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Iceland 0-4 Netherlands - September 05, 1979 / Euro Qualifying 1980

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Euro Qualifying 1980 - Group 4

Laugardalsvöllur - Reykjavík - Iceland

September 05, 1979

6 200

Iceland

0 - 4

Netherlands

48'

John Metgod

71'

Willy van de Kerkhof

73'

Dick Nanninga

87'

Dick Nanninga

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46' - Substitution Tscheu La Lingis substituted by John Metgod

48' - Goal John Metgod

70' - Substitution Sigurlas Torleifssonis substituted by Tomas Njall Palsson70

71' - Goal Willy van de Kerkhof

73' - Goal Dick Nanninga

87' - Goal Dick Nanninga

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Iceland

0 - 4

Netherlands

Iceland Netherlands

Team line-ups

Iceland

Bjarnason

Thorsteinn Bjarnason

Iceland

B.date22/03/1957

Age22 years

positionGoalkeeper

Edvaldsson

Johannes Edvaldsson

Iceland

B.date03/09/1950

Age29 years

positionCentral defender

Haraldsson

Trausti Haraldsson

Iceland

B.date24/01/1957

Age22 years

positionDefender

Gudmundsson

Dyri Gudmundsson

Iceland

B.date14/09/1951

Age27 years

positionDefender

Thordarsson

Karl Thordarsson

Iceland

B.date31/05/1955

Age24 years

H1m65

positionMidfield

Sveinsson

Arni Sveinsson

Iceland

B.date12/02/1956

Age23 years

positionMidfield

Geirsson

Marteinn Geirsson

Iceland

B.date11/02/1951

Age28 years

positionMidfield

Petursson

Petur Petursson

Iceland

B.date27/06/1959

Age20 years

positionMidfield

Torleifsson70

Sigurlas Torleifsson

Iceland

B.date15/07/1957

Age22 years

positionForward

Thorbjörnsson

Gudmundur Thorbjörnsson

Iceland

B.date19/04/1957

Age22 years

positionForward

Edvaldsson

Atli Edvaldsson

Iceland

B.date03/03/1957

Age22 years

H1m95

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Thorsteinn Bjarnason		22	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Johannes Edvaldsson		29	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Trausti Haraldsson		22	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dyri Gudmundsson		27	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Karl Thordarsson		24	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Arni Sveinsson		23	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Marteinn Geirsson		28	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Petur Petursson		20	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Sigurlas Torleifsson	70	22	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Gudmundur Thorbjörnsson		22	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Atli Edvaldsson		22	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Netherlands

Schrijvers

Piet Schrijvers

Netherlands

B.date15/12/1946

Age32 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Brandts

Ernie Brandts

Netherlands

B.date03/02/1956

Age23 years

H1m87

positionCentral defender

Stevens

Huub Stevens

Netherlands

B.date29/11/1953

Age25 years

H1m81

positionRight central defender

Poortvliet

Jan Poortvliet

Netherlands

B.date21/09/1955

Age23 years

H1m80

positionDefender

Hovenkamp

Hugo Hovenkamp

Netherlands

B.date05/10/1950

Age28 years

H1m83

positionLeft full-back

Krol

Ruud Krol

Netherlands

B.date24/03/1949

Age30 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

van de Kerkhof71

Willy van de Kerkhof

Netherlands

B.date16/09/1951

Age27 years

H1m82

positionDefensive Midfielder

Nanninga7387

Dick Nanninga

Netherlands

B.date17/01/1949

Age30 years

H1m90

positionMidfield

La Ling46

Tscheu La Ling

Netherlands

B.date06/01/1956

Age23 years

H1m86

positionRight Winger

van de Kerkhof

René van de Kerkhof

Netherlands

B.date16/09/1951

Age27 years

H1m82

positionRight Winger

Tahamata

Simon Tahamata

Netherlands

B.date26/05/1956

Age23 years

H1m64

positionLeft Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Piet Schrijvers		32	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ernie Brandts		23	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Huub Stevens		25	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jan Poortvliet		23	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Hugo Hovenkamp		28	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ruud Krol		30	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Willy van de Kerkhof	71	27	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dick Nanninga	7387	30	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tscheu La Ling	46	23	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	René van de Kerkhof		27	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Simon Tahamata		23	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Tomas Njall Palsson	70	29	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		John Metgod	4846	21	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Dick Nanninga

Johan Neeskens

OUT

Tscheu La Ling

Kees Kist

OUT

Piet Schrijvers

Pim Doesburg

OUT

René van de Kerkhof

Johnny Rep

OUT

Ernie Brandts

Jan Peters

OUT

Willy van de Kerkhof

Wim Jansen

OUT

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Manager

Age

Match num

Jan Zwartkruis

Success rate in this team:

