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Iceland vs Netherlands* international football match report

Date, kick-off time:

Monday, 19 June 1961, 20:30 (UTC+0:00)

National teams, score:

Iceland

4-3

Netherlands*

Competition:

International Friendly

Referee:

Bill O`Neil, Dublin /

Rep. of Ireland

Attendance, venue:

8 000, Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

Goals:

1-0 (10') Gunnar Felixson, 2-0 (16') Steingrímur Björnsson, 3-1 (40') Gunnar Felixson, 4-3 (60') Þórólfur Beck

Iceland national team line-up in match Nr.30

Managed by national coach Karl Guðmundsson, coach Ríkharður Jónsson

Player

Caps

Age

Club

Heimir Guðjónsson

KR, Reykjavík

Árni Njálsson

KF Valur, Reykjavík

Helgi Jónsson

KR, Reykjavík

Sveinn Teitsson Captain

KF ÍA, Akranes

Rúnar Guðmannsson

KF Fram, Reykjavík

Garðar Árnason

KR, Reykjavík

Ingvar Elísson

KF ÍA, Akranes

Gunnar Felixson

KR, Reykjavík

Þórólfur Beck

KR, Reykjavík

Ellert Schram

KR, Reykjavík

Steingrímur Björnsson

ÍB, Akureyri

Match stats

National team

Players

Average caps

Average age

Clubs

Goals

Cautions

Expulsions

Iceland

5.727

23.142

Historical data sources

Morgunblaðið (Reykjavík), №134, 20 Jun 1961; Landsbókasafn Íslands - Háskólabókasafn

Alþýðublaðið (Reykjavík), №135, 20 Jun 1961; Landsbókasafn Íslands - Háskólabókasafn

Vísir (Reykjavík), №137, 20 Jun 1961; Landsbókasafn Íslands - Háskólabókasafn

Þjóðviljinn (Reykjavík), №137, 20 Jun 1961; Landsbókasafn Íslands - Háskólabókasafn

Tíminn (Reykjavík), №136, 20 Jun 1961; Landsbókasafn Íslands - Háskólabókasafn

Het Parool (Amsterdam), №5042, 20 Jun 1961; Delpher

Limburgsch dagblad (Heerlen), №44, 21 Jun 1961; Delpher

Comments

Soproni Démon Hungary - Additional information posted on 14 October 2011 at 11:59:33

Coach manager
Netherlands: Elek Schwartz (Romania)

fast midfielder Netherlands - Error report posted on 6 January 2016 at 13:47:05

After Iceland scored 2-0 after 16 minutes, Weber scored 2-1. Iceland made it 3-1 five minutes before HT. Then Kerens scored 3-2, Hainje 3-3(in 61st minute) and finally Beck scored 4-3. (link:

)

Iceland vs Netherlands* post-match head-to-head

100.0

GF/P

4.000

GA/P

3.000

Av attendance

8 000

WP - winning percentage, P - played, W - wins, D - draws, L - losses, GF - goals for, GA - goals against, Av - average

Iceland national team matches

Previous match:

Friendly International

Rep. of Ireland* vs Iceland 2-1

Dublin, Sunday 11 September 1960

Next match:

Friendly International

England* vs Iceland 1-0

High Wycombe, Saturday 16 September 1961

Iceland results

Top Iceland goal scorers

1. Ríkharður Jónsson (1948 - 1959) - 14 goals
2. Þórður Þórðarson (1953 - 1958) - 9 goals
3. Gunnar Felixson (1961) - 2 goals
4. Þórólfur Beck (1959 - 1961) - 2 goals
5. Sveinn Teitsson (1953 - 1959) - 2 goals
6. Albert Guðmundsson (1947) - 2 goals
7. Gunnar Guðmannsson (1955) - 2 goals
8. Steingrímur Björnsson (1960 - 1961) - 2 goals
9. Þórður Jónsson (1956 - 1957) - 2 goals

(correct as of June 19, 1961)

top Iceland goal scorers

Brief match report

Mon. 19 Jun 1961
Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík
Iceland 4-3 Netherlands*
Goals: Felixson 10, Björnsson 16, Felixson 40, Beck 60

Iceland: Guðjónsson, Njálsson, Jónsson, Teitsson (c), Guðmannsson, Árnason, Elísson, Felixson, Beck, Schram, Björnsson. Managed by Guðmundsson, Jónsson.

Att: 8 000,
Ref: O`Neil (Rep. of Ireland)