Iceland national football team results (1940–1959)

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This is a list of the Iceland national football team results from 1946 to 1959. Only games against full national sides are counted.

1940s

1946

17 July International Friendly	Iceland	0 – 3	Denmark	Reykjavík, Iceland
20:15 (UTC)		Report	Hansen 5' Christiansen 72' Sørensen 74'	Stadium: Melavöllur Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Thoralf Kristiansen (Norway)

1947

14 July International Friendly	Iceland	2 – 4	Norway	Reykjavík, Iceland
20:30 (UTC)	Albert Guðmundsson 4', 38'	Report	Knut Brynildsen 6' Gunnar Thoresen 23', 29' Paul Sæthrang 44'	Stadium: Melavöllur Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Lionel Gibbs (England)

1948

2 July International Friendly	Iceland	2 – 0	Finland	Reykjavík, Iceland
20:30 (UTC)	Ríkharður Jónsson 85', 88'	Report		Stadium: Melavöllur Attendance: 8,000 Referee: John Nilsson (Sweden)

1949

2 July International Friendly	Denmark	5 – 1	Iceland	Aarhus, Denmark
	Knud Lundberg 3' Jens Peder Hansen 35', 57' Kai Frandsen 51' Frank Reckendorff 65'	Report	Halldór Axel Halldórsson 79'	Stadium: Aarhus Idrætspark Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Kolbjørn Dæhlen (Norway)

1950s

1951

2 June International Friendly	Iceland	4 – 3	Sweden	Reykjavík, Iceland
21:00 (UTC)	Ríkharður Jónsson 32', 38', 48', 82'	Report	Per-Olof Larsson 55' Åke Jönsson 62' Frank Jacobsson 87'	Stadium: Melavöllur Attendance: 5,634 Referee: Guðjón Einarsson (Iceland)

26 July International Friendly	Norway	3 – 1	Iceland	Trondheim, Norway
	Harald Hennum 44' Haukur Bjarnason 81' (o.g.) Ragnar Hvidsten 90'	Report	Ríkharður Jónsson 52'	Stadium: Lerkendal Stadion Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Helge Andersen (Denmark)

1953

9 August International Friendly	Denmark	4 – 0	Iceland	Copenhagen, Denmark
13:00 (UTC+1)	Holger Seebach 43', 58' Erik Nielsen 66' Erik Hansen 85' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Parken Stadium Attendance: 19,800 Referee: John Nilsson (Sweden)

13 August International Friendly	Norway	3 – 1	Iceland	Bergen, Norway
18:30 (UTC+1)	Kjell Kristiansen 8' Gunnar Dybwad 15' Gunnar Thoresen 23'	Report	Gunnar Gunnarsson 43'	Stadium: Brann Stadion Attendance: 12,000 Referee: John Erik Andersson (Sweden)

1954

4 July International Friendly	Iceland	1 – 0	Norway	Reykjavík, Iceland
20:30 (UTC)	Þórður Þórðarson 29'	Report		Stadium: Melavöllur Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Guðjón Einarsson (Iceland)

24 August International Friendly	Sweden	3 – 2	Iceland	Kalmar, Sweden
	John Eriksson 61', 88' Gösta Sandberg 34'	Report	Þórður Þórðarson 61' Ríkharður Jónsson 78'	Stadium: Fredriksskans Attendance: 14,066 Referee: Aksel Assmundssen (Denmark)

1955

3 July International Friendly	Iceland	0 – 4	Denmark	Reykjavík, Iceland
20:00 (UTC)		Report	Aage Rou Jensen 30' Jens Peder Hansen 37' Poul Pedersen 50', 74'	Stadium: Melavöllur Attendance: 10,280 Referee: Petter Gundersen (Norway)

25 August International Friendly	Iceland	3 – 2	United States	Reykjavík, Iceland
19:30 (UTC)	Þórður Þórðarson 61' Gunnar Guðmannssson 55', 85'	Report		Stadium: Melavöllur Attendance: 9,500 Referee: Ludvig Jørkov (Denmark)

1956

29 June International Friendly	Finland	2 – 1	Iceland	Helsinki, Finland
	Olli Forsgren 11', 68'	Report	Ríkharður Jónsson 12' (pen.)	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 12,108 Referee: Sven Rydberg (Sweden)

