Iceland women's national football team

Iceland
Nickname(s)	Stelpurnar okkar (Our Girls)
Association	Football Association of Iceland; (Knattspyrnusamband Íslands)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Þorsteinn Halldórsson
Captain	Sara Björk Gunnarsdóttir
Most caps	Sara Björk Gunnarsdóttir (136)
Top scorer	Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir (79)
Home stadium	Laugardalsvöllur
FIFA code	ISL
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	16 (10 December 2021)
Highest	15 (September 2011)
Lowest	22 (September 2018)
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)
European Championship
Appearances	3 (first in 2009)
Best result	Quarter-finals (2013)

The Iceland women's national football team represents Iceland in international women's football.^[2] They are currently ranked as the 17th best women's national team in the world by FIFA as of December 2019. 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.^[3]^[4]

During qualifiers for Women's Euro 2009 and followed the team and recorded the documentary Stelpurnar okkar (translated: Our Girls) which was premiered on 14 August 2009.^[5]

History[]

The Iceland women's national football team played its first game on 20 September 1981, facing Scotland.^[6] Bryndís Einarsdóttir scored Iceland's first ever goal in the 2-3 loss, with Ásta B. Gunnlaugsdóttir scoring the other.^[7]

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

2021[]

10 April International friendly	Italy	1–0	Iceland	Coverciano, Italy
16:00	Caruso 72'	Report (SW)		Stadium: Centro Tecnico Federale Attendance: 0

13 April International friendly	Italy	1–1	Iceland	Coverciano, Italy
	Giacinti 1'	Report (SW)	Vilhjálmsdóttir 40'	Stadium: Centro Tecnico Federale

11 June International friendly	Iceland	3–2	Republic of Ireland	Reykjavik, Iceland
	Albertsdóttir 11' Jóhannsdóttir 13' Brynjarsdóttir 39'	Report (SW)	Payne 49' Barrett 90+2'	Stadium: Laugardalsvollur

15 June International friendly	Iceland	2–0	Republic of Ireland	Reykjavik, Iceland
	Þorvaldsdóttir 54' Vilhjálmsdóttir 82'	Report (SW)		Stadium: Laugardalsvollur

21 September 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group C	Iceland	0–2	Netherlands	Reykjavík, Iceland
		Report	Van de Donk 23' Groenen 65'	Stadium: Laugardalsvöllur Referee: Rebecca Welch (England)

22 October 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group C	Iceland	4–0	Czech Republic	Reykjavík, Iceland
	Votíková 12' (o.g.) Brynjarsdóttir 59' Guðmundsdóttir 81' G. Jónsdóttir 83'	Report		Stadium: Laugardalsvöllur Referee: Lina Lehtovaara (Finland)

26 October 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group C	Iceland	5–0	Cyprus	Reykjavík, Iceland
	Brynjarsdóttir 14' Jónsdóttir 21', 55' Vilhjálmsdóttir 45+1' Jóhannsdóttir 64'	Report		Stadium: Laugardalsvöllur Referee: Anastasiya Romanyuk (Ukraine)

25 November Friendly	Iceland	2–0	Japan	Almere, Netherlands
TBD CET (UTC+1)	S. Jónsdóttir 14' 70'	Source (JFA)		Stadium: Yanmar Stadion

30 November 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group C	Cyprus	0–4	Iceland	Larnaca, Cyprus
		Report	Vilhjálmsdóttir 7' Thorvaldsdóttir 16' (pen.) S. Jónsdóttir 37' Gudr. Arnardóttir 61'	Stadium: Ammochostos Stadium Referee: (Northern Ireland)

2022[]

17 February SheBelieves Cup	Iceland	v	New Zealand	Carson, California, United States
20:00 ET				Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park

20 February SheBelieves Cup	Czech Republic	v	Iceland	Carson, California, United States
17:00 ET				Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park

23 February SheBelieves Cup	United States	v	Iceland	Frisco, Texas, united States
21:00 ET				Stadium: Toyota Stadium

7 April 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group C	Belarus	v	Iceland
		Report

12 April 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group C	Czech Republic	v	Iceland
		Report

10 July UEFA Euro 2022 group stage	Belgium	v	Iceland	Manchester, England
		Report		Stadium: Manchester City Academy Stadium

14 July UEFA Euro 2022 group stage	Italy	v	Iceland	Manchester, England
		Report		Stadium: Manchester City Academy Stadium

18 July UEFA Euro 2022 group stage	Iceland	v	France	Rotherham, England
		Report		Stadium: New York Stadium

2 September 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group C	Iceland	v	Belarus	Iceland
		Report

6 September 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group C	Netherlands	v	Iceland
		Report

Coaching staff[]

Current coaching staff[]

As of 10 July 2021

Position	Name	Ref.
Head coach	Þorsteinn Halldórsson
Assistant coach	Ásmundur Haraldsson

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–	9	6	1	2

Source: ^[8]

As of 26 October 2021 after the match against Cyprus.

