FACTS ABOUT THE ICELANDIC TEAM THAT DEFEATED THE 'WORLD CLASS' ENGLISH TEAM




1) Iceland has a population of approximately 330,000 which is less than the population of Leicester City.

2) There are no Professional leagues in Iceland.

3) The Icelandic team's Coach is a full-time dentist who coaches on part-time basis.

4) Some of the Icelandic Players are bartenders while a few are also well known fishmongers, they all play football as a hobby

5) All Iceland Players but one at the Euro 2016 have the same Suffix, “son” attached to their name. The only exception is pretty close with "sen" ending his name. The squad includes;

Goal Keepers: HalldorsSON, KristinsSON, JonsSON

Defenders: HauksSON, HermannsSON, IngaSON, sigurdsSON, BjarnaSON, MagnusSON, TraustaSON and SkulaSON

Midfielders: BjarnaSON, SigurdsSON, ArnaSON, SigurjonsSON, GunnarsSON, HallfredsSON,

Forwards: GudmundsSON, SigthorsSON, FinnbogaSON , BodvarsSON and GudjohnSEN (the exception)

So weird….

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