Iceland at the UEFA European Championship

Iceland qualified once for a UEFA European Championship, the 2016 edition. They directly qualified after securing the second spot in their qualifying group, with still four group matches remaining; this meant they would appear on a major tournament finals for the first time in their history.[1] For the draw of the end stage that took place on 12 December 2015, they were seeded in Pot 4.[2]

In Euro 2016, Iceland came second in their group (which included a draw against Portugal and a win against Austria). In the round of 16, they famously beat England 2–1. However, they lost 5–2 against France in the quarter-finals.

Also during Euro 2016, Iceland's fans became widely known for their 'volcano clap' (or 'Viking clap') with a 'huh' chant, though it may actually have originated with fans of Scottish club Motherwell F.C..[3]

Summary table
UEFA European Championship record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
1960 Did not enter
1964 Did not qualify
1968 Did not enter
1972
1976 Did not qualify
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004
2008
2012
2016 Quarter-finals8th522189
2020 To be determined
2024
Total Quarter-finals 1/15 5 2 2 1 8 9

Euro 2016
Main article: UEFA Euro 2016

Iceland announced their final squad on 9 May.[4]

Managers: Heimir Hallgrímsson & Lars Lagerbäck

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Hannes Þór Halldórsson (1984-04-27)27 April 1984 (aged 32) 33 0 Bodø/Glimt
2 2DF Birkir Már Sævarsson (1984-11-11)11 November 1984 (aged 31) 57 1 Hammarby IF
3 2DF Haukur Heiðar Hauksson (1991-09-01)1 September 1991 (aged 24) 7 0 AIK
4 2DF Hjörtur Hermannsson (1995-02-08)8 February 1995 (aged 21) 3 0 IFK Göteborg
5 2DF Sverrir Ingi Ingason (1993-08-05)5 August 1993 (aged 22) 6 2 Lokeren
6 2DF Ragnar Sigurðsson (1986-06-19)19 June 1986 (aged 29) 56 1 Krasnodar
7 3MF Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson (1990-10-27)27 October 1990 (aged 25) 47 5 Charlton Athletic
8 3MF Birkir Bjarnason (1988-05-27)27 May 1988 (aged 28) 47 6 Basel
9 4FW Kolbeinn Sigþórsson (1990-03-14)14 March 1990 (aged 26) 39 20 Nantes
10 3MF Gylfi Sigurðsson (1989-09-08)8 September 1989 (aged 26) 39 13 Swansea City
11 4FW Alfreð Finnbogason (1989-02-01)1 February 1989 (aged 27) 34 8 FC Augsburg
12 1GK Ögmundur Kristinsson (1989-06-19)19 June 1989 (aged 26) 11 0 Hammarby IF
13 1GK Ingvar Jónsson (1989-10-18)18 October 1989 (aged 26) 5 0 Sandefjord
14 2DF Kári Árnason (1982-10-13)13 October 1982 (aged 33) 47 2 Malmö FF
15 4FW Jón Daði Böðvarsson (1992-05-25)25 May 1992 (aged 24) 21 1 1. FC Kaiserslautern
16 3MF Rúnar Már Sigurjónsson (1990-06-18)18 June 1990 (aged 25) 11 1 GIF Sundsvall
17 3MF Aron Gunnarsson (captain) (1989-04-22)22 April 1989 (aged 27) 59 2 Cardiff City
18 3MF Theódór Elmar Bjarnason (1987-03-04)4 March 1987 (aged 29) 27 0 AGF
19 2DF Hörður Björgvin Magnússon (1993-02-11)11 February 1993 (aged 23) 5 0 Cesena
20 3MF Emil Hallfreðsson (1984-06-29)29 June 1984 (aged 31) 54 1 Udinese
21 3MF Arnór Ingvi Traustason (1993-04-30)30 April 1993 (aged 23) 7 3 IFK Norrköping
22 4FW Eiður Guðjohnsen (1978-09-15)15 September 1978 (aged 37) 86 26 Molde FK
23 2DF Ari Freyr Skúlason (1987-05-14)14 May 1987 (aged 29) 38 0 OB

Group stage
Main article: UEFA Euro 2016 Group F
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Hungary 3 1 2 0 6 4 +2 5[lower-alpha 1] Advance to knockout phase
2  Iceland 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1 5[lower-alpha 1]
3  Portugal 3 0 3 0 4 4 0 3
4  Austria 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. Tied on head-to-head result (Iceland 1–1 Hungary). Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker.

