Iceland U21W14 Oct 2025 · Home Luxembourg U21 · 2:1W13 Nov 2025 · Away Luxembourg U21 · 3:1W26 Mar · Home Estonia U21 · 6:2L30 Mar · Away France U21 · 1:2D25 Sep · Home France U21 · 1:1W29 Sep · Home Switzerland U21 · 5:1
5:1
Finished
Kick-off was
BST
Switzerland U21D14 Nov 2025 · Home France U21 · 1:1L18 Nov 2025 · Away Luxembourg U21 · 1:2W27 Mar · Home Faroe Islands U21 · 1:0W31 Mar · Home Estonia U21 · 2:1W25 Sep · Home Luxembourg U21 · 5:0L29 Sep · Away Iceland U21 · 1:5
In the UEFA U21 Championship - Qualification game on 29 September 2026, Iceland U21 beat Switzerland U21 5:1. Match numbers: shots on target 9:5, corners 9:4.
Match report
Iceland U21 produced a statement performance to beat Switzerland U21 5-1 in their UEFA Under-21 Championship qualification group stage match on Monday evening. The result leaves both sides with eight games played, though the gap between them in Group Stage 20 has grown considerably. By then, Switzerland's second-place standing looked more precarious than it had at the start of the fixture.
André Gudjohnsen opened the scoring in the eleventh minute, a goal that set the tone for what followed. The visitors responded quickly when Bajrami found the net just before half-time, but Iceland went into the break 2-1 ahead through Andresson's forty-fifth-minute strike. And here's the thing: Switzerland made three changes at the break, but the momentum had already shifted.
Aronsson restored Iceland's two-goal advantage in the sixty-second minute, and Gudjohnsen doubled his tally in the seventy-eighth. The Swiss side, who had taken the initiative early, had nothing to lose by then and threw everything at the Iceland defence. Mikaelsson completed the scoring in the eighty-sixth minute, and the game was effectively over.
Iceland controlled the tempo with 58 per cent possession and registered nine shots on target compared to Switzerland's five. The visitors managed more attacks overall — 154 to 159 — but their accuracy was not enough to trouble the Icelandic defence meaningfully. Switzerland had four corners to Iceland's nine, a reflection of where the pressure sat for much of the match.
The result moves Iceland to 12 points in fourth place, level on games played with their opponents. Switzerland remain second on 17 points but will need to assess why their record runs of wins against lesser opposition did not translate into points here. The hosts had drawn with France U21 in their previous outing and now showed they could take their chances against a stronger side.
Prepared from match data
Key numbers
Possession, %58.00–42
Shots on target9–5
Shots off target3–4
Attacks159–154
HT⚽11' D. T. Gudjohnsen — Goal🟨37' D. Aronsson — Yellow card⚽45' B. Andresson — Goal⇄46' L. Srdanovic — Substitution⇄46' A. Vasovic — Substitution⇄46' N. Streit — Substitution⚽46' L. Bajrami — Goal⚽62' D. Aronsson — Goal⇄68' N. Rissi — Substitution⇄68' B. Andresson — Substitution⇄68' A. Cosic — Substitution⇄68' L. Chipperfield — Substitution⚽78' D. T. Gudjohnsen — Goal⇄79' D. T. Gudjohnsen — Substitution🟨81' A. Besio — Yellow card⚽86' H. Mikaelsson — Goal⇄89' K. Kjartansson — Substitution⇄89' D. Aronsson — Substitution🟨90' S. Thordarson — Yellow card
0'45'90'
Match events
11'1:0Iceland U21⚽GoalD. T. Gudjohnsen assist: G. Gudmundsson
W14 Oct 2025 · Home Luxembourg U21 · 2:1W13 Nov 2025 · Away Luxembourg U21 · 3:1W26 Mar · Home Estonia U21 · 6:2L30 Mar · Away France U21 · 1:2D25 Sep · Home France U21 · 1:1W29 Sep · Home Switzerland U21 · 5:1
D14 Nov 2025 · Home France U21 · 1:1L18 Nov 2025 · Away Luxembourg U21 · 1:2W27 Mar · Home Faroe Islands U21 · 1:0W31 Mar · Home Estonia U21 · 2:1W25 Sep · Home Luxembourg U21 · 5:0L29 Sep · Away Iceland U21 · 1:5
