Iceland national football team

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Iceland

Nickname

Strákarnir okkar

Association

Football Association of Iceland
(Knattspyrnusamband Íslands)

Head coach

Eyjólfur Sverrisson

Captain

Eiður Guðjohnsen

Most caps

Rúnar Kristinsson (104)

Top scorer

Ríkharður Jónsson &
Eiður Guðjohnsen (17)

Home Stadium

Laugardalsvöllur

FIFA code

ISL

FIFA ranking

Highest FIFA ranking

37 (September 1994)

Lowest FIFA ranking

107 (July 2006)

Elo ranking





Home kit





Away kit

First international

Iceland 0 - 3 Denmark

(Reykjavík, Iceland; July 17, 1946)

Largest win

Iceland 9 - 0 Faroe Islands

(Keflavík, Iceland; July 10, 1985)

Worst defeat

Denmark 14 - 2 Iceland

(Copenhagen, Denmark; August 23, 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.

It's most notable attempt for qualifying for a major championship was their campaign for Euro 2004, led by Asgeir Sigurvinsson topping the group table for a while, with 4 wins and even held Germany to a 0-0 draw in Reykjavik, 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, but while they beat Northern Ireland in the opening game for Euro 2008, a loss to Denmark suggests it won't be easy for the Icelanders.

Perhaps its most notable match was a friendly against Estonia on 24 April 1996 in Tallinn. During the second half of this match, 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. Another landmark for Icelandic football was the 2-0 upset victory over Italy in a friendly at Laugardalsvöllur, 18 August 2004 with 20,034 fans in attendance, an Icelandic record.

1 Notable results
2 World Cup record
3 European Championship record
4 Scandinavian Cup record
5 Current Squad
6 Famous players
7 External links

[edit] Notable results

11-Jun-1977 - Iceland vs. Northern Ireland 1:0
24-Sep-1980 - Turkey vs. Iceland 1:3
9-Sep-1987 - Iceland vs. Norway 2:1
17-Jul-1991 - Iceland vs. Turkey 5:1
25-Sep-1991 - Iceland vs. Spain 2:0
19-Aug-1998 - Iceland vs. Latvia 4:1
5-Sep-1998 - Iceland vs. France 1:1
14-Oct-1998 - Iceland vs. Russia 1:0
1-Sep-2001 - Iceland vs. Czech Republic 3:1
18-Aug-2004 - Iceland vs. Italy 2:0
17-Aug-2005 - Iceland vs. South Africa 4:1
2-Sep-2006 - Northern Ireland vs. Iceland 0:3

[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 2004 - Did not qualify

[edit] Scandinavian Cup record

2004 Champions
2008 In Progress

[edit] Current Squad

Pos.	Player	DoB/Age	Caps	Club
GK	Árni Gautur Arason	7 May 1975	-	Vålerenga
GK	Daði Lárusson	19 June 1973	-	FH
DF	Grétar Rafn Steinsson	9 January 1982	-	AZ Alkmaar
DF	Ívar Ingimarsson	20 August 1977	-	Reading
DF	Hermann Hreiðarsson	11 July 1974	-	Charlton
DF	Indriði Sigurðsson	12 October 1981	-	Lyn
DF	Kristján Örn Sigurðsson	7 October 1980	-	SK Brann
MF	Stefán Gíslason	15 March 1980	-	Lyn
MF	Brynjar Björn Gunnarsson	16 October 1975	-	Reading
MF	Kári Árnason	13 October 1982	-	Djurgården
MF	Hannes Þ. Sigurðsson	10 April 1983	-	Brøndby
MF	Arnar Þór Viðarsson	15 March 1978	-	FC Twente
MF	Jóhannes Karl Guðjónsson	25 May 1980	-	AZ Alkmaar
MF	Emil Hallfreðsson	29 June 1984	-	Malmö FF
MF	Helgi Valur Daníelsson	13 July 1981	-	Öster
FW	Eiður Guðjohnsen	15 September 1978	-	Barcelona
FW	Veigar Páll Gunnarsson	21 March 1980	-	Stabæk
FW	Marel Baldvinsson	18 December 1980	-	Molde

Euro 2008 qualifying match against Latvia.

[edit] Famous players

Albert Guðmundsson
Arnór Guðjohnsen
Ásgeir Sigurvinsson
Eiður Smári Guðjohnsen - Best known as Eiður Guðjohnsen.
Heiðar Helguson
Guðni Bergsson
Hermann Hreiðarsson
Ríkharður Jónsson
Rúnar Kristinsson

[edit] Most capped Icelandic players

As of April 1st, 2006, 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	Birkir Kristinsson	1988-2004	74	0
4	Arnór Guðjohnsen	1979-1997	73	14
5	Ólafur Þórðarsson	1984-1996	72	5
6	Arnar Grétarsson*	1991-2004	71	2
7	Atli Eðvaldsson	1976-1991	70	8
8	Sævar Jónsson	1980-1992	69	1
9	Marteinn Geirsson	1971-1982	67	8
10	Eyjólfur Sverrisson	1990-2001	66	10

denotes a player still playing or available for selection.

[edit] Top Icelandic goalscorers

As of April 1st, 2006, List of leading goalscorers for the Icelandic national football team:

#	Name	Career	Goals	Caps
1	Ríkharður Jónsson	1947-65	17	33
=	Eiður Smári Guðjohnsen*	1996-	17	41
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