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Iceland men's national handball team#List of coaches

{{Short description|The national team that represents Iceland in international men's handball}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}

{{Infobox national handball team

|Name = Iceland

|Badge = Iceland national handball team.png

|Badge_size = 200px

|Nickname = Strákarnir okkar ({{langx|en|Our boys}})

|Association = Icelandic Handball Association
(Handknattleikssamband Íslands)

|Coach = Snorri Guðjónsson

|Assistant coach = Arnór Atlason
Óskar Bjarni Óskarsson

|Captain =

|Most caps = Guðmundur Hrafnkelsson (407)

|Most goals = Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson (1879)

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|Summer Olympics apps = 7

|Summer Olympics first = 1972

|Summer Olympics best = {{OG2}} 2nd (2008)

|World cup apps = 23

|World cup first = 1958

|World cup best = 5th (1997)

|Regional name = European Championship

|Regional cup apps = 13

|Regional cup first = 2000

|Regional cup best = {{Eur3}} 3rd (2010)

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{{MedalTableTop}}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalSilver|2008 Beijing|Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championship}}

{{MedalBronze|2010 Austria|}}

{{MedalBottom}}

The Icelandic men's national handball team represents Iceland in international men's handball. It is controlled by the Icelandic Handball Association.

Honours

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Competition{{gold1}}{{silver2}}{{bronze3}}Total
align=left|Olympic Games

|0

101
align=left|World Championship

|0

000
align=left|European Championship

|0

011
Total0112

Competitive record

{{Color box|gold|border=darkgray}} Champions  {{Color box|silver|border=darkgray}} Runners-up  {{Color box|#cc9966|border=darkgray}} Third place  {{Color box|#9acdff|border=darkgray}} Fourth place  

=Olympic Games=

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align: center;"
Games

!Round

!Position

!{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}}

!{{Tooltip|W|Won}}

!{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}

!{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}

!{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}

!{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}

!{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}

style="text-align: left;"|{{Flagicon|DEU|Nazi}} 1936 Berlin

|colspan="9"|did not enter

colspan="10"|Not held from 1948 to 1968
align="left"|{{Flagicon|FRG}} 1972 Munich

|Match for 11th place

|12th of 16

|5

|1

|1

|3

|92

|90

| +2

style="text-align: left;"|{{Flagicon|CAN}} 1976 Montreal

|colspan="9" rowspan="2"|did not qualify

style="text-align: left;"|{{Flagicon|URS|1955}} 1980 Moscow
style="text-align: left;"|{{Flagicon|USA}} 1984 Los Angeles

|Match for 5th place

|6th of 12

|6

|3

|1

|2

|126

|122

| +4

style="text-align: left;"|{{Flagicon|KOR}} 1988 Seoul

|Match for 7th place

|8th of 12

|6

|2

|1

|3

|125

|133

|−8

style="background: #9ACDFF;"

|style="text-align: left;"|{{Flagicon|ESP}} 1992 Barcelona

|Fourth place

|4th of 12

|7

|3

|1

|3

|140

|146

|−6

style="text-align: left;"|{{Flagicon|USA}} 1996 Atlanta

|colspan="9" rowspan="2"|did not qualify

style="text-align: left;"|{{Flagicon|AUS}} 2000 Sydney
style="text-align: left;"|{{Flagicon|GRE}} 2004 Athens

|Match for 9th place

|9th of 12

|6

|2

|0

|4

|172

|183

|−11

style="background: silver;"

|style="text-align: left;"|{{Flagicon|CHN}} 2008 Beijing

|Runners-up

|2nd of 12

|8

|4

|2

|2

|242

|234

| +8

style="text-align: left;"|{{Flagicon|GBR}} 2012 London

|Quarter-finals

|5th of 12

|6

|5

|0

|1

|200

|166

| +34

style="text-align: left;"|{{Flagicon|BRA}} 2016 Rio de Janeiro

|colspan="9" rowspan=3|did not qualify

style="text-align: left;"|{{Flagicon|JPN}} 2020 Tokyo
style="text-align: left;"|{{Flagicon|FRA}} 2024 Paris
Total

