Iceland national under-21 football team

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Iceland Under-21
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Strákarnir okkar
AssociationKnattspyrnusamband Íslands
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachDavíð Snorri Jónasson
FIFA codeISL
First colours
Second colours
2011, 2021
)

The Iceland men's national under-21 football team is a

2011 and 2021 tournaments they were knocked out in the group stages.[1]

The team is for Icelandic players aged under 21 at the start of the calendar year in which a two-year

European Under-21 Football Championship campaign begins, so some players can remain with the squad until the age of 23. Players can represent Iceland at any level as long as they are eligible, giving them the option to compete for the U21s, senior team, and then U21s once more. This has been the case for several senior team players like Eiður Guðjohnsen, Heiðar Helguson, Jón Daði Böðvarsson and Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson
.

History

From

qualification stage they finished second in their group behind the Czech Republic and qualified for the playoffs as a result of being one of the best runners-up in the whole qualification process. Their most notable win came in a 4–1 home victory over Germany.[2] In the next stage they played against Scotland in a two-legged affair in which they won 4–2 on aggregate over the two games.[3]

Their remarkable qualification campaign saw them qualify for the finals where they were drawn against

Team of the Tournament with striker Kolbeinn Sigþórsson named on the list.[6]

Iceland qualified to the tournament for the second time in 2021.[7]

Competition records

UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship

Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA GD
2009
did not qualify
2011
Group Stage
5th 3 1 0 2 3 5 –2
2013 to 2019
did not qualify
Hungary Slovenia 2021 Group Stage 15th 3 0 0 3 1 8 –7
Total 0 Titles 0/2 6 1 0 5 4 13 –9

UEFA European Under-21 Championship

2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Portugal 10 9 1 0 41 3 +38 28 Final tournament 1–1 2–1 1–0 6–0 11–0
2  Iceland 10 5 3 2 25 7 +18 18 Play-offs 0–1 1–1 3–1 5–0 9–0
3  Greece 10 5 2 3 16 10 +6 17 0–4 1–0 2–0 0–0 4–0
4  Belarus 10 4 0 6 16 15 +1 12 1–5 1–2 0–2 2–0 6–0
5  Cyprus 10 3 2 5 16 16 0 11 0–1 1–1 3–0 0–1 6–0
6  Liechtenstein 10 0 0 10 0 63 −63 0 0–9 0–3 0–5 0–4 0–6
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship play-offs

The four play-off winners qualify for the final tournament.

All times are CEST (UTC+2), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score
Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Croatia  3–3 (5–4 p)  Denmark 2–1
a.e.t.
)
Slovakia  3–5  Ukraine 3–2 0–3
Republic of Ireland  1–1 (1–3 p)  Israel 1–1
a.e.t.
)
Iceland  1–2  Czech Republic 1–2 0–0

Recent results and forthcoming fixtures

Date Competition Location Opponent Result Scorers
2 September 2021
OSK Brestsky, Brest, Belarus  Belarus
2–1
7 September 2021
Víkingsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland  Greece
1–1
12 October 2021
Víkingsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland  Portugal
0–1
12 November 2021
Sportpark Eschen-Mauren, Eschen, Liechtenstein  Liechtenstein
3–0
16 November 2021
Theodoros Kolokotronis Stadium, Tripoli, Greece  Greece
0–1
25 March 2022
Estádio Municipal de Portimão, Portimão, Portugal  Portugal
1–1
29 March 2022
Dasaki Stadium, Achna, Cyprus  Cyprus
1–1
3 June 2022
Víkingsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland  Liechtenstein
9–0
Ísak Snær Þorvaldsson (x2)
Brynjólfur Willumsson (x2)
Kristall Máni Ingason
8 June 2022
Víkingsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland  Belarus
3–1
11 June 2022
Víkingsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland  Cyprus
5–0
23 September 2022
Víkingsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland  Czech Republic
1–2
27 September 2022
Stadion Střelecký ostrov, České Budějovice, Czech Republic  Czech Republic
0–0

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the friendly matches against  Austria on 16 June and  Hungary on 19 June 2023.[8]

Caps and goals updated as of 26 March 2023, after the match against  Republic of Ireland.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Adam Ingi Benediktsson (2002-10-28) 28 October 2002 (age 21) 2 0 Sweden IFK Göteborg
1GK Ólafur Kristófer Helgason (2002-10-24) 24 October 2002 (age 21) 2 0 Iceland Fylkir

2DF Róbert Orri Þorkelsson (2002-04-03) 3 April 2002 (age 21) 13 0 Canada Montréal
2DF Valgeir Valgeirsson (2002-09-22) 22 September 2002 (age 21) 4 0 Sweden Örebro
2DF Ólafur Guðmundsson (2002-03-18) 18 March 2002 (age 22) 3 0 Iceland FH
2DF Jakob Pálsson (2003-01-07) 7 January 2003 (age 21) 2 0 Iceland KR
2DF Oliver Stefánsson (2002-08-03) 3 August 2002 (age 21) 2 0 Iceland Breiðablik
2DF Arnór Gauti Jónsson (2002-05-31) 31 May 2002 (age 21) 1 0 Iceland Fylkir
3MF Örvar Logi Örvarsson (2003-07-30) 30 July 2003 (age 20) 0 0 Iceland Stjarnan

