European Women's Football Championship 2013 / Iceland

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This article covers the Icelandic national team at the 2013 European Women's Football Championship in Sweden . Iceland took part in a European Championship finals for the second time since 2009 and reached the quarter-finals for the first time, but was eliminated there against the hosts.

qualification

Iceland was drawn for qualification in Group 3 and met Belgium and Bulgaria as well as Northern Ireland , Norway and Hungary for the first time . Iceland won the opening game at home against Bulgaria and the following home game against Norway, but then had to be content with a 0-0 win against Belgium, which was later lost 1-0 in Belgium. Before the last match day, the Icelanders were still in first place in the group due to further victories ahead of the Norwegians. On the last day of the match, they missed direct qualification due to a 2-1 defeat in Norway and the Icelanders had to go to relegation, where they prevailed with two 3-2 victories against Ukraine and were the last team to qualify for the European Championship. The best Icelandic goalscorer was Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir with 11 goals, who was second on the list of goalscorers with two other players.

table

Pl. team Sp. S. U N Gates Points
1 NorwayNorway Norway 10 8th 0 2 35: 09 24
2 IcelandIceland Iceland 10 7th 1 2 28: 04 22nd
3 BelgiumBelgium Belgium 10 6th 2 2 18: 08 20th
4th Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Northern Ireland 10 3 2 5 12:15 11
5 HungaryHungary Hungary 10 3 1 6th 18:22 10
6th BulgariaBulgaria Bulgaria 10 0 0 10 01:54 00

Game results

Group stage

05/19/2011 Reykjavík Iceland - Bulgaria 6: 0 (3: 0)
09/17/2011 Reykjavík Iceland - Norway 3: 1 (3: 0)
09/21/2011 Reykjavík Iceland - Belgium 0-0
10/26/2011 Belfast Northern Ireland - Iceland 0: 2 (0: 2)
10/22/2011 Father Hungary - Iceland 0: 1 (0: 0)
04/04/2012 Dessel Belgium - Iceland 1: 0 (0: 0)
06/16/2012 Reykjavík Iceland - Hungary 3: 0 (2: 0)
06/21/2012 Lovech Bulgaria - Iceland 0:10 (0: 3)
09/15/2012 Reykjavík Iceland - Northern Ireland 2: 0 (1: 0)
09/19/2012 Sarpsborg Norway - Iceland 2: 1 (2: 0)

Relegation

20th October 2012 Sevastopol UkraineUkraine Ukraine - Iceland 2: 3 (1: 2)
October 25, 2012 Reykjavík Iceland - UkraineUkraine Ukraine 3: 2 (2: 1)

preparation

In preparation for the EM, three test matches were played, all of which were lost:

date Result opponent venue Goal scorers for Iceland
April 6, 2013 0: 2 SwedenSweden Sweden Växjö ( SWE )
1st June 2013 2: 3 ScotlandScotland Scotland Reykjavík Sara Björk Gunnarsdóttir (26.), Hólmfríður Magnúsdóttir (52.)
June 20, 2013 0: 2 DenmarkDenmark Denmark Viborg ( DNK )

Contingent

The squad for the European Championship was named on June 24, 2013. The most experienced players in the squad are captain and record national player Katrín Jónsdóttir with 128 international matches before the European Championship, goalkeeper Þóra Björg Helgadóttir with 98 international matches and record goal scorer Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir , who also took part in the 2009 European Championship finals.

