The Iceland women's national football team () represents

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in international

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. They are currently ranked as the 13th best women's national team in the world by

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as of March 2025.

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. 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

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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

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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

2024

2025

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

Manager history

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

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the

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matches against

and

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on 30 May and 3 June 2025, respectively. ''Caps and goals are correct as of 8 April 2025, after the match against

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.''

Recent call-ups

The following players were called up to the squad within the last 12 months. ;Notes (appended to Name) *^INJ = Withdrew due to injury *^RET = Retired from national team

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 Sara Björk Gunnarsdóttir (born 29 September 1990) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Saudi Women's Premier League club Al Qadsiah FC (women), Al Qadsiah. Sara Björk was part of the Iceland women's nationa ...

(2014, 2017–2022) * Glódís Perla Viggósdóttir (2023–)

Records

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

Most capped players

Top goalscorers

Honours

Friendly

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 ...

** Runners-up:

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** Third place:

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2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

SheBelieves Cup The SheBelieves Cup is an invitational women's association football, 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 t ...

** Runners-up:

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

* Pinatar Cup ** Champions:

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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.''

UEFA Women's Nations League

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".

Other tournaments

Notes

References

External links

Official websiteFIFA profile
{{National sports teams of Iceland European women's national association football teams