Knattspyrnufélag Rangæinga (better known as ''KFR'') 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 ...

football club A football team is a group of players selected to play together in the various team sports known as football. Such teams could be selected to play in a match against an opposing team, to represent a football club, group, state or nation, an all- ...

from the towns of

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and

Hvolsvöllur Hvolsvöllur () is a small town in the south of Iceland about 106 km to the east of Reykjavík. Overview The name of the town literally translates to "Hillfield". ( in the genitive case) is an archaic form of the modern Icelandic word ...

, in

Rangárvallasýsla Iceland was historically divided into 23 counties known as ''sýslur'' (), and 23 independent towns known as ''kaupstaðir'' (). Iceland is now split up between 24 sýslumenn (magistrates) that are the highest authority over the local police ( ...

. The club represents a united team for Rangárþing (

Rangárþing eystra Rangárþing eystra () is a municipality located in southern Iceland in the Southern Region, between Eystri Rangá in the west and Jökulsá á Sólheimasandi in the east. The largest settlements are Skógar and Hvolsvöllur Hvolsvöllur () i ...

and Rangárþing ytra). Prior to KFR's foundation the football clubs in the two towns in Rangárþing, Hekla from

and Baldur from

occasionally took part in the Icelandic leagues. In the years prior to KFR's foundation the clubs often fielded a merged team, calling themselves Hekla/Baldur or HB. KFR was the next step. KFR hasn't fielded a team every season since its foundation but they've started to compete more regularly. The team achieved promotion from

3. deild 3. deild menn is the fourth tier of football in the Faroe Islands. The majority of teams participating in the league are C or D sides of other Faroese clubs. At the end of the season two teams are promoted to 2. deild. There is no relegation from ...

in 2011 and competed in the 2012 2. deild karla, where they got relegated to

again, although this time the 3. deild isn't the lowest league in the Icelandic system following the restructuring of the league pyramid.

External links

Official Website

References

Football clubs in Iceland Association football clubs established in 1997 1997 establishments in Iceland {{Iceland-footyclub-stub