Iceland national under-19 football team

Iceland Under-19

Nickname(s)	Strákarnir okkar
Association	Football Association of Iceland
Head coach	Kristinn Rúnar Jonsson
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
Appearances	6 (first in 1976)
Best result	Group stage (6 times)

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.

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
2002	First qualifying stage
2003	First qualifying stage
2004	First qualifying stage
2005	First qualifying stage
2006	First qualifying stage
2007	Elite qualifying stage
2008	Elite qualifying stage
2009	First qualifying stage
2010	First qualifying stage
2011	First qualifying stage
2012	First qualifying stage
2013	First qualifying stage
2014	Elite qualifying stage
Total	0/0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Current squad

The squad called up for two friendly games against Northern Ireland played on the 3 and 5 September 2014.^[10] Caps and goals as of 3 September 2014, after the team's match against Northern Ireland.

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Hlynur Örn Hlöðversson	12 May 1996	3	0	Breiðablik
	GK	Hörður Fannar Björgvinsson	26 June 1997	1	0	Fram
		Samúel Kári Friðjónsson	22 February 1996	16	2	Reading
		Alexander Helgi Sigurðarson	8 April 1996	4	0	AZ
		Sindri Pálmason	24 January 1996	4	0	Esbjerg
		Magnús Pétur Bjarnason	26 January 1996	4	0	Fjölnir
		Gauti Gautason	15 March 1996	4	0	KA
		Tómas Ingi Urbancic	13 November 1996	4	2	Reading
		Max Odin Eggertsson	28 February 1996	4	0	Selfoss
		Ásgeir Frank Ásgeirsson	2 August 1996	4	0	Víkingur R.
		Albert Guðmundsson	15 June 1997	2	0	Heerenveen
		Óttar Magnús Karlsson	21 February 1997	1	1	Ajax
		Viktor Karl Einarsson	30 January 1997	1	0	AZ
		Ragnar Már Lárusson	9 June 1997	1	0	Brighton
		Orri Sveinn Stefánsson	20 February 1996	1	0	Fylkir
		Bjarki Þór Viðarsson	22 June 1997	1	0	KA
		Sindri Scheving	19 November 1997	1	0	Reading
		Darri Sigþórsson	20 March 1997	1	0	Valur

See also

• Iceland national football team
• Iceland national under-21 football team
• Iceland national under-17 football team
• Iceland women's national football team

References

1. "Elite qualifying stage results 2006-07". Uefa.com. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
2. "Elite qualifying stage tables, 2007 U-19 European Championships". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
3. "Elite qualifying stage results 2007-08". Uefa.com. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
4. "Elite qualifying stage tables, 2008 U-19 European Championships". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
5. "2011 UEFA under-19 European Championships: Group 1 final standings". Uefa.com. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
6. "Under-19 result: Iceland 4-0 Kazakhstan". soccerway.com. 20 October 2010. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
7. "Iceland under-19 fixtures for 2012 European Championships". Football Association of Iceland. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
8. http://www.uefa.com/under19/season=2013/standings/round=2000318/group=2001753/index.html
9. http://www.uefa.com/under19/season=2014/standings/round=2000383/group=2002192/index.html
10. http://www.ksi.is/media/landslid/u19karla/U19-karla-gegn-Nordur-Irlandi-september-2014.pdf