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Iceland

Nickname(s)	Stelpurnar okkar (Our Girls)
Association	Football Association of Iceland (Knattspyrnusamband Íslands)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Þorsteinn Halldórsson
Captain	Glódís Perla Viggósdóttir
Most caps	Sara Björk Gunnarsdóttir (145)
Top scorer	Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir (79)
Home stadium	Laugardalsvöllur
FIFA code	ISL
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	14 1 (13 December 2024)
Highest	13 (August 2024)
Lowest	22 (September 2018 – March 2019)
First international
Scotland 3–2 Iceland  (Kilmarnock, Scotland; 20 September 1981)
Biggest win
Iceland 12–0 Estonia  (Reykjavík, Iceland; 17 September 2009)
Biggest defeat
Germany 8–0 Iceland  (Mannheim, Germany; 28 June 1996)  United States 8–0 Iceland  (Charlotte, United States; 5 April 2000)
World Cup
Appearances	0
European Championship
Appearances	5 (first in 2009)
Best result	Quarter-finals (2013)

The Iceland women's national football team represents Iceland in international women's football. They are currently ranked as the 14th best women's national team in the world by FIFA as of June 2024.

History

The Iceland women's national football team played its first game on 20 September 1981, facing Scotland. Bryndís Einarsdóttir scored Iceland's first ever goal in the 2–3 loss, with Ásta B. Gunnlaugsdóttir scoring the other.

On 30 October 2008, the national team qualified to the 2009 UEFA Women's Championship, the first major football tournament Iceland ever took part in, having previously competed in the 1995 UEFA Women's Championship which was a home and away knockout competition. At the 2013 UEFA Women's Championship, they took their first point in a major championship, following a draw against Norway in the opening game.

During qualifiers for Women's Euro 2009 Þóra Tómasdóttir and Hrafnhildur Gunnarsdóttir followed the team and recorded the documentary Stelpurnar okkar (translated: Our Girls) which was premiered on 14 August 2009.

Team image

Nicknames

The Iceland women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as the "Stelpurnar okkar (Our Girls)".

Home stadium

Iceland plays their home matches on the Laugardalsvöllur.

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

2023

22 September 2023–24 Nations League	Iceland	1–0	Wales	Reykjavík, Iceland
18:00 UTC±0	Viggósdóttir			Stadium: Laugardalsvöllur

26 September 2023–24 Nations League	Germany	4–0	Iceland	Bochum, Germany
18:15	Bühl 19', 78' Gwinn 35' (pen.) Schüller 42'	Report		Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 14,998 Referee: Alina Peşu (Romania)

27 October 2023–24 Nations League	Iceland	0–1	Denmark	Reykjavík, Iceland
16:30 UTC±0				Stadium: Laugardalsvöllur

31 October 2023–24 Nations League	Iceland	0–2	Germany	Reykjavík, Iceland
20:00		Report	Gwinn 65' (pen.) Bühl 90+4'	Stadium: Laugardalsvöllur Attendance: 1,245 Referee: Tess Olofsson (Sweden)

1 December 2023–24 Nations League

Wales

1–2

Iceland

5 December 2023–24 Nations League	Denmark	0–1	Iceland	Viborg, Denmark
				Stadium: Viborg Stadium

2024

23 February 2024 (2024-02-23) UEFA Nations League Promotion Matches

Serbia

1–1

Iceland

Serbia

27 February 2024 (2024-02-27) UEFA Nations League Promotion Matches	Iceland	2–1 (3–2 agg.)	Serbia	Iceland
Note: Iceland won 3–2 on aggregate, and therefore both teams remained in their respective leagues.

5 April UEFA Euro 2025 qualifying	Iceland	3–0	Poland	Kopavogur
18:45		Report		Stadium: Kópavogsvöllur Referee: Frida Klarlund (Denmark)

9 April UEFA Euro 2025 qualifying	Germany	3–1	Iceland	Aachen
18:10		Report		Stadium: Tivoli Referee: Jana Adámková (Czech Republic)

31 May UEFA Euro 2025 qualifying	Austria	1–1	Iceland	Ried im Innkreis
18:00	Puntigam 26' (pen.)	Report	Viggósdóttir 76' (pen.)	Stadium: Josko Arena Attendance: 3,788 Referee: Lina Lehtovaara (Finland)

