Rúnar Kristinsson - Century of International Appearances


The outstanding Icelandic player, who obtained 104 international caps with his National Team, has entered the symbolic but exclusive circle of players with a Century of Caps. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Caps   Date      Venue             Opponent       Score    Competition
  1  28-10-1987  Simferopol        Soviet Union    0-2     European Champ. Qual. 
  2  27- 4-1988  Doetinchem        Netherlands     0-1 (*) Olympic Games Qual. 
  3  30- 4-1988  Bischofswerda     East Germany    0-3 (*) Olympic Games Qual. 
  4   4- 5-1988  Budapest          Hungary         0-3 
  5  24- 5-1988  Reykjavík         Portugal        0-1 (*) Olympic Games Qual
  6  24- 8-1988  Akranes           Faroe Islands   1-0 
  7  31- 5-1989  Moskva            Soviet Union    1-1     World Cup Qualifier 
  8  23- 8-1989  Salzburg          Austria         1-2     World Cup Qualifier 
  9  20- 9-1989  Reykjavík         Turkey          2-1     World Cup Qualifier 
 10  28- 3-1990  Esch-sur-Alzette  Luxembourg      2-1       
 11   3- 4-1990  Hamilton          Bermuda         4-0      
 12   8- 4-1990  St.Louis          United States   1-4      
 13   8- 8-1990  Tórshavn          Faroe Islands   3-2  
 14   5- 9-1990  Reykjavík         France          1-2     European Champ. Qual. 
 15  26- 9-1990  Kosice            Czechoslovakia  0-1     European Champ. Qual. 
 16  27- 4-1991  Watford           England "B"     0-1 (*)
 17   1- 5-1991  Cardiff           Wales           0-1 
 18   7- 5-1991  La Valletta       Malta           4-1 
 19  26- 5-1991  Tirane            Albania         0-1     European Champ. Qual. 
 20   5- 6-1991  Reykjavík         Czechoslovakia  0-1     European Champ. Qual.
 21  10- 2-1992  Valletta          Malta           0-1     
 22   2- 3-1992  Dubai             UA Emirates     1-0      
 23   8- 4-1992  Tel Aviv          Israel          2-2 
 24  13- 5-1992  Athinai           Greece          0-1     World Cup Qualifier 
 25   3- 6-1992  Budapest          Hungary         2-1     World Cup Qualifier 
 26   9- 8-1992  Reykjavík         Israel          0-2 
 27   7-10-1992  Reykjavík         Greece          0-1     World Cup Qualifier 
 28  14-10-1992  Moskva            Russia          0-1     World Cup Qualifier 
 29  17- 4-1993  Costa Mesa        United States   1-1 
 30  20- 5-1993  Luxembourg        Luxembourg      1-1     World Cup Qualifier 
 31   2- 6-1993  Reykjavík         Russia          1-1     World Cup Qualifier 
 32  16- 6-1993  Reykjavík         Hungary         2-0     World Cup Qualifier 
 33  31- 8-1993  Reykjavík         United States   0-1 
 34   8- 9-1993  Reykjavík         Luxembourg      1-0     World Cup Qualifier 
 35  17-10-1993  Tunis             Tunisia         1-3 
 36  20- 4-1994  Toulon            Saudi Arabia    0-2 
 37  24- 4-1994  Chula Vista       United States   2-1 
 38   4- 5-1994  Florianópolis     Brazil          0-3 
 39  19- 5-1994  Reykjavík         Bolivia         1-0 
 40  30- 8-1994  Reykjavík         UA Emirates     1-0 
 41   7- 9-1994  Reykjavík         Sweden          0-1     European Champ. Qual. 
 42  12-10-1994  Istanbul          Turkey          0-5     European Champ. Qual. 
 43  29-10-1994  Al-Ain            UA Emirates     1-0 
 44  16-11-1994  Lausanne          Switzerland     0-1     European Champ. Qual. 
 45  22- 4-1995  Temuco            Chile           1-1 
 46   1- 6-1995  Stockholm         Sweden          1-1     European Champ. Qual.
 47  11- 6-1995  Reykjavík         Hungary         2-1     European Champ. Qual.
 48  16- 8-1995  Reykjavík         Switzerland     0-2     European Champ. Qual.
 49  11-10-1995  Reykjavík         Turkey          0-0     European Champ. Qual.
 50  11-11-1995  Budapest          Hungary         0-1     European Champ. Qual.
 51   7- 2-1996  La Valletta       Malta           1-7    
 52  24- 4-1996  Tallinn           Estonia         0-3 
 53   1- 6-1996  Reykjavík         Macedonia       1-1     World Cup Qualifier 
 54  14- 8-1996  Reykjavík         Malta           2-1 
 55   4- 9-1996  Jablonec          Czech Republic  1-2 
 56   5-10-1996  Vilnius           Lithuania       0-2     World Cup Qualifier 
 57   9-10-1996  Reykjavík         Romania         0-4 
