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Since 1953 to 1955, Karl Guðmundsson held Iceland's record for international appearances

Football player Karl Guðmundsson

Karl M. Guðmundsson

Karl Guðmundsson

Born on 28 January 1924, Reykjavík
Died on 24 June 2012, Reykjavík (aged 88)

National team appearances of Karl Guðmundsson

Team	Period	Caps	Capt.	Sub. in	Sub. off	Goals	Pen.	Goals/ Caps
Iceland	1946 - 1954	10	6
Total:		10	6

managing career of the player

Player stats by club

Clubs of footballer	Period	Caps	Capt.	Sub. in	Sub. off	Goals	Pen.	Goals/ Caps
KF Fram, Reykjavík	17 Jul 1946 - 04 Jul 1954	10	6

Player stats by competition

Competition

Played

Capt.

Friendly matches and other tournaments

Total:

Career highlights

Match date	Opponent team	Event	Age
17 Jul 1946	Denmark	debut	22 years 5 months 19 days
29 Jun 1951	Sweden	first cap as captain	27 years 5 months 1 day
29 Jun 1953	Austria*	record for caps (held up to 3 Jul 1955)	29 years 5 months 1 day
4 Jul 1954	Norway	last appearance	30 years 5 months 6 days

Record of national team matches played by Karl Guðmundsson

National team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Winning Percentage
Iceland football team	10	3	0	7	15	29	30.0

Karl Guðmundsson's international caps

as player of KF Fram, Reykjavík:

debut age - 22 years 5 months 19 days

17 Jul 1946 20:15

Reykjavík, Melavöllur

0-3

Iceland vs Denmark

Friendly International

24 Jul 1947 20:30

Reykjavík, Melavöllur

2-4

Iceland vs Norway

Friendly International

02 Jul 1948 20:30

Reykjavík, Melavöllur

2-0

Iceland vs Finland

Friendly International

07 Aug 1949 13:30 (+1:00)

Aarhus, Aarhus Stadion

5-1

Denmark vs Iceland

Friendly International

29 Jun 1951 21:00

Reykjavík, Melavöllur

4-3

Iceland vs Sweden

Friendly International

26 Jul 1951 19:00 (+1:00)

Trondheim, Lerkendal Stadion

3-1

Norway vs Iceland

Friendly International

29 Jun 1953 20:30

Reykjavík, Melavöllur

3-4

Iceland vs Austria*

Friendly International

09 Aug 1953 13:00 (+1:00)

Copenhagen, Københavns Idrætspark

4-0

Denmark vs Iceland

Friendly International

13 Aug 1953 18:30 (+1:00)

Bergen, Brann Stadion

3-1

Norway vs Iceland

Friendly International

04 Jul 1954 20:30

Reykjavík, Melavöllur

1-0

Iceland vs Norway

Friendly International

Comments

HisHasH Serbia - Other notes posted on 29 June 2011 at 05:17:16

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Iceland upcoming fixtures

Friendly International

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Glasgow, Friday 6 June 2025

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Belfast, Tuesday 10 June 2025

World Cup 2026 Qualification

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Friday 5 September 2025

World Cup 2026 Qualification

France vs Iceland

Tuesday 9 September 2025

Iceland fixtures

Karl Guðmundsson's most often teammates

Ríkharður Jónsson (1947 - 1954) - 9 games
Sveinn Helgason (1946 - 1953) - 7 games
Sæmundur Gíslason (1946 - 1951) - 6 games
Þórður Þórðarson (1951 - 1954) - 6 games
Gunnar Gunnarsson (1953 - 1954) - 4 games
Einar Halldórsson (1948 - 1954) - 4 games
Guðjón Finnbogason (1953 - 1954) - 4 games
Pétur Georgsson (1953 - 1954) - 4 games
Ólafur Hannesson (1948 - 1951) - 4 games
Ellert Sölvason (1946 - 1949) - 4 games

Iceland players born on 26 March

Hörður Óskarsson (1923) - 1 cap