Iceland women's national football team

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Iceland national football team.

The Iceland women's national football team (Icelandic: Íslenska kvennalandsliðið í knattspyrnu) represents Iceland in international women's football.^[2] They are currently ranked as the 13th best women's national team in the world by FIFA as of March 2025.

Iceland

Nickname(s)	Stelpurnar okkar (Our Girls)
Association	Football Association of Iceland (Knattspyrnusamband Íslands)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Þorsteinn Halldórsson
Captain	Glódís Perla Viggósdóttir
Most caps	Sara Björk Gunnarsdóttir (145)
Top scorer	Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir (79)
Home stadium	Laugardalsvöllur
FIFA code	ISL
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	13 1 (6 March 2025)[1]
Highest	13 (August 2024)
Lowest	22 (September 2018 – March 2019)
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)
World Cup
Appearances	0
European Championship
Appearances	5 (first in 2009)
Best result	Quarter-finals (2013)

History

The Iceland women's national football team played its first game on 20 September 1981, facing Scotland.^[3] Bryndís Einarsdóttir scored Iceland's first ever goal in the 2–3 loss, with Ásta B. Gunnlaugsdóttir scoring the other.^[4]

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.^[5][6]

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.^[7]

Team image

The women's national football team of Iceland

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

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

2024

Iceland  v  Serbia

27 February 2024 (2024-02-27) UEFA Nations League Promotion Matches	Iceland	2–1 (3–2 agg.)	Serbia	Iceland
Note: Iceland won 3–2 on aggregate, and therefore both teams remained in their respective leagues.

Iceland  v  Poland

5 April UEFA Euro 2025 qualifying	Iceland	3–0	Poland	Kópavogur
18:45		Report		Stadium: Kópavogsvöllur Referee: Frida Klarlund (Denmark)

Germany  v  Iceland

9 April UEFA Euro 2025 qualifying	Germany	3–1	Iceland	Aachen
18:10		Report		Stadium: Tivoli Referee: Jana Adámková (Czech Republic)

Austria  v  Iceland

31 May UEFA Euro 2025 qualifying	Austria	1–1	Iceland	Ried im Innkreis
18:00	Puntigam 26' (pen.)	Report	Viggósdóttir 76' (pen.)	Stadium: Josko Arena Attendance: 3,788 Referee: Lina Lehtovaara (Finland)

Iceland  v  Austria

4 June UEFA Euro 2025 qualifying	Iceland	2–1	Austria	Reykjavík
21:30 (19:30 UTC+0)	Eiríksdóttir 17' Antonsdóttir 70'	Report	Campbell 44'	Stadium: Laugardalsvöllur Attendance: 2,067 Referee: Désirée Grundbacher (Switzerland)

Iceland  v  Germany

12 July UEFA Euro 2025 qualifying	Iceland	3–0	Germany	Reykjavík
16:15		Report		Stadium: Laugardalsvöllur

Poland  v  Iceland

16 July UEFA Euro 2025 qualifying	Poland	0–1	Iceland	Sosnowiec
19:00		Report		Stadium: Zagłębiowski Park Sportowy

United States  v  Iceland

24 October Friendly	United States	3–1	Iceland	Austin, United States
19:30 ET	Thompson 39' Shaw 85' Smith 89'	Report	Magnúsdóttir 56'	Stadium: Q2 Stadium Attendance: 18,580 Referee: Odette Hamilton (Jamaica)

United States  v  Iceland

27 October Friendly	United States	3–1	Iceland	Nashville, United States
17:30 ET	Williams 72' Horan 76' Sears 90+3'	Report	Vilhjálmsdóttir 31'	Stadium: Geodis Park Attendance: 17,018 Referee: Melissa Borjas (Honduras)

Canada  v  Iceland

November 29 Friendly	Canada	0–0	Iceland	San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
1:00PM ET		Report		Stadium: Pinatar Arena Referee: Zuzana Valentová (Slovakia)