 58  10-11-1996  Dublin            Ireland         0-0     World Cup Qualifier 
 59  29- 4-1997  Trnava            Slovakia        1-3 
 60  11- 6-1997  Reykjavík         Lithuania       0-0     World Cup Qualifier 
 61  20- 7-1997  Reykjavík         Norway          0-1 
 62  27- 7-1997  Hofn              Faroe Islands   1-0 
 63  20- 8-1997  Eschen-Mauren     Liechtenstein   4-0     World Cup Qualifier 
 64   6- 9-1997  Reykjavík         Ireland         2-4     World Cup Qualifier 
 65  10- 9-1997  Bucuresti         Romania         0-4     World Cup Qualifier 
 66  11-10-1997  Reykjavík         Liechtenstein   4-0     World Cup Qualifier 
 67  19- 8-1998  Reykjavík         Latvia          4-1 
 68   5- 9-1998  Reykjavík         France          1-1     European Champ. Qual.
 69  10-10-1998  Yerevan           Armenia         0-0     European Champ. Qual.
 70  14-10-1998  Reykjavík         Russia          1-0     European Champ. Qual.
 71  10- 3-1999  Luxembourg        Luxembourg      2-1 
 72  27- 3-1999  Andorra la Vella  Andorra         2-0     European Champ. Qual.
 73  31- 3-1999  Kyiv              Ukraine         1-1     European Champ. Qual.
 74  28- 4-1999  La Valletta       Malta           2-1 
 75   5- 6-1999  Reykjavík         Armenia         2-0     European Champ. Qual.
 76   9- 6-1999  Moskva            Russia          0-1     European Champ. Qual.
 77  18- 8-1999  Tórshavn          Faroe Islands   1-0 
 78   8- 9-1999  Reykjavík         Ukraine         0-1     European Champ. Qual.
 79   9-10-1999  Saint-Denis       France          2-3     European Champ. Qual.
 80  31- 1-2000  La Manga          Norway          0-0     Nordic Cup
 81   2- 2-2000  La Manga          Finland         1-0     Nordic Cup
 82   4- 2-2000  La Manga          Faroe Islands   3-2     Nordic Cup
 83  16- 8-2000  Reykjavík         Sweden          2-1     Nordic Cup
 84   2- 9-2000  Reykjavík         Denmark         1-2     World Cup Qualifier 
 85   7-10-2000  Teplice           Czech Republic  0-4     World Cup Qualifier         
 86  11-10-2000  Reykjavík         Northn. Ireland 1-0     World Cup Qualifier 
 87  15-11-2000  Warszawa          Poland          0-1
 88  24- 3-2001  Sofia             Bulgaria        1-2     World Cup Qualifier 
 89  25- 4-2001  La Valletta       Malta           4-1     World Cup Qualifier
 90   2- 6-2001  Reykjavík         Malta           3-0     World Cup Qualifier
 91   6- 6-2001  Reykjavík         Bulgaria        1-1     World Cup Qualifier
 92   6-10-2001  København         Denmark         0-6     World Cup Qualifier
 93  22- 5-2002  Bodø              Norway          1-1
 94  21- 8-2002  Reykjavík         Andorra         3-0
 95   7- 9-2002  Reykjavík         Hungary         0-2
 96  12-10-2002  Reykjavík         Scotland        0-2     European Champ. Qual.
 97  29- 3-2003  Glasgow           Scotland        1-2     European Champ. Qual.
 98  30- 4-2003  Helsinki          Finland         0-3
 99   7- 6-2003  Reykjavík         Faroe Islands   2-1     European Champ. Qual.
100  11- 6-2003  Kaunas            Lithuania       3-0     European Champ. Qual.
101  20- 8-2003  Tórshavn          Faroe Islands   2-1     European Champ. Qual.
102   6- 9-2003  Reykjavík         Germany         0-0     European Champ. Qual.
103  11-10-2003  Hamburg           Germany         0-3     European Champ. Qual.
104  18- 8-2004  Reykjavík         Italy           2-0 

(*) the Icelandic FA considers these matches official; FIFA and IFFHS do
    not confirm the Olympic qualifiers in 1988 as full internationals,
    but apparently have accepted the match against England B in 1991.

Total Record
 
Matches  Won Draw Lost  For Against  Points  Percentage
   104    37   18   49  107- 141      92      44.23


Types of Matches 
Friendlies           41
European Champ.Qual. 29
World Cup Qualifiers 27
Nordic Cup            4
Olympic Games Qual.   3

Total               104
 
Goals 

Cap  18               2 goals    
Cap  75               1 goal 

Total                 3 goals  


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Prepared and maintained by Luis Fernando Passo Alpuin for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Luis Fernando Passo Alpuin
Last updated: 17 Aug 2017

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