EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2014/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Laugardalsvöllur - Reykjavik Friday 12 June 2015 20.45CET (18.45 local time) Iceland Group A - Matchday -7 Czech Republic Last updated 12/07/2021 17:34CET Official Partners of UEFA EURO 2020 Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Squad list 5 Head coach 7 Match officials 8 Competition facts 9 Match-by-match lineups 10 Team facts 12 Legend 14 1 Iceland - Czech Republic Friday 12 June 2015 - 20.45CET (18.45 local time) Match press kit Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavik Previous meetings Head to Head 2016 UEFA European Championship Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Kadeřábek 45+1, 16/11/2014 QR (GS) Czech Republic - Iceland 2-1 Plzen Bödvarsson 61 (og); Sigurdsson 9 FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Sverrisson 45, 77, 01/09/2001 QR (GS) Iceland - Czech Republic 3-1 Reykjavik Sigthorsson 66; Jankulovski 88 Koller 17, 40, Nedvěd 07/10/2000 QR (GS) Czech Republic - Iceland 4-0 Teplice 44, 90 EURO '92 Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached 05/06/1991 PR (GS) Iceland - Czechoslovakia 0-1 Reykjavik Hašek 15 26/09/1990 PR (GS) Czechoslovakia - Iceland 1-0 Košice Danek 43 FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached 23/09/1981 QR (GS) Iceland - Czechoslovakia 1-1 Reykjavik Ormslev 6; Kozák 72 Vízek 35, Panenka 42 (P), Nehoda 72, 27/05/1981 QR (GS) Czechoslovakia - Iceland 6-1 Bratislava Edvaldsson 78 (og), Kozák 80, Janecka 86; Bergs 60 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 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 - - - - 3 0 0 3 1 4 Czech Republic 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 - - - - 3 3 0 0 4 1 FIFA* Iceland 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 - - - - 4 1 1 2 5 12 Czech Republic 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 - - - - 4 2 1 1 12 5 Friendlies Iceland - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 0 0 2 2 4 Czech Republic - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 2 0 0 4 2 Total 2 Iceland - Czech Republic Friday 12 June 2015 - 20.45CET (18.45 local time) Match press kit Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavik Final Qualifying Total tournament Home Away Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Iceland 3 1 1 1 4 0 0 4 - - - - 9 1 1 7 8 20 Czech Republic 4 4 0 0 3 1 1 1 - - - - 9 7 1 1 20 8 * FIFA World Cup/FIFA Confederations Cup 3 Iceland - Czech Republic Friday 12 June 2015 - 20.45CET (18.45 local time) Match press kit Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavik Match background The top two are coming together in UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying Group A with Iceland eager to avenge a defeat by the Czech Republic in their last encounter. Previous meetings • It took a Jón Dadi Bödvarsson own goal to give the Czech Republic a 2-1 win against Iceland when the sides met in Plzen last November. • Iceland's record in nine games against the Czech Republic and Czechoslovakia is now W1 D1 L7 (W1 D0 L3 against the Czech Republic alone). • Atli Edvaldsson's Iceland produced a major upset by beating Jozef Chovanec's Czech Republic team 3-1 in their previous competitive home meeting, a FIFA World Cup qualifier on 1 September 2001. Eyjólfur Sverrisson (45, 77) and Andri Sigthórsson (66) scored for Iceland, before Marek Jankulovski (88) replied for the Czechs. Form guide • Iceland have won all of their Group C games except for their loss to the Czech Republic. They are unbeaten in five competitive home matches (W4 D1) and have not conceded in their last four competitive outings at Laugardalsvöllur. • The Czech Republic (W4 D1) are one of 11 sides still unbeaten in UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying at the halfway stage, along with Belgium, Wales, Slovakia, Poland, England, Romania, Austria, Sweden, Croatia and Italy. • The Czechs have won their last four competitive away games. Trivia and links • Czech goalkeeper Petr Čech and Iceland forward Eidur Gudjohnsen were team-mates at Chelsea FC from 2004 to 2006. • The Czech Republic's record in nine UEFA age-group tournament matches against Iceland is W7 D2 L0. • The record of Czech clubs in ten UEFA encounters with their Icelandic counterparts is W8 D2 L0. 