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The Iceland men's national under-21 football team is a national under-21 football team of Iceland and is controlled by the Football Association of Iceland. The team is considered to be the feeder team for the senior Icelandic men's national football team. Since the establishment of the UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship in 1978, the team has reached the Euro Championship finals on two occasions, most recently in 2021. In the 2011 and 2021 tournaments they were knocked out in the group stages.[1]

Iceland Under-21
Nickname(s)Strákarnir okkar
AssociationKnattspyrnusamband Íslands
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachDavíð Snorri Jónasson
FIFA codeISL
First colours
Second colours
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances2 (first in 2011)
Best resultRound 1 (2011, 2021)

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. As long as they are eligible, players can play for Iceland at any level, making it possible to play for the U21s, senior side, and again for the U21s. This has been the case for several senior team players like Eiður Guðjohnsen, Heiðar Helguson, Jón Daði Böðvarsson and Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson.


History


From 1978 to 2009 the team never qualified for the UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship tournament finals. In late 2010, the team sealed qualification to the championships for the very first team in their history. During the 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 Belarus, Denmark and Switzerland in Group A. In their first two group games they were comfortably beaten by Belarus and Switzerland. In their final group game they defeated Denmark who were the hosts of the tournament 3–1.[4] Iceland would finish third in the group, level on points with the second placed and fourth placed teams.[5] Following the end of the tournament, UEFA announced its 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
1978 to 2009 Did not qualify
2011 Group Stage 5th 3 1 0 2 3 5 –2
2013 to 2019 Did not qualify
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


Main article: 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group D
Pos Team
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 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

Main article: 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification 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. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Croatia  1  Denmark 23 September 2022 27 September 2022
Slovakia  2  Ukraine 23 September 2022 27 September 2022
Republic of Ireland  3  Israel 23 September 2022 27 September 2022
Iceland  4  Czech Republic 23 September 2022 27 September 2022

Recent results and forthcoming fixtures


Date Competition Location Opponent Result Scorers
2 September 2021
2023 UEFA U-21 qualification
 OSK Brestsky, Brest, Belarus  Belarus
2–1
Hákon Arnar Haraldsson (x2)
7 September 2021
2023 UEFA U-21 qualification
 Víkingsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland  Greece
1–1
Kolbeinn Þórðarson
12 October 2021
2023 UEFA U-21 qualification
 Víkingsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland  Portugal
0–1
12 November 2021
2023 UEFA U-21 qualification
 Sportpark Eschen-Mauren, Eschen, Liechtenstein  Liechtenstein
3–0
Kristian Hlynsson
Ágúst Hlynsson
Brynjólfur Willumsson
16 November 2021
2023 UEFA U-21 qualification
 Theodoros Kolokotronis Stadium, Tripoli, Greece  Greece
0–1
25 March 2022
2023 UEFA U-21 qualification
 Estádio Municipal de Portimão, Portimão, Portugal  Portugal
1–1
Brynjólfur Willumsson
29 March 2022
2023 UEFA U-21 qualification
 Dasaki Stadium, Achna, Cyprus  Cyprus
1–1
Kristian Hlynsson
3 June 2022
2023 UEFA U-21 qualification
 Víkingsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland  Liechtenstein
9–0
Kristian Hlynsson (x2)
Atli Barkarson (x2)
Ísak Snær Þorvaldsson (x2)
Brynjólfur Willumsson (x2)
Kristall Máni Ingason
8 June 2022
2023 UEFA U-21 qualification
 Víkingsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland  Belarus
3–1
Kristian Hlynsson
Kristall Máni Ingason
Viktor Örlygur Andrason
11 June 2022
2023 UEFA U-21 qualification
 Víkingsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland  Cyprus
5–0
Kristall Máni Ingason (x2)
Andreas Karamanolis (own goal)
Sævar Atli Magnússon
Kristian Hlynsson
23 September 2022
2023 UEFA U-21 qualification play-offs
 Víkingsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland  Czech Republic
1–2
Sævar Atli Magnússon
27 September 2022
2023 UEFA U-21 qualification play-offs
 Stadion Střelecký ostrov, České Budějovice, Czech Republic  Czech Republic
0–0

