Ungmennafélagið Einherji is an

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, based in

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 servic ...

. The club is named after the einherjar, figures from

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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 2. deild karla (English: Men's Second Division) is a football league in Iceland. It is the third division in the Icelandic football league system. The current champions are Afturelding from Mosfellsbær, who won their 1st title in 2018. The divi ...

) 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 4. deild karla (e. Men's fourth division) is a Association football, football league in Iceland. It is the fifth and second-lowest division in the Icelandic football league system. Format The division was added to the Icelandic football league ...

) to the 3rd, by winning the division after a 2–0 victory in the final against Berserkir. This was Einherji's first title in the club's history.

Notable players

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, ...

* Njáll Eiðsson *

Ólafur Jóhannesson Ólafur Jóhannesson (1 March 1913 – 20 May 1984) was the prime minister of Iceland for the Progressive Party on two occasions. He was a member of the Progressive Party, serving as party chairman during the 1970s. Career Ólafur was educat ...

* Sigurður Donys Sigurðsson *

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 wen ...

* David Hannah *

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Chairmen

*1929-193?: Ingólfur Erlendsson *193?-1938: Lorenz Karlsson *1938-1939: Guðni Sigurjónsson *1939-1940: Þorberg Jónsson *1940: Guðni Sigurjónsson *1940: Ragnar Pétursson *1940-1941: Sigurjón Jónsson *1941-1943: Kjartan Björnsson *1943-1944: Sigurjón Þorbergsson *1944-1948: Pétur Nikulásson *1948-1952: Ásgrímur Halldórsson *1952-1953: Pétur Nikulásson *1953-1955: Sveinn Sigurðsson *1955-1956: Hreinn Sveinsson *1956-1957: Gunnar Jónsson *1957-19??: Halldór Karl Halldórsson *1960-196?: Pétur Nikulásson *1964/5-1969: Gísli Jónsson *1969-1973: Jón Andrésson *1973-1974: Hafþór Róbertsson *1974-1975: Sveinn Antoníusson *1975-1985: Aðalbjörn Björnsson *1985-1991: Ólafur K. Ármannsson *1991-2002: Einar Björn Kristbergsson *2002-2004: Svava Birna Stefánsdóttir *2004-2012: Einar Björn Kristbergsson *2013-2019: Magnús Már Þorvaldsson *2019: Linda Björk Stefánsdóttir *2019-2021: Víglundur Páll Einarsson *2021-2023: Bjartur Aðalbjörnsson *2023: Víglundur Páll Einarsson

Crest and colours

Crest

The club crest was designed in 1975 but until that time the club had no crest. The dragon in the crest is a reference to

Snorri Sturluson Snorri Sturluson ( ; ; 1179 – 22 September 1241) was an Icelandic historian, poet, and politician. He was elected twice as lawspeaker of the Icelandic parliament, the Althing. He is commonly thought to have authored or compiled portions of the ...

's Heimskringla. One of the Landvættir of Iceland was the dragon guarding

: The crest is an orange dragon spitting fire. In front of the dragon is a dark green banner with the club's name written in orange letters.

Kit evolution

The club's colours have been orange and green since the early 1970s. The club's first kit was from the Icelandic kit and sportwear manufacturer Henson. This kit was composed of a light orange shirt with a green collar and green cuffs. The shorts were green but the socks orange.

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors

Managers

* Gunnlaugur Dan Ólafsson (1974) * Skarphéðinn Óskarsson (1975) * Þórir Jónsson (1976) * Sigurður Þorsteinsson (1977) * Ingólfur Hannesson (1978) * Þormóður Einarsson (1979) * Einar Friðþjófsson (1980) *

(1981–1982) * Gústaf Baldvinsson (1983) * Hreiðar Sigtryggsson (1985) * Snorri Rútsson (1985) * Njáll Eiðsson (1986), (1988–1989), (1996) * Aðalbjörn Björnsson (1987), (1991–1992), (1995) * Örnólfur Oddsson (1990) * Ólafur Ólafsson (1993) * Eysteinn Kristinsson (1994) * Sigurður Pálsson (1998) * Hallgrímur Guðmundsson (1999) * Helgi Már Þórðarson (2003–2004) * Davíð Örvar Ólafsson (2009–2010) * David Hannah (2011 – June, 2012) *

(caretaker) (June 2012 – Aug 31, 2012) * Víglundur Páll Einarsson (2013–2015), (2017) * Yngvi Borgþórsson (2016) * Jón Orri Ólafsson (2018), (caretaker July 13, 2021 - 2021) * Akim Armstrong (2019) * Ashley Civil (2020) * Helgi Snær Agnarsson (2021 - July 6, 2021) * Ingvi Ingólfsson (2022)

Seasons

: Sigurðsson, Víðir. Íslensk knattspyrna 1983–2017

Current squad

''As of 13 July 2021''

Player records

Most league appearances

Most league goals

''As of October 19th 2020'' ''Statistics are missing from 1974-1981'' :{, class="wikitable" , -bgcolor="#efefef" ! ! Name ! Years ! Seasons ! Total goals , - , 1 , Sigurður Donys Sigurðsson , 2003, 2009, 2012–2020 , 10 , 85 , - , 2 ,

Todor Hristov Todor Hristov ( bg, Тодор Христов; born 25 September 1987) is a Bulgarian football midfielder who currently plays for Icelandic club Einherji Career Todor Hristov played his first full season in the Bulgarian top division during t ...

, 2015-2020 , 6 , 69 , - , 3 , Hallgrímur Guðmundsson , 1985-1999 , N/A , 67 , - , 4 , Gunnlaugur Bjarnar Baldursson , 2009–2018 , 10 , 50 , - , 5 , {{flagicon, ISL ''Kristján Davíðsson'' , ''1976-1995'' , ''20'' , ''40 (From 1981)''

References

Football clubs in Iceland 1929 establishments in Iceland