EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2019/21 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Laugardalsvöllur - Reykjavik Thursday 8 October 2020 20.45CET (18.45 local time) Iceland Matchday -2 - Play-off Romania Last updated 02/02/2021 17:01CET CMS error: Requested URL "/insideuefa/library/promo/presskits/european-qualifiers/_sponsorqualifiers.html" not found. Previous meetings 2 Squad list 3 Head coach 5 Match officials 6 Match-by-match lineups 7 Team facts 10 Legend 13 1 Iceland - Romania Thursday 8 October 2020 - 20.45CET (18.45 local time) Match press kit Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavik Previous meetings Head to Head FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Hagi 7, 80 (P), 10/09/1997 QR (GS) Romania - Iceland 4-0 Bucharest Petrescu 39, Gâlcă 65 Bergsson 21 (og), 09/10/1996 QR (GS) Iceland - Romania 0-4 Reykjavik Hagi 62, G. Popescu 77, Petrescu 90 Final Qualifying Total tournament Home Away Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA EURO Iceland - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Romania - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - FIFA* Iceland 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 - - - - 2 0 0 2 0 8 Romania 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 - - - - 2 2 0 0 8 0 Friendlies Iceland - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Romania - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Total Iceland 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 - - - - 2 0 0 2 0 8 Romania 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 - - - - 2 2 0 0 8 0 * FIFA World Cup/FIFA Confederations Cup 2 Iceland - Romania Thursday 8 October 2020 - 20.45CET (18.45 local time) Match press kit Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavik Squad list Iceland Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Hannes Halldórsson 27/04/1984 36 Valur - 10 0 0 0 - Ögmundur Kristinsson 19/06/1989 31 Olympiacos - 0 0 0 0 - Rúnar Rúnarsson 18/02/1995 25 Arsenal - 0 0 0 0 Defenders - Ragnar Sigurdsson 19/06/1986 34 Copenhagen - 10 2 0 0 - Ari Skúlason 14/05/1987 33 Oostende - 10 0 0 0 Víkingur - Kári Árnason 13/10/1982 37 - 8 0 0 0 Reykjavík - Birkir Sævarsson 11/11/1984 35 Valur - 2 0 0 0 - Hólmar Eyjólfsson 06/08/1990 30 Rosenborg - 0 0 0 0 - Victor Pálsson 30/04/1991 29 Darmstadt - 4 0 0 0 CSKA - Hördur Magnússon 11/02/1993 27 - 5 0 0 0 Moskva - Sverrir Ingason 05/08/1993 27 PAOK - 3 0 0 0 Midfielders - Birkir Bjarnason 27/05/1988 32 Brescia - 10 3 0 0 - Aron Gunnarsson 22/04/1989 31 Al-Arabi - 6 0 0 0 - Gylfi Sigurdsson 08/09/1989 31 Everton - 10 2 0 0 - Rúnar Már Sigurjónsson 18/06/1990 30 Astana - 6 0 0 0 - Arnór Ingvi Traustason 30/04/1993 27 Malmö - 8 0 0 0 - Albert Guðmundsson 15/06/1997 23 AZ Alkmaar - 1 0 0 0 - Mikael Anderson 01/07/1998 22 Midtjylland - 2 0 0 0 Forwards - Kolbeinn Sigthórsson 14/03/1990 30 AIK - 8 3 0 0 - Vidar Kjartansson 11/03/1990 30 Vålerenga - 5 1 0 0 - Johann Gudmundsson 27/10/1990 29 Burnley - 4 1 0 0 - Alfred Finnbogason 01/02/1989 31 Augsburg - 5 0 0 0 - Jón Dadi Bödvarsson 25/05/1992 28 Millwall - 7 1 0 0 Coach - Erik Hamrén 27/06/1957 63 - 10 0 0 0 3 Iceland - Romania Thursday 8 October 2020 - 20.45CET (18.45 local time) Match press kit Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavik Romania Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Ciprian Tătăruşanu 09/02/1986 34 Milan - 10 0 0 0 - David Lazar 08/08/1991 29 Astra - 0 0 0 0 Sparta - Florin Niță 03/07/1987 33 - 0 0 0 0 Praha Defenders - Alin Toşca 14/03/1992 28 Gaziantep - 3 0 0 0 - Dragoş Grigore 07/09/1986 34 Ludogorets - 4 0 0 0 Universitatea - Mihai Bălașa 14/01/1995 25 - 0 0 0 0 Craiova - Camora 10/11/1986 33 CFR Cluj - 0 0 0 0 - Cristian Manea 09/08/1997 23 CFR Cluj - 1 0 0 0 - Andrei Burcă 15/04/1993 27 CFR Cluj - 0 0 0 0 Midfielders - Ciprian Deac 16/02/1986 34 CFR Cluj - 5 1 0 0 - Nicolae Stanciu 07/05/1993 27 Slavia Praha - 9 0 0 0 - Alexandru Maxim 08/07/1990 30 Gaziantep - 3 0 0 0 New York - Ionuţ Mitriță 08/02/1995 25 - 5 2 0 0 City - Alexandru Cretu 24/04/1992 28 Maribor - 0 0 0 0 - Răzvan Marin 23/05/1996 24 Cagliari - 7 0 0 0 Universitatea - Alexandru Cicâldău 08/07/1997 23 - 3 0 0 0 Craiova - Ianis Hagi 22/10/1998 21 Rangers - 9 0 0 0 - Sergiu Hanca 04/04/1992 28 Cracovia - 0 0 0 0 Universitatea - Nicusor Bancu 18/09/1992 28 - 6 0 0 0 Craiova Forwards - Claudiu Keșerü 02/12/1986 33 Ludogorets - 8 6 0 0 - Denis Alibec 05/01/1991 29 Kayserispor - 1 0 0 0 - Gabriel Iancu 15/04/1994 26 Viitorul - 0 0 0 0 - George Puşcaş 08/04/1996 24 Reading - 10 5 0 0 Coach - Radoi Mirel 22/03/1981 39 - 0 0 0 0 4 Iceland - Romania Thursday 8 October 2020 - 20.45CET (18.45 local time) Match press kit Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavik Head coach Erik Hamrén Date of birth: 27 June 1957 Nationality: Swedish Playing career: Ljusdal, Stockviks Coaching career: Njurunda (youth), Sundsvall (youth), Bro (youth), Enköping, Väsby, Brommapojkarna, Vasalund, Degerfors, AIK, Örgryte, AaB, Rosenborg, Sweden, Iceland • Hamrén's short-lived