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 (22)
Home stadium	Laugardalsvöllur (Reykjavík)
FIFA code	ISL
FIFA ranking	107
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 Asgeir 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 5 Notable results 6 Famous players 6.1 Most capped Icelandic players 6.2 Top Icelandic goalscorers 6.3 National coaches 7 References 8 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 2006 – 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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Netherlands 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 3  FYR Macedonia 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3  Scotland 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3  Norway 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1  Iceland 2 0 1 1 3 4 −1 1

– 15 Oct '08 6 Jun '09 5 Sep '09 1 – 2 10 Jun '09 – 1 – 2 5 Sep '09 1 – 0 11 Oct '08 1 Apr '09 – 10 Jun '09 28 Mar '09 2 – 2 9 Sep '09 15 Oct '08 – 19 Aug '09 1 Apr '09 5 Sep '09 9 Sep '09 11 Oct '08 –

6 September 2008 17:00	Norway	2 – 2	Iceland	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo Referee: Alon Yefet (ISR)
	Steffen Iversen (36´PEN , 50´)		Heidar Helguson (39´) Eidur Gudjohnsen (69´)

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10 September 2008 18:30	Iceland	1 – 2	Scotland	Laugardalsvollur, Reykjavik Referee: Serge Gumienny (BEL)
	Eidur Gudjohnsen (77´PEN)		Kirk Broadfoot (18´) Barry Robson (59´)

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11 October 2008 18:45	Netherlands	–	Iceland	Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam

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15 October 2008 18:00	Iceland	–	FYR Macedonia	Laugardalsvollur, Reykjavik

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1 April 2009 TBA	Scotland	–	Iceland	Hampden Park, Glasgow

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6 June 2009 TBA	Iceland	–	Netherlands	Laugardalsvollur, Reykjavik

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10 June 2009 TBA	FYR Macedonia	–	Iceland	Skopje City Stadium, Skopje

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5 September 2009 TBA	Iceland	–	Norway	Laugardalsvollur, Reykjavik

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[edit] Current Squad

Called up for the 2010 World Cup qualifiers against Scotland and Norway on September 6, 2008.

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club GK Kjartan Sturluson 27 December 1975 5 0 Valur GK Stefán Logi Magnússon 5 September 1980 2 0 KR DF Hermann Hreiðarsson 11 July 1974 77 5 Portsmouth DF Indriði Sigurðsson 12 October 1981 38 1 Lyn DF Kristján Örn Sigurðsson 7 October 1980 30 2 Brann DF Grétar Rafn Steinsson 9 January 1982 25 4 Bolton DF Ragnar Sigurðsson 19 June 1984 9 0 IFK Göteborg DF Birkir Már Sævarsson 11 November 1984 8 0 Brann DF Bjarni Ólafur Eiríksson 28 March 1982 7 0 Valur MF Stefán Gíslason 15 March 1980 23 0 Brøndby MF Emil Hallfreðsson 29 June 1984 16 1 Reggina MF Ólafur Ingi Skúlason 1 April 1983 6 0 Helsingborg MF Theódór Elmar Bjarnason 4 March 1987 6 0 Lyn MF Pálmi Rafn Pálmason 9 November 1984 6 0 Stabæk MF Davíð Þór Viðarsson 24 April 1984 5 0 FH MF Aron Gunnarsson 22 April 1989 4 0 Coventry City MF Hólmar Örn Rúnarsson 10 December 1980 1 0 Keflavík FW Eiður Guðjohnsen 15 September 1978 52 22 Barcelona FW Heiðar Helguson 22 August 1977 41 7 Bolton FW Gunnar Heiðar Þorvaldsson 1 April 1982 20 5 Esbjerg fB FW Veigar Páll Gunnarsson 21 March 1980 20 2 Stabæk FW Stefán Þórðarson 27 March 1975 6 1 ÍA Akranes

[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] Famous players

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• Albert Guðmundsson
• Arnór Guðjohnsen
• Ásgeir Sigurvinsson
• Eiður Smári Guðjohnsen - Best known as Eidur Gudjohnsen.
• Heiðar Helguson
• Ívar Ingimarsson
• Guðni Bergsson
• Hermann Hreiðarsson
• Ríkharður Jónsson
• Rúnar Kristinsson
• Petur Petursson

[edit] Most capped Icelandic players

As of March 29, 2007, the ten players with the most caps for Iceland are:

#	Name	Career	Caps	Goals
1	Rúnar Kristinsson	1987-2004	104	3
2	Guðni Bergsson	1984-2003	80	1
3	Hermann Hreiðarsson*	1996-2007	77	5
4	Birkir Kristinsson	1988-2004	74	0
5	Arnór Guðjohnsen	1979-1997	73	14
6	Ólafur Þórðarson	1984-1996	72	5
7	Jóhann Ingi Guðjónsson*	1991-2004	71	2
8	Atli Eðvaldsson	1976-1991	70	9
9	Sævar Jónsson	1980-1992	69	1
10	Marteinn Geirsson	1971-1982	67	8

• denotes a player still playing or available for selection.

[edit] Top Icelandic goalscorers

As of October 13, 2007, List of leading goalscorers for the Icelandic national football team:

#	Name	Career	Goals	Caps
1	Eiður Guðjohnsen*	1996-	22	52
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	Pétur Pétursson	1978-90	11	41
=	Matthías Hallgrímsson	1968-77	11	45
8	Tryggvi Guðmundsson*	1997-	10	37
=	Helgi Sigurðsson*	1993-2003	10	56
=	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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