Iceland women's national football team

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.

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

Manager history
Source:


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Current squad

 * The following players were named for the UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying against Germany on 12 July and Poland  17 July  2024.

Caps and goals are current as of 16 July 2024.

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

INJ

INJ INJ

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

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

Records

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

Other tournaments

 * Algarve Cup
 * [[File:Med 2.png]] Runners-up: 2011
 * [[File:Med 3.png]] Third place: 2014, 2016


 * SheBelieves Cup
 * [[File:Med 2.png]] Runners-up: 2022


 * Pinatar Cup
 * [[File:Med 1.png]] Champions: 2023

FIFA Women's World Cup

 * *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

UEFA Women's Championship

 * *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

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 ".