Iceland national under-19 football team

The Iceland national under-19 football team, controlled by the Football Association of Iceland, represents Iceland at the European Under-19 Football Championship and international friendly match fixtures at the under-19 age level.

Iceland Under-19
Nickname(s)Strákarnir okkar
AssociationFootball Association of Iceland
Head coach Þorvaldur Örlygsson
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Iceland 1–1  Wales
(Reykjavik, Iceland; 13 October 1970)
Biggest win
 Iceland 9–0  Luxembourg
(Reykjavik, Iceland; 9 October 1994)
Biggest defeat
 Serbia 6–0  Iceland
(Ireland; 30 May 2014)
European Under-19 Football Championship
Appearances6 (first in 1976)
Best resultGroup stage (6 times)

European Championships

Introduction

Since it adopted its current format in 2002, the Iceland under-19s have failed to qualify for the UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship. As of 2011, their best qualifying campaign performances came in 2007 and 2008, when they qualified for the second, or 'elite', qualification stage.

In the qualifying campaign for the 2007 tournament, the team finished joint second place in the elite qualification stage behind the Spain under-19s, who went on to win the tournament.[1][2] In 2008, the Iceland under-19s recorded elite stage victories against the Norway under-19s and the Israel under-19s, but again finished in second place. On that occasion the group winners were the Bulgaria under-19s.[3][4]

In the 2011 qualification campaign, Iceland finished third in group 1 of the first qualifying stage. Their only points came in a 4–0 victory over the Kazakhstan under-19s, who finished bottom in fourth place.[5][6]

In the first qualification stage of the 2012 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship, the Iceland under-19s faced Norway, Latvia and Cyprus, finishing last in the group.[7] Iceland didn't fare much better in 2013, as they came third in the group and didn't qualify.[8] In 2014 they finished second in Group 4 behind Belgium and ahead of both France and Northern Ireland[9] to qualify for the elite round where they lost all three matches.

History

Year Result GP W D L GS GA
2002First qualifying stage
2003First qualifying stage
2004First qualifying stage
2005First qualifying stage
2006First qualifying stage
2007Elite qualifying stage
2008Elite qualifying stage
2009First qualifying stage
2010First qualifying stage
2011First qualifying stage
2012First qualifying stage
2013First qualifying stage
2014Elite qualifying stage
2015First qualifying stage
2016First qualifying stage
2017First qualifying stage
2018First qualifying stage
2019First qualifying stage
2020TBD
Total0/0000000

Current squad

The following players were named in the squad for the Qualifying round of the 2020 UEFA European Under-19 Championship All caps and goals are correct as of 19 November 2019.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Jökull Andrésson (2001-08-25) 25 August 2001 4 0 Reading
1GK Hákon Rafn Valdimarsson (2001-10-13) 13 October 2001 1 0 Grótta
2DF Teitur Magnússon (2001-05-24) 24 May 2001 4 0 OB
2DF Baldur Hannes Stefánsson (2002-03-11)11 March 2002 (aged 17) 3 0 Þróttur
2DF Jón Gísli Eyland Gíslason (2002-02-25)25 February 2002 (aged 17) 5 0 ÍA
2DF Ísak Snær Þorvaldsson (2001-05-01) 1 May 2001 9 1 Norwich
2DF Atli Barkarson (2001-03-19) 19 March 2001 10 1 Fredrikstad
3MF Kristall Máni Ingason (2002-01-18) 18 January 2002 5 2 F.C. Copenhagen
3MF Orri Hrafn Kjartansson (2002-02-25)25 February 2002 (aged 17) 3 1 Heerenveen
3MF Andri Fannar Baldursson (2002-01-10)10 January 2002 (aged 17) 5 0 Bologna
3MF Valgeir Valgeirsson (2002-09-22)22 September 2002 (aged 16) 5 1 HK
3MF Jóhann Árni Gunnarsson (2001-04-06) 6 April 2001 4 0 Fjölnir
3MF Karl Friðleifur Gunnarsson (2001-07-06) 6 July 2001 5 1 Breiðablik
3MF Vuk Óskar Dimitrijevic (2001-02-28) 28 February 2001 3 1 Leiknir Reykjavík
3MF Davíð Snær Jóhannsson (2002-06-15)15 June 2002 (aged 16) 3 0 Keflavík
3MF Mikael Egill Ellertsson (2002-03-11)11 March 2002 (aged 17) 4 0 SPAL
3MF Þórður Gunnar Hafþórsson (2001-08-10)10 August 2001 (aged 17) 1 0 Vestri
4FW Andri Lucas Guðjohnsen (2002-01-29)29 January 2002 (aged 17) 10 4 Real Madrid
4FW Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson (2003-03-23)23 March 2003 (aged 16) 5 1 Norrköping
4FW Danijel Dejan Djuric (2003-01-05)5 January 2003 (aged 16) 2 0 Midtjylland

See also

References

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