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

Freyr Alexandersson

Captain

Sara Björk Gunnarsdóttir

Most caps

Katrín Jónsdóttir (132)

Top scorer

Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir (77)

Home stadium

Laugardalsvöllur

FIFA code

ISL

First colours

Second colours

FIFA ranking

Current

(26 August 2016)

Highest

15 (September 2011)

Lowest

21 (September 2006)

First international

Scotland 3–2 Iceland

(Kilmarnock, Scotland; September 20, 1981)

Biggest win

Iceland 12–0 Estonia

(Reykjavík, Iceland; September 17, 2009)

Biggest defeat

Germany 8–0 Iceland
(Mannheim, Germany; June 28, 1996)

USA 8–0 Iceland

(Charlotte, United States; April 5, 2000)

UEFA Women's Championship

Appearances

2 (first in 2009)

Best result

Quarterfinals (2013)^[1]

The Iceland women's national football team represents Iceland in international women's football.^[2] It is currently ranked as the 20th best national team in the world by FIFA (as June 2016; comparatively, the men's football team is ranked 34th). On October 30, 2008, the national team qualified to the 2009 UEFA Women's Championship, the first major football tournament Iceland take 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've taken their first point in a major championship, following and draw against Norway in the opening game.^[3]

During the qualifiers for 2009 UEFA Þóra Tómasdóttir and Hrafnhildur Gunnarsdóttir followed the team and recorded the documentary Stelpurnar okkar (translated: Our Girls) which was premiered on August 14, 2009.^[4]

World Cup record

World Cup Finals
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1991	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1995	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1999	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2003	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2011	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2015	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	0/7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

European Championship record

UEFA European Championship record
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1984	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1987	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1989	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1991	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1993	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1995	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1997	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2001	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2005	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2009	Group Stage	3	0	0	3	1	5	-4
2013	Quarter-Finals	4	1	1	2	2	8	-6
2017	To Be Determined	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	2/12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Players

Current squad

The following squad was called up for the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying Group 1 matches against Scotland and Macedonia on 3 and 7 June 2016.^[5]

Caps and goals are current as of 7 June 2016 after match against Macedonia.

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Gunnarsdóttir, GuðbjörgGuðbjörg Gunnarsdóttir	(1985-05-18)18 May 1985 (aged 30)	42	0	Djurgårdens IF
12	1GK	Sigurðardóttir, SandraSandra Sigurðardóttir	(1986-10-02)2 October 1986 (aged 29)	13	0	Valur

4	2DF	Viggósdóttir, Glódís PerlaGlódís Perla Viggósdóttir	(1995-06-27)27 June 1995 (aged 20)	41	2	Eskilstuna United DFF
11	2DF	Gísladóttir, Hallbera GuðnýHallbera Guðný Gísladóttir	(1986-09-14)14 September 1986 (aged 29)	71	2	Breiðablik UBK
14	2DF	Sigurðardóttir, Málfríður ErnaMálfríður Erna Sigurðardóttir	(1984-05-30)30 May 1984 (aged 31)	27	0	Breiðablik UBK
17	2DF	Viðarsdóttir, ElísaElísa Viðarsdóttir	(1991-05-26)26 May 1991 (aged 24)	27	0	Valur
19	2DF	Kristjánsdóttir, Anna BjörkAnna Björk Kristjánsdóttir	(1989-10-14)14 October 1989 (aged 26)	22	0	KIF Örebro
2	2DF	Atladóttir, SifSif Atladóttir	(1985-07-15)15 July 1985 (aged 30)	54	0	Kristianstad

5	3MF	Jónsdóttir, Gunnhildur YrsaGunnhildur Yrsa Jónsdóttir	(1988-09-28)28 September 1988 (aged 27)	29	3	Stabæk Fotball Kvinner
7	3MF	Gunnarsdóttir, Sara BjörkSara Björk Gunnarsdóttir	(1990-09-29)29 September 1990 (aged 25)	94	18	FC Rosengård
10	3MF	Brynjarsdóttir, DagnýDagný Brynjarsdóttir	(1991-08-10)10 August 1991 (aged 24)	64	17	Portland Thorns
21	3MF	Hauksdóttir, Andrea RánAndrea Rán Hauksdóttir	(1996-01-28)28 January 1996 (aged 20)	3	2	Breiðablik UBK
22	3MF	Jensen, Elín MettaElín Metta Jensen	(1995-03-01)1 March 1995 (aged 21)	20	4	Valur
23	3MF	Friðriksdóttir, FanndísFanndís Friðriksdóttir	(1990-05-09)9 May 1990 (aged 25)	71	7	Breiðablik UBK