4 Iceland - Czech Republic Friday 12 June 2015 - 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 - Gunnleifur Gunnleifsson 14/07/1975 39 Breidablik - 0 0 0 0 - Hannes Halldórsson 27/04/1984 31 Sandnes - 5 0 0 0 - Ögmundur Kristinsson 19/06/1989 25 Hammarby - 0 0 0 0 Defenders - Ragnar Sigurdsson 19/06/1986 28 Krasnodar - 5 1 0 0 - Ari Skúlason 14/05/1987 28 OB * 5 0 0 0 Jiangsu - Sölvi Ottesen 18/02/1984 31 Guoxin- - 0 0 0 0 Sainty - Hallgrímur Jónasson 04/05/1986 29 OB - 0 0 0 0 - Kári Árnason 13/10/1982 32 Rotherham - 5 0 0 0 - Birkir Sævarsson 11/11/1984 30 Hammarby - 3 0 0 0 - Kristinn Jónsson 04/08/1990 24 Breidablik - 0 0 0 0 Midfielders - Emil Hallfredsson 29/06/1984 30 Verona - 5 0 0 0 - Rúrik Gíslason 25/02/1988 27 København - 4 1 0 0 - Elmar Bjarnason 04/03/1987 28 Randers - 4 0 0 0 - Birkir Bjarnason 27/05/1988 27 Pescara - 5 2 0 0 - Aron Gunnarsson 22/04/1989 26 Cardiff - 5 1 0 0 - Gylfi Sigurdsson 08/09/1989 25 Swansea - 5 4 0 0 - Rúnar Már Sigurjónsson 18/06/1990 24 Sundsvall - 0 0 0 0 - Jón Dadi Bödvarsson 25/05/1992 23 Viking - 5 1 0 0 Forwards - Eidur Gudjohnsen 15/09/1978 36 Bolton - 1 1 0 0 - Kolbeinn Sigthórsson 14/03/1990 25 Ajax - 5 1 0 0 Jiangsu - Vidar Orn Kjartansson 11/03/1990 25 Guoxin- - 1 0 0 0 Sainty - Johann Gudmundsson 27/10/1990 24 Charlton - 2 0 0 0 Real - Alfred Finnbogason 01/02/1989 26 - 2 0 0 0 Sociedad Coach - Lars Lagerbäck 16/07/1948 66 - 5 0 0 0 - Heimir Hallgrímsson 10/06/1967 48 - 3 0 0 0 5 Iceland - Czech Republic Friday 12 June 2015 - 20.45CET (18.45 local time) Match press kit Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavik Czech Republic Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Petr Čech 20/05/1982 33 Chelsea - 5 0 0 0 Mladá - Aleš Hruška 23/11/1985 29 - 0 0 0 0 Boleslav - Tomáš Vaclík 29/03/1989 26 Basel - 0 0 0 0 Defenders - Tomáš Sivok 15/09/1983 31 Beşiktaş - 3 1 0 0 - Václav Procházka 08/05/1984 31 Plzeň - 4 0 0 0 - Michal Kadlec 13/12/1984 30 Fenerbahçe - 5 0 0 0 - Marek Suchý 29/03/1988 27 Basel - 0 0 0 0 - David Limberský 06/10/1983 31 Plzeň * 4 0 0 0 - Theodor Gebre Selassie 24/12/1986 28 Bremen - 1 0 0 0 Sparta - Pavel Kadeřábek 25/04/1992 23 - 4 1 0 0 Praha Midfielders - Tomáš Rosický 04/10/1980 34 Arsenal - 4 0 0 0 - Jaroslav Plašil 05/01/1982 33 Bordeaux - 3 0 0 0 Sparta - Bořek Dočkal 30/09/1988 26 * 5 3 0 0 Praha Sparta - Lukáš Vácha 13/05/1989 26 - 3 0 0 0 Praha - Daniel Kolář 27/10/1985 29 Plzeň - 2 0 0 0 Sparta - Ladislav Krejčí 05/07/1992 22 - 5 1 0 0 Praha - Jan Kovařík 19/06/1988 26 Plzeň - 0 0 0 0 - Václav Pilař 13/10/1988 26 Plzeň - 5 2 0 0 - Jan Kopic 04/06/1990 25 Jablonec - 0 0 0 0 - Vladimír Darida 08/08/1990 24 Freiburg - 5 0 0 0 Forwards - Tomáš Necid 13/08/1989 25 Zwolle - 3 1 0 0 - Václav Kadlec 20/05/1992 23 Frankfurt - 1 0 0 0 Slavia - Milan Skoda 16/01/1986 29 - 0 0 0 0 Praha Coach - Pavel Vrba 06/12/1963 51 - 5 0 0 0 6 Iceland - Czech Republic Friday 12 June 2015 - 20.45CET (18.45 local time) Match press kit Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavik Head coach Lars Lagerbäck/Heimir Hallgrímsson Lagerbäck Date of birth: 16 July 1948 Nationality: Swedish Playing career: Alby FF, Gimonäs CK Coaching career: Kilafors IF, Arbrå BK, Hudiksvalls ABK, Sweden (youth sides), Sweden, Nigeria, Iceland • A lower-league player, Lagerbäck began his coaching career in 1977 with Kilafors, joining the Swedish Football Association (SvFF) as a youth coach after spells with two other modest club sides Arbrå and Hudiksvall. • Coached the national Under-21 and B teams until Tommy Söderberg took him on as his assistant with the senior national squad in 1998. • Söderberg and Lagerbäck managed Sweden in tandem from 2000, reaching UEFA EURO 2000, the 2002 FIFA World Cup and the quarter-finals of UEFA EURO 2004; following Söderberg's departure, Lagerbäck took the troops to the 2006 World Cup and UEFA EURO 2008 single-handed. • Stepped down after failing to lead Sweden to the 2010 World Cup finals, but ended up travelling to that tournament as coach of Nigeria. • Appointed Iceland boss in October 2011, he steered the side to the 2014 World Cup play-offs where they lost to Croatia. Agreed a new contract that will see him hand over the reins to assistant Heimir Hallgrímsson at the end of the UEFA EURO 2016 campaign. Hallgrímsson Date of birth: 10 June 1967 Nationality: Icelandic • Formerly Lagerbäck's assistant, Hallgrímsson was promoted to the joint coaching role following the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign.