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Contents Match background.............................................................................................................2 Team facts.........................................................................................................................4 Squad list...........................................................................................................................6 Match-by-match lineups....................................................................................................8 Tournament schedule......................................................................................................10 Head coach.....................................................................................................................12 Match officials..................................................................................................................13 Competition facts.............................................................................................................14 Tournament information...................................................................................................16 Legend............................................................................................................................17

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Iceland must overcome a passionate home crowd and the weight of history to get past Sweden in their UEFA Women's EURO 2013 quarter-final showdown on Sunday. Head-to-head record This will be the 14th game between these teams. Sweden have won 11 and Iceland just one, with one draw. The goal tally is 47-8 in Sweden's favour. The nations first met during qualifying for the 1984 European Competition for Women's Football, with Sweden cantering to a 6-0 victory on 9 September 1982 and casting a shadow over Iceland's first home international. Sweden triumphed in their first six games against Iceland, plundering 23 goals before a 2-2 stalemate in 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying on 28 August 2005. Hedvig Lindahl, Caroline Seger and Lotta Schelin all started the match in Karlskoga for Sweden, with Thra Helgadttir, Dra Maria Lrusdttir and Margrt Lra Vidarsdttir doing likewise for Iceland. Vidarsdttir cancelled out Schelin's 73rd-minute effort to secure a point for the visitors. It took ten games for Iceland to beat Sweden, their breakthrough triumph a 2-1 Algarve Cup success in Loule, Portugal, on 2 March 2011. Vidarsdttir and long-serving captain Katrn Jnsdttir got their goals. Kosovare Asllani struck twice as Sweden strolled to a 6-1 success at the Algarve Cup on 8 March 2013, with Schelin, Marie Hammarstrm and Sara Thunebro also on target from their current squad. Schelin then struck her 50th international goal against Iceland as her double earned a 2-0 friendly victory on 6 April 2013. At youth level, Iceland dispatched Sweden 4-1 to book their place in the 2011 UEFA European Women's Under-17 Championship finals. Two years earlier, a Sweden U19 team containing Antonia Gransson and Sofia Jakobsson drew 0-0 with Iceland who had Fannds Fridriksdttir and Dagn Brynjarsdttir among their ranks in the second qualifying round. A the 2009 UEFA European Women's U19 Championship in Belarus, Sweden came from behind to defeat Iceland 2-1 in the group stage courtesy of Sofia Jakobsson and Jenny Hjohlman, eventually losing to England in the final. Sweden The hosts defeated Italy 3-1 in their final Group A encounter to seal top spot. Raffaella Manieri's own goal (47) and a Schelin (49) strike had given Sweden the initiative, with Josefine qvist (57) adding the third in Halmstad. Sweden opened with a 1-1 draw against Denmark in Gothenburg, where they stayed to secure a 5-0 defeat of Finland that equalled the record margin of victory in a finals game. Sweden qualified automatically as hosts and played at both major final tournaments after UEFA Women's EURO 2009. They finished third at the 2011 Women's World Cup, earning a place at the 2012 Olympics. That proved less of a success as Sweden lost 2-1 in the quarter-finals to France, whom they had beaten to World Cup bronze. Pia Sundhage led the United States to gold in London before leaving in September 2012 to replace Thomas Dennerby as coach of Sweden. In a 21-year international playing career, Sundhage was part of the Sweden team that won the inaugural 1984 European competition, still their only major honour. In the final against England, she scored the only goal of the home leg in Gothenburg and although England won the return 1-0 six days later, Sundhage converted the winning penalty in the shoot-out. Sweden have lost in three other Women's EURO finals, each time to the hosts: Norway in 1987 and Germany in 1995 and 2001. Norway beat them in the 2005 semi-finals and 2009 quarter-finals. Sweden's UEFA Women's EURO record reads: Played 97 Won 66 Drawn 15 Lost 16. Iceland Sigurdur Eyjolfsson's team edged out the Netherlands 1-0 to take their place in the last eight of a UEFA Women's EURO for the first time since a group stage was introduced in 1997. They finished as one of the two best third-placed teams along with Denmark. Iceland picked up their first point at this level with their 1-1 draw against Norway to open Group B but were then outclassed by Germany 3-0.

