var teamInfo={"F130A460B61EDB83511FAE53BCCB265B":"Jamaica,Al-Arabi SC,Iceland,IBV Vestmannaeyjar","CDD49FE9965EE16A":"","3316B2DB0B85B0BE":"Republic of Ireland","8AADACF35D89D013D4BD2861BB0924F0":"63","0D34E6C50E8B5F692E33A5A7830475C3":"Heimir Hallgrimsson","9AF366BFF83B51E6BE6603E9444757A4":"<P><STRONG>Celtic Nations Cup<BR><\/STRONG>Winners (1): 2011<BR><BR><STRONG>Iceland Triangular Tournament<\/STRONG><BR>Winners (1): 1986<BR><BR><STRONG>FIFA Fair Play Award<\/STRONG><BR>Winners (1) 1997<BR><BR><STRONG>Unofficial Football World Championships<BR><\/STRONG>Holders (2): 30 March 1977 &#8211; 1 July 1977, 31 March 2004 &#8211; 29 May 2004<\/P>","A1A3C2B16933D2932CAA0F59CAFD2D37A7D990F044C6143D":"1921","25BD2818C5CA7DE1EF956094CD415371":"<P>Heimir Hallgrimsson is an Icelandic football manager and former player, currently managing Iceland, having previously been his assistant manager with Iceland.<BR><BR>On 14 October 2011, KSI announced they had appointed Heimir as assistant manager of the Iceland national football team as they announced they had appointed Lars Lagerback as manager. Iceland qualified for the play-off stage of the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification, however, Iceland lost there against Croatia. Shortly thereafter Heimir and Lagerback signed a new contract, this time as joint managers. Heimir will then become the sole manager following Euro 2016, with Lagerback retiring.<\/P>","E7D2F501BA5F9F82CBF994866126F3A8":"<P>The Republic of Ireland national football team represents Ireland in association football. It is run by the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) and currently plays home fixtures at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, which opened in May 2010.<BR><BR>The team made its debut at the 1924 Summer Olympics, reaching the quarter-finals, it also participated at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Between 1924 and 1936, the team competed as the Irish Free State and from then until 1950, it was referred to by the FAI as Eire or Ireland.<BR><BR>The side was the first team from outside the United Kingdom to defeat England on home soil, at a fixture played at Goodison Park, Liverpool, in 1949. The team also reached the quarter-finals of the 1964 European Nations&#39; Cup.<BR><BR>Under the guidance of Jack Charlton and his successor Mick McCarthy, qualifying for UEFA Euro 1988 in their first appearance at the UEFA European Championship, reaching the quarterfinals of the 1990 FIFA World Cup in their first ever appearance at the finals, and making the last 16 at both the 1994 and 2002 FIFA World Cups. Under Giovanni Trapattoni, the team narrowly lost out on qualification for the 2010 World Cup during a controversial play-off, but went on to qualify for UEFA Euro 2012.<BR><BR><STRONG>How they qualified for EURO 2016:<BR><BR><\/STRONG>Jonathan Walters was the two-goal hero as an organised Ireland saw off Bosnia-Herzegovina and deservedly booked their place at Euro 2016, reaching their second successive UEFA European Championship.<\/P>","D21B7B52C3154356":"1","2CED97379BA5D88CE40611752FB01FA2":"","168A56ED2BB242F4":"info@fai.ie","0FD504EDD8B1D3841B8B3A87EB81E7E9":"Republic of Ireland","80B37F2A697D8EFD":"24.87","9313EC01B36593E9":"370091","7316390EDD0778189C728D1A7D275848":"Ireland","8CFBF2FE25EFB09A":"<P><STRONG>First international:<\/STRONG> <BR>Irish Free State 1&#8211;0 Bulgaria <BR><BR><STRONG>Most caps: <BR><\/STRONG>Robbie Keane (143)<BR><BR><STRONG>Top scorer: <BR><\/STRONG>Robbie Keane (67)<BR><BR><STRONG>Most appearances:<\/STRONG> <BR>All-time &#8211; Runar Kristinsson (104)<BR>Current &#8211; Eidur Gudjohnsen (81)<BR><BR><U><STRONG>TEAM RECORD IN UEFA COMPETITIONS<BR><BR><\/STRONG><\/U><STRONG>Biggest win:<\/STRONG><BR>28\/03\/2015, Kazakhstan 0-3 Iceland, Astana<BR>10\/10\/2014, Latvia 0-3 Iceland, Riga<BR>09\/09\/2014, Iceland 3-0 Turkey, Reykjavik<BR>02\/09\/2006, Northern Ireland 0-3 Iceland, Belfast<BR>11\/06\/2003, Lithuania 0-3 Iceland, Kaunas<BR>16\/10\/2002, Iceland 3-0 Lithuania, Reykjavik<BR>04\/09\/1999, Iceland 3-0 Andorra, Reykjavik<BR><BR><STRONG>Biggest defeat:<\/STRONG><BR>03\/06\/1987, Iceland 0-6 East Germany, Reykjavik<BR><BR><STRONG>Appearances in UEFA European Football Championship:<\/STRONG> 12<BR><BR><STRONG>Player with most appearances:<\/STRONG> 29<BR>Runar Kristinsson (ISL)<BR><BR><STRONG>Top scorers:<\/STRONG> 10<BR>Eidur Gudjohnsen (ISL)<\/P>","435426036942DBEA7AAF62FDF12D923A":"Aviva Stadium","2AC3E7C85928CE18A3090AFF171DB8C9":"2024-7-10","C0FE8DFCAA690E72":"http:\/\/www.fai.ie","480882DFDB04CD6BE39EA745DB9708F3FDC1AF08E10C208A":"1","160343B2F56DD1006D4E7F061757C207":"51700","F54BDD5A0D63E83FD0B4671C8FED08AE":"Iceland","EC5D596A5D80446F935E9C751DEF66E8":"","8D5A204CDEF7148F16FFC2E9FB1EE211":"1967-6-10","906FE566EA5D5A060738EC206CB55DB7":"62 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 4, Dublin, Ireland","DF1F83E13127F6C1":"Heimir Hallgrimsson","2FCA3E5C341526AA":"1","26AEE84946AA3EE0753F3100E62B970B":"Jamaica","0DC344593C67F298":"552","6F57BC549B91E4F9B6527BF7F4BF203F":"","AFC96B2FF8428221":"Dublin","7850BFBCDDAACDE9":"Republic of Ireland","480882DFDB04CD6B51949E56E163439C":"0","e_index":4};