(Reuters) - Siggi Eyolfsson had only modest success as a professional footballer abroad, but he worked wonders when he returned home to launch a coaching revolution that many credit for Iceland making their European Chammpionship debut this year.
With a population of about 329,000 - roughly that of England's football wonder-child Leicester - Iceland is the smallest nation to qualify for Euro 2016 in France next month, playing in a group with Austria, Hungary and Portugal.
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