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Einherji
Ungmennafélagið Einherji is an Icelandic sports club, based in Vopnafjörður, Iceland. The club is named after the einherjar, figures from Norse Mythology. History The club was founded in Vopnafjörður on December 1, 1929, as Íþróttafélagið Einherjar. The first chairman was Ingólfur Erlendsson. The name of the club was changed to Ungmennafélagið Einherjar in 1943 and later to Ungmennafélagið Einherji. In 1974 the club played in the Icelandic 3rd division (2. deild karla) for the first time. The team got promoted to the 2nd division ( 1. deild karla) for the first time in 1981. In the eighties the team played six seasons in the 2nd division reaching the club's record high; 5th place in 1986. By 1990 the club had been relegated down two divisions; to the fourth tier and hasn't seen promotion to the third tier since then. In 2013, the club was promoted from the newly formed 4th division (4. deild karla) to the 3rd, by winning the division after a 2–0 victory in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ólafur Jóhannesson (football Manager)
Ólafur Davíð Jóhannesson (born 30 June 1957, in Reykjavík) is an Icelandic football manager and former player who formerly managed the Iceland national team. During his manager career, he has won the Icelandic championship five times and the Icelandic Cup three times. During his playing career, he played most of his years as a senior player with Haukar but started his career as manager only 24 years of age with the team Einherji from Vopnafjörður. He has managed Einherji, Skallagrímur, FH, Þróttur, Haukar, Selfoss, ÍR and Valur. Managerial career FH Ólafur Jóhannesson managed FH a total of three times, the most recent and successful between the years 2002 and 2008. During those years FH rose up to become a major power in Icelandic football. In his first season as manager, Ólafur steered his team to second place, FH highest finish in years. Next season he did even better and made them champions and secured a place in the qualifying rounds of the Champions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryan McCann
Ryan Patrick McCann (born 21 September 1981) is a Scottish professional footballer. He last played with Edusport Academy in the Scottish Lowland Football League. Playing career Celtic, St Johnstone and Hartlepool McCann began his career with Celtic and made his full debut against Dundee Utd in the SPL. He then had a six-month loan spell at St Johnstone, before heading to Hartlepool for over a year, where he only made five appearances before breaking his ankle.McCann back with Saints , 31 August 2004. McCann then headed back to St Johnstone in September 2004, where he amassed a total of 41 league appearances before missing the remaining five-months of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birkir Kristinsson
Birkir Kristinsson (born 15 August 1964) is an Icelandic former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Club career He started his career with local Vestmannaeyjar team ÍBV, and also played with Einherji from Vopnafjordur, KA from Akureyri, ÍA and Fram in the Icelandic league before moving to Norway with SK Brann in 1996, where he is still considered as a hero, after his efforts in the cup winner's cup in 1997, where SK Brann reached the quarter finals. He moved to English club Birmingham City and after failing to make an impression there, he moved on to spells with Swedish side IFK Norrköping, Bolton Wanderers and Austrian club Lustenau before making a return to ÍBV. In December 2000 he moved to Stoke City where his brother Magnús Kristinsson was a member of the Icelandic board at Stoke. He made a decent enough start at Stoke taking over from Gavin Ward until he made a mistake against Northampton Town in February 2001. He did retain his place in the side but after c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bjarni Óskar Þorsteinsson
Bjarni Óskar Þorsteinsson (born 31 August 1976) is a retired Icelandic footballer who played as a defender. He won 10 caps for the Iceland national football team between 2000 and 2003. Bjarni began his playing career with KR in 1996, and went on to make 76 league appearances for the club. In 1999, he spent one month on loan at German side KFC Uerdingen 05, where he played twice. Bjarni signed for Norwegian Tippeligaen club Molde FK in 2001, but did not make a competitive appearance during his first season. He went on to play 43 league matches for the side, scoring once, before returning to KR for the 2004 campaign. Over the following three seasons Bjarni played 22 Úrvalsdeild matches for KR, before joining 3. deild side Grótta in 2007. He spent one season with the fourth-tier club, during which time he scored once in 13 league games, before returning to the Úrvalsdeild with Þróttur Reykjavík. However, he failed to break into the Þróttur side and made only one cup appe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Hannah
David Hannah (born 4 August 1973) is a Scottish footballer and coach, who played in central midfield. He began his career with Dundee United, transferred to Celtic in 1996 and rejoined Dundee United from 1999 to 2002. He then had short spells with a number of Scottish clubs, including Ross County and St Johnstone, as well as playing for clubs in Cyprus, England and Iceland. He also represented the Scotland under-21 team. During his career, Hannah won all three major honours in Scottish football – the Scottish Cup with Dundee United and the Premier Division title and League Cup with Celtic. As a coach, Hannah was with Montrose – including a spell as caretaker manager in 2008 – and went on to manage Einherji in Iceland from 2011 to 2012. Career Club Hannah was born in Coatbridge, and began his career with Dundee United, making his league début in February 1992 and winning a Scottish Cup winners' medal in 1994. In December 1996, after scoring in his final match, Hannah ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 Icelandic Cup
