Knattspyrnufélagið Hörður (, ), commonly known as Hörður or Hörður Ísafjörður, is an

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ic multi-sport club from the town of

Ísafjörður Ísafjörður (pronounced , meaning ''ice fjord'', literally ''fjord of ices'') is a town in the northwest of Iceland. The oldest part of Ísafjörður with the town centre is located on a spit of sand, or ''eyri'', in Skutulsfjörður, a fjord ...

. It was founded in 1919 as a

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club but since 1933 it has fielded other departments, most prominently in

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and Icelandic wrestling.

History

Knattspyrnufélagið Hörður was founded on 27 May 1919 as a football club with Þórhallur Leósson being its first chairman. Its first official game was against Fótboltafélag Ísafjarðar on

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1921. In 1933 it started a department in women's

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and in 1937 a

department. At its peak in the 1940s it was the largest sports club in the

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Football

Recent history

After not fielding a senior team since 1940, Hörður sent a men's team to the 4. deild karla in 2014 where it finished 4th in A-group. On 1 June 2017, it defeated Snæfell/UDN 14–1 on Olísvöllurinn in Ísafjörður. On 3 June 2018, the team mounted an improbable comeback victory against Hvíti Riddarinn by scoring three goals in the last two minutes of the match, winning 6–5. In the 2021 season Sigurður "Siggi" Hannesson became the top goalscorer in all the Icelandic league divisions scoring 24 goals in 14 matches.

Seasons

Appearances

''Competitive matches only since 2014. Correct as of 31 July 2023.''

Goalscorers

''Competitive matches only since 2014. Correct as of 31 July 2023.''

Former notable players

''Players who have played for Knattspyrnufélagið Hörður and earned caps in Besta-deild karla. Correct as of 21 July 2022.''

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Handball

Hörður has periodically fielded a men's handball team during its history. In February 2020,

Þór Akureyri Íþróttafélagið Þór (, ), commonly known as Þór Akureyri (), or simply Þór or Thór, is a multi-sport club in Akureyri, in the north of Iceland. It features departments in basketball, football, handball and taekwondo. Its main rival is ...

demanded that Hörður would pay 400.000 ISK in travel expense of Þór's trip to

for their September game in the Icelandic Cup. In the Cup, teams split all the income and cost of games, including travel expense of the away team, and Þór stated that their total travel expense was 800.000 ISK. The board of Hörður strongly objected as its own travel expense to

Akureyri Akureyri (, ) is a town in northern Iceland, the country's fifth most populous Municipalities of Iceland, municipality (under the official name of Akureyrarbær , 'town of Akureyri') and the largest outside the Capital Region (Iceland), Capital R ...

in January where they faced Þór's

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had not exceeded 120.000 ISK. Two days later, the clubs reached an undisclosed settlement and the

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announced it would review its rules regarding the settlement of cup games. Although it finished last in the third-tier 2. deild karla in 2019–20, Hörður was offered a seat in the second tier 1. deild karla for the 2020–21 season where they finished in 8th place. In July 2021, the club signed Japanese national team player and Olympian Kenya Kasahara. On 8 April 2022 the team won the second-tier 1. deild karla and achieved promotion to the top-tier Úrvalsdeild karla for the first time in its history. After one season in the Úrvalsdeild, Hörður was relegated back to 1. deild after failing to register a win in the league.

Honours

* 1. deild karla (2022)

Notable players

* Alexander Tatarintsev * Guntis Pilpuks * Kenya Kasahara * Roland Lebedevs * Tuğberk Çatkın * Endijs Kusners

Footnotes

References

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External links

Team profile
at ksi.is Football clubs in Iceland Association football clubs established in 1919 1919 establishments in Iceland