Iceland's record against Group F opponents
Thursday, January 14, 2016
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Iceland can take some encouragement from having scored four times in two games against Portugal, but have never beaten Austria, and are on a losing streak against Hungary.
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Qualified as: Group A runners-up
Top scorer: Gylfi Sigurdsson (6 goals)
Qualifying record: P10 W6 D2 L2 F17 A6 Pts20
EURO best: never qualified
Last EURO: N/A
EURO appearances: 0
Iceland v Portugal (21.00CET, 14 June, St-Etienne)
EURO P2 W0 D0 L2 F4 A8
World Cup P0 W0 D0 L0 F0 A0
Friendlies P0 W0 D0 L0 F0 A0
- Iceland and Portugal had never met until they were drawn together in qualifying for UEFA EURO 2012.
- Portugal won both matches, Cristiano Ronaldo leading the way in a 3-1 victory in Reykjavik and Nani scoring twice in a 5-3 triumph in the Porto return.
- Portugal striker Éder and Iceland midfielder Gylfi Sigurdsson are team-mates at Swansea City.
Iceland v Hungary (18.00CET, 18 June, Marseille)
EURO P2 W1 D0 L1 F2 A2
World Cup P4 W2 D0 L2 F8 A7
Friendlies P4 W0 D0 L4 F0 A12
- The nations have met six times in qualifying tournaments, Iceland winning the first three games and Hungary the last three.
- Friendlies included, there has never been a draw between the countries in ten encounters.
- The only meeting during the past decade, a Budapest friendly in August 2011, resulted in a resounding 4-0 win for Hungary, with current skipper Balázs Dzsudzsák among the scorers. It was Hungary's fifth successive victory over Iceland.
Iceland v Austria (18.00CET, 22 June, St-Denis)
EURO P0 W0 D0 L0 F0 A0
World Cup P2 W0 D1 L1 F1 A2
Friendlies P1 W0 D1 L0 F1 A1
- Austria are undefeated in their three meetings with Iceland although they were held 1-1 in an Innsbruck friendly staged in May 2014. Marcel Sabitzer put Austria ahead before Kolbeinn Sigthórsson equalised. The current head coaches of the two nations, Marcel Koller and Lars Lagerbäck/Heimir Hallgrímsson, were in charge for that game.
- The only two competitive internationals between the two countries came 26 years ago, a 0-0 draw in Reykjavik and a 2-1 win in Salzburg helping Austria qualify for the 1990 FIFA World Cup.
- Austria's Marc Janko and Iceland's Birkir Bjarnason are club colleagues at Swiss side Basel.