Iceland national football team





































































































Iceland

Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)
Strákarnir okkar (Our Boys)
Association
Football Association of Iceland (KSÍ)
Knattspyrnusamband Íslands
Confederation
UEFA (Europe)
Head coach
Erik Hamrén
Captain
Aron Gunnarsson
Most caps

Rúnar Kristinsson (104)
Top scorer
Eiður Guðjohnsen (26)
Home stadium
Laugardalsvöllur
FIFA code
ISL


















First colours














Second colours



FIFA ranking
Current
36 Steady(25 October 2018)[1]
Highest
18 (February–March 2018)
Lowest
131 (April–June 2012)
Elo ranking
Current
46 Decrease 28 (16 October 2018)[2]
Highest
19 (October 2017)
Lowest
128 (August 1973)
First international

Unofficial:
 Faroe Islands 0–1 Iceland 
(Faroe Islands; 29 July 1930)[3]
Official:
 Iceland 0–3 Denmark 
(Reykjavík, Iceland; 17 July 1946)[4]
Biggest win

Unofficial:
 Iceland 9–0 Faroe Islands 
(Keflavík, Iceland; 10 July 1985)
Official:
 Iceland 5–0 Malta 
(Reykjavík, Iceland; 27 July 2000)[5]
Biggest defeat

 Denmark 14–2 Iceland 
(Copenhagen, Denmark; 23 August 1967)
World Cup
Appearances
1 (first in 2018)
Best result
Group stage, (2018)
UEFA European Championship
Appearances
1 (first in 2016)
Best result
Quarter-finals, (2016)



Iceland national football team at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Rostov-on-Don, Russia


The Iceland men's national football team (Icelandic: Íslenska karlalandsliðið í knattspyrnu) represents Iceland in international football. The team is controlled by the Football Association of Iceland.


The team has enjoyed success in the second half of the 2010s. In the qualifying rounds for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, Iceland reached the playoffs 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 so, they became the smallest ever nation to qualify for a major tournament. 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 host nation France 5–2. They became the smallest nation by population to ever clinch a FIFA World Cup berth when they qualified for the 2018 tournament on 9 October 2017.[6]




Contents






  • 1 History


    • 1.1 20th century


    • 1.2 21st century




  • 2 Competitive record


    • 2.1 FIFA World Cup


    • 2.2 European Championship record


    • 2.3 UEFA Nations League




  • 3 Schedule and recent results


    • 3.1 2017


    • 3.2 2018




  • 4 Standings


    • 4.1 2018 FIFA World Cup


    • 4.2 UEFA Nations League




  • 5 Honours


  • 6 Coaching staff


  • 7 Players


    • 7.1 Current squad


    • 7.2 Recent call-ups


    • 7.3 Previous squads




  • 8 Kit providers


  • 9 Records


    • 9.1 Most caps


    • 9.2 Top goalscorers




  • 10 See also


  • 11 References


  • 12 External links





History



20th century


Although Úrvalsdeild, the Icelandic Football League, was founded in 1912,[7] the country's first international match was played on 29 July 1930, against the Faroe Islands.[8] Although Iceland won 1–0 away, both teams were at the time unaffiliated with FIFA.[9] The first match officially recognised by FIFA took place in Reykjavík on 17 July 1946, a 0–3 loss to Denmark.[10] The first international victory was against Finland in 1947.[11] For the first 20 years of the Football Association of Iceland (KSÍ)'s existence, mostly the team did not participate in qualifying for the FIFA World Cup or the UEFA European Championship. In 1954, Iceland applied to take part in qualification for the 1954 World Cup, but the application was rejected.[8] In qualification for the 1958 World Cup, Iceland finished last in their group with zero wins, conceding 26 goals.[8]


In 1980, Iceland won the first edition of the friendly tournament known as the Greenland Cup.[12]


Since 1974, the team has taken part in qualifying for every World Cup and European Championship. In 1994, the team reached their then best ever position in the FIFA World Rankings, 37th. This record stood until 2016 when they managed to reach 21st.[13] 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.[14]



21st century


In qualification for Euro 2004, Iceland finished third in their group, one point behind Scotland.[15] As a result, they failed to qualify for a playoff spot.[16]


In 2014, Iceland almost secured qualification for their first World Cup.[17] Finishing second in Group D, they played Croatia in a two-leg playoff for qualification.[18][19] After holding them to a 0–0 draw in the home leg, they lost 2–0 away.[20]


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 – which had finished third in the 2014 World Cup – twice.[21] During the qualification, they reached their then highest ranking in the FIFA World Rankings, 23rd.[22][23] Iceland were drawn into a group with Portugal, Hungary and Austria for the final tournament.