Portugal vs Iceland
Portugal 1–1 Iceland
 Report
Attendance: 38,742[5]
Portugal[6]
Iceland[6]
GK1Rui Patrício
RB11Vieirinha
CB6Ricardo Carvalho
CB3Pepe
LB5Raphaël Guerreiro
CM10João Mário 76'
CM13Danilo
CM15André Gomes 84'
AM8João Moutinho 71'
CF17Nani
CF7Cristiano Ronaldo (c)
Substitutions:
MF16Renato Sanches 71'
FW20Ricardo Quaresma 76'
FW9Éder 84'
Manager:
Fernando Santos
GK1Hannes Þór Halldórsson
RB2Birkir Már Sævarsson
CB6Ragnar Sigurðsson
CB14Kári Árnason
LB23Ari Freyr Skúlason
RM7Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson 90'
CM17Aron Gunnarsson (c)
CM10Gylfi Sigurðsson
LM8Birkir Bjarnason 55'
CF9Kolbeinn Sigþórsson 81'
CF15Jón Daði Böðvarsson
Substitutions:
FW11Alfreð Finnbogason 90+4' 81'
MF18Theódór Elmar Bjarnason 90'
Managers:
Heimir Hallgrímsson
Lars Lagerbäck

Man of the Match:
Nani (Portugal)[7]

Assistant referees:[8]
Bahattin Duran (Turkey)
Tarık Ongun (Turkey)
Fourth official:
Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)
Additional assistant referees:
Hüseyin Göçek (Turkey)
Barış Şimşek (Turkey)
Reserve assistant referee:
Juan Carlos Yuste Jiménez (Spain)

Iceland vs Hungary
Iceland 1–1 Hungary
 Report
Attendance: 60,842[9]
Iceland[10]
Hungary[10]
GK1Hannes Þór Halldórsson
RB2Birkir Már Sævarsson 77'
CB6Ragnar Sigurðsson
CB14Kári Árnason
LB23Ari Freyr Skúlason
RM7Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson 42'
CM10Gylfi Sigurðsson
CM17Aron Gunnarsson (c) 65'
LM8Birkir Bjarnason
CF9Kolbeinn Sigþórsson 84'
CF15Jón Daði Böðvarsson 69'
Substitutions:
MF20Emil Hallfreðsson 65'
FW11Alfreð Finnbogason 75' 69'
FW22Eiður Guðjohnsen 84'
Managers:
Heimir Hallgrímsson
Lars Lagerbäck
GK1Gábor Király
RB2Ádám Lang
CB20Richárd Guzmics
CB23Roland Juhász 84'
LB4Tamás Kádár 81'
CM15László Kleinheisler 83'
CM10Zoltán Gera
CM8Ádám Nagy 90+1'
RW18Zoltán Stieber 66'
LW7Balázs Dzsudzsák (c)
CF19Tamás Priskin 66'
Substitutions:
FW17Nemanja Nikolić 66'
FW13Dániel Böde 66'
FW9Ádám Szalai 84'
Manager:
Bernd Storck

Man of the Match:
Kolbeinn Sigþórsson (Iceland)[11]

Assistant referees:[8]
Nikolai Golubev (Russia)
Tikhon Kalugin (Russia)
Fourth official:
Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)
Additional assistant referees:
Sergey Lapochkin (Russia)
Sergey Ivanov (Russia)
Reserve assistant referee:
Vitali Maliutsin (Belarus)

Iceland vs Austria
Iceland 2–1 Austria
 Report
Attendance: 68,714[12]
Iceland[13]
Austria[13]
GK1Hannes Þór Halldórsson 82'
RB2Birkir Már Sævarsson
CB14Kári Árnason 78'
CB6Ragnar Sigurðsson
LB23Ari Freyr Skúlason 36'
RM7Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson 86'
CM17Aron Gunnarsson (c)
CM10Gylfi Sigurðsson
LM8Birkir Bjarnason
CF15Jón Daði Böðvarsson 71'
CF9Kolbeinn Sigþórsson 51' 80'
Substitutions:
MF18Theódór Elmar Bjarnason 71'
MF21Arnór Ingvi Traustason 80'
DF5Sverrir Ingi Ingason 86'
Managers:
Heimir Hallgrímsson
Lars Lagerbäck
GK1Robert Almer
RB3Aleksandar Dragović
CB15Sebastian Prödl 46'
CB4Martin Hinteregger
LB5Christian Fuchs (c)
CM6Stefan Ilsanker 46'
CM14Julian Baumgartlinger
RW17Florian Klein
AM8David Alaba
LW7Marko Arnautović
CF20Marcel Sabitzer 78'
Substitutions:
FW21Marc Janko 70' 46'
MF18Alessandro Schöpf 46'
MF22Jakob Jantscher 78'
Manager:
Marcel Koller

Man of the Match:
Kári Árnason (Iceland)[14]

Assistant referees:[8]
Paweł Sokolnicki (Poland)
Tomasz Listkiewicz (Poland)
Fourth official:
Mark Clattenburg (England)
Additional assistant referees:
Paweł Raczkowski (Poland)
Tomasz Musiał (Poland)
Reserve assistant referee:
Simon Beck (England)