Players[]

Current squad[]

The following 23 players were named to the squad for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification match against Czech Republic and Cyprus on 21 and 26 October 2021.^[9]

Caps and goals are current as of 2 June 2021.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK	Sandra Sigurðardóttir	(1986-10-02) 2 October 1986 (age 35)	39	0	Valur
1GK	Cecilía Rán Rúnarsdóttir	(2003-07-26) 26 July 2003 (age 18)	5	0	Everton
1GK		(1999-03-30) 30 March 1999 (age 22)	0	0	Breiðablik

2DF	Hallbera Guðný Gísladóttir	(1986-09-14) 14 September 1986 (age 35)	123	3	IFK Kalmar
2DF	Glódís Perla Viggósdóttir	(1995-06-27) 27 June 1995 (age 26)	97	6	FC Bayern Munich
2DF	Sif Atladóttir	(1985-07-15) 15 July 1985 (age 36)	84	0	Selfoss
2DF	Elísa Viðarsdóttir	(1991-05-26) 26 May 1991 (age 30)	43	0	Valur
2DF	Ingibjörg Sigurðardóttir	(1997-10-07) 7 October 1997 (age 24)	41	0	Vålerenga
2DF	Guðný Árnadóttir	(2000-07-29) 29 July 2000 (age 21)	14	0	A.C. Milan
2DF	Guðrún Arnardóttir	(1995-07-29) 29 July 1995 (age 26)	13	0	FC Rosengård
2DF	Natasha Anasi	(1991-10-02) 2 October 1991 (age 30)	4	0	Breiðablik

3MF	Dagný Brynjarsdóttir	(1991-08-10) 10 August 1991 (age 30)	97	32	West Ham United
3MF	Gunnhildur Yrsa Jónsdóttir	(1988-09-28) 28 September 1988 (age 33)	84	12	Orlando Pride
3MF	Agla María Albertsdóttir	(1999-08-05) 5 August 1999 (age 22)	42	3	BK Häcken
3MF	Alexandra Jóhannsdóttir	(2000-03-19) 19 March 2000 (age 21)	19	3	1. FFC Frankfurt
3MF	Selma Sól Magnúsdóttir	(1998-04-23) 23 April 1998 (age 23)	16	1	Breiðablik
3MF	Karólína Lea Vilhjálmsdóttir	(2001-08-08) 8 August 2001 (age 20)	13	5	FC Bayern Munich
3MF	Karitas Tómasdóttir	(1995-09-19) 19 September 1995 (age 26)	7	0	Breiðablik
3MF	Amanda Andradóttir	(2003-12-18) 18 December 2003 (age 18)	3	0	Kristianstads DFF
3MF	Ída Marín Hermannsdóttir	(2002-07-13) 13 July 2002 (age 19)	1	0	Valur

4FW	Berglind Björg Þorvaldsdóttir	(1992-01-18) 18 January 1992 (age 30)	57	9	Sandviken
4FW	Svava Rós Guðmundsdóttir	(1995-11-11) 11 November 1995 (age 26)	30	2	Bordeaux
4FW	Sveindís Jane Jónsdóttir	(2001-06-05) 5 June 2001 (age 20)	13	6	VfL Wolfsburg

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		(2002-09-12) 12 September 2002 (age 19)	0	0	ÍBV	v. Netherlands, 21 September 2021

DF	Hafrún Rakel Halldórsdóttir	(2002-10-01) 1 October 2002 (age 19)	5	0	Breiðablik	v. Cyprus, 26 October 2021
DF	Áslaug Munda Gunnlaugsdóttir	(2001-06-02) 2 June 2001 (age 20)	4	0	Breiðablik	v. Netherlands, 21 September 2021 ^INJ
DF		(1999-08-19) 19 August 1999 (age 22)	0	0	Breiðablik	v. Republic of Ireland, 15 June 2021

MF	Berglind Rós Ágústsdóttir	(1995-07-28) 28 July 1995 (age 26)	4	0	KIF Örebro	v. Cyprus, 26 October 2021 ^INJ
MF	Andrea Rán Snæfeld Hauksdóttir	(1996-01-28) 28 January 1996 (age 25)	12	2	Houston Dash	v. Netherlands, 21 September 2021
DF	Hlín Eiríksdóttir	(2000-07-12) 12 July 2000 (age 21)	19	3	Piteå IF	v. Italy, 16 April 2021 ^INJ

FW	Elín Metta Jensen	(1995-03-01) 1 March 1995 (age 26)	58	16	Valur	v. Republic of Ireland, 15 June 2021 ^INJ

Notes:

INJ: Withdrew due to injury

Previous squads[]

UEFA Women's Championship

Captains[]

Katrín Jónsdóttir (2007–2013)
Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir (2015–2017)
Sara Björk Gunnarsdóttir (2014, 2017–)

Records[]

As of 8 March 2021

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

Most capped players[]

