List of Iceland national football team managers

Linear record

As of 29 March 2024[1][2]

Note: this list includes international friendlies.

Manager[3] Year(s) Games Win Draw Loss Goals
for
Goals
against
Goal
diff
Win % Unbeaten %
England Freddie Steele
Scotland Murdo McDougall
1946 1 0 0 1 0 3 −3 0% 0%
Sweden Roland Bergström 1947 1 0 0 1 2 4 −2 0% 0%
Scotland Joe Devine 1948 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 100% 100%
West Germany Fritz Buchloh 1949 1 0 0 1 1 5 −4 0% 0%
Iceland Óli B. Jónsson 1951 2 1 0 1 5 6 −1 50% 50%
Austria Franz Köhler 1953 3 0 0 3 4 11 −7 0% 0%
Iceland Karl Guðmundsson 1954–1956 6 2 0 4 9 14 −5 33.3% 33.3%
Scotland Alex Weir 1957 6 0 0 6 8 35 −27 0% 0%
Iceland Óli B. Jónsson 1958 1 0 0 1 2 3 −1 0% 0%
Iceland Karl Guðmundsson 1959 4 1 1 2 5 7 −2 25% 50%
Iceland Óli B. Jónsson 1960 3 0 0 3 1 11 −10 0% 0%
Iceland Karl Guðmundsson 1961 2 1 0 1 4 4 0 50% 50%
Iceland Ríkharður Jónsson 1962 3 0 1 2 4 8 −4 0% 33.3%
Iceland Karl Guðmundsson 1963–1965 6 1 0 5 5 19 −14 16.7% 16.7%
Iceland Ríkharður Jónsson 1965 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0% 100%
Iceland Karl Guðmundsson 1966 2 0 1 1 3 5 −2 0% 50%
Iceland Reynir Karlsson 1967 4 0 1 3 6 23 −17 0% 25%
Austria Walter Pfeiffer 1968 2 0 0 2 1 7 −6 0% 0%
Iceland Ríkharður Jónsson 1969–1971 15 2 3 10 13 24 −11 13.3% 33.3%
Scotland Duncan McDowell 1972 4 1 0 3 5 13 −8 25% 25%
Iceland Eggert Jóhannesson 1972 1 0 0 1 1 4 −3 0% 0%
Iceland Örn Steinsen 1973 1 1 0 0 4 0 +4 100% 100%
Denmark Henning Enoksen 1973 6 0 0 6 2 22 −20 0% 0%
England Tony Knapp 1974–1977 26 8 3 15 32 38 −6 30.8% 42.3%
Soviet Union Jurí Ilitchev 1978–1979 11 0 2 9 3 24 −21 0% 18.2%
Iceland Guðni Kjartansson 1980–1981 15 5 4 6 22 31 −9 33.3% 60%
Iceland Jóhannes Atlason 1982–1983 16 4 3 9 20 23 −3 25% 43.8%
England Tony Knapp 1984–1985 14 5 3 6 18 13 +5 35.7% 57.1%
West Germany Sigfried Held 1986–1989 37 6 8 23 23 59 −36 16.2% 37.8%
Iceland Guðni Kjartansson 1989 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 100% 100%
Sweden Bo Johansson 1990–1991 15 6 1 8 23 18 +5 40% 46.6%
Iceland Ásgeir Elíasson 1991–1995 35 12 8 15 31 39 −8 34.3% 57.1%
Iceland Logi Ólafsson 1996–1997 14 4 3 7 15 26 −11 28.6% 50%
Iceland Guðjón Þórðarson 1997–1999 25 11 6 8 37 26 +11 44% 68%
Iceland Atli Eðvaldsson 2000–2003 30 11 5 14 38 44 −6 36.7% 51.6%
Iceland Ásgeir Sigurvinsson
Iceland Logi Ólafsson
2003–2005 24 6 5 13 31 47 −16 25% 45.8%
Iceland Eyjólfur Sverrisson 2006–2007 14 2 4 8 12 27 −15 14.3% 42.9%
Iceland Ólafur Jóhannesson 2007–2011 39 11 9 19 40 50 −10 28.2% 51.3%
Sweden Lars Lagerbäck 2011–2013 20 8 3 9 28 30 −2 40% 55%
Sweden Lars Lagerbäck
Iceland Heimir Hallgrímsson
2013–2016 32 13 7 12 50 46 +4 40.6% 63%
Iceland Heimir Hallgrímsson 2016–2018 25 12 4 9 40 27 +13 48% 64%
Sweden Erik Hamrén 2018–2020 28 9 5 14 29 50 −21 32.1% 50%
Iceland Arnar Viðarsson 2020–2023 31 6 13 12 37 49 −12 19.35% 61.29%
Norway Åge Hareide 2023– 12 5 1 6 18 16 +2 41.67% 50%

Individual records

As of 29 March 2024

Note: this list includes international friendlies.

