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2017 1. Deild Karla
The 2017 1. deild karla (English: ''Men's First Division'') was the 63rd season of second-tier Icelandic football. Twelve teams contested in the league. The season began on 5 May and concluded on 23 September. Teams The league was contested by twelve clubs. Eight remained in the division from the 2016 season, while four new clubs joined the 1. deild karla: * Fylkir and Þróttur R. were relegated from the 2016 Úrvalsdeild, replacing KA and Grindavík who were promoted to the 2017 Úrvalsdeild. * ÍR and Grótta were promoted from the 2016 2. deild karla, in place of Huginn In Norse mythology, Huginn (Old Norse: "thought"Orchard (1997:92).) and Muninn (Old Norse "memory"Orchard (1997:115). or "mind"Lindow (2001:186).) are a pair of ravens that fly all over the world, Midgard, and bring information to the god Odin. H ... and Fjarðabyggð who were relegated to the 2017 2. deild karla. Club information Managerial changes League table Results grid Each team plays ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fylkir
Íþróttafélagið Fylkir is a multi-sport club in Árbær, in the eastern part of Reykjavík, the capital of Iceland. It features departments in football, handball, volleyball, gymnastics and karate. Kit The Fylkir official home kit is combined of an orange jersey, black shorts and orange socks. The away kit is combined of a blue jersey and shorts and white socks. The original kit is combined of a white and blue shirt, white shorts and white socks (alternatively blue socks). History Fylkir was founded in 1967 on May 28 in a newly established suburb of Reykjavik, Árbær, by young and enthusiastic footballers who wanted to train and play football in their own neighbourhood. From the start, the club has emphasized the importance of youth development and for the first years Fylkir did not field a senior team. The original name of the club was KSÁ (Knattspyrnufélag Seláss og Árbæjar), the name was considered inconvenient and thus after a member vote, it was changed to Fyl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knattspyrnufélag Fjarðabyggðar
Knattspyrnufélag Fjarðabyggðar (KFF) was an Icelandic football club from the town of Fjarðabyggð located on the east coast of Iceland. History The club was founded in 2001 with a merger of three local clubs, ''Íþróttafélagið Þróttur Neskaupstað'', ''Ungmennafélagið Austri Eskifirði'' and ''Ungmennafélagið Valur Reyðarfirði''. The next year, for the first time, Fjarðabyggð sent a women's team to play at league level. In 2010 Ungmennafélagið Súlan Stöðvarfirði came into the merger. In 2022, the club merged with Leiknir Fáskrúðsfjörður to establish the new ''Knattspyrnufélag Austfjarða''. Managers * Magni Fannberg Magnússon Magni Fannberg Magnússon (born 12 August 1979) is an Icelandic football coach. Early life Magni grew up in Súðavík and Ísafjörður in the Westfjords region of Iceland. Coaching career In 2006, Magni was hired as an assistant coach to S ... (2007-2008) References External links Official Website Football c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fylkisvöllur
Fylkisvöllur () is a multi-use stadium in Reykjavík, Iceland. It is currently used mostly for football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ... matches. The stadium holds roughly 1800 spectators seated. The name for the stadium was changed to Flórídana völlurinn in 2015 and Würth völlurinn in 2019 due to sponsorship reasons References External links Fylkisvöllur - Nordic Stadiums Football venues in Iceland Sports venues in Reykjavík {{Iceland-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helgi Sigurðsson
Helgi Sigurðsson (born 17 September 1974) is an Icelandic former professional footballer and manager of ÍBV. A forward, he played for clubs in Iceland, Germany, Norway, Greece, and Denmark and represented Iceland at international level. Club career Helgi was born in Reykjavík, Iceland. He started his career at Víkingur Reykjavik and won the Icelandic championship with them in 1991. He then moved to Knattspyrnufélagið Fram before signing for VfB Stuttgart in Germany. Joined Stabæk in 1997 and won the Norwegian Football Cup final with them in 1998, scoring two of three of Stabæk's goals. In 1999, he moved to Panathinaikos F.C. in Greece, nicknamed ''the Shark''. He played one game in the Champions League for Panathinaikos, coming on as a sub for Nikolaos Lymperopoulos against Valencia He signed for Danish club AGF in February 2004. In 2006, he returned to Iceland and signed for Knattspyrnufélagið Fram for the second time in his career. A year later he left Fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laugardalsvöllur
Laugardalsvöllur () is Iceland's national football stadium and the home venue for the Iceland national football team. It is in Reykjavík with a capacity of 9,800. History The idea of building a sport venue in Laugardalur, along with some other entertainment facilities, dates back to 1871. At that time, the population of Reykjavík, the capital of Iceland, was only about 2,000. Laugardalur was also nearly 3 km (1.9 mi) away from residential areas. Little came out of this proposal the next 60 years or so. In 1943, the town council set up the Laugardalsnefnd committee. Its task was to make proposals and ideas for the area. The committee then delivered the result later, which included building a new football stadium and a new swimming pool. Construction of the field started in 1949 and lasted until 1952. A year later in 1953, construction of a new stand started. The stand had a capacity of 4,000 when completed. The first match was played on Laugardalsvöllur in 1957 w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Þór Akureyri
Íþróttafélagið Þór, commonly known as Þór Akureyri, simply Þór or Thór, is a multi-sport club in Akureyri, Iceland. It features departments in Basketball, football, Handball and Taekwondo. Its main rivals is another sport club from Akureyri named KA. Þór and KA merged their handball clubs to form Akureyri Handboltafélag before the 2006–07 handball season in Iceland, resulting in some fans disowning the merged team. Football Trophies and achievements *Icelandic Men's Football Cup: **''Runner-up:'' 2011 * Icelandic Division I (2): ** 2001, 2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gat ... *2. deild karla (football), Icelandic Division II (2): **1975, 2000 1. deild karla, 2000 Women's team Since 1999, the women's football team has fielded a joint team w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UMF Selfoss
