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Stefán GÃslason
Stefán GÃslason (born 15 March 1980 in Fjarðabyggð) is an Icelandic retired footballer and manager who last played for Breiðablik in the Icelandic Premier League as a defensive midfielder. He is currently managing Vindbjart in the Norwegian Third Division. As a player, GÃslason was renowned for coupling physical power with great technique and is the younger brother of fellow international player Valur GÃslason. In 2017, GÃslason starting his career as manager at Haukar, where he resigned at the end of the season. Club career As a youngster he was on the roster of English giants Arsenal, but limited playing time saw him returning to KR ReykjavÃk on a loan deal. He later played for Strømsgodset, Grazer AK and KeflavÃk before joining Lyn in 2005. Stefán immediately made an impression, and was eventually made vice captain. While at Lyn he played 62 league games out of a possible 65, scoring eight goals. He was sold to Brøndby in July 2007 and in February 2008 repla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fjarðabyggð
Fjarðabyggð () is a municipality located in eastern Iceland, in the Eastern Region. History The municipality was formed in 1998 with the union of the former municipalities of Eskifjörður, Neskaupstaður and Reyðarfjörður. Austurbyggð, Fáskrúðsfjarðarhreppur and Mjóafjarðarhreppur were merged into Fjarðabyggð in 2006, and Breiðdalshreppur merged in 2018. Geography The municipality is composed by the following villages: Twin towns – sister cities Fjarðabyggð is twinned with: * Esbjerg, Denmark * Eskilstuna, Sweden * Gravelines, France * Jyväskylä, Finland * Qeqqata, Greenland * Stavanger, Norway * Vágar Vágar (; ) is one of the 18 islands in the archipelago of the Faroe Islands and the most westerly of the ''large islands''. With a size of , it ranks third in size, behind Streymoy and Eysturoy. Vágar Regions of the Faroe Islands, region also ..., Faroe Islands References External links Official websiteVisit Fjarðabyggð Municipalit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iceland National Under-21 Football Team
The Iceland men's national under-21 football team is a national under-21 football team of Iceland and is controlled by the Football Association of Iceland. The team is considered to be the feeder team for the senior Icelandic men's national football team. Since the establishment of the UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship in 1978, the team has reached the Euro Championship finals on two occasions, most recently in 2021. In the 2011 and 2021 tournaments they were knocked out in the group stages. The team is for Icelandic players aged under 21 at the start of the calendar year in which a two-year European Under-21 Football Championship campaign begins, so some players can remain with the squad until the age of 23. Players can represent Iceland at any level as long as they are eligible, giving them the option to compete for the U21s, senior team, and then U21s once more. This has been the case for several senior team players like Eiður Guðjohnsen, Heiðar Helguson, Jón Da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
STV (TV Network)
STV is a free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the STV Group. It is made up of the Central Scotland and Northern Scotland ITV public broadcaster licences, formerly known as Scottish Television (now legally STV Central Ltd) and Grampian Television (now legally STV North Ltd) respectively. The STV brand refers to the on-air name used by Scottish Television for much of its history - notably in the 1970s and early 1980s. This brand remained in conversational use amongst the local public afterwards. The modern STV brand was adopted on Tuesday 30 May 2006 replacing both franchises' previous identities. The sense of continuity in the name was demonstrated when STV celebrated its 60th birthday in 2017, with special programmes broadcast on STV itself and STV2. STV is now the only part of the Channel 3 network that is not owned by ITV plc. The station does not carry ITV1 branding or show ITV1's network presentation except during news broadcasts, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ã…ge Hareide
Åge Fridtjof Hareide (born 23 September 1953) is a Norwegian former football coach and player who last managed the Iceland national team. In his playing career, he played for Hødd and Molde in Norway as well as Manchester City and Norwich City in England. Hareide was capped 50 times playing for Norway. As a coach, Hareide has won league titles in all of the Scandinavian countries, In Sweden with Helsingborgs IF in 1999 and with Malmö FF in 2014, in Denmark with Brøndby in 2001–02 and in his native Norway with Rosenborg in 2003. Hareide was in charge of the Norway national team from 2003 to 2008. While at Malmö during his first time in charge at the club, he notably took the team to the modern-day UEFA Champions League group stages for the first two times in the club's history. He coached Denmark to a round of 16 finish at the 2018 FIFA World Cup before appointed coach of Iceland in 2023. Following his time with Iceland, he announced his retirement from coaching. Pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Per Nielsen
Per Lundgren Nielsen (; born 15 October 1973) is a Danish former professional footballer who played in the central defense of Brøndby IF in the Danish Superliga for his entire club career. With Brøndby, Nielsen won five Danish championships and three Danish Cups since his senior debut in 1993. He played 547 official games for Brøndby IF and scored 26 goals, and from 2002 to 2008 he was named team captain. He played 10 matches for the Denmark national football team and is noted for 19 matches for the national under-21 team from 1994 to 1996. Following his retirement, he has worked as first as an assistant coach, later as head coach. Since 2015 he has been coaching Brøndby's women's team. Club career Born in Århus,Per Nielsen at Haslund.info Nielsen's parents moved to [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strømsgodset I
