1967 Denmark v Iceland football match explained

Event:	International friendly
Team1:	Denmark
Team2:	Iceland
Team1score:	14
Team2score:	2
Team2association:
Date:	23 August 1967
Referee:	Curth Nystrand (Sweden)
Attendance:	19,500
City:	Copenhagen
Stadium:	Idrætsparken

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]}

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

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

GK 1 Guðmundur Pétursson^[9] 2 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 13 Baldur Sveinn Scheving 14 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

Notes and References

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