Current squad


No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Hákon Rafn Valdimarsson (2001-10-13) 13 October 2001 (age 20) 8 0 Elfsborg
1GK Adam Ingi Benediktsson (2002-10-28) 28 October 2002 (age 19) 0 0 IFK Göteborg
1GK Ólafur Kristófer Helgason (2002-10-24) 24 October 2002 (age 19) 0 0 Fylkir
2DF Ísak Ólafsson (2000-06-30) 30 June 2000 (age 22) 18 2 Esbjerg
2DF Valgeir Lunddal Friðriksson (2001-09-24) 24 September 2001 (age 21) 11 0 Häcken
2DF Róbert Orri Þorkelsson (2002-04-03) 3 April 2002 (age 20) 11 0 Montréal
2DF Atli Barkarson (2001-03-19) 19 March 2001 (age 21) 7 2 SønderjyskE
2DF Óli Valur Ómarsson (2003-01-09) 9 January 2003 (age 19) 4 0 Sirius
2DF Logi Tómasson (2000-09-13) 13 September 2000 (age 22) 2 0 Víkingur Reykjavík
3MF Kolbeinn Þórðarson (2000-03-12) 12 March 2000 (age 22) 19 1 Lommel
3MF Ágúst Hlynsson (2000-03-28) 28 March 2000 (age 22) 11 1 Valur
3MF Viktor Örlygur Andrason (2000-02-05) 5 February 2000 (age 22) 10 1 Víkingur Reykjavík
3MF Kristian Hlynsson (2004-01-23) 23 January 2004 (age 18) 10 6 Ajax
3MF Andri Baldursson (2002-01-10) 10 January 2002 (age 20) 10 0 NEC
3MF Dagur Dan Þórhallsson (2000-05-02) 2 May 2000 (age 22) 7 0 Breiðablik
3MF Sveinn Margeir Hauksson (2001-11-02) 2 November 2001 (age 20) 0 0 KA Akureyri
4FW Brynjólfur Andersen Willumsson (2000-08-12) 12 August 2000 (age 22) 25 5 Kristiansund
4FW Bjarki Steinn Bjarkason (2000-05-11) 11 May 2000 (age 22) 14 0 Venezia
4FW Sævar Atli Magnússon (2000-06-16) 16 June 2000 (age 22) 11 2 Lyngby
4FW Orri Óskarsson (2004-08-29) 29 August 2004 (age 18) 6 0 Copenhagen
4FW Þorleifur Úlfarsson (2000-12-27) 27 December 2000 (age 21) 3 0 Houston Dynamo
4FW Hilmir Rafn Mikaelsson (2004-02-02) 2 February 2004 (age 18) 1 0 Venezia

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 Valgeir Valgeirsson (2002-09-22) 22 September 2002 (age 20) 2 0 Örebro v.  Cyprus, 11 June 2022
DF Ólafur Guðmundsson (2002-03-18) 18 March 2002 (age 20) 1 0 FH Hafnarfjörður v.  Cyprus, 29 March 2022
MF Kristall Máni Ingason (2002-01-18) 18 January 2002 (age 20) 9 4 Rosenborg v.  Czech Republic, 23 September 2022
MF Logi Hrafn Róbertsson (2004-07-22) 22 July 2004 (age 18) 3 0 FH v.  Cyprus, 11 June 2022
MF Hákon Arnar Haraldsson (2003-04-10) 10 April 2003 (age 19) 5 2 Copenhagen v.  Greece, 16 November 2021
MF Mikael Egill Ellertsson (2002-03-11) 11 March 2002 (age 20) 1 0 Spezia v.  Greece, 7 September 2021
MF Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson (2003-03-23) 23 March 2003 (age 19) 6 0 Copenhagen v.  France, 31 March 2021
FW Danijel Djuric (2003-01-05) 5 January 2003 (age 19) 0 0 Víkingur Reykjavík v.  Luxembourg, 13 October 2020

Previous squads



Records



Most caps


As of 27 September 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 27 September 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
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
10 Eyjólfur Sverrisson 1988–1989 5 5 1
Hólmbert Friðjónsson 2012–2014 5 10 0.5
Alfreð Finnbogason 2009–2011 5 11 0.45
Sigurvin Ólafsson 1995–1997 5 18 0.28
Jón Dagur Þorsteinsson 2017–2021 5 23 0.22
Brynjólfur Andersen Willumsson 2019–2022 5 25 0.2

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. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  8. "U21 karla - Hópurinn fyrir umspilsleiki gegn Tékklandi". www.ksi.is (in Icelandic). KSÍ. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  9. Sigurðsson, Víðir (2019). Íslensk knattspyrna 2019 [Icelandic football 2019] (in Icelandic) (1st ed.).



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