The Iceland women's national football team represents

Iceland Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its s ...

in international women's football. 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

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, 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

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in the opening game. During qualifiers for Women's Euro 2009 Þóra Tómasdóttir and

Hrafnhildur Gunnarsdóttir Hrafnhildur is an officially approved Icelandic female given name. It is the younger version of Hrafnhildr. The name is derived from the Old Norse words for bird and battle. It has consistently been in the top 100 Icelandic names for the last 2 ...

followed the team and recorded the documentary '' Stelpurnar okkar'' (translated: Our Girls) which was premiered on 14 August 2009.

History

The Iceland women's national football team played its first game on 20 September 1981, facing

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. Bryndís Einarsdóttir scored Iceland's first ever goal in the 2–3 loss, with Ásta B. Gunnlaugsdóttir scoring the other.

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 Laugardalsvöllur () is Iceland's national football stadium and the home venue for the Iceland national football team. It is in Reykjavík with a capacity of 9,800. History The idea of building a sport venue in Laugardalur, along with some othe ...

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

2022

2023

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

Manager history

Source: * ''after the match against .''

Players

Current squad

The following 22 players have been called up for 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying matches against

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and the

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on 2 and 6 September 2022 Caps and goals are current as of 23 August 2022.

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up to a squad in the last 12 months. ^INJ ^RET ^INJ ^INJ ^INJ ''Notes:'' *: Withdrew due to injury

Previous squads

;UEFA Women's Championship *

* 2013 UEFA Women's Championship * 2017 UEFA Women's Championship

Captains

* Katrín Jónsdóttir (2007–2013) *

Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir (born 25 July 1986) is an Icelandic former footballer who played in the striker position. She is the all-time top goalscorer of the Iceland national team and competed for her country at the UEFA Women's Champions ...

(2015–2017) * Sara Björk Gunnarsdóttir (2014, 2017–)

Records

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

Most capped players

Top goalscorers

Honours

Other tournaments

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 an ...

: ''Runners-up:'' 2011 : ''Third place:''

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SheBelieves Cup The SheBelieves Cup is an invitational women's soccer tournament held in different cities in the United States in late February or early March. In its first three years (2016, 2017 and 2018), it was contested by the same four teams: the United ...

: ''Runners-up:''

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Competitive record

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

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hosted by the

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(FPF). Held annually in the

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region of

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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".

SheBelieves Cup

The

is a global invitational tournament for national teams in

women's soccer Women's association football, more commonly known simply as women's football or women's soccer, is a team sport of association football when played by women only. It is played at the professional level in multiple countries and 176 national ...

hosted in the

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References

External links

Official websiteFIFA profile
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European women's national association football teams