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Iceland qualified for their first major tournament by reaching UEFA Women's EURO 2009, where they failed to win a point. This time, having been pipped in their qualifying section by Norway, they overcame Ukraine in the play-offs. Iceland's UEFA Women's EURO record reads: Played 70 Won 29 Drawn 10 Lost 31. Team ties Several of Iceland's squad have experience in Sweden's Damallsvenskan. Forward Margrt Lra Vidarsdttir played for Linkpings FC in 2009 before joining Kristianstads DFF, where she finished joint top of the scoring charts in her second season with 16 goals. Winger Hlmfrdur Magnsdttir (2009) and midfielder Katrn marsdttir (2010 & 2012) have also donned the colours of Kristianstad, while existing members of the squad including Gudn Bjrk dinsdttir and Sif Atladttir play there alongside Sweden's qvist. Midfielder Sara Bjork Gunnarsdttir linked up with FC Malm in 2011 sharing a dressing room with Sweden Women's U19 champions Elin Rubensson and Amanda Ilestedt, plus established senior internationals Therese Sjgran and Lina Nilsson. Dra Maria Lrusdttir had a short spell at Djurgrdens IF in 2011, while Gudbjrg Gunnarsdttir represented the Stockholm outfit from 2009-12. lna Vidarsdttir left KR Reykjavk to sign for KIF rebro DFF in 2009, spending three years with the club, during which time she lined up alongside Sweden's Elin Magnusson, Kristin Hammarstrm and Marie Hammarstrm. Katrn Jnsdttir spent the 2011/12 season with Djurgrden and joined seven-time league champions Ume IK in 2013 her sixth club of a career spanning over two decades. Coaches Sundhage and Eyjolfsson have locked horns on three previous occasions, between 2009 and 2011, with the former during her four-year spell at the United States helm coming out on top each time, including a 4-2 defeat of Iceland in Faro at the Algarve Cup on 9 March 2011.

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SWEDEN Sweden won the inaugural European Competition for Women's Football in 1984 and hope to finally take another major title on home soil 29 years on. Following their 1984 triumph, in which they overcame England on penalties in Luton after a 1-1 aggregate draw, Sweden reached further finals in 1987, 1995 and 2001, losing the last two to Germany, who also beat them to the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup with a golden goal. The last few years, though, have been a period of rebuilding after the retirement of that generation, which included Hanna Ljungberg and Victoria Svensson. However, with the likes of Lotta Schelin and Caroline Seger in the side, they won World Cup bronze in 2011 the best European performance and with the appointment of Pia Sundhage as coach, they have every right to be optimistic. Tournament record 2009: quarter-finals 2005: semi-finals 2001: runners-up 1997: semi-finals 1995: runners-up 1993: quarter-finals 1991: quarter-finals 1989: third place 1987: runners-up 1984: winners Other honours 1999, 2012 UEFA European Women's Under-18/U19 Championship 2013 qualifying Automatic as hosts Friendly results since qualifying 23 October: W3-0 v Switzerland (h, Vaxjo) 6 March: D1-1 v China (Algarve Cup group, Parchal) 8 March: W6-1 v Iceland (Algarve Cup group, Albufeira) 11 March: D1-1 v United States (Algarve Cup group, Lagos) 13 March: D2-2 (L4-5p) v Norway (Algarve Cup 3rd place, Lagos) 6 April: W2-0 v Iceland (h, Vaxjo) 1 June: W2-1 v Norway (h, Linkoping) 19 June: D1-1 Brazil (h, Stockholm) 4 July: W4-1 v England (h, Ljungskile) Competition record win 10-0 v Republic of Ireland (h), 20/09/92, 1993 qualifying Competition record defeat 0-2 v France (a), 01/06/00, 2001 qualifying 0-2 v Denmark (a), 15/10/94, 1995 two-legged quarter-finals (won 3-2 on aggregate) 1-3 v Germany (a), 23/06/01, 2001 final tournament group stage ICELAND UEFA WOMEN'S EURO 2009 was the first senior final tournament for either men or women to feature a team from Iceland, and they are back again. The closest they had come in the past was 1995, when they lost a two-legged quarter-final to England, and they also reached the 1997 and 2005 play-offs, beaten respectively by eventual winners Germany and finalists Norway. The appointment of Siggi Eyjlfsson as coach in 2007, however, produced immediate success as they reached the 2009 finals in Finland, and having run France close in 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying, made it through again to Sweden. They began qualifying superbly by beating Norway 3-1, but five dropped points against Belgium allowed the two-time champions to catch them and snatch first place in the final game. Still, Iceland held off Ukraine in the play-offs, the