Visa-Bikar 2009 is the 50th season of the Icelandic national Association football, football cup. It began on 22 May 2009 and ended with the final on 3 October 2009 at Laugardalsvöllur. The winners qualified for the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League#Second qualifying round, second qualifying round of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League. First round The First Round consists of 32 teams from lower Icelandic divisions. The matches were played between 23 and 25 May 2009. , colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF", 23 May 2009 , - , colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF", 24 May 2009 , - , colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF", 25 May 2009 Second round The Second Round includes the 16 winners from the previous round as well as 24 teams from the 1. deild karla (football), second and 2. deild karla (football), third division. The matches were played on 1 and 2 June 2009. , colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF", 1 June 2009 , - , colspan="3" styl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2003 Icelandic Cup
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The Visa-Bikar 2003 was the forty-fourth season of the Icelandic national football cup. It started on May 18, 2003 and concluded with the final on September 27, 2003. The winners qualified for the first qualifying round of the UEFA Cup 2004–05. Preliminary round First round Second round Third round Fourth round Quarterfinals Semifinals ---- Final External links RSSSF Page 2003 domestic association football cups 2003 in Icelandic football 2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an epidemic in China, and was a precursor to SARS-CoV-2; A des ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 Icelandic Cup
2010 Visa-Bikar was the 51st season of the Icelandic national football cup. It began on 7 May 2010 and ended with the final on 14 August 2010 at Laugardalsvöllur. The winners qualified for the second qualifying round of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League. First round The First Round consisted of 38 teams from the lower Icelandic divisions and eight teams from the third division. The matches were played between 7 and 9 May 2010. , colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF", 6 May 2010 , - , colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF", 7 May 2010 , - , colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF", 8 May 2010 , - , colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF", 9 May 2010 , - , colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF", 10 May 2010 , - , colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF", 13 May 2010 Second round The Second Round included the 23 winners from the previous round as well as one team from the lower Icelandic divisions (Höfrungur), four teams from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 Icelandic Cup ...
The Visa-Bikar 2004 was the forty-fifth season of the Icelandic national football cup. It started on May 16, 2004 and concluded with the final on October 2, 2004. The winners qualified for the first qualifying round of the UEFA Cup 2005–06. Preliminary round First round Second round 1The match finished 2-2 a.e.t. with ÍR winning 5-4 on penalties. However, ÍH were awarded the match 3-0 after ÍR fielded an ineligible player. Third round Fourth round Quarterfinals Semifinals ---- Final External links RSSSF Page {{DEFAULTSORT:Icelandic Cup 2004 2004 domestic association football cups 2004 in Icelandic football 2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Einherjar
In Norse mythology, the einherjar (singular einheri) literally "army of one", "those who fight alone"Simek, Rudolf. 1993. Dictionary of Northern Mythology. Translated by Angela Hall. p. 71Orchard (1997:36) and Lindow (2001:104).) are those who have died in battle and are brought to Valhalla by valkyries. In Valhalla, the einherjar eat their fill of the nightly-resurrecting beast Sæhrímnir, and valkyries bring them mead (which comes from the udder of the goat Heiðrún). The einherjar prepare daily for the events of Ragnarök, when they will advance for an immense battle at the field of Vígríðr. The einherjar are attested in the ''Poetic Edda'', compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, the ''Prose Edda'', written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson, the poem ''Hákonarmál'' (by the 10th century skald Eyvindr skáldaspillir) as collected in ''Heimskringla'', and a stanza of an anonymous 10th century poem commemorating the death of Eric Bloodaxe known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vopnafjörður
Vopnafjörður () is a village and municipality in Northeast Iceland, standing on a peninsula in the middle of a mountainous bay by the same name. The main industries of Vopnafjörður are fish processing, agriculture and tourism and other services. Overview Vopnafjörður is known for its salmon rivers and large areas of untouched landscape. Hofsá and Selá are two of the most exclusive salmon rivers in Iceland. The salmon rivers and other attractions in and around Vopnafjörður have drawn numerous foreign visitors, including artists, celebrities and politicians such as Charles, Prince of Wales, George Bush, Sr., Jack Nicklaus and Queen Paola of Belgium. Vopnafjörður is on Route 85 and has an airport with scheduled flights to Akureyri on business days. Other services include Vopnafjarðarskóli primary school with 99 students, Leikskólinn Brekkubær preschool, Landsbankinn bank and Heilbrigðisstofnun Austurlands clinic. HB Grandi, Iceland's largest fishing company, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brim Hf
Brim hf. (known as HB Grandi until 2019) is a fishing and fish processing company in Iceland. Brim's headquarters are in Reykjavík where its office and groundfish production are located. The company also runs fish processing plants in two other towns in Iceland, Akranes and Vopnafjörður. The company currently operates three freezing vessels, four wetfish trawlers and three pelagic vessels and runs fish processing plants in Reykjavík, Akranes and Vopnafjörður. Brim markets its products worldwide, products made from both groundfish and pelagic fish caught and processed by the company. In 2013 the company was awarded the Icelandic Presidential export award. Brim is a publicly traded company on the Main Market of NASDAQ OMX Iceland, having over 2.700 shareholders. Groundfish operations Groundfish production Norðurgarður Brim owns and operates a facility in Norðurgarður, Reykjavík which processes saithe and redfish. The facility produces both fresh products that are shi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