!7/12

!0 Titles

!44

!20

!6

!18

!1,097

!1,074

!+23

=World Championship=

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align: center;"
Year

!Round

!Position

!{{Tooltip|Pld|Played}}

!{{Tooltip|W|Won}}

!{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}

!{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}

!{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}

!{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}

!{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}

style="text-align: left;"|{{Flagicon|DEU}} 1938 Germany

|colspan="9" rowspan="2"|did not participate

style="text-align: left;"|{{Flagicon|SWE}} 1954 Sweden
style="text-align: left;"|{{Flagicon|DDR}} 1958 East Germany

|Preliminary round

|10th of 16

|3

|1

|0

|2

|46

|57

|−11

style="text-align: left;"|{{Flagicon|FRG}} 1961 West Germany

|Main round

|6th of 12

|6

|2

|1

|3

|85

|96

|−11

style="text-align: left;"|{{Flagicon|CSK}} 1964 Czechoslovakia

|Preliminary round

|9th of 16

|3

|2

|0

|1

|40

|39

| +1

style="text-align: left;"|{{Flagicon|SWE}} 1967 Sweden

|colspan="9"|did not participate

style="text-align: left;"|{{Flagicon|FRA}} 1970 France

|Placement round

|11th of 16

|6

|2

|0

|4

|96

|112

|−16

style="text-align: left;"|{{Flagicon|DDR}} 1974 East Germany

|Preliminary round

|14th of 16

|3

|0

|0

|3

|48

|66

|−18

style="text-align: left;"|{{Flagicon|DEN}} 1978 Denmark

|Preliminary round

|13th of 16

|3

|0

|0

|3

|54

|68

|−14

style="text-align: left;"|{{Flagicon|FRG}} 1982 West Germany

|colspan="9"|did not participate

style="text-align: left;"|{{Flagicon|CHE}} 1986 Switzerland

|Main round

|6th of 16

|7

|3

|0

|4

|155

|159

|−4

style="text-align: left;"|{{Flagicon|CSK}} 1990 Czechoslovakia

|Main round

|10th of 16

|7

|2

|0

|5

|151

|169

|−18

style="text-align: left;"|{{Flagicon|SWE}} 1993 Sweden

|Main round

|8th of 16

|7

|3

|0

|4

|158

|155

| +3

style="border: 3px solid red; text-align: left;"|{{Flagicon|ISL}} 1995 Iceland

|Round of 16

|14th of 24

|7

|3

|0

|4

|154

|160

| −6

style="text-align: left;"|{{Flagicon|JPN}} 1997 Japan

|Quarter-finals

|5th of 24

|9

|7

|1

|1

|236

|203

| +33

style="text-align: left;"|{{Flagicon|EGY}} 1999 Egypt

|colspan="9"|did not participate

style="text-align: left;"|{{Flagicon|FRA}} 2001 France

|Round of 16

|11th of 24

|6

|2

|1

|3

|152

|150

| +2

style="text-align: left;"|{{Flagicon|POR}} 2003 Portugal

|Ranking games

|7th of 24

|9

|6

|0

|3

|308

|234

| +74

style="text-align: left;"|{{Flagicon|TUN}} 2005 Tunisia

|Preliminary round

|15th of 24

|5

|2

|1

|2

|154

|144

| +10

style="text-align: left;"|{{Flagicon|DEU}} 2007 Germany

|Quarter-finals

|8th of 24

|10

|4

|0

|6

|337

|315

| +22

style="text-align: left;"|{{Flagicon|CRO}} 2009 Croatia

|colspan="9"|did not qualify

style="text-align: left;"|{{Flagicon|SWE}} 2011 Sweden

|Ranking games

|6th of 24

|9

|5

|0

|4

|266

|246

