Icelandic women's national soccer team

Iceland
Lýðveldið Ísland

Association	Knattspyrnusamband Íslands
confederacy	UEFA
Technical sponsor	errea
Head coach	Freyr Alexandersson
Assistant coach	Guðni Kjartansson
captain	Sara Björk Gunnarsdóttir
Record scorer	Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir (79)
Record player	Katrín Jónsdóttir (133)
Home stadium	Laugardalsvöllur
FIFA code	ISL
FIFA rank	19. (1817 points) (as of August 14, 2020)
First jersey Second jersey
Balance sheet
254 games 103 wins 41 draws 110 losses
statistics
First international Scotland 3-2 Iceland ( Kilmarnock , Scotland  ; 20 September 1981 )
Biggest win Iceland 12-0 Estonia ( Reykjavík , Iceland  ; September 17, 2009 )
Biggest defeats Germany 8: 0 Iceland ( Mannheim , Germany  ; June 28, 1996 ) USA 8: 0 Iceland ( Davidson , USA  ; April 5, 2000 )
Successes in tournaments
European Championship
Participation in the finals	3 ( first : 2009 )
Best results	Quarter-finals 1995 , 2013
(As of March 10, 2020 )

The Icelandic national women's soccer team is the selection of Icelandic women soccer players who represent the Knattspyrnusamband Íslands (KSÍ) at international level. She played her first international match against Scotland on September 29, 1981 . The game played in Kilmarnock , Scotland , ended with a 2-3 defeat for the Icelanders. On August 28 of the following year, the team drew 2-2 against Norway in the first international match recognized by the world football association FIFA .

In 1995 the team took part for the first time in the European Championship , which was then held without qualification . After three unsuccessful attempts to qualify, one was able to qualify for three consecutive European championships ( 2009 , 2013 and 2017 ); reaching the quarter-finals in 1995 and 2013 represents the best result so far. Between 1996 and 2017, the national team participated a total of thirteen times in the Algarve Cup, which is held annually in Portugal . The greatest success is reaching the 2011 finals ; there you had to admit defeat against the team of the world number leaders with 2: 4.

Since the resignation of national coach Sigurður Ragnar Eyjólfsson in mid-August 2013, the coaching position has been vacant. Iceland achieved its best placement in the FIFA world rankings , 15th place, for the first time in September 2011 and most recently in August 2013. The record national player is Katrín Jónsdóttir with 133 appearances; The most successful goalscorer is Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir , who was active again after a baby break with 79 goals, but she was injured in the 2017 European Championship finals.

Tournament balance sheet

World Championship

1991  : not qualified 1995  : not qualified 1999  : not qualified

2003  : not qualified 2007  : not qualified 2011  : not qualified

2015 : not qualified 2019 : not qualified

European Championship

→ Main article : Icelandic Women's National Football Team / European Championships

1984  : not qualified 1987  : did not participate 1989  : did not participate 1991  : did not participate 1993  : not qualified 1995  : quarter-finals (no finals) 1997  : not qualified 2001  : not qualified 2005  : not qualified 2009  : preliminary round 2013  : quarter-finals 2017  : preliminary round

Olympic games

1996  : not qualified 2000  : not qualified 2004  : not qualified

2008  : not qualified 2012  : not qualified 2016  : not qualified 2020  : not qualified

Algarve Cup

The Icelandic team has participated in the Algarve Cup 15 times so far . The best result is second place in 2011, when they lost to record winner USA in the final.

1994 and 1995 : did not participate 1996 : 6th place 1997 : 7th place 1998 to 2006 : did not participate 2007 : 9th place 2008 : 7th place 2009 : 6th place 2010 : 9th place 2011 : 2nd place

2012 : 06th place 2013 : 09th place 2014 : 03rd place 2015 : 10th place 2016 : 03rd place 2017 : 09th place 2018 : 09th place 2019 : 09th place 2020 : not participated / invited

Current squad

The table shows the players who have been nominated for the Pinatar Cup . Due to injury, Alexandra Jóhannsdóttir was replaced by newcomer Hildur Antonsdóttir.

