Veteran coach Åge Hareide has resigned from the Iceland national team ahead of the start of World Cup qualifying, and said he plans to retire. The Icelandic soccer federation announced the 71-year-old Hareide’s decision to leave in a statement late Monday. He added that there are “exciting times ahead” for a team with emerging young leaders.
Iceland head coach Age Hareide during a press conference at the Cardiff City Stadium, Wales, Monday, Nov. 18, 2024, ahead of his team’s Nations League soccer match against Wales on Tuesday. Iceland’s Andri Gudjohnsen celebrates scoring during the UEFA Nations League Group match between Wales and Iceland at Cardiff City Stadium, Wales, Tuesday Nov. 19, 2024. Iceland head coach Age Hareide during a press conference at the Cardiff City Stadium, Wales, Monday, Nov.
“I have enjoyed my time with the Icelandic national team, but I believe that now is the right time to retire,” Hareide was quoted as saying in the federation statement.The next coach’s first games are against Kosovo in March in a promotion-relegation playoff in the Nations League where the winner advances to the second tier in the next edition of the tournament.for Europe on Dec. 13.
Iceland has played at one World Cup, in 2018 in Russia, becoming the smallest nation ever to qualify. An international defender for Norway, Hareide coached the Norwegian national team for five years through 2008. He later took Denmark to the 2018 World Cup —in a penalty shootout in the round of 16 — and helped it qualify for the European Championship played in 2021.
Hareide joined Iceland for the Euro 2024 qualifying program and the team was one game from the tournament, losing a playoff final against Ukraine in March.
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