No. Player Date of birth society International matches International goals Last use Sp. goal Yellow card Yellow Red Card.svg Red card
goal
01 Þóra Björg Helgadóttir SwedenSweden LdB FC Malmö 05/05/81 098 00 06/01/2013 0 0 0 0 0
13 Guðbjörg Gunnarsdóttir NorwayNorway Avaldsnes IL 05/18/85 027 00 07/21/2013 4th 0 0 0 0
12 Sandra Sigurðardóttir UMF Stjarnan 10/02/86 006th 00 08/25/2010 0 0 0 0 0
Defense
08th Katrín Jónsdóttir (C)Captain of the crew SwedenSweden Umeå IK 05/31/77 132 21st 07/21/2013 4th 0 1 0 0
03 Ólína Guðbjörg Viðarsdóttir EnglandEngland Chelsea FC Ladies 11/16/82 063 02 07/21/2013 3 0 0 0 0
02 Sif Atladóttir SwedenSweden Kristianstads DFF 07/15/85 050 00 07/21/2013 3 0 0 0 0
05 Hallbera Guðný Gísladóttir SwedenSweden Piteå IF 09/14/86 044 01 07/21/2013 4th 0 0 0 0
04th Glódís Perla Viggósdóttir UMF Stjarnan 06/27/95 012 00 07/21/2013 3 0 0 0 0
20th Þórunn Helga Jónsdóttir NorwayNorway Avaldsnes IL 12/17/84 009 00 06/20/2013 0 0 0 0 0
17th Elísa Viðarsdóttir ÍB Vestmannaeyja 05/26/91 008th 00 04/06/2013 0 0 0 0 0
15th Anna Björk Kristjánsdóttir UMF Stjarnan 10/14/89 000 00 - 0 0 0 0 0
midfield
10 Thóra María Lárusdóttir Valur Reykjavík 07/24/85 094 15th 07/21/2013 4th 0 0 0 0
07th Sara Björk Gunnarsdóttir SwedenSweden LdB FC Malmö 09/29/90 064 14th 07/21/2013 4th 0 0 0 0
11 Katrín Ómarsdóttir EnglandEngland Liverpool FC Ladies 06/27/87 055 09 07/14/2013 2 0 0 0 0
18th Guðný B. Óðinsdóttir SwedenSweden Kristianstads DFF 09/27/88 034 00 07/14/2013 1 0 0 0 0
14th Dagný Brynjarsdóttir Valur Reykjavík 08/10/91 034 03 07/21/2013 4th 1 0 0 0
21st Katrín Ásbjörnsdóttir Þór Akureyri 12/11/92 001 00 04/06/2013 0 0 0 0 0
attack
09 Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir SwedenSweden Kristianstads DFF 07/25/86 092 70 07/21/2013 4th 1 0 0 0
06th Hólmfríður Magnúsdóttir NorwayNorway Avaldsnes IL 09/20/84 085 32 07/17/2013 3 0 2 0 0
22nd Squeegee Hönnudóttir Breiðablik Kópavogur 12/30/88 054 03 07/21/2013 4th 0 0 0 0
19th Fanndís Friðriksdóttir NorwayNorway Kolbotn IL 05/09/90 041 02 07/21/2013 3 0 1 0 0
16 Harpa Þorsteinsdóttir UMF Stjarnan 06/27/86 033 01 07/21/2013 4th 0 0 0 0
23 Elín Metta Jensen Valur Reykjavík 03/01/95 005 00 07/21/2013 1 0 0 0 0
Coaching staff
Sigurður Eyjólfsson Trainer 12/01/73
Guðni Kjartansson Assistant coach
Remarks:
  1. ↑ As of July 21, 2013 after the game against the Swedes

European Championship finals

Iceland met Germany , the Netherlands in preliminary group B and, as in qualifying, Norway . Iceland also played against Germany and Norway at the last European Championship, but was eliminated as the bottom of the group, although they only lost 1-0 to both of them. This time it was enough against Norway even to a 1: 1 and thus the first point win at a European Championship finals. Against Germany they lost 3-0. A final 1-0 win against the Dutch women made it possible to win a game at a European Championship finals for the first time and to reach the quarter-finals as one of the two best thirds in the group, in which hosts Sweden were the opponents. After the 0: 4 Iceland was eliminated from the tournament. Captain Katrín Jónsdóttir , who played for the national team when her youngest team-mate was not born, then ended her career as a national player.

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. NorwayNorway Norway  3  2  1  0 003: 100  +2 07th
 2. GermanyGermany Germany  3  1  1  1 003: 100  +2 04th
 3. IcelandIceland Iceland  3  1  1  1 002: 400  −2 04th
 4th NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands  3  0  1  2 000: 200  −2 01

Group games

Thursday, July 11, 2013, 6:00 p.m. in Kalmar
Norway - Iceland 1: 1 (1: 0)
Sunday, July 14, 2013, 8.30 p.m. in Växjö
Iceland - Germany 0: 3 (0: 1)
Wednesday, July 17, 2013, 6 p.m. in Växjö
Netherlands - Iceland 0: 1 (0: 1)

Knockout round

Sunday, July 21, 2013, 3 p.m. in Halmstad
Sweden - Iceland 4: 0 (3: 0)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ A kvenna - 23 leikmenn valdir fyrir úrslitakeppni EM í Svíþjóð
  2. ↑ Back numbers according to [1] , the positions partly differ from those on the association website.
  3. ↑ ksi.is: "Katrínar þætti Jónsdóttur lokið"

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