4 June UEFA Euro 2025 qualifying	Iceland	2–1	Austria	Reykjavík
21:30 (19:30 UTC+0)	Eiríksdóttir 17' Antonsdóttir 70'	Report	Campbell 44'	Stadium: Laugardalsvöllur Attendance: 2,067 Referee: Désirée Grundbacher (Switzerland)

12 July UEFA Euro 2025 qualifying	Iceland	3–0	Germany	Reykjavík
16:15		Report		Stadium: Laugardalsvöllur

16 July UEFA Euro 2025 qualifying	Poland	0–1	Iceland	Sosnowiec
19:00		Report		Stadium: Zagłębiowski Park Sportowy

24 October Friendly	United States	v	Iceland	Austin, United States
19:30 ET				Stadium: Q2 Stadium

27 October Friendly	United States	v	Iceland	Nashville, United States
17:30 ET				Stadium: Geodis Park

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

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As of 10 July 2021

Manager history

Name	Years	Matches	Won	Tied	Lost
Sigurður Hannesson	1981–1984	7	0	1	6
Sigurbergur Sigsteinsson	1985–1986	8	4	1	3
Aðalsteinn Örnólfsson	1987	2	0	0	2
Steinn Mar Helgason	1992	4	1	1	2
Logi Ólafsson	1993–1994	8	6	0	2
Kristinn Björnsson	1995–1996	16	3	2	11
Vanda Sigurgeirsdóttir	1997–1998	12	1	3	8
Þórður Lárusson	1999	3	0	2	1
Logi Ólafsson	2000	7	1	2	4
Jörundur Áki Sveinsson	2001–2003	10	1	4	5
Helena Ólafsdóttir	2003–2004	14	5	1	8
Jörundur Áki Sveinsson	2005–2006	12	4	1	7
Sigurður Ragnar Eyjólfsson	2007–2013	77	39	8	30
Freyr Alexandersson	2013–2018	59	27	13	19
Jón Þór Hauksson	2018–2020	20	12	4	4
Þorsteinn Halldórsson	2021–	43	25	8	10

Source:

As of 16 July 2024 after the match against  Poland.

Players

Current squad

• The following players were named for the UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying against Germany on 12 July and Poland on 16 July.

Caps and goals are current as of 16 July 2024.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
12	1GK	Telma Ívarsdóttir	(1999-03-30) 30 March 1999 (age 25)	11	0	Breiðablik
13	1GK	Cecilía Rán Rúnarsdóttir	(2003-07-26) 26 July 2003 (age 21)	11	0	Inter Milan
1	1GK	Fanney Inga Birkisdóttir	(2005-03-17) 17 March 2005 (age 19)	7	0	Valur
4	2DF	Glódís Perla Viggósdóttir	(1995-06-27) 27 June 1995 (age 29)	128	11	Bayern Munich
6	2DF	Ingibjörg Sigurðardóttir	(1997-10-07) 7 October 1997 (age 27)	65	1	Brøndby
18	2DF	Guðrún Arnardóttir	(1995-07-29) 29 July 1995 (age 29)	41	1	Rosengård
20	2DF	Guðný Árnadóttir	(2000-07-29) 29 July 2000 (age 24)	32	0	Kristianstads
21	2DF	Hafrún Rakel Halldórsdóttir	(2002-10-01) 1 October 2002 (age 22)	12	1	Brøndby
11	2DF	Natasha Anasi	(1991-10-02) 2 October 1991 (age 33)	6	1	Brann
19	2DF	Kristín Dís Árnadóttir	(1999-08-19) 19 August 1999 (age 25)	0	0	Breiðablik
8	3MF	Alexandra Jóhannsdóttir	(2000-03-19) 19 March 2000 (age 24)	47	6	Fiorentina
10	3MF	Karólína Lea Vilhjálmsdóttir	(2001-08-08) 8 August 2001 (age 23)	43	9	Bayer Leverkusen
7	3MF	Selma Sól Magnúsdóttir	(1998-04-23) 23 April 1998 (age 26)	41	4	Rosenborg
22	3MF	Amanda Andradóttir	(2003-12-18) 18 December 2003 (age 21)	20	2	Twente
16	3MF	Hildur Antonsdóttir	(1995-09-18) 18 September 1995 (age 29)	18	2	Madrid CFF
2	3MF	Berglind Rós Ágústsdóttir	(1995-07-28) 28 July 1995 (age 29)	12	1	Valur
15	3MF	Katla Tryggvadóttir	(2005-05-05) 5 May 2005 (age 19)	1	0	Kristianstads
3	4FW	Sandra María Jessen	(1995-01-18) 18 January 1995 (age 29)	43	6	Þór/KA
23	4FW	Sveindís Jane Jónsdóttir	(2001-06-05) 5 June 2001 (age 23)	40	12	VfL Wolfsburg
14	4FW	Hlín Eiríksdóttir	(2000-06-12) 12 June 2000 (age 24)	40	6	Kristianstads
9	4FW	Diljá Ýr Zomers	(2001-11-11) 11 November 2001 (age 23)	16	2	OH Leuven
17	4FW	Bryndís Arna Níelsdóttir	(2003-06-13) 13 June 2003 (age 21)	6	1	Växjö
5	4FW	Emilía Kiær Ásgeirsdóttir	(2005-01-31) 31 January 2005 (age 19)	2	0	Nordsjælland