| +20

style="text-align: left;"|{{Flagicon|ESP}} 2013 Spain

|Round of 16

|12th of 24

|6

|3

|0

|3

|181

|166

| +15

style="text-align: left;"|{{Flagicon|QAT}} 2015 Qatar

|Round of 16

|11th of 24

|6

|2

|1

|3

|152

|165

|−13

style="text-align: left;"|{{Flagicon|FRA}} 2017 France

|Round of 16

|14th of 24

|6

|1

|2

|3

|153

|152

| +1

style="text-align: left;"|{{Flagicon|DEN}}/{{Flagicon|GER}} 2019 Denmark/Germany

|Main round

|11th of 24

|8

|3

|0

|5

|207

|211

|−4

style="text-align: left;"|{{Flagicon|EGY}} 2021 Egypt

|Main round

|20th of 32

|6

|2

|0

|4

|170

|155

| +15

style="text-align: left;"|{{Flagicon|POL}}/{{Flagicon|SWE}} 2023 Poland/Sweden

|Main round

|12th of 32

|6

|4

|0

|2

|207

|183

| +24

style="text-align: left;"|{{Flagicon|CRO}}/{{Flagicon|DEN}} /{{Flagicon|NOR}} 2025 Croatia/Denmark/Norway

|Main round

|9th of 32

|6

|5

|0

|1

|180

|135

| +45

style="text-align: left;"|{{Flagicon|GER}} 2027 Germany

|colspan="9" rowspan=2|to be determined

style="text-align: left;"|{{Flagicon|FRA}}/{{Flagicon|GER}} 2029 France/Germany
style="border: 3px solid red; text-align: left;"|{{Flagicon|DEN}}/{{Flagicon|ISL}}/{{Flagicon|NOR}} 2031 Denmark/Iceland/Norway

|colspan="9"|Qualiifed as co-host

Total23/320 Titles1446477336903540+150

=Euro Tournaments=

All teams in these tournaments are European,all World and Olympic Champions, and top 7 from World Championships and Olympics were participating. They were mini European championships at the time, till 1994 when official European Championship started.

:EURO World Cup tournament Sweden

  • 1988 {{flagicon|SWE}}: 4th place

:EURO Super Cup tournament Germany

  • None {{flagicon|GER}}

=European Championship=

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align: center;"
Year

!Round

!Position

!{{Tooltip|Pld|Played}}

!{{Tooltip|W|Won}}

!{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}

!{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}

!{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}

!{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}

!{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}

style="text-align: left;"|{{Flagicon|PRT}} 1994

|colspan="9" rowspan="3"|did not participate

style="text-align: left;"|{{Flagicon|ESP}} 1996
style="text-align: left;"|{{Flagicon|ITA}} 1998
style="text-align: left;"|{{Flagicon|CRO}} 2000

|Match for 11th place

|11th of 12

|6

|1

|0

|5

|147

|162

|−15

style="background-color: #9ACDFF;"

|style="text-align: left;"|{{Flagicon|SWE}} 2002

|Fourth place

|4th of 16

|8

|4

|2

|2

|221

|209

| +12

style="text-align: left;"|{{Flagicon|SVN}} 2004

|Preliminary round

|13th of 16

|3

|0

|1

|2

|87

|96

|−9

style="text-align: left;"|{{Flagicon|CHE}} 2006

|Main round

|7th of 16

|6

|2

|1

|3

|190

|191

|−1

style="text-align: left;"|{{Flagicon|NOR}} 2008

|Main round

|11th of 16

|6

|2

|0

|4

|157

|172

|−15

style="background-color: #CFAA88;"

