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 August 2023. 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.
| Nickname(s) | Stelpurnar okkar (Our Girls) | ||
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| Association | Football Association of Iceland (Knattspyrnusamband Íslands) | ||
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
| Head coach | Þorsteinn Halldórsson | ||
| Captain | Glódís Perla Viggósdóttir | ||
| Most caps | Sara Björk Gunnarsdóttir (144) | ||
| Top scorer | Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir (79) | ||
| Home stadium | Laugardalsvöllur | ||
| FIFA code | ISL | ||
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| FIFA ranking | |||
| Current | 15 (15 March 2024) | ||
| Highest | 14 (August 2022; March 2023; August 2023) | ||
| 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 | 4 (first in 2009) | ||
| Best result | Quarter-finals (2013) | ||
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.