4 ▁World ▁Cup ▁– ▁twice . ▁During ▁the ▁qual ification , ▁they ▁reached ▁their ▁then ▁highest ▁ranking ▁in ▁the ▁FIFA ▁World ▁Rank ings , ▁ 2 3 rd . ▁I cel and ▁were ▁drawn ▁into ▁a ▁group ▁with ▁Portugal , ▁Hung ary ▁and ▁Austria ▁for ▁the ▁final ▁tournament . ▁ ▁At ▁the ▁tournament ▁final s , ▁I cel and ▁recorded ▁ 1 – 1 ▁draw s ▁in ▁their ▁first ▁two ▁group ▁stage ▁matches ▁against ▁Portugal ▁and ▁Hung ary . ▁They ▁then ▁advanced ▁from ▁their ▁group ▁with ▁a ▁ 2 – 1 ▁victory ▁against ▁Austria . ▁I cel and ▁qualified ▁for ▁the ▁tournament ' s ▁quarter - final s ▁after ▁a ▁ 2 – 1 ▁ups et ▁win ▁over ▁England ▁in ▁the ▁Round ▁of ▁ 1 6 , ▁which ▁led ▁to ▁England ▁manager ▁Roy ▁H od g son ▁res ign ing ▁in ▁dis gra ce ▁immediately ▁after ▁the ▁final ▁wh ist le . ▁However , ▁they ▁were ▁elimin ated ▁by ▁host ▁nation ▁France ▁in ▁the ▁quarter - final s , ▁ 5 – 2 . ▁ ▁I cel and ▁qualified ▁for ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 8 ▁World ▁Cup , ▁their ▁first ▁ever ▁appearance ▁in ▁the ▁world ▁championship , ▁se cur ing ▁qual ification ▁on ▁ 9 ▁October ▁ 2 0 1 7 ▁after ▁a ▁ 2 – 0 ▁win ▁against ▁Kos ovo . ▁In ▁doing ▁so , ▁they ▁became ▁the ▁lowest - pop ulated ▁country ▁ever ▁to ▁reach ▁the ▁final s . ▁I cel and ▁were ▁drawn ▁to ▁play ▁Cro atia , ▁Argentina