Iceland national football team

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 with 20,034 fans in attendance, an Icelandic record.

World Cup record

1930 to 1954 - Did not enter
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
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
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-)