playing career began with home-town club Ljusdal at 17, but after a two-year spell both there and at Stockviks, he was forced into retirement through injury. • Began coaching at junior level before taking on his first senior post with Enköping and experienced his first major success nine years later, when he led AIK to victory in the 1996 Swedish Cup – a trophy he successfully defended with the Stockholm side the following year. He also took the team to the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1996/97, where they bowed out to eventual winners Barcelona. A third Swedish Cup was added to his CV with Örgryte in 2000. • After moving abroad in 2004 to join AaB he won the Danish Superliga in 2008, having also led them into the UEFA Cup group stage, then followed up with back-to-back Norwegian championships at Rosenborg. • During his time in Trondheim he was appointed as the coach of the Swedish national side, doing the two jobs simultaneously until he stepped down from his Rosenborg duties in September 2010 to take charge of Sweden full time. Over the next six years he led his country to the finals of both UEFA EURO 2012 and UEFA EURO 2016, missing out on the 2014 FIFA World Cup only after a qualifying play-off defeat by Portugal. • After two years out of the game he was recalled to the international arena by Iceland, who appointed him as their new head coach on 8 August 2018 in succession to Heimir Hallgrímsson. Mirel Rădoi Date of birth: 22 March 1981 Nationality: Romanian Playing career: Extensiv Craiova, Steaua București (now FCSB), Al-Hilal, Al-Ain, Al-Ahli, Al-Arabi Coaching career: FCSB, Romania U21, Romania • Rădoi came through the youth ranks at home-town club Drobeta-Turnu Severin before joining Extensiv Craiova aged 18; a year and 14 top-flight appearances later, Steaua took him to Bucharest, where his fighting qualities made him a fan favourite. • Over eight and a half years at Steaua, Rădoi won three league titles and two Romanian Super Cups, also playing a key role as the club reached the 2005/06 UEFA Cup semi-finals – a campaign that provided 13 of his 50 UEFA club competition appearances in their colours. • Moved to the Middle East in January 2009, representing four clubs and winning two championships in both Saudi Arabia – where he was named player of the year in 2010 – and the UAE. Represented Romania 67 times, including at UEFA EURO 2008. • Upon retirement Rădoi took over at FCSB as head coach in July 2015, but lasted only five months in the post. • Joined the Romanian Football Federation in March 2018 to become sports manager of the Under-21 national side; following Daniel Isăilă's departure for Saudi Arabia that August, Rădoi stepped into his shoes as head coach, overseeing victories in the last four qualifiers to earn Romania a place in the European finals for the first time since 1998. Took them to the U21 semi-finals in 2019, finishing top of a section also including France, England and Croatia before a last-four defeat by Germany, and succeeded Cosmin Contra in charge of the senior side that November. 5 Iceland - Romania Thursday 8 October 2020 - 20.45CET (18.45 local time) Match press kit Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavik Match officials Referee Damir Skomina (SVN) Assistant referees Jure Praprotnik (SVN) , Robert Vukan (SVN) Video Assistant Referee Juan Martínez Munuera (ESP) Assistant Video Assistant Referee Slavko Vinčić (SVN) Fourth official Rade Obrenovič (SVN) UEFA Delegate Mark Blackbourne (ENG) UEFA Referee observer Karen Nalbandyan (ARM) Referee UEFA EURO Name Date of birth UEFA matches matches Damir Skomina 05/08/1976 17 148 Damir Skomina Referee since: 1992 First division: 2000 FIFA badge: 2003 Tournaments: 2018 FIFA World Cup, 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup, UEFA EURO 2016, 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup, UEFA EURO 2012, 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, 2005 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, 2005 UEFA Regions' Cup, 2003 UEFA European Under-17 Championship Finals 2019 UEFA Champions League 2017 UEFA Europa League 2012 UEFA Super Cup 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship UEFA European Championship matches featuring the two countries involved in this match Stage Date Competition Home Away Result Venue reached 27/06/2016 EURO R16 England Iceland 1-2 Nice Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Stage Date Competition Home Away Result Venue reached 29/06/2003 UIC R1 FC Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ Tampere United 2-1 Piatra Neamt 28/09/2003 U17 1QR Iceland Russia 0-0 Panevezys 27/08/2009 UEL PO AEK Athens FC FC Vaslui 3-0 Athens 27/06/2016 EURO R16 England Iceland 1-2 Nice 11/11/2016 WC QR Romania Poland 0-3 Bucharest 6 Iceland - Romania Thursday 8 October 2020 - 20.45CET (18.45 local time) Match press kit Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavik Match-by-match lineups Iceland Final tournament - Qualifying round Matchday 1 (22/03/2019) Andorra 0-2 Iceland Goals: 0-1 B.