Skip to main content

Euro 2016 qualifying darling Iceland reveals final roster

Euro 2016 qualifying darlings Iceland are out to prove its road to France was no fluke, and it has compiled the 23-man squad believed to be able to pull that off. 
  • Author:
  • Publish date:

Euro 2016 qualifying darlings Iceland are out to prove its road to France was no fluke, and it has compiled the 23-man squad believed to be able to pull that off. 

Gylfi Sigurdsson, Alfred Finnbogason and 37-year-old Eidur Gudjohnsen headline Lars Lagerback's squad, which is grouped with Portugal, Hungary and Austria.

Iceland qualified directly from the group stage, besting the likes of the Netherlands to steal the spotlight during the qualification process.

Here is Iceland's squad in full:

GOALKEEPERS: Hannes Halldorsson (Bodo/Glimt), Ogmundur Kristinsson (Hammarby), Ingvar Jonsson (Sandefjord)

DEFENDERS: Ari Skulason (OB), Hordur Magnusson (Cesena), Hjortur Hermannsson (PSV Eindhoven), Ragnar Sigurdsson (Krasnodar), Kari Arnason (Malmo), Sverrir Ingi Ingason (Lokeren), Birkir Sævarsson (Hammarby), Haukur Heidar Hauksson (AIK)

MIDFIELDERS: Emil Hallfredsson (Udinese), Gylfi Sigurdsson (Swansea), Aron Gunnarsson (Cardiff), Theodor Elmar Bjarnason (AGF), Arnor Ingvi Traustason (Norrkoping), Birkir Bjarnason (Basel), Johann Gudmundsson (Charlton), Eidur Gudjohnsen (Molde), Runar Mar Sigurjonsson (Sundsvall)

FORWARDS: Kolbeinn Sigthorsson (Nantes), Alfred Finnbogason (Augsburg), Jon Dadi Bodvarsson (Kaiserslautern)