Iceland national football team

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Iceland

Nickname(s)	Strákarnir okkar
Association	Knattspyrnusamband Íslands
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Ólafur Jóhannesson
Asst coach	Pétur Pétursson
Captain	Hermann Hreiðarsson
Most caps	Rúnar Kristinsson (104)
Top scorer	Eiður Guðjohnsen (23)
Home stadium	Laugardalsvöllur (Reykjavík)
FIFA code	ISL
FIFA ranking	93
Highest FIFA ranking	37 (September 1994)
Lowest FIFA ranking	117 (August 2007)
Elo ranking	110
Home colours Away colours
First international
Faroe Islands 0 – 1 Iceland (Faroe Islands; 29 July 1930)
Biggest win
Iceland 9 – 0 Faroe Islands  (Keflavík, Iceland; 10 July 1985)
Biggest defeat
Denmark 14 – 2 Iceland (Copenhagen, Denmark; 23 August 1967)

The Iceland national football team is the national football team of Iceland and is controlled by the Football Association of Iceland. It has never advanced to the finals of any major international competition.

For the Euro 2004, Iceland were led by Ásgeir Sigurvinsson topping the group table for a while, with 4 wins and even held Germany to a 0–0 draw in Reykjavík, however both Germany and Scotland had a game in hand to them and both used them to their maximum potential, with Scotland beating Lithuania and Germany beat Scotland in Germany's penultimate game. Iceland failed to grind a result in their final game against Germany, and Scotland pipped them to a play-off place. Iceland have failed to match this since, finishing on just 4 points for the 2006 World Cup qualifiers and 8 points from their Euro 2008 qualifying campaign.

Iceland were knocked out in the quarter finals of the 2001 Millennium Super Cup to a Chilean Football League XI, this was following a 3-0 victory over hosts India.

Perhaps its most notable match was a friendly against Estonia on 24 April 1996 in Tallinn. During the second half of this match, Eiður 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. Another landmark for Icelandic football was the 2–0 upset victory over Italy in a friendly at Laugardalsvöllur, 18 August 2004^[1] with 20,204 fans in attendance, an Icelandic record.^[2]

Contents 1 World Cup record 2 European Championship record 3 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 4 Current Squad 4.1 Recent call-ups 5 Notable results 6 Most capped Icelandic players 6.1 Top Icelandic goalscorers 7 National coaches 8 References 9 External links

[edit] World Cup record

• 1930 to 1950 – Did not enter
• 1954 – Entry not accepted by FIFA
• 1958 – Did not qualify
• 1962 to 1970 – Did not enter
• 1974 to 2010 – Did not qualify

[edit] European Championship record

• 1960 – Did not enter
• 1964 – Did not qualify
• 1968 – Did not enter
• 1972 – Did not enter
• 1976 to 2008 – Did not qualify

[edit] 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

Team v • d • e Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Netherlands 7 7 0 0 16 2 +14 21  Scotland 5 2 1 2 4 6 −2 7  FYR Macedonia 6 2 1 3 4 7 −3 7  Iceland 7 1 1 5 6 12 −6 4  Norway 5 0 3 2 2 5 −3 3

Iceland  – 1 – 0 1 – 2 5 Sep 1 – 2 FYR Macedonia  2 – 0 – 1 – 2 0 – 0 1 – 0 Netherlands  2 – 0 4 – 0 – 2 – 0 3 – 0 Norway  2 – 2 9 Sep 0 – 1 – 12 Aug Scotland  2 – 1 5 Sep 9 Sep 0 – 0 –

6 September 2008 17:00	Norway	2 – 2	Iceland	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo Attendance: 17,254 Referee: Alon Yefet (ISR)
	Iversen  36',  50'		Helguson  39' Guðjohnsen  69'

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10 September 2008 18:30	Iceland	1 – 2	Scotland	Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavik Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Serge Gumienny (BEL)
	Guðjohnsen  77' (pen.)		Broadfoot  18' McFadden  59'

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11 October 2008 18:45	Netherlands	2 – 0	Iceland	De Kuip, Rotterdam Attendance: 37,500 Referee: Trefoloni Matteo (ITA)
	Mathijsen  15' Huntelaar  64'