3MF Andri Fannar Baldursson (2002-01-10) 10 January 2002 (age 22) 12 0 Netherlands NEC
3MF Kristófer Jónsson (2003-03-03) 3 March 2003 (age 21) 2 0
Venezia
3MF Danijel Djuric (2003-01-05) 5 January 2003 (age 21) 2 0 Iceland Víkingur Reykjavík
3MF Orri Hrafn Kjartansson (2002-02-05) 5 February 2002 (age 22) 2 0 Iceland Valur
3MF Andi Hoti (2003-12-22) 22 December 2003 (age 20) 1 0 Iceland Leiknir Reykjavík

4FW Kristall Máni Ingason (2002-01-18) 18 January 2002 (age 22) 11 7 Norway Rosenborg
4FW Ísak Andri Sigurgeirsson (2003-09-11) 11 September 2003 (age 20) 2 0 Iceland Stjarnan
4FW Úlfur Ágúst Björnsson (2003-06-12) 12 June 2003 (age 20) 1 0 Iceland FH
4FW Ari Sigurpálsson (2003-03-17) 17 March 2003 (age 21) 1 0 Iceland Víkingur Reykjavík
4FW Óskar Borgþórsson (2003-07-15) 15 July 2003 (age 20) 0 0 Iceland Fylkir
4FW Andri Guðjohnsen (2002-01-29) 29 January 2002 (age 22) 0 0 Sweden IFK Norrköping

Recent call-ups

The following players are still eligible for and have previously been called up to the under-21 squad.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up

DF Óli Valur Ómarsson (2003-01-09) 9 January 2003 (age 21) 5 0 Sweden Sirius v.  Scotland, 17 November 2022

MF Anton Logi Lúðvíksson (2003-03-13) 13 March 2003 (age 21) 1 0 Iceland Breiðablik v.  Scotland, 17 November 2022
MF Davíð Snær Jóhannsson (2002-06-15) 15 June 2002 (age 21) 1 0 Iceland FH v.  Scotland, 17 November 2022
MF Kristian Hlynsson (2004-01-23) 23 January 2004 (age 20) 10 6 Netherlands Ajax v.  Czech Republic, 27 September 2022

FW Arnar Breki Gunnarsson (2002-05-23) 23 May 2002 (age 21) 1 0 Iceland ÍBV v.  Scotland, 17 November 2022
FW Eyþór Aron Wöhler (2002-02-28) 28 February 2002 (age 22) 1 0 Iceland ÍA v.  Scotland, 17 November 2022
FW Orri Óskarsson (2004-08-29) 29 August 2004 (age 19) 6 0 Denmark Copenhagen v.  Czech Republic, 27 September 2022
FW Hilmir Rafn Mikaelsson (2004-02-02) 2 February 2004 (age 20) 1 0
Venezia
v.  Czech Republic, 27 September 2022

Previous squads

Records

Most caps

As of 17 November 2022, the 10 players with the most U-21 caps for Iceland are:[9]

Rank Name Career Caps Goals
1 Alfons Sampsted 2017–2020 30 1
2 Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson 2007–2012 27 2
3 Bjarni Viðarsson 2005–2011 26 6
4 Birkir Bjarnason 2006–2011 25 3
5
Brynjólfur Andersen Willumsson
2019–2022 25 5
6 Jón Dagur Þorsteinsson 2017–2021 23 5
7 Orri Sigurður Ómarsson 2013–2016 21 0
Alex Þór Hauksson 2017–2021 21 1
9 Ari Leifsson 2017–2021 20 1
10 Pétur Marteinsson 1992–1995 19 0
Bjarni Guðjónsson 1996–2001 19 4
Ómar Jóhannsson 2000–2003 19 0
Rúrik Gíslason 2005–2011 19 6
Haraldur Björnsson 2007–2011 19 0
Willum Þór Willumsson 2018–2021 19 3
Kolbeinn Þórðarson 2019–2022 19 1

In bold players still playing or available for selection.

Top goalscorers

As of 17 November 2022, the 10 players with the most U-21 goals for Iceland are:

Rank Name Career Goals Caps GPG
1 Emil Atlason 2012–2014 8 12 0.67
2 Hannes Sigurðsson 2002–2005 7 14 0.5
Sveinn Aron Guðjohnsen 2018–2021 7 17 0.41
4 Kristian Hlynsson 2021– 6 10 0.6
Kristall Máni Ingason 2021– 6 10 0.6
Gylfi Sigurðsson 2007–2011 6 14 0.43
Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson 2008–2011 6 14 0.43
Albert Guðmundsson 2015–2018 6 15 0.4
Rúrik Gíslason 2005–2011 6 19 0.32
Bjarni Viðarsson 2005–2011 6 26 0.23

In bold players still playing or available for selection.

See also

References

  1. ^ "2011: Spain's boys of summer dazzle". UEFA.com. 12 June 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  2. ^ "Euro U21 2011 (Qual.)". ZeroZero. 13 July 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  3. ^ "Euro U21 2011 (Qual.)". ZeroZero. 13 July 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  4. ^ "Iceland 3-1 Denmark". ZeroZero. 13 July 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  5. ^ "Euro U21 2011". ZeroZero. 13 July 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  6. ^ "U21 all-star squad named by UEFA technical team". UEFA.com. 29 June 2011. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  7. ^ "2021 Under-21 EURO: Meet the finalists". uefa.com. 10 January 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  8. ^ "U21 karla – hópur fyrir vináttuleiki gegn Austurríki og Ungverjaland" (in Icelandic). Knattspyrnusamband Íslands. 6 June 2023. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  9. ^ Sigurðsson, Víðir (2019). Íslensk knattspyrna 2019 [Icelandic football 2019] (in Icelandic) (1st ed.).

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