Iceland women's national football team

The Icelandic national football team of women is the selection Icelandic footballer, who represents the Knattspyrnusamband Íslands ( KSÍ ) at the international level. Their first international game of them on September 29, 1981 against Scotland. The discharged in Kilmarnock, Scotland game ended with a 2:3 defeat of the Icelanders. On 28 August of the following year, the team reached a 2-2 draw against Norway in the first recognized by the world football governing body FIFA international match.

In 1995, the team first participated in the discharged time without Qualification European Championship. After three unsuccessful attempts qualification, you could qualify for the last two consecutive European Championships (2009, 2013); reaching the quarter- finals in 1995 and 2013, the best ever performance dar. Between 1996 and 2013, the national team took a total of nine times at the annual staged in Portugal Algarve Cup. Greatest success is the achievement of the Finals 2011; there had to admit defeat against the team of world ranking leader U.S. women with 2:4.

Since the resignation of coach Sigurdur Ragnar Eyjólfsson mid-August 2013, the coaching position was vacant. Their best finish in the FIFA world rankings, rank 15, Iceland reached for the first time in September 2011 and most recently in August 2013 record national is Katrín Jónsdóttir with 133 inserts.; scorer is still active Margrét Lára Vidarsdottir with 71 hits.

• 6.1 Germany
• 6.2 Switzerland
• 6.3 Austria

Tournament Record

World cup

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

European

Olympic games

• 2008: not qualified
• 2012: not qualified

Algarve Cup

The Icelandic team took part in the ten times so far Algarve Cup. Best result is the second place in 2011, when they lost the record champion the USA in the final.

Current squad

The table shows the players who have been nominated for the Algarve Cup in 2014.

In addition, in 2013 were used:

Coach

Since 1981, the team of only two head coaches and 14 coaches head was cared for in a total of 20 terms. Sigurdur Ragnar Eyjólfsson managed the team over six years at 77 games. In August 2013 he gave up his post.

Record players

They comprise all players with at least 65 missions and eight gates. Status is March 12, 2014. In the National Team still active players are shown in bold type.

Other well-known players

• Ásta Árnadóttir

Games against teams of German-speaking countries

All results from Icelandic perspective.

Germany

Switzerland

Austria

So far, there were no games against the Austrian selection.

See also

• List of international matches of the Icelandic national football team of women
• Icelandic national football team