In 1982 they beat Fram Reykjavik 4-0 at home and 3-0. The Hoops have played twice against Icelandic opposition and have won home and away legs on both occasions. How have Rovers done against Icelandic opposition in the Europe before? Their stadium has a 3,009 capacity with 1,709 seats in two stands. The Smaratog Tower is 77.6m tall – Dublin’s Liberty Hall is a mere 59m. The tallest building in Iceland is located here. It is a town of around 40,000 inhabitants. They are based in Kopavogur, just south of the Icelandic capital of Reykjavik. They play with a 4-1-3-2 formation 69% of the time and 4-2-3-1 26%. They played two games last week – losing on penalties in the Cup and last Friday defeating Fylkir, who sit second from bottom, 5-1, thanks to four second half goals. They are 11 points behind league leaders Vikingur Reykjavik. Like in Ireland, a summer league is played in Iceland and they are 14 games into the season in their 12-team league but Breidablik are well off the pace. Stefan Sigurdson scored in both the semi-final and the final and has ten league goals to his name this season but it seems he has played his last game for the club now that the transfer window is open. They hosted the preliminary round of the Champions League where they beat San Marino side Tre Penne 7-1 in the semi-final and Montenegrin champions Buducnost Podgorica 5-0 in the final. They went three rounds again last season, knocking out Andorran side Santa Coloma (5-1), winning home and away, and Buducnost Podgorica (3-2) before losing 6-1 on aggregate to Istanbul Basaksehir. In 2021 in the Conference League qualifiers, they knocked out Racing Luxembourg, winning both legs and going through 5-2 on aggregate, Austria Vienna 3-2 on aggregate, before their elimination by Aberdeen 5-3 after two legs. Their record over that time reads: P15 W8 D1 L6 They have played in Europe in each of the last six seasons.
What European pedigree do Breidablik have? They will likely be missing 21 time capped Faroese international Patrik Johannesen who picked up an injury back in May. "Shamrock Rovers are the best team in Ireland, but it will be a 50-50 match," Breidablik captain Gunnlaugsson told ESPN. The right back, who likes to get forward and takes their corners, has eight international caps to his name and spoke with Mark Ogden for this excellent report from ESPN on the recent Champions League Preliminary Round competition. Gisli Eyjolfsson is an influential left side attacking midfielder who also is a threat running with the ball and with key passes. The right side central defender has played over 300 times for the club. Much of the ball goes through Damir Muminovic. Their squad is packed with Icelandic internationals along with two Faroese internationals including Klaemint Olsen who has 57 caps and ten goals and leads Breidablik’s front line as their main striker.
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