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prolific Margrt Lra Vidarsdttir reaching a double-figure goal tally in qualifying for the second EURO campaign running. Vidarsdttir is one of several Swedish-based professionals in the squad. Tournament record 2009: group stage 2005: qualifying play-offs 2001: did not qualify 1997: qualifying play-offs 1995: quarter-finals 1993: did not qualify 1987/89/91: did not enter 1984: did not qualify 2013 qualifying Group 3 runners-up, P10 W7 D1 L2 F28 A4 Pts22 Top scorer: Margrt Lra Vidarsdttir 11 Most appearances: Thra Helgadttir, Katrn Jnsdttir, Sif Atladttir, Sara Bjork Gunnarsdttir, Hlmfrdur Magnsdttir, Dra Maria Lrusdttir, Margrt Lra Vidarsdttir, Fannds Fridriksdttir 12 Friendly results since qualifying 6 March: L0-3 v United States (Algarve Cup group, Albufeira) 8 March: L1-6 v Sweden (Algarve Cup group, Albufeira) 11 March: L0-1 v China (Algarve Cup group, Ferreiras) 13 March: W4-1 v Hungary (Algarve Cup 9th place, Parchal) 6 April: L0-2 v Sweden (a, Vaxjo) 1 June: L0-3 v Scotland (h, Reykjavik) 20 June: L0-2 v Denmark (a, Viborg) Competition record win 10-0 v Bulgaria (a), 21/06/2012, 2013 qualifying 10-0 v Poland (h), 13/09/03, 2005 qualifying Competition record defeat 0-6 v Germany (h), 17/08/00, 2001 qualifying 0-6 v Sweden (a), 09/09/82, 1984 qualifying

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Squad list
Sweden
Current season Qual. N o . Player DoB 29/03/82 29/04/83 20/09/82 02/12/80 17/06/82 26/04/79 17/06/87 30/01/92 17/01/93 02/08/84 06/02/87 16/09/90 09/04/89 08/04/77 19/03/85 02/06/82 29/03/82 27/02/84 29/07/89 23/04/90 23/07/83 11/03/91 13/02/90 13/02/60 Age 31 30 30 32 31 34 26 21 20 28 26 22 24 36 28 31 31 29 23 23 29 22 23 53 Club Gteborg FC Kristianstads DFF Linkpings FC Gteborg FC Tyres FF FC Malm Linkpings FC FC Malm Linkpings FC Tyres FF 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam Ume IK FC Malm Tyres FF KIF rebro DFF Gteborg FC Olympique Lyonnais Paris Saint-Germain FC Chelsea FC Kristianstads DFF Gteborg FC Ume IK D Pld Gls Pld 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 2 1 3 3 3 3 2 3 1 1 3 FT Gls 3 3 1 1 Overall WCHAMP Pld 3 13 1 10 9 14 5 2 15 8 2 32 17 3 17 9 2 14 1 1 3 Gls 1 2 1 6 4 2 6 2 2 -

Goalkeepers
1 Kristin Hammarstrm 12 Hedvig Lindahl 21 Sofia Lundgren

Defenders
2 Charlotte Rohlin 3 Stina Segerstrm 6 Sara Thunebro 16 Lina Nilsson 18 Jessica Samuelsson

Midfielders
4 Amanda Ilestedt 5 Nilla Fischer 7 Lisa Dahlkvist 11 Antonia Gransson 13 Emmelie Konradsson 15 Therese Sjgran 17 Caroline Seger 19 Elin Magnusson 20 Marie Hammarstrm

Forwards
8 Lotta Schelin 9 Kosovare Asllani 10 Sofia Jakobsson 14 Josefine qvist 22 Olivia Schough 23 Jenny Hjohlman

Coach
Pia Sundhage

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Current season Qual. N o . Player DoB 05/05/81 02/10/86 18/05/85 15/07/85 16/11/82 27/06/95 31/05/77 14/10/89 26/05/91 22/10/87 14/09/86 20/09/84 29/09/90 27/06/87 27/09/88 17/12/84 25/07/86 24/07/85 10/08/91 27/06/86 09/05/90 30/12/88 01/03/95 01/12/73 Age 32 26 28 28 30 18 36 23 22 25 26 28 22 26 24 28 26 27 21 27 23 24 18 39 Club FC Malm Stjarnan Avaldsnes IL Kristianstads DFF Chelsea FC Stjarnan Ume IK Stjarnan BV Vestmannaeyjar Stjarnan Pite IF Avaldsnes IL FC Malm Liverpool FC Kristianstads DFF Avaldsnes IL Kristianstads DFF Valur Reykjavk Valur Reykjavk Stjarnan Kolbotn IL Breidablik Valur Reykjavk D Pld 12 12 5 1 12 10 12 12 10 4 4 12 12 9 2 12 6 2 12 Gls 2 7 3 3 11 2 3 1 Pld 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 2 1 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 FT Gls 1 1 -

Overall WCHAMP Pld 39 5 19 17 3 47 14 35 25 23 8 4 38 32 12 6 16 16 2 22 Gls 8 13 5 6 32 6 4 1 -

Goalkeepers
1 Thra Helgadttir 12 Sandra Sigurdardttir 13 Gudbjrg Gunnarsdttir

Defenders
2 Sif Atladttir 3 lna Vidarsdttir 4 Glds Viggsdttir 8 Katrn Jnsdttir 15 Anna Bjork Kristjansdttir 17 Elisa Vidarsdttir 21 Soffia Gunnarsdttir

