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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 2025.

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.

In 1982, the team participated in the UEFA Womem's European Championship. The team got placed in a qualifying group with Sweden, Finland, and Norway, recording two losses against Sweden (0–6) and Finland (0–2), and a 2–2 draw with Norway. Two years later, in 1984, Football Association of Iceland made the decision to withdraw the women's national team from international competition. The decision to remove the team from competition was met with disappointment from the players, but despite their efforts and objections the outcome stayed the same. In 1987, The Football Association of Iceland reached a further decision to formally disband the women's national team. The team remained inactive until between the years 1992 and 1993 when the team was reestablished.

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.

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

2025

2026

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

Manager history

Source:

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the UEFA Women's Nations League play-off matches against Northern Ireland on 24 and 28 October 2025.

Caps and goals correct as of 28 October 2025, after the match against Northern Ireland.

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the squad within the past 12 months.

Notes
  • <sup></sup> = Withdrew due to injury
  • <sup></sup> = Preliminary squad / standby
  • <sup></sup> = Retired from the national team

Previous squads

UEFA Women's Championship

Captains

Records

Players in bold are still active with the national team.

Most capped players

Top goalscorers

Honours

Friendly

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 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".

Other tournaments

See also

Notes

References

External links