The Iceland national under-19 football team, controlled by the

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, represents

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at the

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and international

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fixtures at the under-19 age level.

European Championships

Introduction

Since it adopted its current format in 2002, the Iceland under-19s have failed to qualify for the

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. As of 2011, their best qualifying campaign performances came in 2007 and 2008, when they qualified for the second, or 'elite', qualification stage. In the qualifying campaign for the 2007 tournament, the team finished joint second place in the elite qualification stage behind the Spain under-19s, who went on to win the tournament. In 2008, the Iceland under-19s recorded

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victories against the Norway under-19s and the Israel under-19s, but again finished in second place. On that occasion the group winners were the Bulgaria under-19s. In the 2011 qualification campaign, Iceland finished third in group 1 of the first qualifying stage. Their only points came in a 4–0 victory over the Kazakhstan under-19s, who finished bottom in fourth place. In the first qualification stage of the

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, the Iceland under-19s faced

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and

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, finishing last in the group. Iceland didn't fare much better in

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, as they came third in the group and didn't qualify. In

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they finished second in Group 4 behind

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and ahead of both

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and

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to qualify for the

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where they lost all three matches.

History

Players

Current squad

* The following players were called up for the 2023 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification matches. * Match dates: 16, 19 and 22 November 2022 * Opposition: , , * Caps and goals correct as of: 24 September 2022, after the match against

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up within the last twelve months and remain available for future selection.

References

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