Midfielders
5 Hallbera Gsladttir 6 Hlmfrdur Magnsdttir 7 Sara Bjork Gunnarsdttir 11 Katrn marsdttir 18 Gudn Bjrk dinsdttir 20 Thrunn Jnsdttir

Forwards
9 Margrt Lra Vidarsdttir 10 Dra Maria Lrusdttir 14 Dagn Brynjarsdttir 16 Harpa Thorsteinsdttir 19 Fannds Fridriksdttir 22 Rakel Hnnudttir 23 Eln Jensen

Coach
Sigurdur Eyjolfsson

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Match-by-match lineups
Sweden
Final tournament Group A
Standings
Pld Sweden Italy Denmark Finland 3 3 3 3 W 2 1 0 0 D 1 1 2 2 L 0 1 1 1 GF 9 3 3 1 GA 2 4 4 6 Pts 7 4 2 2

Matchday 1 (10/07/13)
Sweden 1-1 Denmark Goals: 0-1 Knudsen 26, 1-1 Fischer 35 Sweden: K. Hammarstrm, Rohlin, Fischer, Thunebro, Schelin, Asllani, Gransson (Dahlkvist 63), qvist (Jakobsson 79), Seger, Samuelsson, M. Hammarstrm

Matchday 2 (13/07/13)
Finland 0-5 Sweden Goals: 0-1 Fischer 15, 0-2 Fischer 36, 0-3 Asllani 38, 0-4 Schelin 60, 0-5 Schelin 87 Sweden: K. Hammarstrm, Rohlin, Fischer, Thunebro, Schelin, Asllani (Hjohlman 72), Jakobsson, qvist (Gransson 67), L. Nilsson, Seger, M. Hammarstrm (Dahlkvist 57)

Matchday 3 (16/07/13)
Sweden 3-1 Italy Goals: 1-0 Manieri 47(o.g.), 2-0 Schelin 49, 3-0 qvist 57, 3-1 Gabbiadini 78 Sweden: K. Hammarstrm, Rohlin, Fischer, Thunebro (Schough 79), Dahlkvist, Schelin, Asllani (Sjgran 46), qvist, Seger (L. Nilsson 64), Samuelsson, M. Hammarstrm

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Iceland
Final tournament Group B
Standings
Pld Norway Germany Iceland Netherlands 3 3 3 3 W 2 1 1 0 D 1 1 1 1 L 0 1 1 2 GF 3 3 2 0 GA 1 1 4 2 Pts 7 4 4 1

Matchday 1 (11/07/13)
Norway 1-1 Iceland Goals: 1-0 Hegland 26, 1-1 M. Vidarsdttir 87(pen) Iceland: G. Gunnarsdttir, Atladttir (Viggsdttir 63), Gsladttir, Magnsdttir, S. B. Gunnarsdttir, K. Jnsdttir, M. Vidarsdttir, Lrusdttir, Brynjarsdttir (marsdttir 83), Fridriksdttir (Thorsteinsdttir 63), Hnnudttir

Matchday 2 (14/07/13)
Iceland 0-3 Germany Goals: 0-1 Lotzen 24, 0-2 Okoyino Da Mbabi 55, 0-3 Okoyino Da Mbabi 84 Iceland: G. Gunnarsdttir, Viggsdttir, Gsladttir, Magnsdttir, S. B. Gunnarsdttir (. Vidarsdttir 60), K. Jnsdttir, M. Vidarsdttir, Lrusdttir, Brynjarsdttir (marsdttir 46), Thorsteinsdttir, Hnnudttir

Matchday 3 (17/07/13)
Netherlands 0-1 Iceland Goals: 0-1 Brynjarsdttir 30 Iceland: G. Gunnarsdttir, Atladttir, Gsladttir, Magnsdttir, S. B. Gunnarsdttir, K. Jnsdttir, M. Vidarsdttir (Thorsteinsdttir 62), Lrusdttir, Brynjarsdttir, Fridriksdttir (. Vidarsdttir 86), Hnnudttir

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Tournament schedule
Final tournament
Date 10/07/13 10/07/13 11/07/13 11/07/13 12/07/13 12/07/13 13/07/13 13/07/13 14/07/13 14/07/13 15/07/13 15/07/13 16/07/13 16/07/13 17/07/13 17/07/13 18/07/13 18/07/13 Grp A Grp A Grp B Grp B Grp C Grp C Grp A Grp A Grp B Grp B Grp C Grp C Grp A Grp A Grp B Grp B Grp C Grp C Home Italy Sweden Norway Germany France England Italy Finland Norway Iceland England Spain Sweden Denmark Germany Netherlands France Russia Res. 0-0 1-1 1-1 0-0 3-1 2-3 2-1 0-5 1-0 0-3 1-1 0-1 3-1 1-1 0-1 0-1 3-0 1-1 Finland Denmark Iceland Netherlands Russia Spain Denmark Sweden Netherlands Germany Russia France Italy Finland Norway Iceland England Spain Away Venue Halmstad Gothenburg Kalmar Vaxjo Norrkoping Linkoping Halmstad Gothenburg Kalmar Vaxjo Linkoping Norrkoping Halmstad Gothenburg Kalmar Vaxjo Linkoping Norrkoping

