Logi Ólafsson (born 14 November 1954) is an Icelandic

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coach and former player. During his coaching career, he has been the manager of both the Icelandic men's and women's national team.

Playing career

Logi played for FH from 1972 to 1981.

Managerial career

Logi started his coaching career as an assistant coach for FH from 1985 to 1986. In 1987 he became the manager of Valur women's side for two seasons, before moving on to manage Víkingur men's team where he won the Icelandic Championship in

1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...

. In 1993, following his spell at Víkingur he became the coach of the

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, but left the following year. He then spent a season at ÍA, winning the Icelandic Championship again in

1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

. Logi Ólafsson was in charge of Iceland men's national team between years 1996 and 1997, before returning to ÍA where they finished 2nd, 3rd and 4th in the years

1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

and

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

. From 2000 he took on a new challenge in managing the First Division side of FH. He won promotion in his first season and finish 3rd in the

2001 Úrvalsdeild The 2001 season of Úrvalsdeild was the 90th season of male league football in the top tier division in Iceland. The season was contested by 10 teams, where ÍA won their 18th championship. ÍA's Hjörtur Hjartarson was the top scorer with 15 goa ...

the year after. In the following season he would move to manage Norwegian club

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alongside

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. In 2003, he returned to manage the men's national team, this time in a joint role with Ásgeir Sigurvinsson. In

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

, he took charge of KR, and won the 2008 Icelandic Cup. Yet he was forced out after three years in charge due to a slow league start. He was not out of a job for long, as he joined Selfoss and won promotion to the

2012 Úrvalsdeild The 2012 Úrvalsdeild (also known as the "Pepsi-deild" for sponsorship reasons) is the 101st season of top-tier football in Iceland. The season began on 6 May 2012 and concluded 29 September 2012. The league was won by FH, the club's sixth Icela ...

. Overall he stayed there for three seasons. In

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

, Logi transferred to Garðabær to take charge of

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. He steered them to 3rd place, the club's all-time highest finish at the time, delivering to the club its first ever Europa League Qualification Round. On 16 July 2020, Logi took over as co-manager of FH, along with

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References

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