55 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

62 %

Zwartkruis vs Iceland

3 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 05, 1979

Referee

Clive Thomas

0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Iceland1 match	General total	Netherlands2 matches	1 victory	0 draw	1 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Iceland1 match	Season total	Netherlands1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on September 05, 1979					Latest figure on September 05, 1979

Videos

June 30, 2012

Comments

Key figures

Iceland keeps its 13 consecutive matches without a win running (since 20/07/1977). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 26/06/1959 (8 matches)

It's the first time Willy van de Kerkhof scores a goal in his professional career with Netherlands since the 14/06/1978 (with Netherlands vs Austria )

The last time Iceland has conceded at least 4 goals in Euro Qualifying, It was on the 12/08/1962 (vs )

Read the next 23 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LIceland 0-1 Sweden20/07/1977

DIceland 0-0 Denmark28/06/1978

DIceland 0-0 United States03/09/1978

LIceland 0-2 Poland06/09/1978

LIceland 1-3 Germany26/05/1979

LIceland 1-2 Switzerland09/06/1979

Overall

LIceland 0-2 Poland06/09/1978

LNetherlands 3-0 Iceland20/09/1978

LEast Germany 3-1 Iceland04/10/1978

LSwitzerland 2-0 Iceland22/05/1979

LIceland 1-3 Germany26/05/1979

LIceland 1-2 Switzerland09/06/1979

Current form

Away

VAustria 0-1 Netherlands20/05/1978

LArgentina 3-1 Netherlands25/06/1978

VSwitzerland 1-3 Netherlands11/10/1978

LGermany 3-1 Netherlands20/12/1978

LItaly 3-0 Netherlands24/02/1979

LPoland 2-0 Netherlands02/05/1979

Overall

VNetherlands 3-0 East Germany15/11/1978

LGermany 3-1 Netherlands20/12/1978

LItaly 3-0 Netherlands24/02/1979

VNetherlands 3-0 Switzerland28/03/1979

LPoland 2-0 Netherlands02/05/1979

DArgentina 0-0 Netherlands22/05/1979

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	3	6
Winless streak	6	12
Drawless streak	3	6
Scoring streak	2	2
Conceding streak	3	6

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	3	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	3	2
Drawless streak	17	0
Goalless streak	2	2
Conceding streak	5	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

5	Number of games (Competition total)	5
2	Number of games (Home / Away)	2
0	Victories (Competition total)	4
0	Victories (Home / Away)	1
0	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
5	Losses (Competition total)	1
2	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

2	Goals scored (Competition total)	12
1	Goals scored (Home / Away)	3
12	Goals conceded (Competition total)	3
4	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	3
0.4	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.4
0.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.5
2.4	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.6
2	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.5

Betting aid

3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	4
1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	1
0	Clean sheets (Competition total)	3
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
3	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
2	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	1
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	1
0-2 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	3-1 (1 times)

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	1
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

-	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	Ruud Geels
-	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Ernie Brandts
-	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Robby Rensenbrink
-	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 4 matches	Ruud Geels

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

1 ga

Away

4 matches

0 v

0 d

4 l

2 gf

20 ga

Total

5 matches

0 v

0 d

5 l

2 gf

21 ga

Historical head to head

Home

4 matches

4 v

0 d

0 l

20 gf

2 ga

Away

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

1 gf

0 ga

Total

5 matches

5 v

0 d

0 l

21 gf

2 ga

Largest victory

No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 1	August 29, 1973
Away	1 - 0	September 08, 1976

Latest head to head

September 20, 1978 - Eliminatoires Euro 1980

Netherlands

3 - 0

Iceland

August 31, 1977 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1978

Netherlands

4 - 1

Iceland

September 08, 1976 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1978

Iceland

0 - 1

Netherlands logo Netherlands

August 29, 1973 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1974

Iceland

1 - 8

Netherlands logo Netherlands

August 22, 1973 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1974

Netherlands

5 - 0

Iceland

Best historical scorers against Netherlands

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/08/1973. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Iceland

Johan Cruijff	4 goals	1973 - 1973
Ruud Geels	3 goals	1976 - 1977
Willy Brokamp	3 goals	1973 - 1973
Willem van Hanegem	3 goals	1973 - 1977
Johnny Rep	1 goal	1977 - 1977
Dick Schneider	1 goal	1973 - 1973

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/08/1973. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Netherlands

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/08/1973. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Iceland

Ruud Krol	5 matches	1973 - 1978
Arie Haan	4 matches	1973 - 1978
Wim Suurbier	3 matches	1973 - 1977
René van de Kerkhof	3 matches	1973 - 1977
Willem van Hanegem	3 matches	1973 - 1977
Willy van de Kerkhof	3 matches	1976 - 1978