6	4FW	Magnúsdóttir, HólmfríðurHólmfríður Magnúsdóttir	(1984-09-20)20 September 1984 (aged 31)	105	37	Avaldsnes IL
9	4FW	Viðarsdóttir, Margrét LáraMargrét Lára Viðarsdóttir	(1986-07-25)25 July 1986 (aged 29)	108	77	Valur
16	4FW	Þorsteinsdóttir, HarpaHarpa Þorsteinsdóttir	(1986-06-27)27 June 1986 (aged 29)	61	18	Stjarnan Women
20	4FW	Þorvaldsdóttir, Berglind BjörgBerglind Björg Þorvaldsdóttir	(1992-01-18)18 January 1992 (aged 24)	15	0	Fylkir

Recent schedule and results

2016

The following is a list of matches in 2016

February 14, 2016 Friendly	Poland	1–1	Iceland	Nieciecza Żabno, Poland
11:00 ET			Andrea Rán Hauksdóttir 8'	Stadium: Stadion Bruk-Bet

March 2, 2016 Algarve Cup	Iceland	2–1	Belgium	Lagos, Portugal
15:00 ET	Gunnhildur Yrsa Jónsdóttir 5' Dagný Brynjarsdóttir 90+2'		Janice Cayman 42'	Stadium: Lagos Municipal Stadium

March 4, 2016 Algarve Cup	Denmark	1–4	Iceland	Parchal, Portugal
15:00 ET	Nadia Nadim 53'		Elín Metta Jensen 10' Sandra María Jessen 59' Hólmfríður Magnúsdóttir 56' 90'	Stadium: Bela Vista Municipal Stadium

March 7, 2016 Algarve Cup	Canada	1–0	Iceland	Lagos, Portugal
18:30 ET	Janine Beckie 41'			Stadium: Lagos Municipal Stadium

March 9, 2016 Algarve Cup	Iceland	1–1	New Zealand	Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal
18:30 ET	Andrea Rán Hauksdóttir 27'		Amber Hearn 70'	Stadium: VRS António Sports Complex

April 12, 2016 Euro 2017 qualifying	Belarus	0–5	Iceland	Minsk, Belarus
15:00 ET		Report	Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir 13' Harpa Þorsteinsdóttir 24' 33' 54' Dagný Brynjarsdóttir 85'	Stadium: FC Minsk Stadium Attendance: Unknown Referee: Gordana Kuzmanović (Serbia)

June 3, 2016 Euro 2017 qualifying	Scotland	0–4	Iceland	Falkirk, Scotland
18:00 ET		Report	Hallbera Guðný Gísladóttir 9' Harpa Þorsteinsdóttir 62' Gunnhildur Yrsa Jónsdóttir 65' Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir 68' Dagný Brynjarsdóttir 85'	Stadium: Falkirk Stadium Attendance: Unknown Referee: Jana Adámková (Czech Republic)

June 7, 2016 Euro 2017 qualifying	Iceland	8–0	Macedonia	Reykjavík, Iceland
19:30 ET	Fanndís Friðriksdóttir 15' 50' Harpa Þorsteinsdóttir 17' 34' 42' Elín Metta Jensen 25' Sara Björk Gunnarsdóttir 27' Dagný Brynjarsdóttir 81'	Report		Stadium: Laugardalsvöllur Attendance: Unknown Referee: Zuzana Valentová (Slovakia)

