Iceland Women

The Iceland women's national football team played its first game on 20 September 1981, facing Scotland. Bryndís Einarsdóttir scored Iceland's first ever goal in the 2–3 loss, with Ásta B. Gunnlaugsdóttir scoring the other.

In 1982, the team participated in the UEFA Womem‘s European Championship. The team got placed in a qualifying group with Sweden, Finland, and Norway, recording two losses against Sweden (0-6) and Finland (0-2), and a 2-2 draw with Norway. Two years later, in 1984, Football Association of Iceland made the decision to withdraw the women‘s national team from international competition. The decision to remove the team from competition was met with disappointment from the players, but despite their efforts and objections the outcome stayed the same. In 1987, The Football Association of Iceland reached a further decision to formally disband the women‘s national team. The team remained inactive until between the years 1992 and 1993 when the team was reestablished.

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.

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.