coach Heimir Hallgrimsson has hailed his team as "legends" and compared them to England's World Cup winning side of 1966.
Hallgrimsson has taken sole charge having shared coaching duties with Lars Lagerback, who retired after the tournament, at Euro 2016.
The historic run to the quarter-finals by Iceland, which saw them draw with Portugal and beat England and was ended by a 5-2 defeat to hosts France, was one of the stories of the tournament.
"The players are now legends in the eyes of Iceland's people," Hallgrimsson told The Guardian.
"They will be remembered in the same way England venerates its World Cup winners from 1966; they have given the currency of our football a huge boost and it will extend beyond sport too, as a wonderful advertisement for a country that is now on the map like never before.
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