At the tournament finals, Iceland recorded 1–1 draws in their first two group stage matches against Portugal and Hungary. They then advanced from their group with a 2–1 victory against Austria.[24] Iceland qualified for the tournament's quarter-finals after a shock 2–1 win over England in the Round of 16, which led England manager Roy Hodgson to resign immediately after the final whistle.[25] However, they were eliminated by host nation France in the quarter-finals, 5–2.[26]




World Cup team 2018.


Iceland qualified for the 2018 World Cup, their first ever appearance in the world championship, securing qualification on 9 October 2017 after a 2–0 win against Kosovo. They became the lowest-populated country to reach the final tournament, and this is considered the greatest moment in Icelandic sports history as they qualified for the World Cup for the first time in the country’s history.[27] Iceland were drawn to play Croatia, Argentina and Nigeria in a group that was considered by many as the "group of death".[28][29] Despite a challenging group, Iceland were tipped to advance from the group by several journalist websites, based on their impressive performance in Euro 2016.[30] Their maiden match at the World Cup was against 2014 runners-up Argentina, with Iceland surprisingly holding Argentina to a 1–1 draw, had proven it[31][32] (this also made them the least-populous country ever to have scored in a World Cup match). However, their chances of advancing from the group were hurt following a 2–0 loss to Nigeria, putting Iceland to play with full determination against already qualified Croatia.[33][34] Iceland lost to Croatia in their final group game; and because Argentina won against Nigeria, Iceland finished bottom of the group with just a point.[35][36]



Competitive record


For the all-time record of the national team against opposing nations, see the team's all-time record page.


FIFA World Cup






























































































































































































FIFA World Cup record


FIFA World Cup qualification record
Year
Round
Position

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

Uruguay 1930

Did not enter


Italy 1934

France 1938

Brazil 1950

Switzerland 1954

Entry not accepted by FIFA

Sweden 1958

Did not qualify
4
0
0
4
6
26

Chile 1962

Did not enter


England 1966

Mexico 1970

West Germany 1974

Did not qualify
6
0
0
6
2
29

Argentina 1978
6
1
0
5
2
12

Spain 1982
8
2
2
4
10
21

Mexico 1986
6
1
0
5
4
10

Italy 1990
8
1
4
3
6
11

United States 1994
8
3
2
3
7
6

France 1998
10
2
3
5
11
16

South Korea Japan 2002
10
4
1
5
14
20

Germany 2006
10
1
1
8
14
27

South Africa 2010
8
1
2
5
7
13

Brazil 2014
12
5
3
4
17
17

Russia 2018
Group stage
28th
3
0
1
2
2
5
10
7
1
2
16
7
Total
Group stage
1/21
3
0
1
2
2
5
106
28
19
59
116
215





































European Championship record























































































































































































UEFA European Championship record


UEFA European Championship qualifying record
Year
Round
Position

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

France 1960

Did not enter


Spain 1964

Did not qualify
2
0
1
1
3
5

Italy 1968

Did not enter


Belgium 1972

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1976

Did not qualify
6
1
2
3
3
8

Italy 1980
8
0
0
8
2
21

France 1984
8
1
1
6
3
13

West Germany 1988
8
2
2
4
4
14

Sweden 1992
8
2
0
6
7
10

England 1996
8
1
2
5
3
12

Belgium Netherlands 2000
10
4
3
3
12
7

Portugal 2004
8
4
1
3
11
9

Austria Switzerland 2008
12
2
2
8
10
27

Poland Ukraine 2012
8
1
1
6
6
14

France 2016
Quarter-finals
8th
5
2
2
1
8
9
10
6
2
2
17
6

European Union 2020

TBD
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total

Quarter-finals
1/16
5
2
2
1
8
9
96
24
17
55
81
146





















































UEFA Nations League









































UEFA Nations League record
Year
Division
Group
Round

Pos

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

2018–19

A

2

To be determined
2
0
0
2
0
9
Total

0/1
0
0
0
0
0
0


Schedule and recent results


Last updated 26 June 2018.


