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Those who were at the stands at
stadiums across France, or watched the 2016 UEFA Euro on big screens TV, will
not forget the phenomenal: Thousands of Iceland national team fans doing the tomahawk
in a coordinated act, shouting and chanting, pushing their surprising and
likeable team all the way to the quarter-finals. After all, it was the first
major tournament that Iceland has reached and it seemed like the whole country
was in the stands.
A surprise? A one-time event? After
qualifying for the Euro for the first time ever, Iceland then went out and
qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia, thus becoming the smallest
country ever – population 333,200 – to qualify for a world cup tournament.
Unlike its Scandinavian neighbors,
especially Denmark and Sweden and to a lesser extent Norway, Iceland’s local
football league is not internationally famous and its teams don’t participate
in European competition. Therefore, the exposure of Iceland football overseas
hasn’t been great. Well, it was not existed really, unless you count some
footballers who played in Europe.
Iceland didn’t enter the
qualification rounds of world cups between 1930-1970. Starting with 1974 it
did, but never qualified. And then came the miracle of Euro 2016.
In its first game of a major tournament
ever, Iceland drew 1-1 with eventual Euro Champion Portugal and did the same on
the next game against Hungary. It took a 2-1 win over Austria to advance to the
knockout round and rattle the world of football. Iceland didn’t flinch while
beating former world champion and powerhouse England 2-1 and advance to the
quarter-finals. That proved to be too much and ended in a 2-5 loss to home favorite
France.
Iceland’s most famous football son is
of course Eidur Gudjohnsen, who, after coming up the ranks in Icelandic teams,
played for Bolton Wanderers, Chelsea, Barcelona, Monaco, Tottenham Hotspur,
Stoke City, Fullham and AEK Athens, among others. His list of achievements is
long and distinguished: Two Premier League, A Community Shield Cup and a
Football League Cup titles with Chelsea, a La Liga, UEFA Champions League, UEFA
Super Cup, Copa del Rey and Supercopa de Espania titles with Barcelona.
Iceland’s most famous active footballer
is attacking midfielder Gylfi Sigurdsson, who began his international career in
the English lower divisions before joining 1899 Hoffenheim. He then moved to Swansea
City for a very successful period, before joining Tottenham Hotspur, back to
Swansea and in the summer 2017 he was sold to Everton for a huge sum of 40 million GBP.
Iceland’s most caped player is Runar
Kristinsson, who appeared in 104 international games between 1987-2004.
Gudjohnsen is the top scorer with 26
goals in 88 caps.
Iceland, who play in all white or all
blue, play its home games in Laugardalsvollur national stadium in the capital
Reykjavik, with a capacity of 15,000 seats.
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