Iceland national football team

**Iceland national football team** is the national football team of Iceland.

## Competitive record

Before 2016, Iceland had never qualified for any major tournament. They got close in 2013, but lost to Croatia in the 2014 FIFA World Cup play-offs.

### UEFA Euro 2016

They qualified for the UEFA Euro 2016 after finishing as runners-up in their qualification group. They went on to finish at 2nd place in their group during the group stage, and went on to face England in the round of 16. Even though they were the obvious underdogs, they beat England 2−1 with goals from Ragnar Sigurðsson and Kolbeinn Sigþórsson. Their momentum ended when they lost to France 5−2 after being down 4−0 at halftime.

#### Group stage

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|1|align=left|Hungary|3|1|2|0|6|4|+2|**5**||||||||||
|**2**|align=left|Iceland|**3**|**1**|**2**|**0**|**4**|**3**|**+1**|**5**||||||||||
|3|align=left|Portugal|3|0|3|0|4|4|0|**3**||||||||||
|4|align=left|Austria|3|0|1|2|1|4|−3|**1**||||||||||

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|14 June 2016|||||
|****|**1 − 1**|** Iceland**|||
|18 June 2016|||||
|****|**1 − 1**|** Hungary**|||
|22 June 2016|||||
|****|**2 − 1**|** Austria**|||

#### Round of 16

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|27 June 2016|||||
|****|**1 − 2**|****|||

#### Quarter-finals

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|3 July 2016|||||
|****|**5 − 2**|****|||

## Most appearances

|Rank|Name|Career|Caps|Goals|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|align="left"|Rúnar Kristinsson|1987–2004|104|3||
|2|align="left"|Hermann Hreiðarsson|1996–2011|89|5||
|3|align="left"|Eiður Guðjohnsen|1996–2016|88|26||
|4|align="left"|**Birkir Már Sævarsson**|2007–|82|1||
|rowspan=3|5|align="left"|Guðni Bergsson|1984–2003|80|1|
|align="left"|**Ragnar Sigurðsson**|2007–|80|3|||
|align="left"|**Aron Einar Gunnarsson**|2008–|80|2|||
|rowspan=2|8|align="left"|Brynjar Björn Gunnarsson|1997–2009|74|4|
|align="left"|Birkir Kristinsson|1988–2004|74|0|||
|10|align="left"|Arnór Guðjohnsen|1979–1997|73|14||
|11|align="left"|Ólafur Þórðarson|1984–1996|72|5||
|rowspan=2|12|align="left"|Arnar Grétarsson|1991–2004|71|2|
|align="left"|Árni Gautur Arason|1998–2010|71|0|||
|rowspan=2|14|align="left"|Atli Eðvaldsson|1976–1991|70|8|
|align="left"|**Birkir Bjarnason**|2010–|70|9|||
|rowspan=3|16|align="left"|Sævar Jónsson|1980–1992|69|1|
|align="left"|**Kári Árnason**|2005–|69|5|||
|align="left"|**Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson**|2008–|69|7|||
|19|align="left"|Marteinn Geirsson|1971–1982|67|8||
|rowspan=2|20|align="left"|Eyjólfur Sverrisson|1990–2001|66|10|
|align="left"|**Emil Hallfreðsson**|2005–|66|1|||

## Top scorers

|Rank|Name|Career|Goals|Caps|GPG|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|style="text-align:left;"|Eiður Guðjohnsen|1996–2016|26|88|0.30||
|2|style="text-align:left;"|**Kolbeinn Sigþórsson**|2010–|22|44|0.50||
|3|style="text-align:left;"|**Gylfi Þór Sigurðsson**|2010–|20|60|0.33||
|4|style="text-align:left;"|Ríkharður Jónsson|1947–1965|17|33|0.52||
|rowspan=3|5|style="text-align:left;"|Ríkharður Daðason|1991–2004|14|44|0.32|
|style="text-align:left;"|**Alfreð Finnbogason**|2010–|14|50|0.28|||
|style="text-align:left;"|Arnór Guðjohnsen|1979–1997|14|73|0.19|||
|8|style="text-align:left;"|Þórður Guðjónsson|1993–2004|13|58|0.22||
|rowspan=2|9|style="text-align:left;"|Tryggvi Guðmundsson|1997–2008|12|42|0.29|
|style="text-align:left;"|Heiðar Helguson|1999–2011|12|55|0.22|||
|rowspan=2|11|style="text-align:left;"|Pétur Pétursson|1978–1990|11|41|0.27|
|style="text-align:left;"|Matthías Hallgrímsson|1968–1977|11|45|0.24|||
|rowspan=2|13|style="text-align:left;"|Helgi Sigurðsson|1993–2008|10|62|0.16|
|style="text-align:left;"|Eyjólfur Sverrisson|1990–2001|10|66|0.15|||
|rowspan=3|15|style="text-align:left;"|Þórður Þórðarson|1951–1958|9|16|0.56|
|style="text-align:left;"|Teitur Þórðarson|1972–1985|9|41|0.22|||
|style="text-align:left;"|**Birkir Bjarnason**|2010–|9|70|0.13|||
|rowspan=4|18|style="text-align:left;"|Guðmundur Steinsson|1980–1988|8|19|0.42|
|style="text-align:left;"|Sigurður Grétarsson|1980–1992|8|46|0.17|||
|style="text-align:left;"|Marteinn Geirsson|1971–1982|8|67|0.12|||
|style="text-align:left;"|Atli Eðvaldsson|1976–1991|8|70|0.11|||

## Infobox (national football team)

- **name**: Iceland
- **nickname**: _Strákarnir okkar_ (Our Boys)
- **association**:
_Knattspyrnusamband Íslands_
- **confederation**: UEFA (Europe)
- **coach**: Arnar Viðarsson
- **captain**: Aron Gunnarsson
- **most caps**: Rúnar Kristinsson (104)
- **top scorer**: Eiður Guðjohnsen (26)
- **home stadium**: Laugardalsvöllur
- **fifa trigramme**: ISL
- **fifa max**: 18
- **fifa max date**: February–March 2018
- **fifa min**: 131
- **fifa min date**: April–June 2012
- **elo max**: 19
- **elo max date**: October 2017
- **elo min**: 128
- **elo min date**: August 1973
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- **first game**: Unofficial:
 0–1
(Faroe Islands; 29 July 1930)
 Official:
 0–3
(Reykjavík, Iceland; 17 July 1946)
- **largest win**: Unofficial:
 9–0
(Keflavík, Iceland; 10 July 1985)
 Official:
 5–0
(Reykjavík, Iceland; 27 July 2000)
- **largest loss**: 14–2
(Copenhagen, Denmark; 23 August 1967)
- **world cup apps**: 1
- **world cup first**: 2018
- **world cup best**: Group stage, (FIFA World Cup 2018, 2018)
- **regional name**: UEFA European Championship
- **regional cup apps**: 1
- **regional cup first**: UEFA Euro 2016, 2016
- **regional cup best**: Quarter-finals, (UEFA Euro 2016, 2016)