Knockout phase
Main article: UEFA Euro 2016 knockout phase
Round of 16

England vs Iceland
England 1–2 Iceland
 Report
Attendance: 33,901[15]
England[16]
Iceland[16]
GK1Joe Hart
RB2Kyle Walker
CB5Gary Cahill
CB6Chris Smalling
LB3Danny Rose
CM20Dele Alli
CM17Eric Dier 46'
CM10Wayne Rooney (c) 87'
RW15Daniel Sturridge 47'
CF9Harry Kane
LW7Raheem Sterling 60'
Substitutions:
MF18Jack Wilshere 46'
FW11Jamie Vardy 60'
FW22Marcus Rashford 87'
Manager:
Roy Hodgson
GK1Hannes Þór Halldórsson
RB2Birkir Már Sævarsson
CB14Kári Árnason
CB6Ragnar Sigurðsson
LB23Ari Freyr Skúlason
RM7Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson
CM10Gylfi Sigurðsson 38'
CM17Aron Gunnarsson (c) 65'
LM8Birkir Bjarnason
CF9Kolbeinn Sigþórsson 77'
CF15Jón Daði Böðvarsson 89'
Substitutions:
MF18Theódór Elmar Bjarnason 77'
MF21Arnór Ingvi Traustason 89'
Managers:
Heimir Hallgrímsson
Lars Lagerbäck

Man of the Match:
Ragnar Sigurðsson (Iceland)[17]

Assistant referees:[8]
Jure Praprotnik (Slovenia)
Robert Vukan (Slovenia)
Fourth official:
Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)
Additional assistant referees:
Matej Jug (Slovenia)
Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)
Reserve assistant referee:
Roberto Alonso Fernández (Spain)

Quarter-finals

France vs Iceland
France 5–2 Iceland
 Report
Attendance: 76,833[18]
France[19]
Iceland[19]
GK1Hugo Lloris (c)
RB19Bacary Sagna
CB22Samuel Umtiti 75'
CB21Laurent Koscielny 72'
LB3Patrice Evra
CM15Paul Pogba
CM14Blaise Matuidi
RW18Moussa Sissoko
AM7Antoine Griezmann
LW8Dimitri Payet 80'
CF9Olivier Giroud 60'
Substitutions:
FW10André-Pierre Gignac 60'
DF13Eliaquim Mangala 72'
FW20Kingsley Coman 80'
Manager:
Didier Deschamps
GK1Hannes Þór Halldórsson
RB2Birkir Már Sævarsson
CB14Kári Árnason 46'
CB6Ragnar Sigurðsson
LB23Ari Freyr Skúlason
RM7Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson
CM17Aron Gunnarsson (c)
CM10Gylfi Sigurðsson
LM8Birkir Bjarnason 58'
CF9Kolbeinn Sigþórsson 83'
CF15Jón Daði Böðvarsson 46'
Substitutions:
FW11Alfreð Finnbogason 46'
DF5Sverrir Ingi Ingason 46'
FW22Eiður Guðjohnsen 83'
Managers:
Heimir Hallgrímsson
Lars Lagerbäck

Man of the Match:
Olivier Giroud (France)[20]

Assistant referees:[8]
Sander van Roekel (Netherlands)
Erwin Zeinstra (Netherlands)
Fourth official:
Milorad Mažić (Serbia)
Additional assistant referees:
Pol van Boekel (Netherlands)
Richard Liesveld (Netherlands)
Reserve assistant referee:
Milovan Ristić (Serbia)

Goalscorers
Player Goals 2016
Birkir Bjarnason 2 2
Kolbeinn Sigþórsson 2 2
Jón Daði Böðvarsson 1 1
Gylfi Sigurðsson 1 1
Ragnar Sigurðsson 1 1
Arnór Ingvi Traustason 1 1
Total 8 8

See also

References
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  2. "UEFA EURO 2016 draw pots take shape". UEFA. 14 Oct 2015. Retrieved 14 Oct 2015.
  3. http://www.skysports.com/football/news/33867/10328533/watch-are-motherwell-the-inspiration-behind-icelands-volcano-clap
  4. "A karla – Lokahópur fyrir EM 2016". ksi.is. 9 May 2016.
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  6. "Tactical Line-ups – Portugal v Iceland" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 14 June 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
  7. Burke, Chris (14 June 2016). "Ice-cool Iceland claim Portugal point". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
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  10. "Tactical Line-ups – Iceland v Hungary" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 18 June 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  11. Harrison, Wayne (18 June 2016). "Iceland own goal spares Hungary defeat". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  12. "Full Time Summary – Iceland v Austria" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 22 June 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  13. "Tactical Line-ups – Iceland v Austria" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 18 June 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  14. Wirth, Jim (22 June 2016). "Austria win extends Iceland's mission impossible". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  15. "Full Time Summary – England v Iceland" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 27 June 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  16. "Tactical Line-ups – England v Iceland" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 27 June 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  17. Harrison, Wayne (27 June 2016). "Iceland into quarter-finals after stunning England". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  18. "Full Time Summary – France v Iceland" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 3 July 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
  19. "Tactical Line-ups – France v Iceland" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 3 July 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
  20. Burke, Chris (3 July 2016). "Slick France end Iceland saga". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
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