No.	Surname	society	Date of birth	Calls	Gates	Last use
	goal
01	Sandra Sigurðardóttir	Valur Reykjavík	10/02/1986	029	00	03/10/2020
13	Cecilía Rán Rúnarsdóttir	Fylkir Reykjavík	07/26/2003	001	00	March 4th, 2020
12	Ingibjörg Valgeirsdóttir	KR Reykjavík	01/14/1998	000	00
Defense
11	Hallbera Guðný Gísladóttir	Valur Reykjavík	09/14/1986	112	03	03/10/2020
22nd	Squeegee Hönnudóttir	Reading FC	12/30/1988	102	09	07.03.2020
04th	Glódís Perla Viggósdóttir	FC Rosengård	06/27/1995	084	06th	03/10/2020
09	Elísa Viðarsdóttir	Valur Reykjavík	05/26/1991	038	00	03/10/2020
06th	Ingibjörg Sigurðardóttir	Djurgården Damfotboll	07/10/1997	030th	00	03/10/2020
02	Guðný Árnadóttir	Valur Reykjavík	08/04/2000	007th	00	03/10/2020
03	Anna Rakel Pétursdóttir	IK Uppsala	08/24/1998	006th	00	03/10/2020
19th	Berglind Rós Ágústsdóttir	Fylkir Reykjavík	07/28/1995	001	00	07.03.2020
24	Natasha Anasi	Keflavík ÍF	10/02/1991	002	00	07.03.2020
midfield
07th	Sara Björk Gunnarsdóttir	VfL Wolfsburg	09/29/1990	131	20th	03/10/2020
10	Dagný Brynjarsdóttir	UMF Selfoss	08/10/1991	088	26th	03/10/2020
05	Gunnhildur Yrsa Jónsdóttir	Utah Royals FC	09/28/1988	070	10	03/10/2020
18th	Sandra María Jessen	Bayer Leverkusen	January 18, 1995	031	06th	03/10/2020
21st	Svava Rós Guðmundsdóttir	Kristianstads DFF	11/11/1995	022nd	01	03/10/2020
08th	Sigríður Lára Garðarsdóttir	FH Hafnarfjörður	03/11/1994	020th	00	07.03.2020
15th	Hildur Antonsdóttir	Breiðablik Kópavogur	09/18/1995	002	00	03/10/2020
attack
23	Fanndís Friðriksdóttir	Valur Reykjavík	05/09/1990	109	17th	03/10/2020
16	Elín Metta Jensen	Valur Reykjavík	03/01/1995	049	14th	03/10/2020
17th	Agla María Albertsdóttir	Breiðablik Kópavogur	08/05/1999	030th	02	03/10/2020
14th	Hlín Eiríksdóttir	Valur Reykjavík	06/12/2000	014th	03	03/10/2020

In addition, in 2018 and 2019 were used or were nominated:

Player	society	Date of birth	International matches	International goals	Last use
goal
Guðbjörg Gunnarsdóttir	Djurgården Damfotboll	May 18, 1985	062	00	09/01/2018
Sonný Lára Þráinsdóttir	Breiðablik Kópavogur	12/09/1986	007th	00	04/09/2019
Bryndís Lára Hrafnkelsdóttir	Þór / KA	01/11/1991	001	00	01/21/2019
Defense
Sif Atladóttir	Kristianstads DFF	07/15/1985	082	00	08/10/2019
Anna Björk Kristjánsdóttir	PSV Eindhoven	10/14/1989	043	00	06/13/2019
Guðrún Arnardóttir	Djurgården Damfotboll	07/29/1995	008th	00	04/09/2019
midfield
Selma Sól Magnúsdóttir	Breiðablik Kópavogur	04/23/1998	014th	01	04/09/2019
Andrea Rán Snæfeld Hauksdóttir	Breiðablik Kópavogur	01/28/1996	010	02	04/06/2019
Andrea Mist Pálsdóttir	Þór / KA	10/25/1998	002	00	02.03.2018
Alexandra Jóhannsdóttir	Breiðablik Kópavogur	03/19/2000	005	01	08/10/2019
Þórdís Hrönn Sigfúsdóttir	Kristianstads DFF	11/19/1993	002	00	04/09/2019
Karólína Lea Vilhjálmsdóttir	Breiðablik Kópavogur	08/08/2001	001	00	06/17/2019
attack
Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir	Valur Reykjavík	07/25/1986	124	79	08/10/2019
Berglind Björg Þorvaldsdóttir	AC Milan	01/18/1992	044	04th	08/10/2019
Harpa Þorsteinsdóttir	UMF Stjarnan	06/27/1986	067	19th	06/11/2018
Katrín Ásbjörnsdóttir	UMF Stjarnan	12/11/1992	019th	01	07.03.2018
Ásta Eir Árnadóttir	Breiðablik Kópavogur	08/23/1993	008th	00	02.09.2019
Telma Hjaltalín Þrastardóttir	UMF Stjarnan	03/29/1995	000	00
Áslaug Munda Gunnlaugsdóttir	Breiðablik Kópavogur	06/02/2001	002	00	06/17/2019

Remarks:

1. ↑ Numbers at the Pinatar Cup
2. ↑ As of March 2020
3. ↑ ^{a b c d} As of March 10, 2020

Trainer

Since 1981, the team has been coached by a total of two head coaches and 14 head coaches in a total of 20 terms. Sigurður Ragnar Eyjólfsson coached the team over six years in 77 games. In August 2013 he resigned from his post.

1981–1983: Guðmundur Þórðarson (Games 1–7) 1982 00000: Sigurður Hannesson (Games 2–3) 1985–1986: Sigurbergur Sigsteinsson (Games 8–15) 1987 00000: Aðalsteinn Örnólfsson (Games 16-17) 1992 00000: Sigurður Hannesson (Games 18-21) 1992 00000: Steinn Mar Helgason (Games 18–21) 1993–1994: Logi Ólafsson (Games 22–29) 1995–1996: Kristinn Björnsson (games 30–45) 1997–1998: Vanda Sigurgeirsdóttir (games 46–56) 1998 00000: Bjarni Sigurðsson (Game 57)

1999 00000: Þórður Georg Lárusson (games 58-60) 2000 00000: Logi Ólafsson (Game 61) 2000 00000: Guðmundur Sævar Hreiðarsson (game 62) 2000 00000: Logi Ólafsson (Games 63–67) 2001–2003: Jörundur Áki Sveinsson (games 68–77) 2003–2004: Helena Ólafsdóttir (games 78–91) 2005–2006: Jörundur Áki Sveinsson (games 92–101) 2006 00000: Elísabet Gunnarsdóttir (Games 102-103) 2006 00000: Jörundur Áki Sveinsson (game 104) 2007–2013: Sigurður Ragnar Eyjólfsson (games 105–181) 2013− 0000: Freyr Alexandersson (from game 182)

Record players

All players with at least 65 appearances or eight goals are taken into account. As of March 4, 2020. Players still active in the national team are shown in bold.

Games Surname Period 133 Katrín Jónsdóttir 1994-2013 131 Sara Björk Gunnarsdóttir 2007–0000 124 Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir 2003–0000 114 Thóra María Lárusdóttir 2003-2017 112 Hallbera Guðný Gísladóttir 2008–0000 Hólmfríður Magnúsdóttir 2003-2017 109 Fanndís Friðriksdóttir 2009–0000 108 Þóra Björg Helgadóttir 1998-2014 103 Edda Garðarsdóttir 1997-2013 102 Squeegee Hönnudóttir 2008–0000 88 Dagný Brynjarsdóttir 2010–0000 84 Glódís Perla Viggósdóttir 2012–0000 82 Sif Atladóttir 2007–0000 73 Ólína Guðbjörg Viðarsdóttir 2003-2014 70 Gunnhildur Yrsa Jónsdóttir 2011–0000 69 Ásthildur Helgadóttir 1993-2007 Katrín Ómarsdóttir 2007-2016 67 Harpa Þorsteinsdóttir 2006–0000 65 Guðrún Sóley Gunnarsdóttir 1999-2009

