Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar ( en, Hafnarfjörður Gymnastics Club), commonly referred to as FH, is an

Iceland Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its s ...

ic multi-sports club based in

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 t ...

. The club competes in

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 ...

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

athletics Athletics may refer to: Sports * Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking ** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport * Athletics (physical culture), competi ...

, and

fencing Fencing is a group of three related combat sports. The three disciplines in modern fencing are the foil, the épée, and the sabre (also ''saber''); winning points are made through the weapon's contact with an opponent. A fourth discipline, s ...

. It was founded in 1929 as a

gymnastics Gymnastics is a type of sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, dedication and endurance. The movements involved in gymnastics contribute to the development of the arms, legs, shou ...

club but soon started a handball department which became its flagship for several decades. Its men's football team has been a dominant power since the early 2000s.

Football

Men's football

FH's men's football team has been a dominant power in Icelandic football since the early 2000s, winning several national championships.

Women's football

FH's women's football team won the first edition of the

national championship A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or competition, contest within a league of a particular nation or nation state. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the be ...

in 1972. After losing the title to Ármann in 1973, FH won three successive titles in 1974, 1975 and 1976. The club was promoted from the second-tier 1. deild in 2015, and finished sixth in the 2016 Úrvalsdeild.

Handball

Men's handball

Titles

* Icelandic champions ** Winners (16): 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1971, 1974, 1976, 1984, 1985, 1990, 1992, 2011 *

Icelandic Men's Handball Cup The Icelandic Men's Handball Cup (Icelandic: Bikarkeppni karla í handknattleik), also known as the Coca-Cola Cup since 2013 for sponsorship reasons, is an annual handball competition between clubs in Iceland Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is ...

** Winners (6): 1975, 1976, 1977, 1992, 1994, 2019 * 1. deild karla ** Winners (1): 2008 * 2. deild karla ** Winners (1): 1989¹ ¹ Won by the reserve FH-b

Women's handball

Titles

* Icelandic champions ** Winners (3): 1961, 1981, 1982 *

Icelandic Women's Handball Cup The Icelandic Women's Handball Cup (Icelandic: Bikarkeppni kvenna í handknattleik), also known as Coca-Cola Cup since 2013 for sponsorship reasons, is an annual handball competition between clubs in Iceland. It is run by the Icelandic Handball As ...

** Winners (1): 1981 * 1. deild kvenna ** Winners (3): 1973, 2002¹, 2003¹ ¹ Won by the reserve FH-b

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fimleikafelag Hafnarfjardar Multi-sport clubs in Iceland 1929 establishments in Iceland Sport in Hafnarfjörður Sports clubs established in 1929