  Win
  Draw
  Loss



2017



Finland  v  Iceland


















Iceland  v  Ukraine


















Turkey  v  Iceland


















Iceland  v  Kosovo


















Czech Republic  v  Iceland


















Qatar  v  Iceland


















2018



Indonesia  v  Iceland


















Mexico  v  Iceland


















Peru  v  Iceland


















Iceland  v  Norway


















Iceland  v  Ghana


















Argentina  v  Iceland


















Nigeria  v  Iceland


















Iceland  v  Croatia


















Switzerland   v  Iceland


















Iceland  v  Belgium


















France  v  Iceland


















Iceland  v   Switzerland


















Belgium  v  Iceland


















Qatar  v  Iceland


















  • 1Not an international FIFA match "A".


Standings



2018 FIFA World Cup


Group D





























































































Pos
Team

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

Pts
Qualification


 CRO

 ARG

 NGA

 ISL
1

 Croatia
3
3
0
0
7
1
+6
9
Advance to knockout stage





2

 Argentina
3
1
1
1
3
5
−2
4





3

 Nigeria
3
1
0
2
3
4
−1
3






4

 Iceland
3
0
1
2
2
5
−3
1






Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers


UEFA Nations League


2018–19 UEFA Nations League A - Group 2









































































Pos
Team

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

Pts
Qualification or relegation


Belgium

Switzerland

Iceland
1

 Belgium
2
2
0
0
5
1
+4
6[a]
Qualification to Nations League Finals



2–1

15 Nov
2

  Switzerland
3
2
0
1
9
3
+6
6[a]



18 Nov


6–0
3

 Iceland (R)
3
0
0
3
1
11
−10
0
Relegation to League B


0–3

1–2


Updated to match(es) played on 15 October 2018. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(R) Relegated.
Notes:




  1. ^ ab Head-to-head points: Belgium 3, Switzerland 0.




Honours


Greenland Cup


  • Winners (2): 1980, 1984


Coaching staff
























Position
Name
Head coach

Sweden Erik Hamrén
Assistant coach

Iceland Freyr Alexandersson
Goalkeeping coach

Sweden Lars Eriksson
Trainer

Germany Sebastian Boxleitner


Players



Current squad


The following players were called up for a friendly against France and a UEFA Nations League match against Switzerland on the 11th and 15 October respectively.[37]
All caps and goals are correct as of 15 October 2018 after the match against Switzerland.








































































































































































































































No.

