Iceland women's national football team
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| Nickname(s) | Stelpurnar okkar (Our girls) |
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| 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 |
| FIFA ranking | |
| Current | 20  4 (23 December 2016)
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| Highest | 15 (September 2011) |
| Lowest | 21 (September 2006) |
| First international | |
 Scotland 3–2 Iceland  (Kilmarnock, Scotland; September 20, 1981) |
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| Biggest win | |
Iceland 12–0 Estonia  (Reykjavík, Iceland; September 17, 2009) |
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| Biggest defeat | |
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 USA 8–0 Iceland (Charlotte, United States; April 5, 2000) |
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| UEFA Women's Championship | |
| Appearances | 2 (first in 2009) |
| Best result | Quarterfinals (2013) |
Germany 8–0 Iceland
(Mannheim, Germany; June 28, 1996)
The Iceland women's national football team represents Iceland in international women's football. 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.
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.
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