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The Women's Football Lapland Team (Sápmi women's football team, in Italian: Selezione di calcio femminile dei Sami, in Swedish: Sápmis damlag i fotboll) is a selection of the best professional and amateur players. It represents the Sami living in northern Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia.

This selection is under the aegis of the Federation of Lapland Football (FA Sápmi), has played several matches since 1991.
From 2003 to 2013, she was a member of the NF-Board and joined the ConIFA in 2014.

The women's selection became the winner of the 2008 Viva Women's World Cup, winning the round-trip games of the 4-0 final and 11-1 (15-1) against the women's Kurdistan football team.

Lapland's selection became ConIFA 2022 women's World Cup champion, winning the round-trip matches of the 13-1 and 9-0 (22-1) finals against the women's Tibet football team.

History

For the first time in its history, Lapland's women's selection took part in the first two encounters, in Mariehamn in Åland, the meeting was won 5-2 by Lapland. The second match took place in Sirma, the match between Lapland and Åland ended with a 2-2 draw.

In 2001, the Lapland Football Federation met with President of the Norwegian Football Federation (1987-1992/1995-2004) and President of the Swedish Football Federation (1991-2011) to obtain approval for the Lapland Association to apply for FIFA membership. The Lapland Football Federation has already been in contact with FIFA, which has requested the same procedure as Greenland and the Faroe Islands. They had to first seek the approval of the Danish Football Federation and were then tried for three years by FIFA.

In 2005, twelve years later, Lapland's selection took part in a series of 4 matches against 3 clubs and Åland, Lapland lost two matches, made a draw and won a game.

On , in Tromsø, Norway a friendly match between Lapland and Åland takes place, ending with a draw 1-1.

Coach Isak Ole Hætta of Lapland women's and men's football will not take the women's selection to the NF-Board women's world premiere in Sweden. Coach Frank Steve Lindseth will be in charge of the women's selection at the VIVA Women's World Cup 2008

In 2008, for the first time in its history, Lapland competed in an international tournament (Viva Women's World Cup 2008) that took place at the 2008 VIVA World Cup, for this first women's edition only 2 women's teams will compete twice on the 10th and between Lapland and Kurdistan. Frank Lindseth believes in the victory of Lapland's selection.

On , in the city of Malmberget, Sweden, Lapland meets in match go from the final of VIVA Women's World Cup the selection of Kurdistan, the first mattc