Iceland women's national football team

Iceland
	Shirt badge/Association crest
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	16 (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)

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.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Guðbjörg Gunnarsdóttir	(1985-05-18)18 May 1985 (aged 30)	42	0	Djurgårdens IF
12	1GK	Sandra Sigurðardóttir	(1986-10-02)2 October 1986 (aged 29)	13	0	Valur

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

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

6	4FW	Hólmfríður Magnúsdóttir	(1984-09-20)20 September 1984 (aged 31)	105	37	Avaldsnes IL
9	4FW	Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir	(1986-07-25)25 July 1986 (aged 29)	108	77	Valur
16	4FW	Harpa Þorsteinsdóttir	(1986-06-27)27 June 1986 (aged 29)	61	18	Stjarnan Women
20	4FW	Berglind 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
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 Georg 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	71	34	7	30
Freyr Alexandersson	2013–present	31	18	4	9

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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

Template:UEFA Women's Euro 2009 finalists

[1] O'Connor, Philip (2013-07-21). "Sweden thump Iceland to book semi-final with Germany | Reuters". Uk.reuters.com. Retrieved 2013-11-15.

[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] » STELPURNAR OKKAR Barði Jóhannsson

[5] "Úrslit - staða | Mótalisti | Mótamál | Knattspyrnusamband Íslands". Ksi.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2016-06-30.

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

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