Ungmennafélag Selfoss, commonly known as Selfoss or UMF Selfoss, is an Icelandic multisport club, located in the town of Selfoss in the Southern Region. In May 2019, the Selfoss men's handball team won the national handball championship for the first time. In August 2019, the women's football team added the club's second major title in one year when it won the Icelandic Football Cup. History Ungmennafélag Selfoss (English: Selfoss' Youth Club) was established on 1 June 1936, as a general sports club for young men and women under the name Ungmennafélagið Tíbrá. On 26 January 1937 its name was changed to Ungmennafélag Selfoss. Today, the club has departments for nine sports activities (gymnastics, athletics, team handball, judo, association football, weightlifting, swimming, taekwondo and motocross). Basketball Men's basketball Notable players * John Johnson * Marvin Valdimarsson Women's basketball In 2006, a joint team of Hamar and Selfoss, called Hamar/Selfoss, won ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seltjarnarnes
Seltjarnarnes () is a town in the Capital Region of Iceland. Seltjarnarnes is beside Reykjavik. It took on its current political form shortly after the Second World War and was formally created as a township in 1947. It is the smallest Icelandic township by land. Overview There are two schools in Seltjarnarnes, Mýrarhúsaskóli and Valhúsaskóli. The Independence Party has had an overall control in the town's council since proper elections started in 1962. First Lady of Iceland Guðrún Katrín Þorbergsdóttir held a position in the city council for 16 years. In the last elections in 2014, the party received 52,6% of the votes and 4 out of 7 members of the council. Other parties represented in the town council are Samfylkingin with 2 members and Neslistinn with one member. The mayor is Ásgerður Halldórsdóttir. Seltjarnarnes became the world's first town where every citizen had access to fiber optics in 2007. Sports The local football team Grótta play in Iceland's fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Handknattleiksfélag Kópavogs
Handknattleiksfélag Kópavogs (HK) or HK Iceland is an Icelandic sports club from the town of Kópavogur, mainly known for its football and handball teams. The club has a football team playing in the top tier of Icelandic football. History The club dates back to 1969, but was officially established on 26 January 1970. They were originally only a handball team, with the football team established in 1992. They bounced around in lower divisions until, in the summer of 2007 they first played in the Icelandic top division, the Úrvalsdeild. The club were relegated in their second season to the second tier and were again relegated to the third tier in 2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrate .... They are, however, back in the top tier, and placed 9th out of 12 in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kópavogur
Kópavogur () is a town in Iceland that is the country's second largest municipality by population. It lies immediately south of Reykjavík and is part of the Capital Region. The name literally means ''seal pup inlet''. The town seal contains the profile of the church Kópavogskirkja with a seal pup underneath. Kópavogur is largely made up of residential areas, but has commercial areas and much industrial activity as well. The tallest building in Iceland, the Smáratorg Tower, is located in central Kópavogur. History Kópavogur is historically significant as the site of the 1662 Kópavogur meeting. This event marked the total incorporation of Iceland into Denmark–Norway when, on behalf of the Icelandic people, Bishop Brynjólfur Sveinsson and Árni Oddsson, a lawyer, signed a document confirming that the introduction of absolute monarchy by Frederick III of Denmark–Norway also applied to Iceland. Kópavogur is also one of Iceland's most prominent sites for Icelandic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hafnarfjörður
Hafnarfjörður (), officially Hafnarfjarðarkaupstaður (), is a port town and municipality in Iceland, located about south of Reykjavík. The municipality consists of two non-contiguous areas in the Capital Region, on the southwest coast of the country. At about 30,000 inhabitants, Hafnarfjörður is the third-most populous city in Iceland after Reykjavík and Kópavogur. It has established local industry and a variety of urban activities, with annual festival events. Activities The town is the site of an annual Viking festival, where Viking culture enthusiasts from around the world display reconstructions of Viking garb, handicraft, sword-fighting and longbow shooting. It takes place in June each summer. Local industry Just two kilometres () outside of Hafnarfjörður is an aluminium smelter, run by Alcan. The smelter was originally built in 1969, and it has improved its cleaning process since then, especially regarding fluoride. Local elections were held in May 2006, where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knattspyrnufélagið Fram
''Knattspyrnufélagið Fram'' (''Fram Football Club'') is an Icelandic sports club, best known for its football and handball teams. It was founded on 1 May 1908 in Reykjavík. It was based at Safamýri, in the Háaleiti og Bústaðir district near Reykjavík city centre before slowly moving operations to the newly established Grafarholt district. The football team currently plays in the second division, the 1. deild karla after being relegated in the 2014 season. The club also has strong handball teams; the men's team won the Icelandic championship in 2013. Other sports offered by the club include basketball, taekwondo and skiing. Football Fram is one of the most successful clubs in Iceland: it has eighteen national championship titles and seven national cup titles, and it is regarded as one of the biggest teams in Iceland and the best known Icelandic football team in Europe. Fram dominated Icelandic football in the 1980s and early 1990s. They were relegated from the top di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