Denmark  v  Iceland

2 December Friendly	Denmark	2–0	Iceland	Murcia, Spain
18:00 UTC+1	Bruun 16', 40'	Report		Stadium: Pinatar Arena Attendance: 105 Referee: Jana Adámková (Czechia)

2025

Switzerland  v  Iceland

19 February 2025 Nations League	Switzerland	0–0	Iceland	Zurich, Switzerland
		Report		Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 7,718 Referee: Jana Adámková (Czech Republic)

France  v  Iceland

25 February 2025 Nations League	France	3–2	Iceland	Le Mans, France
21:10	Diani 23' Katoto 28' Baltimore 65'	Report	Vilhjálmsdóttir 37' I. Sigurdardóttir 68'	Stadium: Stade Marie-Marvingt Attendance: 8,559 Referee: Alina Peşu (Romania)

Iceland  v  Norway

4 April 2025 Nations League

Iceland

0–0

Norway

Iceland

Iceland  v  Switzerland

8 April 2025 Nations League

Iceland

3–3

Switzerland

Iceland

Norway  v  Iceland

30 May 2025 Nations League	Norway	v	Iceland	Trondheim, Norway
20:00 UTC+2				Stadium: Lerkendal Stadion

Iceland  v  France

3 June 2025 Nations League

Iceland

v

France

Iceland

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

As of 10 July 2021

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

Manager history

Main page: Template:Iceland women's national football team managers

See also: Category:Iceland women's national football team 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–	57	30	12	15

Source:^[8]

As of 9 April 2025 after the match against  Switzerland.

Players

See also: Category:Iceland women's international footballers

Current squad

• The following players were named to the squad for the 2025 UEFA Women's Nations League matches against Norway and Switzerland on 4 and 8 April 2025.^[9]

Caps and goals are current as of 19 March 2025.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
12	1GK	Telma Ívarsdóttir	(1999-03-30) 30 March 1999 (age 26)	12	0	Rangers
1	1GK	Fanney Inga Birkisdóttir	(2005-03-17) 17 March 2005 (age 20)	8	0	BK Häcken
13	1GK	Cecilía Rán Rúnarsdóttir	(2003-07-26) 26 July 2003 (age 21)	15	0	Inter Milan
20	2DF	Guðný Árnadóttir	(2000-07-29) 29 July 2000 (age 24)	36	0	Kristianstads
	2DF	Áslaug Munda Gunnlaugsdóttir	(2001-06-02) 2 June 2001 (age 23)	18	0	Breðiablik
6	2DF	Ingibjörg Sigurðardóttir	(1997-10-07) 7 October 1997 (age 27)	70	2	Brøndby
4	2DF	Glódís Perla Viggósdóttir	(1995-06-27) 27 June 1995 (age 29)	134	11	Bayern Munich
18	2DF	Guðrún Arnardóttir	(1995-07-29) 29 July 1995 (age 29)	47	1	Rosengård
11	2DF	Natasha Anasi	(1991-10-02) 2 October 1991 (age 33)	8	1	Valur
	2DF	Sædís Rún Heiðarsdóttir	(2004-09-16) 16 September 2004 (age 20)	15	0	Vålerenga
21	2DF	Hafrún Rakel Halldórsdóttir	(2002-10-01) 1 October 2002 (age 22)	15	1	Brøndby
2	3MF	Berglind Rós Ágústsdóttir	(1995-07-28) 28 July 1995 (age 29)	16	1	Valur
8	3MF	Alexandra Jóhannsdóttir	(2000-03-19) 19 March 2000 (age 25)	51	6	Kristianstads
16	3MF	Hildur Antonsdóttir	(1995-09-18) 18 September 1995 (age 29)	22	2	Madrid CFF
15	3MF	Katla Tryggvadóttir	(2005-05-05) 5 May 2005 (age 20)	5	0	Kristianstads
10	3MF	Karólína Lea Vilhjálmsdóttir	(2001-08-08) 8 August 2001 (age 23)	49	11	Bayer Leverkusen
	3MF	Andrea Rán Snæfeld Hauksdóttir	(1996-01-28) 28 January 1996 (age 29)	14	2	Tampa Bay
22	3MF	Amanda Andradóttir	(2003-12-18) 18 December 2003 (age 21)	23	2	Twente
	3MF	Dagný Brynjarsdóttir	(1991-08-10) 10 August 1991 (age 33)	115	38	West Ham United
3	4FW	Sandra Jessen	(1995-01-18) 18 January 1995 (age 30)	49	6	Þór/KA
23	4FW	Sveindís Jane Jónsdóttir	(2001-06-05) 5 June 2001 (age 23)	46	12	VfL Wolfsburg
14	4FW	Hlín Eiríksdóttir	(2000-06-12) 12 June 2000 (age 24)	45	6	Leicester City
5	4FW	Emilía Kiær Ásgeirsdóttir	(2005-01-31) 31 January 2005 (age 20)	6	0	RB Leipzig

