page_title: Elísabet Gunnarsdóttir
section_title: Senior teams
hierarchical_section_title: Elísabet Gunnarsdóttir / Coaching career / Senior teams
caption_attribution_description: Övre raden från vänster: Jonas Eidvall, LDB FC Malmö, Joakim Blomqvist, Umeå IK FF, Stefan Rehn , Jitex BK, Tony Gustavsson, Tyresö FF, Stellan Carlsson, Piteå IF, Martin Sjögren, Linköpings FC, Thomas Mårtensson, Vittsjö GIK. Nedre raden från vänster: Rickard Nilsson, KIF Örebro DFF, Stefan Ekström, Sunnanå SK, Elisabet Gunnarsdottir, Kristianstads DFF, Stefan Johansson, Mallbackens IF, Torbjörn Nilsson, Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC, Simon Sjöfors, Vittsjö GIK.
context_page_description: Elísabet Gunnarsdóttir is an Icelandic football coach and former player, currently in charge of Swedish Damallsvenskan club Kristianstads DFF. Elísabet was the head coach of the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild kvenna team Valur from 2003 to 2008; during which her team won four league titles and one cup title. Elísabet became head coach of Kristianstads DFF in the Swedish women's football league, Damallsvenskan, in January 2009. In 2013 Elísabet appeared in the Sveriges Television documentary television series The Other Sport.
context_section_description: In 2001 Elísabet left her mother club Valur FC for the opportunity of coaching ÍBV in the Úrvalsdeild kvenna.  After one year with ÍBV she took over Breiðablik's under-19 team and guided them to the Icelandic championship. In 2003, she was hired by Valur as the senior team's head coach, winning the club's first league title in 15 years and being named the 2003 Coach of the Year. Elísabet remained Valur's head coach for five consecutive seasons, leading the team to four league titles and one cup title. She took the team all the way to the quarter finals of the 2005–06 UEFA Women's Cup. Elísabet is known for making high-profile transfers for her teams and brought players like German world champion Viola Odebrecht and Scottish Julie Fleeting to Iceland to play for her at Valur FC.
  Elísabet moved to Sweden in January 2009 to take over Kristianstads DFF of the Swedish Damallsvenskan. She has been leading the team as a head coach for six consecutive seasons and has helped the club develop their organization and show some good results from season to season. Through her time at the club Kristiantads DFF has signed some big names including Icelandic stars Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir and Sif Atladóttir, Danish international Johanna Rasmussen and Swedish stars Hedvig Lindahl (sold to Chelsea 2015), Kosovare Asllani (sold to PSG 2012) and Josefine Öqvist (sold to Montpellier 2013). In September 2012 Elísabet signed a new two-year contract with the club.
  In August 2014, Marija Banušić gave Kristianstads the lead in the Svenska Cupen (English: Swedish Cup) final, but Elísabet's team were defeated 2–1 by Linköpings FC.
caption: As the only female trainer in Damallsvenskan, 2013
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