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Luxembourg suffered its 15th consecutive defeat

Iceland vs Luxembourg international football match report

Date, kick-off time:	Saturday, 21 August 1976, 15:00 (UTC)
National teams, score:	Iceland - Luxembourg 3:1
Competition:	International Friendly
Referee:	Brian McGinlay, Balfron / Scotland
Attendance, venue:	2 065, Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík
Goals:	1:0 (18') Guðmundur Þorbjörnsson, 2:0 (21') Guðmundur Þorbjörnsson, 2:1 (36') Nico Braun, 3:1 (75') Árni Sveinsson

Iceland national football team line-up in match Nr.94

Managed by national coach Tony Knapp (England)
Player	Caps	Age	Club
Árni Stefánsson	9	22	KF Fram, Reykjavík
Ólafur Sigurvinsson 46'	23	25	ÍBV, Vestmannaeyjar
46' Viðar Halldórsson	2	23	FH, Hafnarfjörður
Jón Pétursson	17	25	KF Fram, Reykjavík
Einar Þórhallsson	1	24	UBK Breiðablik, Kópavogur
Jón Gunnlaugsson	4	26	KF ÍA, Akranes
Halldór Björnsson	9	28	KR, Reykjavík
Guðgeir Leifsson 66'	31	24	RCSC, Charleroi
66' Rúnar Gíslason	1	24	KF Fram, Reykjavík
Guðmundur Þorbjörnsson	3	19	KF Valur, Reykjavík
Árni Sveinsson	9	20	KF ÍA, Akranes
Ingi Björn Albertsson	5	23	KF Valur, Reykjavík
Teitur Þórðarson 71'	22	24	KF ÍA, Akranes
71' Hinrik Þórhallsson	1	22	UBK Breiðablik, Kópavogur

Luxembourg national team line-up in match Nr.296

Managed by national coach Gilbert Legrand (France)
Player	Caps	Age	Club
Jeannot Moes	23	28	FC Avenir Beggen, Lëtzebuerg
Jeannot Schaul	1	27	AS La Jeunesse dEsch, Esch-Uelzecht
René Flenghi	36	27	FA Red Boys Differdange, Déifferdeng
Joé Hansen	25	29	FC Chiers, Rodange
Jean-Louis Margue	8	24	FC Progrès Niederkorn, Nidderkuer
Pierre Turci	3	23	US Rumelange, Rëmeleng
Josy Melde 55'	2	25	AS La Jeunesse dEsch, Esch-Uelzecht
55' Guy Weis	10	24	FC Aris Bonnevoie, Lëtzebuerg
Nibio Orioli	3	28	CS Alliance Dudelange, Diddeleng
Romain Michaux 46'	4	22	FA Red Boys Differdange, Déifferdeng
46' Gilbert Zender	7	22	FC Avenir Beggen, Lëtzebuerg
Gilbert Dussier	31	26	AS Nancy-Lorraine, Nancy
Nico Braun	30	25	FC Metz, Metz

Match stats

National team	Players	Average caps	Average age	Clubs	Goals	Cautions	Expulsions
Iceland	14	9.786	24.029	8	3	0	0
Luxembourg	13	14.077	25.877	10	1	0	0

Historical data sources

Dagblaðið (Reykjavík), №185, 23.08.1976; Landsbókasafn Íslands - Háskólabókasafn

Vísir (Reykjavík), №197, 23.08.1976; Landsbókasafn Íslands - Háskólabókasafn

Morgunblaðið (Reykjavík), №185, 24.08.1976; Landsbókasafn Íslands - Háskólabókasafn

Tíminn (Reykjavík), №187, 24.08.1976; Landsbókasafn Íslands - Háskólabókasafn

Þjóðviljinn (Reykjavík), №186, 24.08.1976; Landsbókasafn Íslands - Háskólabókasafn

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Iceland vs Luxembourg post-match head-to-head

Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals	Points/Match
1	1	0	0	3 - 1	2.000

Iceland matches

Previous match:

Friendly International

Finland vs Iceland 1-0

Helsinki, Wednesday 14 July 1976

Next match:

1978 FIFA World Cup Qualification

Iceland vs Belgium 0-1

Reykjavík, Sunday 5 September 1976

Icelandic national football team results

Luxembourg matches

Previous match:

Friendly International

Belgium* vs Luxembourg 3-0

Lier, Saturday 24 April 1976

Next match:

1978 FIFA World Cup Qualification

Finland vs Luxembourg 7-1

Helsinki, Wednesday 22 September 1976

Luxembourgish national team record

Iceland top scorers

1. Ríkharður Jónsson (1948 - 1962) - 17 goals
2. Matthías Hallgrímsson (1969 - 1976) - 11 goals
3. Þórður Þórðarson (1953 - 1958) - 9 goals
... Guðmundur Þorbjörnsson (1976) - 4 goals
... Árni Sveinsson (1975 - 1976) - 2 goals

(correct as of August 21, 1976)

Iceland top international goal scorers

Luxembourg top scorers

1. Léon Mart (1934 - 1945) - 16 goals
2. Nicolas Kettel (1946 - 1958) - 15 goals
3. Gusty Kemp (1936 - 1945) - 15 goals
4. Camille Libar (1938 - 1947) - 13 goals
... Nico Braun (1970 - 1976) - 7 goals

(correct as of August 21, 1976)

Luxembourg highest goal scorers

Brief match report

Sat. 21 Aug 1976
Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík
Iceland 3-1 Luxembourg
Goals: Þorbjörnsson 18, Þorbjörnsson 21, Braun 36, Sveinsson 75

Iceland: Stefánsson, Sigurvinsson (Halldórsson 46), Pétursson (c), Einar Þórhallsson, Gunnlaugsson, Björnsson, Leifsson (Gíslason 66), Þorbjörnsson, Sveinsson, Albertsson, Þórðarson (Hinrik Þórhallsson 71). Managed by Knapp (England).

Luxembourg: Moes, Schaul, Flenghi (c), Hansen, Margue, Turci, Melde (Weis 55), Orioli, Michaux (Zender 46), Dussier, Braun. Managed by Legrand (France).

Att: 2 065
Ref: McGinlay (Scotland)