Recent call-ups

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

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Auður Sveinbjörnsdóttir Scheving	(2002-08-12) 12 August 2002 (age 22)	1	0	Stjarnan	v.  Germany, 9 April 2024
GK	Aldís Guðlaugsdóttir	(2004-04-07) 7 April 2004 (age 21)	0	0	FH	v.  Serbia, 27 February 2024
GK	Sandra Sigurðardóttir	(1986-10-02) 2 October 1986 (age 38)	49	0	Valur	v.  Germany, 31 October 2023
DF	Ásta Eir Árnadóttir	(1993-08-23) 23 August 1993 (age 31)	11	0	Breiðablik	v.  Austria, 4 June 2024
DF	Arna Ásgrímsdóttir	(1992-08-12) 12 August 1992 (age 32)	19	1	Valur	v.  Denmark, 5 December 2023 INJ
DF	Arna Eiríksdóttir	(2002-09-14) 14 September 2002 (age 22)	2	0	Valur	v.  Germany, 31 October 2023
DF	Kristín Dís Árnadóttir	(1999-08-19) 19 August 1999 (age 25)	0	0	Breiðablik	v.  Poland, 16 July 2024
MF	Selma Sól Magnúsdóttir	(1998-04-23) 23 April 1998 (age 27)	41	4	Rosenborg	v.  Denmark, 2 December 2024
MF	Ásdís Karen Halldórsdóttir	(1999-12-20) 20 December 1999 (age 25)	1	0	LSK Kvinner	v.  Austria, 4 June 2024
MF	Lára Pedersen	(1994-05-23) 23 May 1994 (age 31)	3	0	Valur	v.  Germany, 9 April 2024
MF	Agla María Albertsdóttir	(1999-08-05) 5 August 1999 (age 25)	58	4	Breiðablik	v.  Denmark, 5 December 2023
FW	Diljá Ýr Zomers	(2001-11-11) 11 November 2001 (age 23)	16	2	OH Leuven	v.  France, 25 February 2025
FW	Bryndís Arna Níelsdóttir	(2003-06-13) 13 June 2003 (age 21)	6	1	Växjö	v.  France, 25 February 2025
FW	Ólöf Sigríður Kristinsdóttir	(2003-03-22) 22 March 2003 (age 22)	7	2	Breiðablik	v.  Austria, 4 June 2024INJ

Notes:

• INJ: Withdrew due to injury

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

Records

See also: Category:Iceland women's international footballers

As of 22 february 2025

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

Most capped players # Name Iceland career Caps 1 Sara Björk Gunnarsdóttir 2007–2022 145 2 Glódís Perla Viggósdóttir 2012– 133 Katrín Jónsdóttir 1994–2013 133 4 Hallbera Gísladóttir 2008–2022 131 5 Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir 2003–2019 124 6 Dóra María Lárusdóttir 2003–2017 114 Dagný Brynjarsdóttir 2010– 114 8 Hólmfríður Magnúsdóttir 2003–2020 113 9 Fanndís Friðriksdóttir 2009– 109 10 Þóra Björg Helgadóttir 1998–2014 108