References

v t e Iceland national football team
General	Football Association of Iceland (KSÍ) Players Managers Viking Thunder Clap
Venues	Melavöllur (1946–56) Laugardalsvöllur (1957–present)
Statistics	Head to head World Cup record European Championship record
Results	1940–59 1960–79 1980–99 2000–19 2020–present
World Cups	2018
European Championships	2016
Nations Leagues	2018–19 League A 2020–21 League A
Other KSÍ teams	Women's Under-21 Under-19 Under-17 Futsal

v t e Men's national football team results (UEFA)
Albania	1946–1969 1970–1999 2000–2019 2020–present
Andorra	1996–2019 2020–present
Armenia	1992–1999 2000–2009 2010–2019 2020–present
Austria	1902–1929 1930–1959 1960–1979 1980–1999 2000–2019 2020–present
Azerbaijan	1992–1999 2000–2009 2010–2019 2020–present
Belarus	1992–2009 2010–present
Belgium	Full list 1904–1909 1910–1919 1980–1989 1990–1999 2000–2009 2010–2019 2020–present
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1995–2019 2020–present
Bulgaria	1990–1999 2000–2019 2020–present
Croatia	1940–1991 1992–1999 2000–2009 2010–2019 2020–present
Cyprus	1960–1969 1970–1989 1990–2009 2010–2019 2020–present
Czech Republic	1994–2019 2020–present
Czechoslovakia	1920–1938
Denmark	Full list 1908–1929 1930–1949 1950–1959 1960–1969 1970–1979 1980–1989 1990–1999 2000–2009 2010–2019 2020–present
East Germany	Full list
England	1872–1899 1900–1929 1930–1959 1960–1979 1980–1999 2000–2019 2020–present
England amateurs	1906–1939
Estonia	1991–2009 2010–2019 2020–present
Faroe Islands	1988–2019 2020–present
Finland	2000–2019 2020–present
France	1904–1920 1921–1959 1960–1979 1980–1999 2000–2019 2020–present
Georgia	1990–2019 2020–present
Germany	1908–1929 1930–1942 1950–1990 (West Germany) 1990–1999 2000–2019 2020–present
Gibraltar	Full list
Greece	1929–1959 1960–1979 1980–1999 2000–2019 2020–present
Hungary	1902–1929 1930–1949 1950–1969 1970–1989 1990–1999 2000–2009 2010–2019 2020–present
Iceland	1940–1959 2000–2019 2020–present
Israel	1934–1959 1960–1989 1990–2019 2020–present
Italy	1910–1929 1930–1949 1950–1969 1970–1989 1990–2009 2010–present
Kazakhstan	Full list
Kosovo	1942–1975 1993–2019 2020–present
Latvia	1991–2019 2020–present
Liechtenstein	1981–2019 2020–present
Lithuania	Full list
Luxembourg	1910–1959 1960–1979 1980–1999 2000–2019 2020–present
Malta	1957–1979 1980–1999 2000–2019 2020–present
Moldova	1991–1999 2000–2009 2010–2019 2020–present
Montenegro	Full list
Netherlands	Full list 1905–1919 1920–1939 1980–1999 2000–2009 2010–2019 2020–present
North Macedonia	1993–2018 2019–present
Northern Ireland	1882–1899 1900–1929 1930–1959 1960–1979 1980–1999 2000–2019 2020–present
Norway	1908–1929 1930–1959 1980–1999 2000–2019 2020–present
Poland	Full list 1921–1939 2000–2019 2020–present
Portugal	1921–1939 1940–1959 1960–1979 1980–1999 2000–2019 2020–present
Republic of Ireland	Full list 1924–1935 1936–1954 1954–1959 1960–1979 1980–1989 1990–1999 2000–2009 2010–2019 2020–present
Romania	1922–1939 1940–1959 1960–1979 1980–1999 2000–2019 2020–present
Russia	1992–2019 2020–present
San Marino	Full list
Scotland	1872–1914 1920–1939 1940–1959 1960–1979 1980–1999 2000–2019 2020–present
Serbia	Full list 1945 2006–2009 2010–2019 2020–present
Serbia and Montenegro	Full list
Slovakia	Full list
Slovenia	1992–2019 2020–present
Spain	Full list 1920–39 1940–59 1960–79 1980–89 1990–99 2000–09 2010–19 2020–present
Sweden	1908–1919 1980–1989 1990–1999 2000–2009 2010–2019 2020–present
Switzerland	2010–2019 2020–present
Turkey	1923–1960 1961–1980 1981–1999 2000–2009 2010–2019 2020–present
Ukraine	1992–2009 2010–2019 2020–present
Wales	1876–1899 1900–1914 1914–1919 1920–1939 1939–1945 1946–1959 1960–1979 1980–1999 2000–2019 2020–present
Yugoslavia	1920–1941 1946–1969 1970–1992
Italic text represent teams that are now defunct

Iceland national football team results (1940–1959)

1940s

1946

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1948

1949

1950s

1951

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1954

1955

1956

References

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