These are the new Iceland 2016/17 kits, the uniforms that the Icelandic national football team will wear during the 16/17 football season and at the European Championships in France later this summer.

The strips have been made by Errea, who have been a long time partner of the KSI, and were officially revealed on March 1, 2016 in both Italy and Iceland.

The country will be the only nation to be sponsored by an Italian firm at the Championships, with the rest mostly having their uniforms made by the big triumvirate of Adidas, Nike and Puma

The kits take inspiration from the Iceland flag. The home shirt is predominantly sky blue Continue reading →

Fans in little Iceland, who will be participating in their first major tournament this summer in France, have launched an online petition asking the KSI (Icelandic FA) and kit partners Errea to honour the country’s naming traditions by having players’ first names on the back of jerseys instead of having surnames like most other countries at the Championships.

Iceland follows the patronymic naming system, meaning that children’s surnames would reflect that they are the son/daughters of their fathers. By and large, there are no family names used, and everyone in the country is generally known by their first name (a well known exception to this is Eidur Gudjohnsen, the former Barcelona & Chelsea striker, who goes by his family name)

For example, Gylfi Sigurdsson’s name indicates that he is Gylfi, son of Sigurdur. Should the former Tottenham midfielder have a son, the latter’s surname would be Gylfason. If he has a daughter, her surname would be Gylfadottir

Phone books in Iceland are sorted alphabetically by first name and not by last name as it is done in most other countries. Continue reading →