Top goalscorers # Player Iceland career Goals Caps Goals per game 1 Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir 2003–2019 79 124 0.64 2 Dagný Brynjarsdóttir 2010– 38 114 0.33 3 Hólmfríður Magnúsdóttir 2003–2020 37 0.33 4 Sara Björk Gunnarsdóttir 2007–2022 24 145 0.17 5 Ásthildur Helgadóttir 1993–2007 23 69 0.33 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 62 0.26

Honours

Friendly

• Algarve Cup
  • Runners-up: 2011
  • Third place: 2014, 2016
• SheBelieves Cup
  • Runners-up: 2022
• Pinatar Cup
  • Champions: 2023

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup record										Qualification record
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD		GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1991	Did not enter									UEFA Women's Euro 1991
1995	Did not qualify									UEFA Women's Euro 1995
1999										6	1	2	3	5	9	−4
2003										8	2	4	2	10	12	−2
2007										10	4	2	4	20	15	+5
2011										10	8	0	2	33	3	+30
2015										10	6	1	3	29	9	+20
2019										8	5	2	1	22	6	+16
2023										9	6	0	3	25	3	+22
2027	To be determined									To be determined
2031	To be determined									To be determined
2035	To be determined									To be determined
Total	—	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		61	31	11	18	144	57	+87

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

UEFA Women's Championship

UEFA Women's Championship record										Qualifying record
Year	Result	P	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD		P	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD	P/R	Rnk
1984	Did not qualify									6	0	1	5	2	19	−17	–
1987	Did not enter									Did not enter
1989
1991
1993	Did not qualify									4	1	1	2	3	7	−4	–
1995										6	4	0	2	14	6	+8
1997										8	2	1	5	8	21	−13
2001										8	1	3	4	14	19	−5
2005										10	4	1	5	26	20	+6
2009	Group stage	3	0	0	3	1	5	−4		10	7	1	2	31	5	+26
2013	Quarter-finals	4	1	1	2	2	8	−6		12	9	1	2	34	8	+26
2017	Group stage	3	0	0	3	1	6	−5		8	7	0	1	34	2	+32
2022	Group stage	3	0	3	0	3	3	0		8	6	1	1	25	5	+20
2025	Qualified									6	4	1	1	11	5	+6	[a]	5th
Total	5/14	13	1	4	8	7	22	–15		86	45	11	30	202	117	+85	5th

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

UEFA Women's Nations League

UEFA Women's Nations League record
League phase													Finals
Season	LG	Grp	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	P/R	RK		Year	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2023–24	A	3	3rd	6	3	0	3	4	8	*	9th		2024	Did not qualify
2025	A	2	To be determined										2025	To be determined
Total				6	5	0	1	23	9	9th			Total	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

	Promoted at end of season
	No movement at end of season
	Relegated at end of season
*	Participated in promotion/relegation play-offs

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^[10]".

Algarve Cup record
Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
1994	Did not enter
1995
1996	6th place	4	1	1	2	4	6
1997	7th place	4	0	1	3	1	12
1998 - 2006	Did not enter
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

Other tournaments

Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
2022 SheBelieves Cup	Runners-up	3	2	0	1	3	6
2023 Pinatar Cup	Champions	3	2	1	0	7	0

See also

• Europe portal
• Iceland portal
• Sports portal
• Association football portal
• Women's association football portal

• Sport in Iceland
  • Football in Iceland
    • Women's football in Iceland
• Iceland men's national football team

Notes

1. From Euro 2025 onwards a new qualifying format was introduced, linked to the Women's Nations League where teams are divided into leagues with promotion/relegation between the leagues at the end of each cycle.