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up to a squad in the last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Auður Sveinbjörnsdóttir Scheving	(2002-08-12) 12 August 2002 (age 22)	1	0	Stjarnan	v.  Germany, 9 April 2024
GK	Aldís Guðlaugsdóttir	(2004-04-07) 7 April 2004 (age 20)	0	0	FH	v.  Serbia, 27 February 2024
GK	Sandra Sigurðardóttir	(1986-10-02) 2 October 1986 (age 38)	49	0	Valur	v.  Germany, 31 October 2023
DF	Ásta Eir Árnadóttir	(1993-08-23) 23 August 1993 (age 31)	11	0	Breiðablik	v.  Austria, 4 June 2024
DF	Sædís Rún Heiðarsdóttir	(2004-09-16) 16 September 2004 (age 20)	9	0	Vålerenga	v.  Germany, 9 April 2024
DF	Arna Sif Ásgrímsdóttir	(1992-08-12) 12 August 1992 (age 32)	19	1	Valur	v.  Denmark, 5 December 2023
DF	Arna Eiríksdóttir	(2002-09-14) 14 September 2002 (age 22)	2	0	Valur	v.  Germany, 31 October 2023
MF	Ásdís Karen Halldórsdóttir	(1999-12-20) 20 December 1999 (age 25)	1	0	LSK Kvinner	v.  Austria, 4 June 2024
MF	Lára Kristín Pedersen	(1994-05-23) 23 May 1994 (age 30)	3	0	Valur	v.  Germany, 9 April 2024
MF	Agla María Albertsdóttir	(1999-08-05) 5 August 1999 (age 25)	58	4	Breiðablik	v.  Denmark, 5 December 2023
FW	Ólöf Sigríður Kristinsdóttir	(2003-03-22) 22 March 2003 (age 21)	7	2	Breiðablik	v.  Austria, 4 June 2024

Notes:

• INJ: Withdrew due to injury

Previous squads

UEFA Women's Championship

• 2009 UEFA Women's Championship
• 2013 UEFA Women's Championship
• 2017 UEFA Women's Championship

Captains

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• Katrín Jónsdóttir (2007–2013)
• Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir (2015–2017)
• Sara Björk Gunnarsdóttir (2014, 2017–2022)
• Glódís Perla Viggósdóttir (2023–)

Records

As of 8 March 2021

Players in bold are still active, at least at club level.

Honours

Other tournaments

• Algarve Cup

Runners-up: 2011

Third place: 2014, 2016

• SheBelieves Cup

Runners-up: 2022

• Pinatar Cup

Champions: 2023

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup record										Qualification record
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD		GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1991	Did not enter									UEFA Women's Euro 1991
1995	Did not qualify									UEFA Women's Euro 1995
1999										6	1	2	3	5	9	−4
2003										8	2	4	2	10	12	−2
2007										10	4	2	4	20	15	+5
2011										10	8	0	2	33	3	+30
2015										10	6	1	3	29	9	+20
2019										8	5	2	1	22	6	+16
2023										9	6	0	3	25	3	+22
2027	To be determined									To be determined
Total	—	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		61	31	11	18	144	57	+87

