There have been remarkable stories of underdog achievement in sporting history and most of them rarely have to do much with luck. Iceland football and its extraordinary surge to the quarter-finals of soccer’s European Championship can easily top the list in awe-inspiring tales in sport today. So what took the smallest country in terms of population to qualify for an international tournament?

Eidur Gudjohnsen was part of Iceland’s 23-member squad for Euro 2016 and made two appearances. Pic/Getty Images