|style="text-align: left;"|{{Flagicon|AUT}} 2010

|Third place

|3rd of 16

|8

|4

|3

|1

|249

|240

| +9

style="text-align: left;"|{{Flagicon|SRB}} 2012

|Main round

|10th of 16

|6

|2

|1

|3

|177

|178

|−1

style="text-align: left;"|{{Flagicon|DEN}} 2014

|Fifth place game

|5th of 16

|7

|4

|1

|2

|199

|199

|0

style="text-align: left;"|{{Flagicon|POL}} 2016

|Preliminary round

|13th of 16

|3

|1

|0

|2

|92

|101

|−9

style="text-align: left;"|{{Flagicon|CRO}} 2018

|Preliminary round

|13th of 16

|3

|1

|0

|2

|74

|82

|−8

style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|AUT}}/{{flagicon|NOR}}/{{flagicon|SWE}} 2020

|Main round

|11th of 24

|7

|3

|0

|4

|191

|195

|−4

style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|Hungary}}/{{flagicon|Slovakia}} 2022

|Fifth place game

|6th of 24

|8

|5

|0

|3

|230

|212

| +18

style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|GER}} 2024

|Main round

|10th of 24

|7

|3

|1

|3

|200

|209

|−9

style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|DEN}}/{{flagicon|NOR}}/{{flagicon|SWE}} 2026colspan="9"| Qualified
style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|POR}}/{{flagicon|ESP}}/{{flagicon|SUI}} 2028colspan="9"| To be determined
Total||14/18|| ||78||32||10||36||2214||2246|
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Team

=Current squad=

Squad for the 2025 World Men's Handball Championship.{{cite web|url=https://www.hsi.is/a-karla-18-manna-leikmannahopur-islands-fyrir-hm/|title=18 manna leikmannahópur Íslands fyrir HM|publisher=hsi.is|access-date=19 December 2024|language=is}}{{cite news|url=https://www.ihf.info/sites/default/files/competitions/7c2253d6-1efd-4495-b237-6171c39fac97/pdf/ISL.PDF|title=Team Roster Iceland|website=ihf.info|date=15 January 2025|access-date=16 January 2025}}

Head coach: Snorri Guðjónsson

{{Nat hs start}}

{{Nat hs player|no=1|pos=GK|name=Björgvin Páll Gústavsson|age={{Birth date and age|1985|5|24|df=y}}|height=1.93 m|apps=273|goals=24|club=Valur|clubnat=ISL}}

{{Nat hs player|no=2|pos=RW|name=Óðinn Þór Ríkharðsson|age={{Birth date and age|1997|10|23|df=y}}|height=1.83 m|apps=42|goals=130|club=Kadetten Schaffhausen|clubnat=SUI}}

{{Nat hs player|no=3|pos=CB|name=Janus Daði Smárason|age={{Birth date and age|1995|1|1|df=y}}|height=1.86 m|apps=86|goals=146|club=Pick Szeged|clubnat=HUN}}

{{Nat hs player|no=4|pos=LB|name=Aron Pálmarsson|age={{Birth date and age|1990|7|19|df=y}}|height=1.93 m|apps=177|goals=674|club=Telekom Veszprém|clubnat=HUN}}

{{Nat hs player|no=5|pos=P|name=Sveinn Jóhannsson|age={{Birth date and age|1999|6|16|df=y}}|height=1.95 m|apps=14|goals=24|club=Kolstad Håndball|clubnat=NOR}}

{{Nat hs player|no=7|pos=RB|name=Viggó Kristjánsson|age={{Birth date and age|1993|12|9|df=y}}|height=1.89 m|apps=59|goals=165|club=SC DHfK Leipzig|clubnat=GER}}

{{Nat hs player|no=8|pos=LW|name=Bjarki Már Elísson|age={{Birth date and age|1990|5|16|df=y}}|height=1.91 m|apps=118|goals=401|club=Telekom Veszprém|clubnat=HUN}}

{{Nat hs player|no=9|pos=CB|name=Elvar Örn Jónsson|age={{Birth date and age|1997|8|31|df=y}}|height=1.80 m|apps=79|goals=183|club=MT Melsungen|clubnat=GER}}