#	Name	Iceland career	Caps
1	Sara Björk Gunnarsdóttir	2007–	136
2	Katrín Jónsdóttir	1994–2013	133
3	Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir	2003–2019	124
4	Hallbera Gísladóttir	2008–	123
5	Dóra María Lárusdóttir	2003–2017	114
6	Hólmfríður Magnúsdóttir	2003–2020	113
7	Fanndís Friðriksdóttir	2009–	109
8	Þóra Björg Helgadóttir	1998–2014	108
9	Edda Garðarsdóttir	1997–2013	103
10	Rakel Hönnudóttir	2008–2020	103

Top goalscorers[]

#	Player	Iceland career	Goals	Caps	Goals per game
1	Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir	2003–2019	79	124	0.64
2	Hólmfríður Magnúsdóttir	2003–2020	37	113	0.33
3	Dagný Brynjarsdóttir	2010–	32	97	0.33
4	Ásthildur Helgadóttir	1993–2007	23	69	0.33
5	Sara Björk Gunnarsdóttir	2007–	22	136	0.16
6	Katrín Jónsdóttir	1994–2013	21	133	0.16
7	Harpa Þorsteinsdóttir	2006–2018	19	67	0.28
8	Dóra María Lárusdóttir	2003–2017	18	114	0.16
9	Fanndís Friðriksdóttir	2009–	17	109	0.16
10	Elín Metta Jensen	2012–	16	58	0.28

Honours[]

Other tournaments[]

Algarve Cup

Runners-up: 2011

Third place: 2014, 2016

Competitive record[]

FIFA Women's World Cup[]

Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
FIFA Women's World Cup record									Qualification record
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	To be determined								To be determined
Total	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	52	26	11	15	119	54	+65

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

UEFA Women's Championship[]

Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
UEFA Women's Championship record									Qualifying record
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	Qualified								8	6	1	1	25	5	+20
Total	4/13	10	1	1	8	4	19	-15	80	41	10	29	191	112	+79

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Algarve Cup[]

Complete this table with details

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^[10]".

Algarve Cup record
Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
1994	Did not enter
1995	Did not enter
1996	6th place	4	1	1	2	4	6
1997	7th place	4	0	1	3	1	12
1998	Did not enter
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
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

SheBelieves Cup[]

The SheBelieves Cup is a global invitational tournament for national teams in women's soccer hosted in the United States.

SheBelieves Cup record
Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA	Coach
2016	Did not enter
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	1/7	0	0	0	0	0	0

References[]

^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 10 December 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
^ 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.
^ "Iceland leave it late against Norway - Women's Euro 2013 - Football - Eurosport Australia". Au.eurosport.com. 2013-07-11. Retrieved 2013-11-15.
^ O'Connor, Philip (2013-07-21). "Sweden thump Iceland to book semi-final with Germany | Reuters". Uk.reuters.com. Retrieved 2013-11-15.
^ » STELPURNAR OKKAR Barði Jóhannsson
^ "Fyrsti kvennalandsleikurinn í knattspyrnu". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 19 September 1981. p. 38. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
^ "Man lítið eftir fyrsta markinu". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 16 June 2006. p. 6D. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
^ "Leikir félaga | Mótamál | Knattspyrnusamband Íslands". Ksi.is (in Icelandic). 1980-12-30. Retrieved 2016-06-30.
^ "Hópur A kvenna - Hopurinn fyrir tvo leiki í október". ksi.is. 2021-10-07. Retrieved 2021-10-07.
^ "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[]

[FIFA_Women's_World_Rankings-1] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 10 December 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021.

[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] "Iceland leave it late against Norway - Women's Euro 2013 - Football - Eurosport Australia". Au.eurosport.com. 2013-07-11. Retrieved 2013-11-15.

[4] O'Connor, Philip (2013-07-21). "Sweden thump Iceland to book semi-final with Germany | Reuters". Uk.reuters.com. Retrieved 2013-11-15.

[5] » STELPURNAR OKKAR Barði Jóhannsson

[6] "Fyrsti kvennalandsleikurinn í knattspyrnu". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 19 September 1981. p. 38. Retrieved 21 May 2021.

[first-goal-mbl-7] "Man lítið eftir fyrsta markinu". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 16 June 2006. p. 6D. Retrieved 21 May 2021.

[8] "Leikir félaga | Mótamál | Knattspyrnusamband Íslands". Ksi.is (in Icelandic). 1980-12-30. Retrieved 2016-06-30.

[9] "Hópur A kvenna - Hopurinn fyrir tvo leiki í október". ksi.is. 2021-10-07. Retrieved 2021-10-07.

[10] "Women's game thriving in the Algarve". FIFA. 9 March 2011. Archived from the original on March 13, 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2014.

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Iceland women's national football team

Contents

History[]

Team image[]

Nicknames[]

Home stadium[]

Results and fixtures[]

2021[]

2022[]

Coaching staff[]

Current coaching staff[]

Manager history[]

Players[]

Current squad[]

Recent call-ups[]

Previous squads[]

Captains[]

Records[]

Most capped players[]

Top goalscorers[]

Honours[]

Other tournaments[]

Competitive record[]

FIFA Women's World Cup[]

UEFA Women's Championship[]

Algarve Cup[]

SheBelieves Cup[]

See also[]

References[]

External links[]

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