Manager Year(s) Games Win Draw Loss Goals
for
Goals
against
Goal
diff
Win % Unbeaten %
Iceland Heimir Hallgrímsson 2013–2018 57 25 11 21 90 73 +17 43.9% 63.2%
Sweden Lars Lagerbäck 2011–2016 52 21 10 21 78 76 +2 40.4% 59.6%
England Tony Knapp 1974–1977, 1984–1985 40 13 6 21 50 51 −1 32.5% 47.5%
Iceland Ólafur Jóhannesson 2007–2011 39 11 9 19 40 50 −10 28.2% 51.3%
Iceland Logi Ólafsson 1996–1997, 2003–2005 38 10 8 20 46 73 −27 26.3% 47.4%
West Germany Sigfried Held 1986–1989 37 6 8 23 23 59 −36 16.2% 37.8%
Iceland Ásgeir Elíasson 1991–1995 35 12 8 15 31 39 −8 34.3% 57.1%
Iceland Arnar Viðarsson 2020–2023 31 6 13 12 37 49 −12 19,35% 61,29%
Iceland Atli Eðvaldsson 2000–2003 30 11 5 14 38 44 −6 36.7% 51.6%
Sweden Erik Hamrén 2018–2020 28 9 5 14 29 50 −21 32.1% 50%
Iceland Guðjón Þórðarson 1997–1999 25 11 6 8 37 26 +11 44% 68%
Iceland Ásgeir Sigurvinsson 2003–2005 24 6 5 13 31 47 −16 25% 45.8%
Iceland Karl Guðmundsson 1954–1956, 1959, 1961, 1963–1965, 1966 20 5 2 13 26 49 −23 25% 35%
Iceland Ríkharður Jónsson 1962, 1965, 1969–1971 19 2 5 12 17 32 −15 10.5% 36.8%
Iceland Guðni Kjartansson 1980–1981, 1989 16 6 4 6 24 32 −8 37.5% 62.5%
Iceland Jóhannes Atlason 1982–1983 16 4 3 9 20 23 −3 25% 43.8%
Sweden Bo Johansson 1990–1991 15 6 1 8 23 18 +5 40% 46.6%
Iceland Eyjólfur Sverrisson 2006–2007 14 2 4 8 12 27 −15 14.3% 42.9%
Norway Åge Hareide 2023– 12 5 1 6 18 16 +2 41.67% 50%
Soviet Union Jurí Ilitchev 1978–1979 11 0 2 9 3 24 −21 0% 18.2%
Iceland Óli B. Jónsson 1951, 1958, 1960 6 1 0 5 8 20 −12 16.7% 16.7%
Denmark Henning Enoksen 1973 6 0 0 6 2 22 −20 0% 0%
Scotland Alex Weir 1957 6 0 0 6 8 35 −27 0% 0%
Scotland Duncan McDowell 1972 4 1 0 3 5 13 −8 25% 25%
Iceland Reynir Karlsson 1967 4 0 1 3 6 23 −17 0% 25%
Austria Franz Köhler 1953 3 0 0 3 4 11 −7 0% 0%
Austria Walter Pfeiffer 1968 2 0 0 2 1 7 −6 0% 0%
Iceland Örn Steinsen 1973 1 1 0 0 4 0 +4 100% 100%
Scotland Joe Devine 1948 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 100% 100%
Sweden Roland Bergström 1947 1 0 0 1 2 4 −2 0% 0%
Iceland Eggert Jóhannesson 1972 1 0 0 1 1 4 −3 0% 0%
England Freddie Steele 1946 1 0 0 1 0 3 −3 0% 0%
Scotland Murdo McDougall 1946 1 0 0 1 0 3 −3 0% 0%
West Germany Fritz Buchloh 1949 1 0 0 1 1 5 −4 0% 0%

References

  1. ^ "A landslið karla | A lið karla | Landslið | Knattspyrnusamband Íslands" (in Icelandic). Ksi.is. Archived from the original on 14 June 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
  2. ^ "Leikir félaga | Mótamál | Knattspyrnusamband Íslands" (in Icelandic). Ksi.is. 31 December 1945. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
  3. ^ "Lagerbäck the first foreigner for 20 years" (in Icelandic). mbl.is. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
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