The evergreen Eidur Gudjohnsen opened the scoring and Birkir Bjarnason netted twice as Iceland romped to a 3-0 victory over Kazakhstan to join Czech Republic at the top of Euro 2016 Group A qualifying on Saturday . The Czechs , however , can reclaim outright first place by beating Latvia later in the day . Bolton Wanderers forward Gudjohnsen , back in the side for the first time since going back on his November 2013 decision to retire from international football , gave Iceland the lead in the 20th minute . Iceland striker Eidur Gudjohnsen ( left ) jumps for the ball with Kazakhstan 's Yuri Logvinenko ( right ) Iceland 's Birkir Bjarnason ( left ) vies for the ball with Kazakhstan 's Ilia Vorotnikov ( right ) on Saturday . The former Barcelona and Chelsea marksman received a pass from Johann Gudmundsson and the 36-year-old slid the ball into the corner of the net to notch his 25th goal for his country and his first since 2009 . Bjarnason headed the second from a cross by Swansea City 's Gylfi Sigurdsson 12 minutes later and the same player then completed the scoring in stoppage time when his shot went in after taking a big deflection . Iceland now have 12 points from five games while Kazakhstan are rooted to the bottom of the group with one . Kazakhstan 's forward Daurenbek Tazhimbetov ( left ) vies for the ball with Iceland 's Birkir SÊvarsson ( right ) Iceland 's Jon Dadi Bodvarsson ( left ) challenges Kazakhstan 's Askhat Tagybergen ( right ) on Saturday .
Bolton Wanderers ' Eidur Gudjohnsen scored on his return to the Iceland team , overturning his decision to retire from international football in 2013 . The former Manchester United and Real Madrid striker was a key player for Iceland's Euro 2016 campaign but has been left out of their squad for this summer's World Cup qualifiers against Malta and San Marino.