Group A
Pld Sweden Italy Denmark Finland 3 3 3 3 W 2 1 0 0 D 1 1 2 2 L 0 1 1 1 GF 9 3 3 1 GA 2 4 4 6 Pts 7 4 2 2

Group B
Pld Norway Germany Iceland Netherlands 3 3 3 3 W 2 1 1 0 D 1 1 1 1 L 0 1 1 2 GF 3 3 2 0 GA 1 1 4 2 Pts 7 4 4 1

Group C
Pld France Spain Russia England 3 3 3 3 W 3 1 0 0 D 0 1 2 1 L 0 1 1 2 GF 7 4 3 3 GA 1 4 5 7 Pts 9 4 2 1

Quarter-finals
Date 21/07/13 21/07/13 22/07/13 22/07/13 Home Sweden Italy Norway France Res. 15.00CET (15.00 local time) 18.00CET (18.00 local time) 18.00CET (18.00 local time) 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Iceland Germany Spain Denmark Away Vaxjo Kalmar Linkoping Venue Halmstad

Semi-finals
Date 24/07/13 25/07/13 Home Winner QF1 Winner QF2 Res. 20.30CET (20.30 local time) 20.30CET (20.30 local time) Away Winner QF4 Winner QF3 Venue Gothenburg Norrkoping

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Date 28/07/13 Home Winner SF1 Res. 16.00CET (16.00 local time) Away Winner SF2

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Venue Solna

Top scorers
3 - Lotta Schelin (SWE) 3 - Nilla Fischer (SWE) 2 - Mia Brogaard (DEN) 2 - Wendie Renard (FRA) 2 - Melania Gabbiadini (ITA) 2 - Eugnie Le Sommer (FRA) 2 - Marie-Laure Delie (FRA) 2 - Clia Okoyino da Mbabi (GER) 2 - Vernica Boquete (ESP) 1 - Ilaria Mauro (ITA) 1 - Alexia Putellas (ESP) 1 - Toni Duggan (ENG) 1 - Kosovare Asllani (SWE) 1 - Lena Lotzen (GER) 1 - Josefine qvist (SWE) 1 - Solveig Gulbrandsen (NOR) 1 - Nelli Korovkina (RUS) 1 - Laura Bassett (ENG) 1 - Jennifer Hermoso (ESP) 1 - Dagn Brynjarsdttir (ISL) 1 - Eniola Aluko (ENG) 1 - Annica Sjlund (FIN) 1 - Ingvild Isaksen (NOR) 1 - Kristine Hegland (NOR) 1 - Louisa Necib (FRA) 1 - Elena Terekhova (RUS) 1 - Mariann Knudsen (DEN) 1 - Margrt Lra Vidarsdttir (ISL) 1 - Elena Morozova (RUS)

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Head coach
Sweden: Pia Sundhage
Date of birth: 13 Feburary 1960 Playing career: Falkpings KIK, Jitex BK, sters IF. S.S. Lazio, Stattena IF, Hammarby IF DFF Coaching career: Hammarby IF DFF, Boston Breakers, Kolbotn IL, KIF rebro DFF, United States, Sweden Having been in the Sweden team that won the first official European title in 1984, Sundhage returned home in October 2012 to try and repeat the feat on home soil as coach. A prolific scorer as a player, winning four Swedish titles with Jitex in an 18-year career, she made her international debut aged 15 in 1975 and won 146 caps, scoring 71 goals. Among those was the first goal scored by a woman at Wembley in a 2-0 win in England in 1989. Becoming player-coach of Hammarby in 1992, she had assistant roles at Vallentuna BK, AIK Fotball and Philadelphia Charge before Boston gave her a head position, leading them to the 2003 title in the last season of the professional WUSA league. Returning to Europe for spells in Sweden and Norway, she assisted Marika Domanski Lyfors with China at the 2007 World Cup before taking charge of the US, who she led to two Olympic gold medals and the 2011 World Cup final, which they lost on penalties to Japan. After the 2012 Olympic success, she opted to become Sweden coach on a four-year deal, having won 91 of her 107 games in charge of the US.

