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	Vacant
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 3 (18 December 2020)[1]
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 18th 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 Þóra Tómasdóttir and Hrafnhildur Gunnarsdóttir followed the team and recorded the documentary Stelpurnar okkar (translated: Our Girls) which was premiered on 14 August 2009.[5]

Home stadium

The Iceland women's national football team play their home matches on the Laugardalsvöllur.

Coaching staff

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

Players

Current squad

The following 23 players were named to the squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifiers against Slovakia on 26 November 2020 and Hungary on 1 December, respectively.[6]

Caps and goals are current as of 27 October 2020.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Sandra Sigurðardóttir	(1986-10-02) 2 October 1986	34	0	Valur
12	1GK	Sonný Lára Þráinsdóttir	(1986-12-09) 9 December 1986	7	0	Breiðablik
13	1GK	Cecilía Rán Rúnarsdóttir	(2003-07-26) 26 July 2003	1	0	Fylkir

11	2DF	Hallbera Guðný Gísladóttir	(1986-09-14) 14 September 1986	117	3	AIK
4	2DF	Glódís Perla Viggósdóttir	(1995-06-27) 27 June 1995	89	6	Rosengård
19	2DF	Anna Björk Kristjánsdóttir	(1989-10-14) 14 October 1989	43	0	Le Havre
3	2DF	Elísa Viðarsdóttir	(1991-05-26) 26 May 1991	38	0	Valur
6	2DF	Ingibjörg Sigurðardóttir	(1997-10-07) 7 October 1997	35	0	Vålerenga
20	2DF	Guðný Árnadóttir	(2000-08-04) 4 August 2000	8	0	Milan
21	2DF	Barbára Sól Gísladóttir	(2001-03-26) 26 March 2001	2	0	Selfoss
	2DF	Kristín Dís Árnadóttir	(1999-08-19) 19 August 1999	0	0	Breiðablik

7	3MF	Sara Björk Gunnarsdóttir	(1990-09-29) 29 September 1990	136	22	Lyon
	3MF	Rakel Hönnudóttir	(1988-12-30) 30 December 1988	103	9	Breiðablik
5	3MF	Gunnhildur Yrsa Jónsdóttir	(1988-09-28) 28 September 1988	76	10	Kansas City
17	3MF	Agla María Albertsdóttir	(1999-08-05) 5 August 1999	33	2	Breiðablik
14	3MF	Hlín Eiríksdóttir	(2000-07-12) 12 July 2000	18	3	Piteå IF
22	3MF	Andrea Rán Snæfeld Hauksdóttir	(1996-01-28) 28 January 1996	10	2	Le Havre
15	3MF	Alexandra Jóhannsdóttir	(2000-03-19) 19 March 2000	10	2	Frankfurt
	3MF	Bryndís Arna Níelsdóttir	(2003-06-13) 13 June 2003	0	0	Fylkir

16	4FW	Elín Metta Jensen	(1995-03-01) 1 March 1995	54	16	Valur
9	4FW	Berglind Björg Þorvaldsdóttir	(1992-01-18) 18 January 1992	48	6	Le Havre
2	4FW	Svava Rós Guðmundsdóttir	(1995-11-11) 11 November 1995	24	1	Bordeaux
23	4FW	Sveindís Jane Jónsdóttir	(2001-06-05) 5 June 2001	5	2	Kristianstad

Recent call-ups

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

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Ingibjörg Valgeirsdóttir	(1998-01-14) 14 January 1998	0	0	KR Reykjavík	v. Ukraine, 10 March 2020

DF	Anna Rakel Pétursdóttir	(1998-08-24) 24 August 1998	7	0	Valur	v. Ukraine, 10 March 2020
DF	Natasha Anasi	(1991-10-02) 2 October 1991	2	0	Keflavík	v. Ukraine, 10 March 2020
DF	Berglind Rós Ágústsdóttir	(1995-07-28) 28 July 1995	1	0	KIF Örebro DFF	v. Ukraine, 10 March 2020

MF	Hólmfríður Magnúsdóttir	(1984-09-20) 20 September 1984	113	37	Selfoss	v. Sweden, 27 October 2020
MF	Karólína Lea Vilhjálmsdóttir	(2001-08-08) 8 August 2001	4	1	Munich	v. Sweden, 27 October 2020 ^INJ
MF	Dagný Brynjarsdóttir	(1991-08-10) 10 August 1991	90	29	West Ham United	v. Sweden, 22 September 2020 ^INJ
MF	Sigríður Lára Garðarsdóttir	(1994-03-11) 11 March 1994	20	0	Valur	v. Ukraine, 10 March 2020
MF	Hildur Antonsdóttir	(1995-09-18) 18 September 1995	2	0	Breiðablik	v. Ukraine, 10 March 2020 ^INJ

FW	Fanndís Friðriksdóttir	(1990-05-09) 9 May 1990	109	17	Valur	v. Ukraine, 10 March 2020
FW	Sandra Jessen	(1995-01-28) 28 January 1995	31	6	Bayer Leverkusen	v. Ukraine, 10 March 2020

Notes:

INJ: Withdrew due to injury

Previous squads

UEFA Women's Championship

Individual records

Most capped players

Active players in bold, statistics as of 1 December 2020.

