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4 unusual facts about Iceland national football team


Alan Devonshire

Another game followed on 2 June 1982, a 1-1 draw against Iceland.

Andy Mutch

Mutch’s goal-scoring prowess was recognised by a call-up to the England B squad in 1989 - making three appearances against Switzerland, Norway and Iceland.

Ashley Sammons

As a 15-year-old, Sammons played three matches for the England under-17 team in the 2007 Nordic Tournament, against their Icelandic, Finnish and Swedish counterparts.

Jordon Mutch

He made his debut for the England under-17 team in July 2007, aged only fifteen-and-a-half, against their Icelandic counterparts.


2000–01 Nordic Football Championship

Six Nordic countries participated, Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.

Ármann Smári Björnsson

After a string of impressive displays in the 2006 season, Björnsson earned his first international cap for Iceland when he came on as a substitute against Spain in a friendly in Reykjavík on 15 August 2006.

Evald Mikson

Mikson was the father of Jóhannes Eðvaldsson, who played for Celtic F.C. in the seventies, and Atli Eðvaldsson, former player for Borussia Dortmund and player and coach of the Icelandic national football team.

Fanndís Friðriksdóttir

Fanndís's father is former Iceland men's national football team goalkeeper Friðrik Friðriksson and her mother is former Olympic alpine skier Nanna Leifsdóttir.

Heimir Hallgrímsson

Heimir Hallgrímsson (born 10 June 1967 in Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland) is an Icelandic football manager and former player, currently managing Iceland jointly with Lars Lagerbäck, having previously been his assistant manager with Iceland.

Icelanders

Iceland's national football team has yet to participate in the FIFA World Cup.

Jákup Mikkelsen

He was a part of the squad as a reserve goalkeeper already as 18 years old in the summer of 1988, when Faroes played their very first international game after becoming full members of FIFA, losing 1-0 to Iceland in Akranes.

Kjartan Finnbogason

Kjartan Henry Finnbogason (born 9 July 1986 in Reykjavík, Iceland) is an Iceland international football player currently playing for KR in Iceland.

Luca Toni

He consequently gained his first cap for the Italian national team in a friendly match 18 August 2004 lost 2–0 to Iceland in Reykjavík, which also marked Marcello Lippi's debut at the helm of the Azzurri.

Nanna Leifsdóttir

Nanna Herborg's husband is former Iceland men's national football team goalkeeper Friðrik Friðriksson and their daughter is Iceland women's national football team player Fanndís Friðriksdóttir.

Stefán Þórðarson

Stefán Þór Þórðarson (Anglicised: Stefan Thor Thordarson) (born 27 March 1975) is a former Icelandic footballer who played as a striker for ÍA Akranes, Östers IF SK Brann, Kongsvinger IL, KFC Uerdingen, Stoke City, IFK Norrköping and FC Vaduz as well as the Iceland national team.

Xavier Gil

Gil made his debut on 21 August 2002, coming on as a substitute for Justo Ruiz in a 3–0 friendly match defeat against Iceland.


see also

Sverrisson

Eyjólfur Sverrisson (born 1968), former Icelandic footballer and until recently, the coach of the Iceland national football team