISL Örn Steinsen 1973 1 1 0 0 4 0 +4 100.0% 100.0%
Template:Country data DEN Henning Enoksen 1973 6 0 0 6 2 22 −20 0.0% 0.0%
Template:Country data ENG Tony Knapp 1974–1977 26 8 3 15 32 38 −6 30.8% 42.3%
Template:Country data URS Jurí Ilitchev 1978–1979 11 0 2 9 3 24 −21 0.0% 18.2%
Template:Country data ISL Guðni Kjartansson 1980–1981 15 5 4 6 22 31 −9 33.3% 60.0%
Template:Country data ISL Jóhannes Atlason 1982–1983 16 4 3 9 20 23 −3 25.0% 43.8%
Template:Country data ENG Tony Knapp 1984–1985 14 5 3 6 18 13 +5 35.7% 57.1%
Template:Country data GER Sigfried Held 1986–1989 37 6 8 23 23 59 −36 16.2% 37.8%
Template:Country data ISL Guðni Kjartansson 1989 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 100.0% 100.0%
Template:Country data SWE Bo Johansson 1990–1991 15 6 1 8 23 18 +5 40.0% 46.6%
Template:Country data ISL Ásgeir Elíasson 1991–1995 35 12 8 15 31 39 −8 34.3% 57.1%
Template:Country data ISL Logi Ólafsson 1996–1997 14 4 3 7 15 26 −11 28.6% 50.0%
Template:Country data ISL Guðjón Þórðarson 1997–1999 25 11 6 8 37 26 +11 44.0% 68.0%
Template:Country data ISL Atli Eðvaldsson 2000–2003 30 11 5 14 38 44 −6 36.7% 51.6%
Template:Country data ISL Ásgeir Sigurvinsson
Template:Country data ISL Logi Ólafsson
2003–2005 24 6 5 13 31 47 −16 25.0% 45.8%
Template:Country data ISL Eyjólfur Sverrisson 2006–2007 14 2 4 8 12 27 −15 14.3% 42.9%
Template:Country data ISL Ólafur Jóhannesson 2007–2011 39 11 9 19 40 50 −10 28.2% 51.3%
Template:Country data SWE Lars Lagerbäck 2011–2013 20 8 3 9 28 30 −2 40.0% 55.0%
Template:Country data SWE Lars Lagerbäck
Template:Country data ISL Heimir Hallgrímsson
2013–2016 32 13 7 12 50 46 +4 40.6% 63.0%
Template:Country data ISL Heimir Hallgrímsson 2016– 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 66.7% 100.0%

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.