Icelandic national football team (U-21 men)

Iceland

Nickname (s)	Strákarnir okkar
Association	Knattspyrnusamband Íslands
confederacy	UEFA
Head coach	Arnar Viðarsson , since 2019
captain	Jón Dagur Thorsteinsson
Record scorer	Emil Atlason (8)
Record player	Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson (27)
Home stadium	Changing stages
FIFA code	ISL
home Away
Successes in tournaments
European Championship
Participation in the finals	1 ( first : 2011 )
Best results	Preliminary round 2011
(As of July 29, 2019)

The Icelandic U-21 national soccer team is a selection team of Icelandic soccer players . It is subject to the Icelandic Football Association and represents it internationally at the U-21 level , for example in friendly matches against the teams of other national associations or at European championships of the continental association UEFA . Eligible to play are players who have not yet reached the age of 21 in the first qualifying match for a tournament and who are Icelandic citizens .

The record national player is central defender Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson with 27 appearances.

history

From 1978 to 2009 , Iceland's U-21s never qualified for a tournament hosted by UEFA. At the end of 2010, the qualification for a final round succeeded for the first time. First you finished the group stage of qualifying for the U-21 European Championship as second behind the Czech Republic and ahead of Germany , so that you could qualify for the playoffs. In the two games you could defeat the Scottish selection 2-1 twice and qualified for the finals in Denmark .

In the final round you were drawn into Group A together with Switzerland , Belarus and hosts Denmark . The first two games against Belarus and Switzerland were lost, but the last against Denmark could be won 3: 1 and so the tournament ended in 5th place. This young team under coach Eyjólfur Sverrisson included various future national players, such as Birkir Bjarnason , Alfreð Finnbogason , Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson , Aron Gunnarsson , Kolbeinn Sigþórsson or Gylfi Sigurðsson . A “golden” generation, which a few years later was also able to lead the A selection for the 2016 European Championship and 2018 World Championship .

The qualification for the European Championship 2011 is still the greatest success in the history of the Icelandic U-21 national team.

Tournament balances at U-21 European Championships

year	Host country	Participation until ...	Last opponent	Result
1978 to 2009		not qualified	-	-
2011	Denmark	5th place	-	-
2013	Israel	not qualified	Spain	-
2015	Czech Republic	not qualified	-	-
2017	Poland	not qualified	-	-

Remarks:

1. ↑ Between 1978 and 1992, the finals of the U-21 European Championship did not take place in a host country, but were played back and forth in the respective participating nations.

Final squad

EM 2011 in Denmark

→ Main article : 2011 European Under-21 Football Championship

U-21 European Championship 2011

Goalkeepers: Haraldur Björnsson , Óskar Pétursson , Arnar Darri Pétursson Defenders: Skúli Jón Friðgeirsson , Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson , Hjörtur Logi Valgarðsson , Elfar Freyr Helgason , Þórarinn Ingi Valdimarsson , Jón Guðni Fjóluson Midfilders : Eggert Gunnþór Jónsson , Birkir Bjarnason , Bjarni Þór Viðarsson , Gylfi Sigurðsson , Almarr Ormarsson , Guðmundur Kristjánsson , Aron Gunnarsson , Andrés Már Jóhannesson Forwards: Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson , Rúrik Gíslason , Arnór Smárason , Kolbeinn Sigþórsson , Alfreð Finnbogason , Björn Bergmann Sigurðarson Coach: Eyjólfur Sverrisson

Record players and goal scorers

Record player
Games	player	Date of birth	debut
27	Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson	08/06/1990	11/16/2007
26th	Bjarni Þór Viðarsson	05.03.1988	10/11/2005
25th	Birkir Bjarnason	May 27, 1988	02/28/2006
21st	Orri Sigurdur Ómarsson	02/18/1995	02/06/2013
19th	Haraldur Björnsson	01/11/1989	08/22/2007
19th	Ómar Jóhannsson	03/02/1981	08/16/2000
19th	Rúrik Gíslason	02/25/1988	10/11/2005
19th	Bjarni Eggerts Guðjónsson	02/26/1979	06/01/1996
19th	Pétur Hafliði Marteinsson	07/14/1973	unknown
18th	Sigurvin Ólafsson	07/18/1976	02/28/1995
As of July 29, 2019

Record shooters
Gates	player	Date of birth	Games
8th	Emil Atlason	07/22/1993	12
7th	Hannes Sigurðsson	04/10/1983	14th
6th	Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson	October 27, 1990	14th
6th	Gylfi Sigurðsson	09/08/1989	14th
6th	Bjarni Þór Viðarsson	05.03.1988	26th
6th	Rúrik Gíslason	02/25/1988	19th
6th	Albert Guðmundsson	06/15/1997	15th
5	Sigurvin Ólafsson	07/18/1976	18th
5	Alfreð Finnbogason	02/01/1989	11
5	Hólmbert Aron Friðjónsson	04/19/1993	10
As of July 29, 2019

See also

• Icelandic national soccer team
• Icelandic national football team (U-19 juniors)
• Iceland National Football Team (U-17 Juniors)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sigurdsson stunners push Iceland past Scotland In: UEFA of October 11, 2010 (accessed July 27, 2019)
2. ↑ ksi.is accessed on July 29, 2019
3. ↑ ksi.is accessed on July 29, 2019

Web links

• U-21 national team on the website of the Icelandic Football Association