1967 Denmark v Iceland football match

The 1967 Denmark v Iceland football match was an international friendly association football match between the senior national teams of Denmark and Iceland. The match took place on 23 August 1967 at Idrætsparken in Copenhagen, Denmark.^[1][2][3] The match finished as a 14–2 win for Denmark and has been called the worst day in the history of Icelandic football.^{[4][5][6][7][8]}

Event	International friendly
Denmark Iceland 14 2
Date	23 August 1967
Venue	Idrætsparken, Copenhagen
Referee	Curth Nystrand (Sweden)
Attendance	19,500

Background

The Icelandic team consisted mostly of players from the U-23 which had recently won the Norwegian U-23 and played well against Sweden U-23.

The match

Denmark	14–2	Iceland
John Steen Olsen 7', 40' Finn Laudrup 7', 28', 85' Kresten Bjerre 13', 71', 76' Tom Søndergaard 15' Ulrik Le Fevre 57', 61', 67' Erik Dyreborg 60', 65'		Helgi Númason 56' Hermann Gunnarsson 62'

23 August 1967

Idrætsparken, Copenhagen

Attendance: 19,500

Referee: Curth Nystrand (Sweden)

GK 1 Jørgen Henriksen 2 Johnny Hansen 3 John Worbye (c) 5 Henning Boel 4 Kresten Bjerre 6 Erik Sandvad 7 John Steen Olsen  85' 8 Finn Laudrup 9 Erik Dyreborg 10 Tom Søndergaard 11 Ulrik le Fevre Substitutes: 4 Keld Bak  85' Manager: Sepp Herberger

GK 1 Guðmundur Pétursson[9] 2 Jóhannes Sandhólm Atlason  46' 3 Jón Stefánsson 4 Guðni Kjartansson 5 Anton Bjarnason 6 Guðni Jónsson 7 Björn Lárusson 8 Eyleifur Hafsteinsson (c) 9 Hermann Gunnarsson 10 Helgi Númason 11 Kári Árnason Substitutes: 12 Sigurður Dagsson 13 Baldur Sveinn Scheving 14 Sigurður Albertsson  46' 15 Þórður Jónsson 16 Ernst Elmar Geirsson Manager: Reynir Karlsson

Aftermath

While Denmark was viewed as heavy favorites, the end score caused a shock in Iceland and the selection younger players in place of more experienced was heavily criticised.^{[10][11][12][13]}

See also

• History of the Denmark national football team

External links

• Match info on Danish Football Association
• Match info on Football Association of Iceland

References

1. "Reiðarslag í Idrætsparken". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 24 August 1967. pp. 22, 16. Retrieved 18 December 2023 – via Tímarit.is.
2. "Mesti ósigur Íslendinga í Knattspyrnu. Danir unnu 14:2". Alþýðublaðið (in Icelandic). 24 August 1967. p. 10. Retrieved 18 December 2023 – via Tímarit.is.
3. "Sorgarsaga á Idrætsparken í gærkveldi". Tíminn (in Icelandic). 24 August 1967. pp. 2, 10. Retrieved 18 December 2023 – via Tímarit.is.
4. "Versti dagurinn í sögu íslenzkrar knattspyrnu í gær". Tíminn (in Icelandic). 24 August 1967. p. 13. Retrieved 18 December 2023 – via Tímarit.is.
5. Andri Karl (23 August 2007). "Voru alltof svifaseinir". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). p. 8. Retrieved 18 December 2023 – via Tímarit.is.
6. "Mesta hneyksli íslenzkrar íþróttasögu". Vísir (in Icelandic). 24 August 1967. p. 1. Retrieved 18 December 2023 – via Tímarit.is.
7. "Danir unnu Íslendinga 14:2". Þjóðviljinn (in Icelandic). 24 August 1967. p. 12. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
8. Víðir Sigurðsson (2 September 2000). "Æfðu á Kolviðrarhóli og fóru í bað í Hveragerði". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). pp. 4B–5B. Retrieved 23 July 2021 – via Tímarit.is.
9. Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (12 February 2018). "Markvörður Íslands í 14-2 tapinu var sæmdur Heiðurskrossi KSÍ". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 18 December 2023.
10. "Hvað gerðist - hvað skal gera?". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 25 August 1967. p. 26. Retrieved 18 December 2023 – via Timarit.is.
11. Skapti Hallgrímsson (20 August 2017). "Hálf öld frá 14:2 martröðinni". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). pp. 16–17. Retrieved 18 December 2023 – via Tímarit.is.
12. Þorkell Gunnar Sigurbjörnsson (23 August 2017). "50 ár frá 14-2: „Spiluðu vörnina upp í stúku"". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 18 December 2023.
13. Davíð Kjartan Gestsson (27 August 2015). "Svona skoruðu Danir 14 mörk gegn Íslandi". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 18 December 2023.