Iceland: Siggi Eyjlfsson

Date of birth: 1 December 1973 Playing career: KR Reykjavk, A Akranes, UNC Greensboro Spartans, Walsall FC, Chester City FC, KRC Harelbeke Coaching career: Iceland The first man to lead an Iceland team to a senior final tournament in either men's or women's football, Eyjlfsson had a cosmpolitan playing career before moving into coaching. Entering the youth ranks of KR Reykjavk at a young age, he graduated to the first team and helped them win the 1994 Icelandic Cup. In 1995, he moved to the United States for a bachelor's degree in exercise and sports science and then a master's in exercise and sports psychology at the University of North Carolina in Greensboro. Returning home with A Akranes in 1998, the following year he joined English club Walsall FC, scoring in a 3-1 win against Oldham Athletic FC that secured promotion to the second tier. He was loaned to Chester City FC for the first three months of 2000, before leaving Walsall for KRC Harelbeke of Belgium that November. Six months later, Eyjlfsson was back at KR, winning two league titles in as many years, and he ended his career in 2005 at A. In 2002, he also began working at the Football Association of Iceland as technical director, and in that time he studied for UEFA's coaching qualifications. He earned the UEFA Pro Licence in 2007 in England, making him one of just two people from Iceland to hold the qualification at the time. In January 2007, Eyjlfsson was appointed to the helm of the Iceland women's team, taking a particular interest in the psychological side of coaching as befitting his academic speciality. Success in UEFA Women's EURO 2009 qualifiying was immediate, with his charges beating France 1-0 that June. Although Les Bleues ultimately pipped them to first place in the group, Iceland defeated the Republic of Ireland 4-1 in the play-offs. They lost all three games in Finland, but are back again, missing out in their group in similar style to four years ago, this time behind Norway, but then defeating Ukraine.

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Match officials
Referee Assistant referees Fourth official UEFA Delegate UEFA Referee observer Kirsi Heikkinen (FIN) Tonja Paavola (FIN), Maria Luisa Gutierrez (ESP) Kateryna Monzul (UKR) Sheila Begbie (SCO) Carolin Rudolph (GER)

Referee
Name Kirsi Heikkinen Date of birth 26/09/1978 UEFA WOMEN'S EURO matches 16

UEFA European Women's Championship matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match
Date 20/06/07 25/08/09 30/08/09 17/09/11 20/10/12 14/07/13 Competition WCHAMP WCHAMP WCHAMP WCHAMP WCHAMP WCHAMP PO GS Stage QR GS GS Home Sweden Sweden Germany Iceland Ukraine Iceland Away Hungary Russia Iceland Norway Iceland Germany Result 7-0 3-0 1-0 3-1 2-3 0-3 Venue Karlstad Turku Tampere Reykjavik Sevastopol Vaxjo

Other matches
Date 18/11/06 20/11/06 27/10/07 21/02/08 02/10/08 03/09/09 07/09/09 16/06/12 16/09/12 18/07/13 Competition WCHAMP WCHAMP WCHAMP WCHAMP WCHAMP WCHAMP WCHAMP WCHAMP WCHAMP WCHAMP GS Stage PR PR QR QR QR QF SF Home Wales Wales Republic of Ireland Portugal Greece Netherlands Germany Switzerland Italy France Away Faroe Islands FYROM Romania Ukraine Slovenia France Norway Spain Poland England Result 2-1 6-0 2-1 0-1 4-6 0-0 3-1 4-3 1-0 3-0 Venue Strumica Strumica Dublin Abrantes Athens Tampere Helsinki Aarau San Benedetto del Tronto Linkoping

