UMFS Dalvík (officially named Ungmennafélag Svarfdæla, usually referred to as Dalvík, previously referred to as Svarfdælir) 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 sports club located in

Dalvík Dalvík () is the main village of the Icelandic municipality of Dalvíkurbyggð. Its population is approximately 1,400.

. The club has had competitors in various sports in Iceland, most notably football,

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and

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. The club currently has no senior football team but is part of the Dalvík/Reynir cooperation and has youth teams playing in national competitions. Dalvík has also had teams playing in national handball and

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Sum ...

leagues.

History

UMFS Dalvík was founded in 1909 and was from the start involved in and organized various activities for youth in the Svarfaðardalur area, mostly sports. In 1978 the club first entered the Icelandic football league, playing in a 3rd division provincial group for two seasons, 1978 and 1979. UMFS Dalvík re-joined the football league in 1982 starting in the newly formed 4th division. The club's sole national honour came in 1996 when it won the 3rd division championship. In 2002 UMFS Dalvík joined with rivals Leiftur Ólafsfjörður forming a new club, Leiftur/Dalvík ending UMFS Dalvík's direct involvement in the football league. After the 2005 season the Leiftur/Dalvík partnership broke up and Dalvík joined another rivals, Reynir Árskógsströnd, in forming Dalvík/Reynir.

Honours

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 fro ...

(level 3) :Winners 1996

Statistics and records

League

* Best league finishing : 1. deild karla 5th in

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References

Football clubs in Iceland UMFS Dalvik Association football clubs established in 1909 UMFS Dalvik {{Iceland-footyclub-stub