Pos.
Player
Date of birth (age)
Caps
Goals
Club


1GK

Hannes Þór Halldórsson

(1984-04-27) 27 April 1984 (age 34)
56
0

Azerbaijan Qarabağ


1GK

Ögmundur Kristinsson

(1989-06-19) 19 June 1989 (age 29)
15
0

Greece AEL


1GK

Rúnar Alex Rúnarsson

(1995-02-18) 18 February 1995 (age 23)
4
0

France Dijon



2DF

Birkir Már Sævarsson

(1984-11-11) 11 November 1984 (age 33)
85
1

Iceland Valur


2DF

Ragnar Sigurðsson

(1986-06-19) 19 June 1986 (age 32)
84
3

Russia Rostov


2DF

Kári Árnason

(1982-10-13) 13 October 1982 (age 36)
71
6

Turkey Gençlerbirliği


2DF

Ari Freyr Skúlason

(1987-05-14) 14 May 1987 (age 31)
60
0

Belgium Lokeren


2DF

Sverrir Ingi Ingason

(1993-08-05) 5 August 1993 (age 25)
24
3

Russia Rostov


2DF

Hörður Björgvin Magnússon

(1993-02-11) 11 February 1993 (age 25)
21
2

Russia CSKA Moscow


2DF

Jón Guðni Fjóluson

(1989-04-10) 10 April 1989 (age 29)
14
1

Russia Krasnodar


2DF

Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson

(1990-08-06) 6 August 1990 (age 28)
12
1

Bulgaria Levski Sofia


2DF

Samúel Friðjónsson

(1996-02-22) 22 February 1996 (age 22)
4
0

Norway Vålerenga



3MF

Birkir Bjarnason

(1988-05-27) 27 May 1988 (age 30)
74
10

England Aston Villa


3MF

Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson

(1990-10-27) 27 October 1990 (age 28)
71
7

England Burnley


3MF

Gylfi Sigurðsson

(1989-09-08) 8 September 1989 (age 29)
64
20

England Everton


3MF

Rúrik Gíslason

(1988-02-25) 25 February 1988 (age 30)
52
3

Germany SV Sandhausen


3MF

Arnór Ingvi Traustason

(1993-04-30) 30 April 1993 (age 25)
23
5

Sweden Malmö


3MF

Rúnar Már Sigurjónsson

(1990-06-18) 18 June 1990 (age 28)
19
1

Switzerland Grasshoppers


3MF

Victor Pálsson

(1991-04-30) 30 April 1991 (age 27)
9
0

Switzerland Zürich



4FW

Alfreð Finnbogason

(1989-02-01) 1 February 1989 (age 29)
52
15

Germany FC Augsburg


4FW

Kolbeinn Sigþórsson

(1990-03-14) 14 March 1990 (age 28)
46
22

France Nantes


4FW

Viðar Örn Kjartansson

(1990-03-11) 11 March 1990 (age 28)
19
2

Russia Rostov


4FW

Albert Guðmundsson

(1997-06-15) 15 June 1997 (age 21)
8
3

Netherlands AZ


4FW

Jón Dagur Þorsteinsson

(1998-11-26) 26 November 1998 (age 19)
0
0

Denmark Vendsyssel


Recent call-ups


The following players have been called up to the Iceland squad in the last 12 months.


























































































































































































































































Pos.
Player
Date of birth (age)
Caps
Goals
Club
Latest call-up

GK

Frederik Schram

(1995-01-19) 19 January 1995 (age 23)
4
0

Denmark Roskilde
v.  Belgium, 11 September 2018

GK

Ingvar Jónsson

(1989-10-18) 18 October 1989 (age 29)
7
0

Denmark Viborg
v.  Peru, 27 March 2018

GK

Anton Ari Einarsson

(1994-08-25) 25 August 1994 (age 24)
1
0

Iceland Valur
v.  Indonesia, 14 January 2018


DF

Hjörtur Hermannsson

(1995-02-08) 8 February 1995 (age 23)
7
1

Denmark Brøndby
v.  Peru, 27 March 2018

DF

Haukur Heiðar Hauksson

(1991-09-01) 1 September 1991 (age 27)
7
0

Sweden AIK
v.  Indonesia, 14 January 2018

DF

Böðvar Böðvarsson

(1995-04-09) 9 April 1995 (age 23)
4
0

Poland Jagiellonia Białystok
v.  Indonesia, 14 January 2018

DF

Viðar Ari Jónsson

(1994-03-10) 10 March 1994 (age 24)
4
0

Iceland FH
v.  Indonesia, 14 January 2018

DF

Orri Sigurður Ómarsson

(1995-02-18) 18 February 1995 (age 23)
4
0

Norway Sarpsborg 08
v.  Indonesia, 14 January 2018

DF

Felix Örn Friðriksson

(1999-03-16) 16 March 1999 (age 19)
2
0

Denmark Vejle
v.  Indonesia, 14 January 2018

DF

Diego Johannesson

(1993-10-03) 3 October 1993 (age 25)
3
0

Spain Oviedo
v.  Qatar, 14 November 2017


MF

Emil Hallfreðsson

(1984-06-29) 29 June 1984 (age 34)
67
1

Italy Frosinone
v.  France, 11 October 2018INJ

MF

Theódór Elmar Bjarnason

(1987-03-04) 4 March 1987 (age 31)
41
1

Turkey Elazığspor
v.  Belgium, 11 September 2018

MF

Guðmundur Þórarinsson

(1992-04-26) 26 April 1992 (age 26)
3
0

Sweden IFK Norrköping
v.  Belgium, 11 September 2018

MF

Aron Gunnarsson (Captain)