Coaching staff

Head coaching history

Name	Years	Matches	Won	Tied	Lost
Hannesson, SigurðurSigurður Hannesson	1981-1984	7	0	1	6
Sigsteinsson, SigurbergurSigurbergur Sigsteinsson	1985-1986	8	4	1	3
Örnólfsson, AðalsteinnAðalsteinn Örnólfsson	1987	2	0	0	2
Helgason, Steinn MarSteinn Mar Helgason	1992	4	1	1	2
Ólafsson, LogiLogi Ólafsson	1993-1994	8	6	0	2
Björnsson, KristinnKristinn Björnsson	1995-1996	16	3	2	11
Sigurgeirsdóttir, VandaVanda Sigurgeirsdóttir	1997-1998	12	1	3	8
Lárusson, Þórður GeorgÞórður Georg Lárusson	1999	3	0	2	1
Ólafsson, LogiLogi Ólafsson	2000	7	1	2	4
Sveinsson, Jörundur ÁkiJörundur Áki Sveinsson	2001-2003	10	1	4	5
Ólafsdóttir, HelenaHelena Ólafsdóttir	2003-2004	14	5	1	8
Sveinsson, Jörundur ÁkiJörundur Áki Sveinsson	2005-2006	12	4	1	7
Eyjólfsson, Sigurður RagnarSigurður Ragnar Eyjólfsson	2007-2013	71	34	7	30
Alexandersson, FreyrFreyr Alexandersson	2013–present	31	18	4	9

^[6]

References

↑ O'Connor, Philip (2013-07-21). "Sweden thump Iceland to book semi-final with Germany | Reuters". Uk.reuters.com. Retrieved 2013-11-15.
↑ 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.
↑ » STELPURNAR OKKAR Barði Jóhannsson
↑ "Úrslit - staða | Mótalisti | Mótamál | Knattspyrnusamband Íslands". Ksi.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2016-06-30.
↑ "Leikir félaga | Mótamál | Knattspyrnusamband Íslands". Ksi.is (in Icelandic). 1980-12-30. Retrieved 2016-06-30.

External links

Iceland squads – UEFA Women's Championship

Iceland squad – UEFA Women's Euro 2009

1 Helgadóttir 2 G.S. Gunnarsdóttir 3 Ó. Viðarsdóttir 4 Garðarsdóttir 5 A. Árnadóttir 6 Magnúsdóttir 7 Stefánsdóttir 8 Jónsdóttir 9 M. Viðarsdóttir 10 Lárusdóttir 11 S. Gunnarsdóttir 12 Óðinsdóttir 13 G. Gunnarsdóttir 14 E. Sigurðardóttir 15 Ómarsdóttir 16 Logadóttir 17 E. Arnardóttir 18 Hönnudóttir 19 Atladóttir 20 Friðriksdóttir 21 Bjarnadóttir 22 S. Sigurðardóttir Coach: Eyjólfsson

Iceland squad – UEFA Women's Euro 2013

1 Helgadóttir 2 Atladóttir 3 Ó. Viðarsdóttir 4 Viggósdóttir 5 Gísladóttir 6 Magnúsdóttir 7 Sa. Gunnarsdóttir 8 K. Jónsdóttir 9 M. Viðarsdóttir 10 Lárusdóttir 11 Ómarsdóttir 12 Sigurðardóttir 13 G. Gunnarsdóttir 14 Brynjarsdóttir 15 Kristjánsdóttir 16 Þorsteinsdóttir 17 E. Viðarsdóttir 18 Óðinsdóttir 19 Friðriksdóttir 20 Þ. Jónsdóttir 21 So. Gunnarsdóttir 22 Hönnudóttir 23 Jensen Coach: Eyjólfsson

Football in Iceland

Football Association of Iceland

National teams	Men's Women's U-21 U-19 U-17

League system	Úrvalsdeild 1. deild karla 2. deild karla 3. deild karla 4. deild karla (A, B, C) Women's Úrvalsdeild 1. deild kvenna (Women's 1. deild)

Domestic cups	Icelandic Cup Icelandic Cup B Icelandic Cup C Deildabikar Icelandic Super Cup Icelandic Women's Cup Deildabikar Women Deildabikar Women B

Annual tournaments	Fótbolti.net Cup Reykjavik Tournament

Youth	Reykjavik Youth Cup

List of clubs List of venues

National women's football teams of Europe (UEFA)

Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands Finland France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland Israel Italy Kazakhstan Kosovo Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales

Former nations: Czechoslovakia Soviet Union

UEFA Women's Euro 2009 finalists

Champions	Germany

Runners-up	England

Eliminated in semi-finals	Netherlands Norway

Eliminated in quarter-finals	Finland France Italy Sweden

Eliminated in group stage	Denmark Iceland Russia Ukraine

National sports teams of Iceland

Badminton Basketball F M Cricket Football F M F-U21 M-U21 Futsal M Handball F M Ice hockey F M M-U20 Tennis F M Volleyball F M Water polo

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