Iceland national under-19 football team

Iceland Under-19
Nickname(s)Strákarnir okkar
AssociationFootball Association of Iceland
Head coachIceland Ólafur Ingi Skúlason
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
Appearances1 (first in 2023)
Best resultGroup stage 2023

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
Norway 2002 First qualifying stage
Liechtenstein 2003
Switzerland 2004
Northern Ireland 2005
Poland 2006
Austria 2007
Czech Republic 2008
Ukraine 2009
France 2010
Romania 2011
Estonia 2012
Lithuania 2013
Hungary 2014
Greece 2015
Germany 2016
Georgia (country) 2017
Finland 2018
Armenia 2019
Northern Ireland 2020 Postponed, rescheduled, and then cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.[10]
Romania 2021 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.[11]
Slovakia 2022 Elite round
Malta 2023 Group stage 3 0 2 1 2 3
Northern Ireland 2024 Did not qualify
Total 1/20 3 0 2 1 2 3

Players

Current squad

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Halldór Snær Georgsson (2004-01-05) 5 January 2004 (age 20) 5 0 Iceland Fjölnir
1GK Lúkas Petersson (2004-02-09) 9 February 2004 (age 20) 4 0 Germany TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
2DF Arnar Númi Gíslason (2004-12-15) 15 December 2004 (age 19) 14 0 Iceland Grótta
2DF Hlynur Freyr Karlsson (2004-04-06) 6 April 2004 (age 20) 12 0 Iceland Valur
2DF Þorsteinn Aron Antonsson (2004-01-13) 13 January 2004 (age 20) 9 0 England Fulham
2DF Daníel Freyr Kristjánsson (2005-08-30) 30 August 2005 (age 18) 7 0 Denmark Midtjylland
2DF Arnar Daníel Aðalsteinsson (2004-03-14) 14 March 2004 (age 20) 5 0 Iceland Grótta
3MF Bjarni Guðjón Brynjólffson (2004-02-28) 28 February 2004 (age 20) 7 0 Iceland Þór Akureyri
3MF Eggert Aron Guðmundsson (2004-02-08) 8 February 2004 (age 20) 7 0 Iceland Stjarnan
3MF Gísli Þórðarson (2004-09-12) 12 September 2004 (age 19) 6 0 Iceland Víkingur
3MF Logi Hrafn Róbertsson (2004-07-22) 22 July 2004 (age 19) 5 0 Iceland FH
3MF Guðmundur Baldvin Nökkvason (2004-04-27) 27 April 2004 (age 19) 4 1 Iceland Stjarnan
3MF Sigurbergur Áki Jörundsson (2004-03-16) 16 March 2004 (age 20) 4 0 Iceland Stjarnan
3MF Kristian Hlynsson (2004-01-23) 23 January 2004 (age 20) 3 0 Netherlands Ajax
3MF Haukur Andri Haraldsson (2005-08-24) 24 August 2005 (age 18) 2 0 Iceland ÍA Akranes
3MF Ágúst Orri þorsteinsson (2005-01-14) 14 January 2005 (age 19) 1 0 Iceland Breiðablik
4FW Hilmir Rafn Mikaelsson (2004-02-02) 2 February 2004 (age 20) 13 3 Norway Tromsø
4FW Adolf Daði Birgisson (2004-06-03) 3 June 2004 (age 19) 7 1 Iceland Stjarnan
4FW Orri Steinn Óskarsson (2004-08-29) 29 August 2004 (age 19) 10 9 Denmark Sønderjyske
4FW Ingimar Thorbjörnsson Stöle (2004-01-19) 19 January 2004 (age 20) 2 0 Iceland KA

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up within the last twelve months and remain available for future selection.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
DF Þorsteinn Aron Antonsson (2004-01-13) 13 January 2004 (age 20) 7 0 Iceland Selfoss v.  Kazakhstan, 22 November 2022
DF Birgir Steinn Styrmisson (2004-06-07) 7 June 2004 (age 19) 3 0 Italy Spezia v.  Kazakhstan, 22 November 2022
DF Ásgeir Orri Magnússon (2000-09-07) 7 September 2000 (age 23) 0 0 Iceland Keflavík v.  Kazakhstan, 22 November 2022
DF Aron Jónsson (2004-07-20) 20 July 2004 (age 19) 0 0 Norway Brann v.  Republic of Ireland, 4 June 2022
MF Aron Ingi Magnússon (2004-09-22) 22 September 2004 (age 19) 2 0 Italy Venezia v.  Kazakhstan, 22 November 2022
MF Róbert Frosti Þorkelsson (2005-09-18) 18 September 2005 (age 18) 0 0 Iceland Stjarnan v.  Kazakhstan, 22 November 2022
MF Jóhannes Kristinn Bjarnason (2005-02-24) 24 February 2005 (age 19) 0 0 Sweden IFK Norrköping v.  Republic of Ireland, 4 June 2022
MF Óliver Steinar Guðmundsson (2004-05-17) 17 May 2004 (age 19) 0 0 Italy Atalanta v.  Republic of Ireland, 4 June 2022
MF Júlíus Mar Júlíusson (2004-06-07) 7 June 2004 (age 19) 0 0 Iceland Fjölnir v.  Republic of Ireland, 4 June 2022
FW Sigurður Steinar Björnsson (2004-01-15) 15 January 2004 (age 20) 2 1 Iceland Víkingur v.  Kazakhstan, 22 November 2022
FW Daníel Tristan Guðjohnsen (2006-03-01) 1 March 2006 (age 18) 0 0 Sweden Malmö v.  Kazakhstan, 22 November 2022

See also

References

  1. ^ "Elite qualifying stage results 2006–07". Uefa.com. Archived from the original on 10 July 2012. 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. Archived from the original on 18 July 2012. 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. ^ "Under-19 - Standings – UEFA.com". www.uefa.com. Archived from the original on 2012-09-21.
  9. ^ "Under-19 - Standings – UEFA.com". www.uefa.com. Archived from the original on 2013-09-14.
  10. ^ "Under-19 EURO: new schedule". UEFA.com. 13 August 2020. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  11. ^ "2020/21 Under-19 EURO cancelled". UEFA.com. 23 February 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  12. ^ "U19 karla - Hópurinn fyrir milliriðla undankeppni EM 2023" (in Icelandic). Knattspyrnusamband Íslands. 9 March 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
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