(1989-04-22) 22 April 1989 (age 29)
80
2

Wales Cardiff City

FIFA World Cup 2018

MF

Ólafur Ingi Skúlason RET

(1983-04-01) 1 April 1983 (age 35)
36
1

Iceland Fylkir

FIFA World Cup 2018

MF

Arnór Smárason

(1988-09-07) 7 September 1988 (age 30)
24
3

Norway Lillestrøm
v.  Indonesia, 14 January 2018

MF

Aron Sigurðarson

(1993-10-08) 8 October 1993 (age 25)
6
2

Norway Start
v.  Indonesia, 14 January 2018

MF

Hilmar Árni Halldórsson

(1992-02-14) 14 February 1992 (age 26)
2
0

Iceland Stjarnan
v.  Indonesia, 14 January 2018

MF

Mikael Anderson

(1998-07-01) 1 July 1998 (age 20)
1
0

Netherlands Excelsior
v.  Indonesia, 14 January 2018


FW

Jón Daði Böðvarsson

(1992-05-25) 25 May 1992 (age 26)
41
2

England Reading
v.  Belgium, 11 September 2018

FW

Björn Bergmann Sigurðarson

(1991-02-26) 26 February 1991 (age 27)
17
1

Russia Rostov
v.  Belgium, 11 September 2018

FW

Kjartan Finnbogason

(1986-07-09) 9 July 1986 (age 32)
11
2

Hungary Ferencváros
v.  Peru, 27 March 2018

FW

Óttar Magnús Karlsson

(1997-02-21) 21 February 1997 (age 21)
5
1

Sweden Trelleborg
v.  Indonesia, 14 January 2018

FW

Kristján Finnbogason

(1995-01-12) 12 January 1995 (age 23)
4
1

Sweden Brommapojkarna
v.  Indonesia, 14 January 2018

FW

Tryggvi Hrafn Haraldsson

(1996-09-30) 30 September 1996 (age 22)
3
1

Sweden Halmstad
v.  Indonesia, 14 January 2018

FW

Andri Rúnar Bjarnason

(1990-11-12) 12 November 1990 (age 27)
2
1

Sweden Helsingborg
v.  Indonesia, 14 January 2018

INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury.
PRE Preliminary squad.
RET Player retired from the national team.
SUS Player is serving suspension.



Previous squads











Kit providers


The official kit is produced by Italian sports manufacturing company Erreà since 2002. Before that the kit providers were Umbro (1975), Adidas (1976–1992), ABM (1992-1996) and Reusch (1996–2001).



























Period
Kit provider
1975

England Umbro
1976–1991

Germany Adidas
1992–1996

Italy ABM
1996–2001

Germany Reusch
2002–present

Italy Erreà


Records



Most caps


As of 15 October 2018, 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.





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
1996–2016
88
26
4

Birkir Már Sævarsson
2007–
85
1
5

Ragnar Sigurðsson
2007–
84
3
6

Guðni Bergsson
1984–2003
80
1

Aron Einar Gunnarsson
2008–
80
2
8

Brynjar Björn Gunnarsson
1997–2009
74
4

Birkir Kristinsson
1988–2004
74
0

Birkir Bjarnason
2010–
74
10
11

Arnór Guðjohnsen
1979–1997
73
14
12

Ólafur Þórðarson
1984–1996
72
5
13

Arnar Grétarsson
1991–2004
71
2

Árni Gautur Arason
1998–2010
71
0

Kári Árnason
2005–
71
6

Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson
2008–
71
7
17

Atli Eðvaldsson
1976–1991
70
8
18

Sævar Jónsson
1980–1992
69
1
19

Marteinn Geirsson
1971–1982
67
8

Emil Hallfreðsson
2005–
67
1

In bold players still playing or available for selection.



Top goalscorers


As of 15 October 2018, 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.





Eiður Smári Guðjohnsen scored a record 26 goals for Iceland in a 20-year international career.










































































































































































Rank
Name
Career
Goals
Caps
GPG
1

Eiður Guðjohnsen (list)
1996–2016
26
88
0.30
2

Kolbeinn Sigþórsson
2010–
22
46
0.48
3

Gylfi Sigurðsson
2010–
20
64
0.31
4

Ríkharður Jónsson
1947–1965
17
33
0.52
5

Alfreð Finnbogason
2010–
15
52
0.29
6

Ríkharður Daðason
1991–2004
14
44
0.32

Arnór Guðjohnsen
1979–1997
14
73
0.19
8

Þórður Guðjónsson
1993–2004
13
58
0.22
9

Tryggvi Guðmundsson
1997–2008
12
42
0.29

Heiðar Helguson
1999–2011
12
55
0.22
11

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

Birkir Bjarnason
2010–
10
74
0.14
16

Þórður Þórðarson
1951–1958
9
16
0.56

Teitur Þórðarson
1972–1985
9
41
0.22
18

Guðmundur Steinsson
1980–1988
8
19
0.42

Sigurður Grétarsson
1980–1992
8
46
0.17

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.



See also




  • Iceland national under-21 football team

  • Iceland national under-19 football team

  • Iceland national under-17 football team

  • Iceland national futsal team

  • Iceland women's national football team



References





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External links







  • Football Association of Iceland

  • FIFA profile

  • Iceland National Team (1946–2000) by Jostein Nygård (Norway)

  • RSSSF archive of results 1946–

  • RSSSF archive of most capped players and highest goalscorers













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