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15 October 2008 18:00	Iceland	1 – 0	FYR Macedonia	Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík Attendance: 5,527 Referee: Dereli Selçuk (TUR)
	Gunnarsson  16'

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1 April 2009 20:00	Scotland	2 – 1	Iceland	Hampden Park, Glasgow Attendance: 42,259 Referee: Thomas Einwaller (AUT)
	McCormack  39' Fletcher  65'		I.Sigurðsson  54'

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6 June 2009 18:45 UTC+0	Iceland	1 – 2	Netherlands	Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík Attendance: 9,635 Referee: Mike Dean (England)
	K. Sigurðsson  87'	Report	de Jong  8' van Bommel  15'

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10 June 2009 17:45 UTC+1	FYR Macedonia	2 – 0	Iceland	Philip II of Macedon National Stadium, Skopje Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Saïd Ennjimi (France)
	Stojkov  10' Ivanovski  86'	Report

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5 September 2009 TBA	Iceland	–	Norway	Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

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[edit] Current Squad

Called up for the World cup qualifying games against Holland on 6 June 2009 and Macedonia on 10 June 2010

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club GK Árni Gautur Arason 7 May 1975 (1975-05-07) (age 34) 66 0 Odd Grenland GK Gunnleifur Gunnleifsson 14 July 1975 (1975-07-14) (age 33) 8 0 Vaduz DF Hermann Hreiðarsson ^ 11 July 1974 (1974-07-11) (age 34) 84 5 Portsmouth DF Indriði Sigurðsson ^ 12 October 1981 (1981-10-12) (age 27) 44 2 Lyn Oslo DF Kristján Örn Sigurðsson 7 October 1980 (1980-10-07) (age 28) 36 2 Brann DF Grétar Rafn Steinsson 9 January 1982 (1982-01-09) (age 27) 31 4 Bolton Wanderers DF Bjarni Ólafur Eiríksson 28 March 1982 (1982-03-28) (age 27) 13 0 Valur DF Ragnar Sigurðsson 19 June 1986 (1986-06-19) (age 23) 11 0 IFK Göteborg DF Sölvi Geir Ottesen Jónsson 18 February 1984 (1984-02-18) (age 25) 4 0 SønderjyskE MF Brynjar Björn Gunnarsson 16 October 1975 (1975-10-16) (age 33) 67 4 Reading MF Stefán Gíslason ^ 15 March 1980 (1980-03-15) (age 29) 27 0 Brøndby MF Emil Hallfreðsson 29 June 1984 (1984-06-29) (age 25) 22 1 Reggina DF Birkir Már Sævarsson 11 November 1984 (1984-11-11) (age 24) 13 0 Brann MF Aron Gunnarsson 22 April 1989 (1989-04-22) (age 20) 11 0 Coventry City MF Pálmi Rafn Pálmason 9 November 1984 (1984-11-09) (age 24) 11 0 Stabæk MF Helgi Valur Daníelsson 13 July 1981 (1981-07-13) (age 27) 10 0 Elfsborg MF Theódór Elmar Bjarnason 4 March 1987 (1987-03-04) (age 22) 9 0 Lyn Oslo MF Eggert Jónsson 18 August 1988 (1988-08-18) (age 20) 3 0 Hearts FW Eiður Guðjohnsen 15 September 1978 (1978-09-15) (age 30) 57 23 Barcelona FW Heiðar Helguson 22 August 1977 (1977-08-22) (age 31) 43 8 Queens Park Rangers MF Arnór Smárason 7 September 1988 (1988-09-07) (age 20) 5 1 Heerenveen FW Garðar Jóhannsson 1 April 1980 (1980-04-01) (age 29) 1 0 Fredrikstad

^ Misses game vs Macedonia through suspension

[edit] Recent call-ups

The following players have all recently been called up to the Iceland squad. Bracket shows last call-up time.