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

UEFA Women's Championship

UEFA Women's Championship record										Qualifying record
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD		GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1984	Did not qualify									6	0	1	5	2	19	−17
1987	Did not enter									Did not enter
1989
1991
1993	Did not qualify									4	1	1	2	3	7	−4
1995										6	4	0	2	14	6	+8
1997										8	2	1	5	8	21	−13
2001										8	1	3	4	14	19	−5
2005										10	4	1	5	26	20	+6
2009	Group stage	3	0	0	3	1	5	−4		10	7	1	2	31	5	+26
2013	Quarter-finals	4	1	1	2	2	8	−6		12	9	1	2	34	8	+26
2017	Group stage	3	0	0	3	1	6	−5		8	7	0	1	34	2	+32
2022	Group stage	3	0	3	0	3	3	0		8	6	1	1	25	5	+20
2025	TBD	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		6	4	1	1	11	5	+6
Total	5/14	13	1	4	8	7	22	–15		86	45	11	30	202	117	+85

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

UEFA Women's Nations League

UEFA Women's Nations League record
League phase													Finals
Season	LG	Grp	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	P/R	RK		Year	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2023–24	A	3	3rd	6	3	0	3	4	8		9th		2024	Did Not Qualify
2025–26	A	To be determined											2026	To be determined
Total				6	5	0	1	23	9				Total	1 Title	2	2	0	0	5	0

Algarve Cup

The Algarve Cup is an invitational tournament for national teams in women's association football hosted by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). Held annually in the Algarve region of Portugal since 1994, it is one of the most prestigious and longest-running women's international football events and has been nicknamed the "Mini FIFA Women's World Cup".

Algarve Cup record
Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
1994	Did not enter
1995
1996	6th place	4	1	1	2	4	6
1997	7th place	4	0	1	3	1	12
1998 - 2006	Did not enter
2007	9th place	4	2	1	1	11	5
2008	7th place	4	4	0	0	12	1
2009	6th place	4	1	0	3	3	5
2010	9th place	4	1	0	3	6	10
2011	Runners-up	4	3	0	1	7	6
2012	6th place	4	1	0	3	3	8
2013	9th place	4	1	0	3	5	11
2014	Third place	4	3	0	1	5	7
2015	10th place	4	0	1	3	0	5
2016	Third place	4	2	1	1	7	4
2017	9th place	4	1	2	1	3	4
2018	9th place	4	0	3	1	2	3
2019	9th place	3	1	1	1	5	5
Total	15/26	59	21	11	27	74	92

Other tournaments

See also

• Sport in Iceland
  • Football in Iceland
    • Women's football in Iceland
• Iceland men's national football team

References

1. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 13 December 2024. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
2. Sigridur Jonsdottir (2016-06-01). "Iceland's men became heroes at Euro 2016 – and emulated their women's team | Football". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-06-30.
3. "Fyrsti kvennalandsleikurinn í knattspyrnu". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 19 September 1981. p. 38. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
4. "Man lítið eftir fyrsta markinu". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 16 June 2006. p. 6D. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
5. "Iceland leave it late against Norway – Women's Euro 2013 – Football – Eurosport Australia". Au.eurosport.com. 2013-07-11. Retrieved 2013-11-15.
6. O'Connor, Philip (2013-07-21). "Sweden thump Iceland to book semi-final with Germany". Uk.reuters.com. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved 2013-11-15.
7. "» STELPURNAR OKKAR Barði Jóhannsson". Archived from the original on 2021-04-17. Retrieved 2016-07-11.
8. "Leikir félaga | Mótamál | Knattspyrnusamband Íslands". Ksi.is (in Icelandic). 1980-12-30. Retrieved 2016-06-30.
9. "A kvenna - hópurinn fyrir tvo leiki í undankeppni EM 2025". Ksi.is. June 2024. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
10. "Women's game thriving in the Algarve". FIFA. 9 March 2011. Archived from the original on March 13, 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2014.