{{Nat hs player|no=10|pos=CB|name=Gísli Þorgeir Kristjánsson|age={{Birth date and age|1999|7|30|df=y}}|height=1.91 m|apps=62|goals=139|club=SC Magdeburg|clubnat=GER}}

{{Nat hs player|no=11|pos=P|name=Ýmir Örn Gíslason|age={{Birth date and age|1997|7|1|df=y}}|height=1.95 m|apps=92|goals=36|club=Frisch Auf Göppingen|clubnat=GER}}

{{Nat hs player|no=15|pos=LB|name=Þorsteinn Leó Gunnarsson|age={{Birth date and age|2002|11|13|df=y}}|height=2.08 m|apps=5|goals=10|club=FC Porto|clubnat=POR}}

{{Nat hs player|no=16|pos=GK|name=Viktor Gísli Hallgrímsson|age={{Birth date and age|2000|7|24|df=y}}|height=2.03 m|apps=60|goals=1|club=Orlen Wisła Płock|clubnat=POL}}

{{Nat hs player|no=17|pos=LW|name=Stiven Tobar Valencia|age={{Birth date and age|2000|10|27|df=y}}|height=1.82 m|apps=17|goals=18|club=Benfica|clubnat=POR}}

{{Nat hs player|no=18|pos=P|name=Elliði Snær Viðarsson|age={{Birth date and age|1998|11|15|df=y}}|height=1.91 m|apps=50|goals=109|club=VfL Gummersbach|clubnat=GER}}

{{Nat hs player|no=19|pos=LW|name=Orri Freyr Þorkelsson|age={{Birth date and age|1999|6|25|df=y}}|height=1.83 m|apps=16|goals=41|club=Sporting CP|clubnat=POR}}

{{Nat hs player|no=22|pos=RW|name=Sigvaldi Guðjónsson|age={{Birth date and age|1994|7|4|df=y}}|height=1.92 m|apps=76|goals=214|club=Kolstad Håndball|clubnat=NOR}}

{{Nat hs player|no=24|pos=RB|name=Teitur Örn Einarsson|age={{Birth date and age|1998|9|23|df=y}}|height=1.90 m|apps=36|goals=36|club=VfL Gummersbach|clubnat=GER}}

{{Nat hs player|no=25|pos=CB|name=Haukur Þrastarson|age={{Birth date and age|2001|4|14|df=y}}|height=1.91 m|apps=35|goals=50|club=Dinamo București|clubnat=ROU}}

{{Nat hs player|no=27|pos=LB|name=Einar Þorsteinn Ólafsson|age={{Birth date and age|2001|9|30|df=y}}|height=1.97 m|apps=14|goals=5|club=Fredericia HK|clubnat=DEN}}

{{Nat hs end}}

=Past squads=

2008 Olympic Games (2nd place)

::All Star Team: Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson (left wing), Snorri Guðjónsson (centre back), Ólafur Stefánsson (right back)

:Björgvin Páll Gústavsson, Logi Geirsson, Bjarni Fritzson, Sigfús Sigurðsson, Ásgeir Örn Hallgrímsson, Arnór Atlason, Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson, Snorri Guðjónsson, Ólafur Stefánsson, Sturla Ásgeirsson, Alexander Petersson, Hreiðar Guðmundsson, Sverre Andreas Jakobsson, Róbert Gunnarsson, Ingimundur Ingimundarson.

Coach: Guðmundur Guðmundsson

2010 European Championship (3rd place)

::All Star Team: Ólafur Stefánsson (right back)

:Björgvin Páll Gústavsson, Hreiðar Guðmundsson, Vignir Svavarsson, Logi Geirsson, Ásgeir Örn Hallgrímsson, Arnór Atlason, Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson, Snorri Guðjónsson, Ólafur Stefánsson, Alexander Petersson, Sverre Andreas Jakobsson, Róbert Gunnarsson, Ingimundur Ingimundarson, Sturla Ásgeirsson, Þórir Ólafsson, Aron Pálmarsson, Ólafur Guðmundsson, Rúnar Kárason.