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club MF Davíð Þór Viðarsson 24 April 1984 (1984-04-24) (age 25) 6 0 Hafnarfjördur (WC 2010 qual. vs. Malta, 19 October 2008) FW Guðmundur Steinarsson 20 September 1979 (1979-09-20) (age 29) 3 0 Vaduz (WC 2010 qual. vs. Malta, 19 October 2008) FW Veigar Páll Gunnarsson 21 March 1980 (1980-03-21) (age 29) 25 3 Nancy (WC 2010 qual. vs. Malta, 19 October 2008)

[edit] Notable results

Date	Home	Result	Away
11 June 1977	Iceland	1–0	Northern Ireland
24 September 1980	Turkey	1–3	Iceland
9 September 1987	Iceland	2–1	Norway
17 July 1991	Iceland	5–1	Turkey
25 September 1991	Iceland	2–0	Spain
19 August 1998	Iceland	4–1	Latvia
5 September 1998	Iceland	1–1	France
14 October 1998	Iceland	1–0	Russia
1 September 2001	Iceland	3–1	Czech Republic
19 October 2003	Iceland	0–0	Mexico
18 August 2004	Iceland	2–0	Italy
17 August 2005	Iceland	4–1	South Africa
2 September 2006	Northern Ireland	0–3	Iceland
8 September 2007	Iceland	1–1	Spain
12 September 2007	Iceland	2–1	Northern Ireland

[edit] Most capped Icelandic players

As of 7 June 2009, the ten players with the most caps for Iceland are:

#	Name	Career	Caps	Goals
1	Rúnar Kristinsson	1987-2004	104	3
2	Hermann Hreiðarsson*	1996-	85	5
3	Guðni Bergsson	1984-2003	80	1
4	Birkir Kristinsson	1988-2004	74	0
5	Arnór Guðjohnsen	1979-1997	73	14
6	Ólafur Þórðarson	1984-1996	72	5
7	Arnar Grétarsson*	1991-2004	71	2
8	Atli Eðvaldsson	1976-1991	70	9
9	Sævar Jónsson	1980-1992	69	1
=	Brynjar Björn Gunnarsson*	1997-	69	4

• denotes a player still playing or available for selection.

[edit] Top Icelandic goalscorers

As of 7 June 2009, List of leading goalscorers for the Icelandic national football team:

#	Name	Career	Goals	Caps
1	Eiður Guðjohnsen*	1996-	23	58
2	Ríkharður Jónsson	1947-65	17	33
3	Ríkharður Daðason	1991-2003	14	44
=	Arnór Guðjohnsen	1979-97	14	73
5	Þórður Guðjónsson*	1993-2004	13	58
6	Tryggvi Guðmundsson*	1997-	12	42
7	Pétur Pétursson	1978-90	11	41
=	Matthías Hallgrímsson	1968-77	11	45
9	Helgi Sigurðsson*	1993-	10	63
=	Eyjólfur Sverrisson	1990-2001	10	66

the * denotes a player still playing or available for selection.

[edit] National coaches

The first four national coaches (1946-9) only managed the team for a single game.

• Frederick Steele & Murdo McDougall (1946)
• Roland Bergström (1947)
• Joe Devene (1948)
• Fritz Buchloh - (1949)
• Óli B. Jónsson (1951)
• Franz Köhler (1953)
• Karl Guðmundsson (1954-6)
• Alexander Wier (1957)
• Óli B. Jónsson (1958)
• Karl Guðmundsson (1959)
• Óli B. Jónasson (1960)
• Karl Guðmundsson (1961)
• Ríkharður Jónsson - (1962)
• Karl Guðmundsson (1963-6)
• Reynir Karlsson (1967)
• Walter Pfeiffer (1968)
• Ríkharður Jónsson (1969-71)
• Duncan McDowell (1972)
• Eggert Jóhannesson (1972)
• Henning Enoksen (1973)
• Tony Knapp - (1974-7)
• Jurí Ilitchev (1978-9)
• Guðni Kjartansson (1980-1)
• Jóhannes Atlason (1982-3)
• Tony Knapp (1984-5)
• Siegfried Held (1986-9)
• Guðni Kjartansson (1989)
• Bo Johansson (1990-1)
• Ásgeir Elíasson (1991-5)
• Logi Ólafsson - (1996-7)
• Guðjón Þórðarson (1997-9)
• Atli Eðvaldsson (2000-3)
• Ásgeir Sigurvinsson & Logi Ólafsson (2003-5)
• Eyjólfur Sverrisson (2006-7)
• Ólafur Jóhannesson (2007-?)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Football Association of Iceland
• Iceland National Team (1946-2000) by Jostein Nygård (Norway)
• RSSSF archive of results 1946-

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