Iceland's team celebrate their victory over the Netherlands with their fans after their Euro 2016 qualifying soccer match in Amsterdam, the Netherlands September 3, 2015. REUTERS/Michael Kooren/File Photo
REYKJAVIK (Reuters) - Iceland's football team are helping to bring back national pride and unity to the country having qualified for this month's European Championship finals in France.
With a population of 332,000 -- about the size of English city Leicester, the home of the Premier League's surprise champions -- Iceland is the smallest nation ever to qualify for the Euros. They will play Austria, Hungary and Portugal in Group F.
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