Coach: Guðmundur Guðmundsson

=List of coaches=

class="wikitable"
#

!Period

!Coach

style="text-align: right;"|1

|style="text-align: center;"|1950

|Sigurður Magnússon

style="text-align: right;"|2

|style="text-align: center;"|1958

|Hallsteinn Hinriksson

style="text-align: right;"|3

|style="text-align: center;"|1959

|Frímann Gunnlaugsson

style="text-align: right;"|4

|style="text-align: center;"|1961–1963

|Hallsteinn Hinriksson (2nd period)

style="text-align: right;"|5

|style="text-align: center;"|1964–1967

|Karl Benediktsson

style="text-align: right;"|6

|style="text-align: center;"|1968

|Birgir Björnsson

style="text-align: right;"|7

|style="text-align: center;"|1968–1972

|Hilmar Björnsson

style="text-align: right;"|(5)

|style="text-align: center;"|1973–1974

|Karl Benediktsson (2nd period)

style="text-align: right;"|(6)

|style="text-align: center;"|1974–1975

|Birgir Björnsson (2nd period)

style="text-align: right;"|8

|style="text-align: center;"|1975–1976

|Viðar Símonarson

style="text-align: right;"|9

|style="text-align: center;"|1976–1977

|Janus Czerwinsky

style="text-align: right;"|(6)

|style="text-align: center;"|1977–1978

|Birgir Björnsson (3rd period)

style="text-align: right;"|10

|style="text-align: center;"|1978–1980

|Jóhann Ingi Gunnarsson

style="text-align: right;"|(7)

|style="text-align: center;"|1980–1983

|Hilmar Björnsson (2nd period)

style="text-align: right;"|11

|style="text-align: center;"|1983–1990

|Bogdan Kowalczyk

style="text-align: right;"|12

|style="text-align: center;"|1990–1995

|Þorbergur Aðalsteinsson

style="text-align: right;"|13

|style="text-align: center;"|1995–2001

|Þorbjörn Jensson

style="text-align: right;"|14

|style="text-align: center;"|2001–2004

|Guðmundur Guðmundsson

style="text-align: right;"|15

|style="text-align: center;"|2004–2006

|Viggó Sigurðsson

style="text-align: right;"|16

|style="text-align: center;"|2006–2008

|Alfreð Gíslason

style="text-align: right;"|(14)

|style="text-align: center;"|2008–2012

|Guðmundur Guðmundsson (2nd period)

style="text-align: right;"|17

|style="text-align: center;"|2012–2016

|Aron Kristjánsson

style="text-align: right;"|18

|style="text-align: center;"|2016–2018

|Geir Sveinsson

style="text-align: right;"|(14)

|style="text-align: center;"|2018–2023

|Guðmundur Guðmundsson (3rd period)

style="text-align: right;"|19

|style="text-align: center;"|2023

|Gunnar Magnússon / Ágúst Þór Jóhannsson

style="text-align: right;"|20

|style="text-align: center;"|2023–

|Snorri Guðjónsson

=List of captains=

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#

!Period

!Captain

style="text-align: right;"|1986

|style="text-align: center;"|1991

|Þorgils Óttar Mathiesen

style="text-align: right;"|1991

|style="text-align: center;"|1999

|Geir Sveinsson

style="text-align: right;"|1999

|style="text-align: center;"|2005

|Dagur Sigurðsson

style="text-align: right;"|2005

|style="text-align: center;"|2012

|Ólafur Stefánsson

style="text-align: right;"|2012

|style="text-align: center;"|2020

|Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson

style="text-align: right;"|2020

|style="text-align: center;"|

|Aron Pálmarsson{{cite web|url=https://www.visir.is/g/20212057639d|title=Arnór verður fyrirliði eins og bróðir sinn|publisher=visir.is|date=6 January 2021|access-date=12 February 2021|language=is}}

