Iceland national football team
Shirt badge/Association crest | |||
Nickname(s) | Strákarnir okkar | ||
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Association | Football Association of Iceland (Knattspyrnusamband Íslands) | ||
Head coach | Eyjólfur Sverrisson | ||
Most caps | Rúnar Kristinsson (104) | ||
Top scorer | Eiður Smári Guðjohnsen (21) | ||
FIFA code | ISL | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
Current | 107 | ||
First international | |||
Iceland 0 - 3 Denmark (Reykjavík, Iceland; July 17, 1946) | |||
Biggest win | |||
Iceland 9 - 0 Faroe Islands (Keflavík, Iceland; July 10, 1985) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Denmark 14 - 2 Iceland (Copenhagen, Denmark; August 23, 1967) | |||
Appearances | (first in -) | ||
Best result | - | ||
Appearances | (first in -) | ||
Best result | - |
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.
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.
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
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
Famous players
- Albert Guðmundsson
- Arnór Guðjohnsen
- Ásgeir Sigurvinsson
- Eiður Smári Guðjohnsen - Best known as Eidur Gudjohnsen.
- Heiðar Helguson
- Guðni Bergsson
- Hermann Hreiðarsson
- Ríkharður Jónsson
- Rúnar Kristinsson
Most capped Icelandic players
As of April 1st, 2006, the ten players with the most caps for Iceland are:
# | Name | Career | Caps | Goals |
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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.
Top Icelandic goalscorers
As of April 1st, 2006, List of leading goalscorers for the Icelandic national football team:
# | Name | Career | Goals | Caps |
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1 | Ríkharður Jónsson | 1947-65 | 17 | 33 |
2 | Eiður Smári Guðjohnsen* | 1996- | 16 | 40 |
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.
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-)