The Iceland national team of football (in Icelandic: Islenska karlalandslidid and Knattspyrnu) is the representative of Iceland in the international soccer for men. The team is managed by the Football Association of Iceland, and has been an FIFA membership since 1947, and an UEFA member since 1957. The nickname of the team is Strakarnir okkar that translates to"Our Boys to the people of Icelandic.
The Icelandic team has had great success during the second half of the decade. In the qualifying stages for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, Iceland advanced to the semifinals, before losing to Croatia. Iceland was able to participate in their first tournament major, UEFA Euro 2016, following a qualifying tournament that included home and away victories against the Netherlands. After making it to the knockout stage at Euro 2016, Iceland defeated England in the Round of 16 progressing to the quarterfinals, in which they fell to the host nation France by a score of 5-2. They became the nation with the lowest population in terms of population to secure an FIFA World Cup berth when they were selected for the 2018 World Cup on October 9th, 2017. They played Argentina in their first match however, they still missed to the knockout stage.