=Individual all-time records=

{{legend|#CFECEC|Players still active with national team are highlighted.|border=#AAAAAA}}

==Most matches played==

{{Static row numbers}}

class="wikitable sortable static-row-numbers" border=1 style=text-align:right
Player

!Matches

!Goals

style=text-align:left|Guðmundur Hrafnkelsson

|407

|0

style=text-align:left|Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson

|365

|1,879

style=text-align:left|Geir Sveinsson

|340

|502

style=text-align:left|Ólafur Stefánsson

|330

|1,570

style=text-align:left|Júlíus Jónasson

|288

|703

style=text-align:left|Róbert Gunnarsson

|276

|773

style=text-align:left|Valdimar Grímsson

|271

|940

style=text-align:left|Snorri Steinn Guðjónsson

|257

|846

style=text-align:left|Ásgeir Örn Hallgrímsson

|255

|420

style=text-align:left|Björgvin Páll Gústavsson

|252

|21

Last updated: 6 March 2023
Source: [http://www.hsi.is/landslid/a-landslid-karla/landslidsmenn/ Icelandic Handball Association (hsi.is)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150217050507/http://www.hsi.is/landslid/a-landslid-karla/landslidsmenn/ |date=17 February 2015 }}
Total number of matches played in official competitions only.

==Most goals scored==

{{Static row numbers}}

class="wikitable sortable static-row-numbers" border=1 style=text-align:right
Player

!Goals

!Matches

!Average

style=text-align:left|Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson

|1,879

|365

|5.15

style=text-align:left|Ólafur Stefánsson

|1,570

|330

|4.76

style=text-align:left|Kristján Arason

|1,123

|245

|4.58

style=text-align:left|Valdimar Grímsson

|940

|271

|3.47

style=text-align:left|Snorri Steinn Guðjónsson

|846

|257

|3.29

style=text-align:left|Róbert Gunnarsson

|773

|276

|2.80

style=text-align:left|Sigurður Valur Sveinsson

|736

|242

|3.04

style=text-align:left|Alexander Petersson

|726

|186

|3.90

style=text-align:left|Júlíus Jónasson

|703

|288

|2.44

style=text-align:left|Patrekur Jóhannesson

|634

|241

|2.63

Last updated: 26 January 2021
Source: [http://www.hsi.is/landslid/a-landslid-karla/landslidsmenn/ Icelandic Handball Association (hsi.is)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150217050507/http://www.hsi.is/landslid/a-landslid-karla/landslidsmenn/ |date=17 February 2015 }}
Total number of goals scored in official matches only.

Record against Nordic countries

All games, including European Championships, World Championships and Olympic Games.

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
Opponent

!Played

!Win

!Draw

!Lost

style="text-align: left;"|Denmark

|107

|35

|15

|55

style="text-align: left;"|Faroe Islands

|13

|12

|0

|1

style="text-align: left;"|Finland

|13

|9

|3

|1

style="text-align: left;"|Greenland

|3

|3

|0

|0

style="text-align: left;"|Norway

|88

|41

|15

|29

style="text-align: left;"|Sweden

|67

|10

|3

|54

Last updated: 2 January 2016
Source: [http://www.hsi.is/Motamal/mot_0800000074.htm Icelandic Handball Association (hsi.is)] {{Webarchive|url=http://wayback.vefsafn.is/wayback/20090422075742/http://www.hsi.is/Motamal/mot_0800000074.htm |date=22 April 2009 }}

Kit suppliers

Since 2024, Iceland's kits have been supplied by Adidas

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

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  • {{Official website}}
  • [https://www.ihf.info/member-federations/iceland/124 IHF profile]

{{EHF teams}}

{{National sports teams of Iceland}}

Handball

Category:Men's national handball teams