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Competition facts
The UEFA European Competition for Representative Women's Teams was introduced in 1982, with the first final two years later, and further competitions were played in 1987 and 1989 before becoming the current UEFA European Women's Championship. The 1991 and 1993 editions ended, like the 1987 and 1989 events, in four-team knockout final tournament. The 1995 edition was two-leg knockout from the quarter-finals onwards, with a one-off final. For 1997, 2001 and 2005 an eight-team final tournament was played, expanding to 12 for 2009. The full rundown of finals is (hosts in brackets): UEFA European Women's Championship 2009: Germany 6-2 England (Helsinki, Finland) 2005: Germany 3-1 Norway (Blackburn, England) 2001: Germany 1-0 Sweden, aet golden goal; (Ulm, Germany) 1997: Germany 2-0 Italy (Oslo, Norway) 1995: Germany 3-2 Sweden (Kaiserslautern, Germany) 1993: Norway 1-0 Italy (Cesena, Italy) 1991: Germany 3-1 Norway aet (Aalborg, Denmark) UEFA European Competition for Representative Women's Teams 1989: West Germany 4-1 Norway (Osnabruck, West Germany) 1987: Norway 2-1 Sweden (Oslo, Norway) 1984: Sweden 1-1 England, 4-3 pens (two legs, Gothenburg and Luton) Birgit Prinz played in Germany's victories in 1995, 1997, 2001, 2005, and 2009. Germany coach Silvia Neid played in the victories of 1989, 1991 and 1995 and was assistant to Tina Theune-Meyer in 1997, 2001 and 2005 before leading the victory in 2009. The first final went to penalties after two home 1-0 wins between Sweden and England, with no extra time. Sweden prevailed 4-3 in the Luton shoot-out. There have been four other penalty competitions. Three were in semi-finals; hosts West Germany beat Italy 4-3 in 1989, Norway defeated hosts Denmark 8-7 in 1991 and hosts Italy overcame Germany 4-3 in 1993. Only West Germany in 1989 went on to win the final. The next was in the 2009 quarter-finals when the Netherlands beat France 5-4. Biggest wins Qualifying: Spain 17-0 Slovenia (1995); Norway 17-0 Slovakia (1997); Germany 17-0 Kazakhstan (2013) Two-legged knockout: Commonwealth of Independent States 0-7 Germany (1993) Final tournament: Denmark 0-5 Norway (1997); Germany 5-0 Russia (2001); Finland 0-5 Sweden (2013) Individual match goalscoring Qualifying: 7 Mara Paz (Spain) v Kazakhstan (2013) Final tournament: 4 Marianne Pettersen (Norway) v Denmark, 1997 Overall competition top scorers 2009: Margrt Lra Vidarsdttir (Iceland) 12 2005: Birgit Prinz (Germany) 17 2005: Birgit Prinz (Germany) 17 2001: Gitte Krogh (Denmark) 14 1997: Gabriela Chlumeck (Czech Republic), Marianne Pettersen (Norway) 13 1995: Patricia Brocker (Germany) 18 1993: Carolina Morace (Italy) 13 1991: Heidi Mohr (Germany) 10 Finals top scorers 2009: Inka Grings (Germany) 6 2005: Inka Grings (Germany) 4 2001: Claudia Mller (Germany), Sandra Smisek (Germany) 3 1997: Carolina Morace (Italy), Marianne Pettersen (Norway), Anglique Rouhas (France) 4 1995: Lena Videkull (Sweden) 3 1993: Susan Mackensie (Denmark) 2

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1991: Heidi Mohr (Germany) 4 All time (final tournaments) Heidi Mohr (Germany) 10 Inka Grings (Germany) 10 Birgit Prinz (Germany) 10 All time (including qualifying) Birgit Prinz (Germany) 40 Carolina Morace (Italy) 37 Patrizia Panico (Italy) 33 2013 qualifying top scorers Preliminary round: Nataa Andonova (FYROM), Rosangela Settanni (Luxembourg) 3 Qualifying round: Clia Okoyino da Mbabi (Germany) 17 Play-offs: Adriana (Spain), Kim Little (Scotland) 2 Overall: Clia Okoyino da Mbabi (Germany) 17 Highest attendances Qualifying: Germany v Belgium, Lubeck 2009, 17,000 Final tournament: England v Finland, Manchester 2005, 29,092

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(Final tournament only) Oldest player: Sandrine Soubeyrand (France) v England, 18/07/2013, 39 years 336 days Oldest goalscorer: Patrizia Panico (Italy) v Germany, 04/09/2009, 34 years 208 days Youngest player: Oksana Yakovyshyn (Ukraine) v Netherlands, 23/08/2009, 16 years 156 days Youngest goalscorer: Isabell Herlovsen (Norway) v France, 09/06/2005, 16 years 351 days

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Sweden v Iceland

Sunday 21 July 2013 - 15.00CET (15.00 local time)