External links

• Official website
• FIFA profile

Iceland squads – UEFA Women's Championship

v t e Iceland squad – UEFA Women's Euro 2009 1 Helgadóttir 2 Guðr. Gunnarsdóttir 3 Ó. Viðarsdóttir 4 Garðarsdóttir 5 Árnadóttir 6 Magnúsdóttir 7 Stefánsdóttir 8 Jónsdóttir (c) 9 M. Viðarsdóttir 10 Lárusdóttir 11 S. Gunnarsdóttir 12 Óðinsdóttir 13 Guðb. Gunnarsdóttir 14 E. Sigurðardóttir 15 Ómarsdóttir 16 Logadóttir 17 Arnardóttir 18 Hönnudóttir 19 Atladóttir 20 Friðriksdóttir 21 Bjarnadóttir 22 S. Sigurðardóttir Coach: Eyjólfsson v t e Iceland squad – UEFA Women's Euro 2013 1 Helgadóttir 2 Atladóttir 3 Ó. Viðarsdóttir 4 Viggósdóttir 5 Gísladóttir 6 Magnúsdóttir 7 S.B. Gunnarsdóttir 8 K. Jónsdóttir (c) 9 M. Viðarsdóttir 10 Lárusdóttir 11 Ómarsdóttir 12 Sigurðardóttir 13 G. Gunnarsdóttir 14 Brynjarsdóttir 15 Kristjánsdóttir 16 Þorsteinsdóttir 17 E. Viðarsdóttir 18 Óðinsdóttir 19 Friðriksdóttir 20 Þ. Jónsdóttir 21 S.A. Gunnarsdóttir 22 Hönnudóttir 23 Jensen Coach: Eyjólfsson v t e Iceland squad – UEFA Women's Euro 2017 1 G. Gunnarsdóttir 2 Atladóttir 3 I. Sigurðardóttir 4 Viggósdóttir 5 Jónsdóttir 6 Magnúsdóttir 7 S. Gunnarsdóttir (c) 8 Garðarsdóttir 9 Ásbjörnsdóttir 10 Brynjarsdóttir 11 Gísladóttir 12 S. Sigurðardóttir 13 Þráinsdóttir 14 M. Sigurðardóttir 15 Jensen 16 Þorsteinsdóttir 17 Albertsdóttir 18 Jessen 19 Kristjánsdóttir 20 Þorvaldsdóttir 21 Ásgrímsdóttir 22 Hönnudóttir 23 Friðriksdóttir Coach: Alexandersson v t e Iceland squad – UEFA Women's Euro 2022 1 S. Sigurðardóttir 2 Atladóttir 3 Viðarsdóttir 4 Viggósdóttir 5 G. Jónsdóttir 6 I. Sigurðardóttir 7 S. Gunnarsdóttir (c) 8 Vilhjálmsdóttir 9 Þorvaldsdóttir 10 Brynjarsdóttir 11 Gísladóttir 12 Ívarsdóttir / Í. Gunnarsdóttir  13 Scheving 14 Magnúsdóttir 15 Jóhannsdóttir 16 Jensen 17 Albertsdóttir 18 Arnardóttir 19 Gunnlaugsdóttir 20 Árnadóttir 21 Guðmundsdóttir 22 Andradóttir 23 S. Jónsdóttir Coach: Halldórsson Í. Gunnarsdóttir replaced Ívarsdóttir after Iceland's first match.

v t e Football in Iceland
Football Association of Iceland
National teams	Men Senior U-21 U-19 U-17 Women Senior U-21 U-19 U-17
League system	Men Besta deild karla 1. deild karla 2. deild karla 3. deild karla 4. deild karla 5. deild karla (A, B) Women Besta deild kvenna 1. deild kvenna 2. deild kvenna
Domestic cups	Men Icelandic Cup League Cup (A, B, C) Super Cup Northern Iceland Cup Women Icelandic Cup League Cup (A, B, C) Super Cup Faxafloi Women Cup
Annual tournaments	Fótbolti.net Cup Reykjavik Tournament Reykjavik Women Cup
Youth	Reykjavik Youth Cup
Culture	Viking Thunder Clap
List of clubs List of venues

v t e National sports teams of Iceland
Badminton Basketball F F-U20 F-U18 F-U16 M M-U20 M-U18 M-U16 Cricket Football F F-U19 F-U17 M M-U21 M-U19 M-U17 Futsal Handball F M M-J M-Y Ice hockey F F-U18 M M-U20 M-U18 Tennis F M Volleyball Water polo
Olympics Paralympic Deaflympics European Games

• Iceland women's national football team
• Women's football in Iceland
• European women's national association football teams