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Iceland National Footbal Team

Head coach: Eyjólfur Sverrisson
Captain: Eiður Guðjohnsen
Top scorer: Ríkharður Jónsson
FIFA ranking: 109

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.

Its most notable attempt for qualifying for a major championship was their campaign for Euro 2004, led by Asgeir Sigurvinsson topping the group table for a while, with 4 wins and even held Germany to a 0-0 draw in Reykjavik, however both Germany and Scotland had a game in hand to them and both used them to their maximum potential, with Scotland beating Lithuania and Germany beat Scotland in Germany's penultimate game. Iceland failed to grind a result in their final game against Germany, and Scotland pipped them to a play-off place. Iceland have failed to match this since, finishing on just 4 points for the 2006 World Cup qualifiers, but while they beat Northern Ireland in the opening game for Euro 2008, losses to Denmark, Latvia and Sweden suggests it won't be easy for the Icelanders.

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.

Iceland Team
No.	NAME	POS	Height	Weight	Age
1	Arni Gautur Arason	G	6-2	187	32
12	Dadi Larusson	G	-	-	-
2	Gretar Rafn Steinsson	D	6-2	172	25
3	Gunnar Thor Gunnarsson	D	-	-	-
4	Olafur Orn Bjarnason	D	-	-	-
5	Ivar Ingimarsson	D	6-0	175	29
10	Theodor Bjarnason	D	-	-	-
13	Kristjan Orn Sigurdsson	D	-	-	-
15	Hjalmar Jonsson	D	6-0	165	26
16	Ragnar Sigurdsson	D	-	-	-
6	Arnar Vidarsson	M	5-10	152	29
7	Emil Hallfredsson	M	-	-	-
8	Brynjar Gunnarsson	M	6-1	169	31
14	Stefan Gislason	M	6-4	172	27
17	Matthias Gudmundsson	M	-	-	26
9	Hannes Sigurdsson	S	6-2	194	24
9	Eidur Gudjohnsen	S	6-1	196	28
11	Birkir Mar Saevarsson	S	-	-	-
18	Veigar Pall Gunnarson	S	-	-	-

Group F
	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD	P
Sweden	7	6	0	1	17	4	13	18
Spain	7	5	0	2	13	6	7	15
Northern Ireland	6	4	1	1	10	7	3	13
Denmark	6	3	1	2	9	5	4	10
Liechtenstein	7	1	1	5	4	18	-14	4
Iceland	7	1	1	5	5	15	-10	4
Latvia	6	1	0	5	4	7	-3	3