GYLFI SIGURDSSON IS THE ICELANDIC VERSION OF TIGER WOODS according to top pundit Hjörvar Hafliðason. “Sigurðsson is in a way made by his father and older brother. They took him at the age…
THE MENTALITY OF ICELANDIC FOOTBALL PLAYERS is something that foreign managers have often addressed. The number of quotes are both varied and numerous in their existence, all praising the attitude and focus on…
IN RECENT YEARS, THERE HAS BEEN A MAJOR CHANGE in the way Icelandic national team stars ply their trade. A greater number than ever are in overseas leagues, which in turn – often for…
HIRING LARS LAGERBÄCK HAS BEEN A HUGE PART OF ICELAND’S SUCCESS over the last three years according to Freyr Alexandersson, manager of Leiknir and the Icelandic national women’s team. Lagerbäck, and his assistant…
THE WEATHER IN ICELAND CAN BE HUGELY UNPREDICTABLE and changes the way training is conducted. The obvious drive in Iceland toward the building of better sporting facilities has altered that reality dramatically.…
SPAIN, GERMANY AND BELGIUM are countries that the rest of the world have looked to regarding the production of players in recent years. Iceland, however, has started to make similar waves in their…