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Iceland vs Bulgaria: match report

Iceland hosted Bulgaria at Laugardalsvöllur on Saturday 3 October 2026, in the Nations League (round 3). Balazs Berke is the referee, averaging 3.8 yellow cards a game against a league average of 4.3.

Result and scorers

Iceland 3-0 Bulgaria. Goals: Orri Óskarsson 37' for Iceland; Orri Óskarsson 60' for Iceland; Mikael Ellertsson 90' for Iceland. Attendance: 5,069.

Key moments (contains the result)
  • 4' Yellow card: Hördur Magnússon (Iceland)
  • 10' Yellow card: Lukas Petkov (Bulgaria)
  • 27' Yellow card: Dimitar Velkovski (Bulgaria)
  • 32' Yellow card: Mikael Ellertsson (Iceland)
  • 37' Goal: Orri Óskarsson (Iceland) 1-0
  • 59' Yellow card: Atanas Iliev (Bulgaria)
  • 60' Goal: Orri Óskarsson (Iceland) 2-0
  • 81' Yellow card: Marin Petkov (Bulgaria)
  • 84' Missed penalty: Orri Óskarsson (Iceland)
  • 90' Goal: Mikael Ellertsson (Iceland) 3-0
Match stats (contains the result)
50.8%Possession49.2%
10Shots10
6Shots on target3
9Corners1
11Fouls14
1Offsides1
3Saves3
2Yellow cards4
0Red cards0

Line-ups

Iceland 4-4-1-1

Coach: Arnar Gunnlaugsson

  1. 12 Hákon Rafn Valdimarsson GK
  2. 18 Mikael Anderson MID
  3. 17 Aron Gunnarsson DEF
  4. 23 Hördur Magnusson DEF
  5. 19 Mikael Egill Ellertsson MID
  6. 21 Arnór Sigurðsson MID
  7. 6 Andri Fannar Baldursson MID
  8. 8 Ísak Jóhannesson MID
  9. 11 Jón Thorsteinsson FWD
  10. 7 Hákon Arnar Haraldsson MID
  11. 9 Orri Óskarsson FWD

Bench

  • 3 Daníel Grétarsson DEF
  • 22 Andri Guðjohnsen FWD
  • 4 Victor Pálsson DEF
  • 10 Gylfi Sigurðsson MID
  • 2 Logi Tómasson DEF
  • 13 Anton Ari Einarsson GK
  • 1 Rúnar Rúnarsson GK
  • 16 Stefán Thórdarson MID
  • 20 Thórir Helgason MID
  • 14 Brynjólfur Willumsson FWD
  • 15 Daníel Guðjohnsen FWD
  • 5 Ísak Thorvaldsson FWD

Bulgaria 4-4-1-1

Coach: Atanas Ribarski

  1. 1 Daniel Naumov GK
  2. 19 Ivan Turitsov DEF
  3. 5 Kristian Dimitrov DEF
  4. 13 Stefan Velkov DEF
  5. 21 Dimitar Velkovski DEF
  6. 20 Lukas Petkov FWD
  7. 8 Andrian Kraev MID
  8. 4 Ilia Gruev MID
  9. 11 Georgi Rusev FWD
  10. 14 Asen Chandarov MID
  11. 9 Atanas Iliev FWD

Bench

  • 6 Emil Tsenov DEF
  • 16 Marin Petkov DEF
  • 7 Petko Panayotov MID
  • 10 Zdravko Dimitrov FWD
  • 17 Vladimir Nikolov FWD
  • 23 Aleks Bozhev GK
  • 12 Dimitar Mitov GK
  • 3 Andrea Hristov DEF
  • 15 Hristiyan Petrov DEF
  • 2 Yoni Stoyanov DEF
  • 22 Kristiyan Stoyanov MID
  • 18 Kristiyan Balov FWD
Previous meetings
  • Wednesday 7 September 2005: Bulgaria 3-2 Iceland
  • Saturday 4 September 2004: Iceland 1-3 Bulgaria