MATCH PRESS KIT

rjans vall, Halmstad

Tournament preview
Knockout phase: The top two from each group go through, plus the two best third-placed teams. Quarter-finals: 21 July: QF1, 1A v 3B/C, Halmstad, 15.00 local time; QF4, 2A v 2B, Vaxjo, 18.00 22 July: QF2, 1B v 2C, Kalmar, 18.00; QF3 1C v 3A/B, Linkoping, 20.45 Semi-finals: 24 July: QF1 v QF4, Gothenburg, 20.30 25 July: QF2 v QF3, Norrkoping, 20.30 Final: 28 July: Solna, 16.00 Medals: 35 gold medals are presented to the winning team, 35 silver medals to the runners-up and 35 bronze medals to each of the two losing semi-finalists. adidas Golden Boot award: Will be presented to the leading scorer at the UEFA European Women's Championship after the final. Official ball: The official match ball, manufactured by adidas, features a futuristic design incorporating the traditional blue and yellow of the tournament's Swedish host nation, and was given its first public airing at the draw in Gothenburg last November. Just like the adidas Tango 12, match ball of UEFA EURO 2012, the UEFA Women's EURO 2013 official match ball comprises a series of thermally bonded triangular panels with each panel covered with a grip texture that supports boot-to-ball contact and enhances ball control. Beneath the outer surface lies a woven carcass and a new bladder for increased air retention and reduced water uptake. Official song: 'Winning Ground' has long been the slogan for UEFA Women's EURO 2013 it is now also the name of the official tournament anthem. Swedish pop star Eric Saade premiered the tune on 27 May at Solna's Friends Arena, which will stage the 28 July final. "I love football so I'm honoured to be doing this," said Saade, who has co-written the song with, among others, Stefan rn, the nephew of Sweden coach Pia Sundhage, herself noted for her singing. Qualifying: The eight-team preliminary round ran from 18 to 23 March 2011 with two group winners joining 36 top-ranked nations in the qualifying group stage from 17 September 2011 to 19 September 2012. The group winners Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Italy and Norway plus best runners-up the Netherlands (counting results against the teams first, third, fourth and fifth in their section) progressed to the final tournament, and the other six runners-up went into the two-legged play-offs on 20/21 and 24/25 October 2012. Iceland, Russia and Spain respectively defeated Ukraine, Austria and Scotland. Disciplinary information: A player is automatically suspended for the next match after two cautions in two different matches. Single yellow cards that have not resulted in a suspension expire after the quarter-finals and are not carried forward to the semi-finals. Ambassadors: Former German women's international Steffi Jones and ex-Sweden player Patrik Andersson are the international ambassadors for UEFA Women's EURO 2013.

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Sweden v Iceland

Sunday 21 July 2013 - 15.00CET (15.00 local time)

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rjans vall, Halmstad

Legend
:: Squad list No: number DoB: date of birth Qual: qualifying FT: final tournament Pld: played Gls: goals WChamp: UEFA European Women's Championship :: Match officials Nat: nationality DoB: date of birth WChamp: Total matches officiated in the UEFA European Women's Championship including all qualifying round matches. Matches as the fourth official are not included in these statistics. These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records in the competition. UEFA: Total matches officiated in all UEFA competitions including all qualifying round matches. Matches where the official has acted as the fourth official are not included in these statistics. These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records in the competition. :: Group statistics/Tournament schedule Pos: position Pld: played W: won D: drawn L: lost GF: goals for GA: goals against Pts: points :: NOTE: All-time statistics Goals totals include the outcome of disciplinary decisions (eg. match forfeits when a 3-0 result is determined). Goals totals do not include goals scored from the penalty mark during a penalty shoot-out. :: Competitions Club competitions UCL: UEFA Champions League ECCC: European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League UEL: UEFA Europa League UCUP: UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup SCUP: UEFA Super Cup UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup ICF: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup National team competitions EURO: UEFA European Football Championship WC: FIFA World Cup CONFCUP: FIFA Confederations Cup FRIE: Friendly internationals U21FRIE: Under-21 friendly internationals U21: UEFA European Under-21 Championship U17: UEFA Under-17 Championship U16: UEFA European Under-16 Championship U19: UEFA Under-19 Championship U18: UEFA European Under-18 Championship WWC: FIFA Women's World Cup WCHAMP: UEFA European Women's Championship :: Other abbreviations (aet): Match decided after extra timeNo.: Number aetps: Match decided after extra timeo.g.: Own goal and penalty shoot-out ag: Match decided on away goals (P): Penalty agg: Aggregate Pld: Matches played AP: Appearances Pos.: Position Comp.: Competition Pts: Points D: Drawn R: Sent off (straight red card) DoB: Date of birth Res.: Result ET: Extra Time sg: Match decided by silver goal GA: Goals against t: Match decided by toss of a coin GF: Goals for W: Won gg: Match decided by golden goal Y: Booked L: Lost Y/R: Sent off (two yellow cards) Nat.: Nationality Y/R: Sent off (two yellow cards) N/A: Not applicable (+) : Denotes player introduced (+/-) : Denotes player introduced and substituted *: Misses next match if booked #: Suspended for at least one match

:: Competition stages F: Final GS: Group stage GS1: First group stage GS2: Second group stage KO1: First knockout round PR: Preliminary round QF: Quarter-finals QR: Qualifying round QR1: First qualifying round QR2: Second qualifying round FT: Final tournament ELITE: Elite round 3rdPO: Third-place play-off GS-FT: Group stage final tournament :: Statistics (-) : Denotes player substituted (*) : Denotes player sent off :: Squad list D: Disciplinary S: Suspended

3QR: Third qualifying round R1: First round R2: Second round R3: Third round R4: Fourth round SF: Semi-finals R16: round of 16 R32: Round of 32 1st: first leg 2nd: second leg PO: Play-off (Rep) : Replay PO - FT: Play-off for Final Tournament Prom/rel PO: Promotion/relegation play-off

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Sunday 21 July 2013 - 15.00CET (15.00 local time)

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rjans vall, Halmstad

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