Gates Surname Period 79 Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir 2003–0000 37 Hólmfríður Magnúsdóttir 2003-2017 26th Dagný Brynjarsdóttir 2010–0000 23 Ásthildur Helgadóttir 1993-2007 21st Katrín Jónsdóttir 1994-2013 20th Sara Björk Gunnarsdóttir 2007–0000 19th Harpa Þorsteinsdóttir 2006–0000 18th Thóra María Lárusdóttir 2003-2017 17th Fanndís Friðriksdóttir 2009–0000 14th Elín Metta Jensen 2012–0000 Olga Færseth 1994-2006 10 Gunnhildur Yrsa Jónsdóttir 2011–0000 Katrín Ómarsdóttir 2006-2016 8th Ásta Breiðfjörð Gunnlaugsdóttir 1981-1994 Margrét Rannveig Ólafsdóttir 1993-2002

Other well-known players

• Ásta Árnadóttir

Games against national teams from German-speaking countries

All results from an Icelandic perspective.

Germany

date	place	Result	occasion
July 27, 1986	Kópavogur	1: 4
July 30, 1986	Reykjavík	0: 5
4th September 1987	Verden	0: 5
September 6, 1987	Delmenhorst	2: 3
June 28, 1996	Mannheim	0: 8
June 30, 1996	Pforzheim	0: 3
September 18, 1996	Reykjavík	0: 3	EM relegation
September 29, 1996	Koblenz	0: 4	EM relegation
October 14, 1999	Oldenburg	0: 5	European Championship qualification
August 17, 2000	Kópavogur	0: 6	European Championship qualification
August 30, 2009	Tampere	0: 1	EM preliminary round
February 29, 2012	Portugal	0: 1	Algarve Cup
July 14, 2013	Vaxjo	0: 3	EM preliminary round
5th March 2014	Albufeira	0: 5	Algarve Cup
20th October 2017	Wiesbaden	3: 2	World Cup qualification
1st September 2018	Reykjavík	0: 2	World Cup qualification

Switzerland

date	place	Result	occasion
17th August 1985	Sins	3: 3
August 19, 1985	Dietikon	3: 2
August 21, 1986	Reykjavík	1: 3
23rd August 1986	Akranes	1-0
26th September 2013	Reykjavík	0: 2	World Cup qualification
May 8, 2014	Nyon	0: 3	World Cup qualification
4th March 2015	Lagos	0: 2	Algarve Cup 2015
July 22, 2017	Doetinchem	1: 2	EM group game

Austria

date	place	Result	occasion
July 26, 2017	Rotterdam	0: 3	EM group game

See also

• List of international matches for the Icelandic women's national football team
• Icelandic national soccer team

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Women's world rankings. In: fifa.com. FIFA , August 14, 2020, accessed on August 14, 2020 (teams without a place and points are provisional because no more than five games have been played or the teams have been inactive for more than 18 months). 
2. ↑ 100. A landsleikur kvenna , in: ksi.is , accessed on September 1, 2013 (Icelandic).
3. ↑ Sigurður Ragnar hættir með kvennalandsliðið , in: ksi.is , accessed on September 1, 2013 (Icelandic).
4. ↑ ksi.is: A kvenna - Hópurinn fyrir Pinatar Cup
5. ↑ ksi.is: A kvenna - Hildur Antonsdóttir inn í hópinn fyrir Pinatar Cup
6. ↑ Subsequent nomination for Berglind Björg Þorvaldsdóttir , who cannot participate due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy ( ksi.is: A kvenna - Sandra María Jessen inn í hópinn fyrir Pinatar Cup) .
7. ↑ Women in Focus: August 2013 , in: fifa.com , accessed on September 1, 2013.

Web links

• Official homepage of the Icelandic Federation (in English)
• All games through 2004
• Iceland on the FIFA homepage