#	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–	117
5	Dóra María Lárusdóttir	2003–2017	114
6	Hólmfríður Magnúsdóttir	2003–	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

Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 1 December 2020.

#	Player	Iceland career	Goals	Caps	Goals per game
1	Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir	2003–2019	79	124	0.64
2	Hólmfríður Magnúsdóttir	2003–	37	113	0.33
3	Dagný Brynjarsdóttir	2010–	29	90	0.32
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	54	0.3

Managers

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–	0	0	0	0

[7]

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.

Win Draw Lose Fixtures

2020

4 March 2020 Pinatar Cup	Iceland	1–0	Northern Ireland	San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
14:00	Brynjarsdóttir 23'	Report		Stadium: Pinatar Arenal Referee: Zuzana Valentová (Slovakia)

7 March 2020 Pinatar Cup	Scotland	1–0	Iceland	San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
14:00	Grant 55'	Report		Stadium: Pinatar Arenal

10 March 2020 Pinatar Cup	Iceland	1–0	Ukraine	San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
14:00	Jónsdóttir 34'	Report		Stadium: Pinatar Arenal Referee: Zuzana Valentová (Slovakia)

17 September 2020 (2020-09-17) UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying	Iceland	9–0	Latvia	Reykjavík
20:45 (18:45 WET)	Jensen 1' Jónsdóttir 8', 32' Brynjarsdóttir 19', 22', 39' Miksone 71' (o.g.) Jóhannsdóttir 87' Vilhjálmsdóttir 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Laugardalsvöllur Referee: Désirée Grundbacher (Switzerland)

22 September 2020 (2020-09-22) UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying	Iceland	1–1	Sweden	Reykjavík
20:00 (18:00 WET)	Jensen 62'	Report	Anvegård 34'	Stadium: Laugardalsvöllur, Referee: Ivana Martinčić (Croatia)

27 October 2020 (2020-10-27) UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying	Sweden	2–0	Iceland	Gothenburg
18:30	Jakobsson 25' Schough 57'	Report		Stadium: Gamla Ullevi Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)

26 November 2020 (2020-11-26) UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying	Slovakia	1–3	Iceland	Senec
18:00	Mikolajová 25'	Report	Þorvaldsdóttir 61' Gunnarsdóttir 67' (pen.), 77' (pen.)	Stadium: NTC Senec Referee: Lina Lehtovaara (Finland)

1 December 2020 (2020-12-01) UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying	Hungary	0–1	Iceland	Budapest
15:30		Report	Þorvaldsdóttir 65'	Stadium: Szusza Ferenc Stadion Referee: Iuliana Demetrescu (Romania)

Honours

Other tournaments

Algarve Cup

Runners-up: 2011

Third place: 2014, 2016

Achievements

World Cup record

FIFA Women's World Cup record
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1991	Did not enter
1995	Did not qualify
1999
2003
2007
2011
2015
2019
2023	To be determined
Total	0/9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

UEFA Women's Championship record

UEFA Women's Championship record
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1984	Did not qualify
1987	Did not enter
1989
1991
1993	Did not qualify
1995
1997
2001
2005
2009	Group stage	3	0	0	3	1	5	–4
2013	Quarter-finals	4	1	1	2	2	8	–6
2017	Group stage	3	0	0	3	1	6	–5
Total	3/12	10	1	1	8	4	19	–15

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Algarve Cup record

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."[8]

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

References

"The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
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
"Hópurinn fyrir leikina gegn Slóvakíu og Lettlandi". Ksi.is. 2020-11-13. Retrieved 2020-07-12.
"Leikir félaga | Mótamál | Knattspyrnusamband Íslands". Ksi.is (in Icelandic). 1980-12-30. Retrieved 2016-06-30.
"Women's game thriving in the Algarve". FIFA. 9 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2014.

External links

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[FIFA_Women's_World_Rankings-1] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.

[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] "Hópurinn fyrir leikina gegn Slóvakíu og Lettlandi". Ksi.is. 2020-11-13. Retrieved 2020-07-12.

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

[8] "Women's game thriving in the Algarve". FIFA. 9 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2014.

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