9 Feb 2017The Icelandic national men’s football team ranks number 20 in the new FIFA’s World Ranking List and has never been ranked so high before. This is without a doubt thanks to the team’s success in last summer’s EURO 2016.
2 Aug 2016Soul-searching continues in the ranks of English football on the subject of England’s last-16 exit from Euro 2016 – at the hands of tiny Iceland.
13 Jul 2016The young British police officer who fell victim to a vicious knife attack while supporting Iceland at Euro 2016 in France is “deeply moved” by an Icelandic offer to come and see the national team in action at home.
11 Jul 2016Leader of the Danish far-right nationalist Party of the Danes Daniel Carsen has dropped a video on social media accusing Iceland of being ashamed of the fact that their national football team is “Icelandic”.
8 Jul 2016Despite having made the quarter-finals of the UEFA European finals on three occasions – as compared to once for the men – prize money for Iceland’s footballing women is a mere fraction of what the Euro 2016 boys received.
8 Jul 2016In a touching homage to Iceland and its fans, France had a crack last night at Iceland’s now world-famous HÚ Viking clap after their 2-0 semi-final victory over Germany at Euro 2016.
7 Jul 2016The British man supporting Iceland at Euro 2016 who was brutally stabbed on Sunday has been contacted and informed of the wonderful trip to Iceland awaiting him and his wife organised by sympathetic Icelandic fans.
7 Jul 2016The Football Association of Iceland (KSÍ) has condemned the unauthorised use of a photograph of an Icelandic player on a race-related image published by a Danish far-right nationalist political party.
6 Jul 2016A group of Iceland fans who went to France to support their home team at Euro 2016 are now clubbing together to invite a British supporter who was stabbed in Paris on Sunday to see a football match in Iceland.
5 Jul 2016When the Icelandic national football team was celebrated in the city centre last night, astute viewers noted that every single member of the team was on the phone.
5 Jul 2016Iceland’s stellar performance at Euro 2016 has not only boosted national pride – it has also boosted international interest in Iceland as a travel destination.
4 Jul 2016The atmosphere in downtown Reykjavik right now is nothing short of incredible Thousands and thousands of people have gathered to cheer the Icelandc national football team who just returned from Paris.
4 Jul 2016Dozens of Icelanders who had bought tickets to last nights match in Paris through an Icelandic party didn't get their tickets upon arriving at the Stade de France. "A total fiasco and crying children," said one witness.
4 Jul 2016Iceland Monitor asked its Facebook community to let us know where they were supporting our national football team against France last night – and we were bowled over by the results!
3 Jul 2016Up to 10,000 Icelanders will very soon be making their way to the Stade de France stadium in northern Paris to see their national team take on France in the last quarter-final of Euro 2016.