Strømsgodset is a former municipality in Vestfold county (from 1964 Buskerud county) in Norway which is today a part of the city of Drammen. History Strømsgodset was originally a small rural annex to the city parish of Bragernes (Drammen). But since this annex belonged to the county of Vestfold, while the city belonged to the county of Buskerud, it had to be established as a formannskapsdistrikt of its own on 1 January 1838. (The law of ''formannskapsdistrikt'' also required a division between cities and rural districts.) The small size of this ''formannskapsdistrikt'' was, however, a problem - and it had to be merged with the larger municipality of Skoger on 1 January 1844. Before the merger Strømsgodset had a population of 731. Skoger (with Strømsgodset) was merged with Drammen on 1 January 1964 - and it was then transferred from the county of Vestfold to the county of Buskerud. Today, Strømsgodset forms the eastern part of the borough of Gulskogen in Drammen. It is know ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KR ReykjavÃk
KR is the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 and WMO country code for South Korea. KR or Kr may also refer to: Sports * KR (basketball club), associated with Knattspyrnufélag ReykjavÃkur * Knattspyrnufélag ReykjavÃkur, an Icelandic football club * Kickoff returner, in American and Canadian football Transportation * Comores Aviation International (IATA airline designator KR) * Kenya Railways * Konkan Railway, India * Korea National Railway, formerly Korea Rail Network Authority * Krasnodar International Airport (IATA airport code KR), serving the southern Russian city of Krasnodar * Province of Crotone, Italy, vehicle registration Other * Kr., German for Kreis, a district akin to a county * .kr, country code top-level domain (ccTLD) of South Korea * KR (ANSI), an ANSI X3.64 escape sequence * K. R. Market, Bangalore, India * Kamen Rider, a tokusatsu multimedia franchise created by Shotaro Ishinomori. * Kanuri language (ISO 639 alpha-2) * Kayser-Roth, clothing manufacturer in North C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valur GÃslason
Valur Fannar GÃslason (born 8 September 1977) is an Icelandic former footballer who played as a defender and midfielder. Club career Born in ReykjavÃk, Valur played for Fram, Arsenal, Brighton & Hove Albion, Strømsgodset, Fylkir, Valur, Haukar Knattspyrnufélagið Haukar (, ) is an Icelandic multi-sport club from Hafnarfjörður with divisions in Association football, Football, Haukar Handball, Handball, Basketball, Haukar RC, Rugby union, Karate, Skiing & Chess. Club history The clu ... and Vatnaliljur. International career Valur represented Iceland at under-16, under-17, under-19 and under-21 youth levels, and also earned 5 caps for the senior team. References 1977 births Living people Valur Gislason Valur Gislason Valur Gislason Valur Gislason Valur Gislason Arsenal F.C. players Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. players Valur Gislason Valur Gislason Valur Gislason Valur Gislason English Football League players Eliteserien players Valur Gislason ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwegian Third Division
The Norwegian Third Division, also called Norsk Tipping-Ligaen, is the fourth highest division of the men's football league in Norway. Like the rest of the Norwegian football league system, the season runs from spring to autumn, running approximately from April to October. After the 2010 season, the league was reorganised, reducing the number of teams to 164 and halving the number of parallel sections from 24 to 12. After the 2016 season, the league was again reorganised, reducing the number of teams from 164 to 84, and halved the number of groups from twelve to six. All six group winners promote to 2. divisjon, while the bottom four in all groups are relegated to 4. divisjon. History 1963–2010 The 3. divisjon was known as the 4. divisjon from 1963 until 1990, when the top-tier league changed its name to Tippeligaen, the 2. divisjon became the 1. divisjon and the names of all the lower divisions were adjusted accordingly. Until 2010, there were 24 parallel sections of the 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular field called a Football pitch, pitch. The objective of the game is to Scoring in association football, score more goals than the opposing team by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular-framed Goal (sport), goal defended by the opposing team. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45-minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries and territories, it is the world's most popular sport. Association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 and maintained by the International Football Association Board, IFAB since 1886. The game is pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vindbjart FK
Vindbjart Fotballklubb is a football club situated in Vennesla, Norway. They play in the 3. divisjon, the fourth tier in Norwegian football. History In 1995 Vindbjart won all their matches in the 3. divisjon. They won promotion to the 2. divisjon, but were relegated in 1997. They were promoted back for the 2008 season, but were relegated in 2017. They also have child teams with boys and girls from Hunsfos, Vennesla, Kvarstein and Moseidmoen. Some former Vindbjart-players have later played in the Norwegian top division Eliteserien () is a professional association football league in Norway and the highest level of the Norwegian football league system. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Norwegian First Division ..., including Mergim Hereqi, Tore Løvland and Avni Pepa. Recent history : Source: References External links Official site Football clubs in Norway Association football clubs established in 1896 Sport in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lommel SK
Lommel SK is a Belgian association football club based in the city of Lommel, Limburg, that competes in the Challenger Pro League. History The roots of the club date back to the 1920s when the club Vlug & Vrij Overpelt-Usines (Fast & Free Overpelt-Factories) was founded, registering as an official club with the Royal Belgian Football Association in 1927 to receive matricule 1064. The club dissolved in 1933 only to be re-established in 1937 as Vlug & Vrij Overpelt (Fast & Free Overpelt) with matricule 2554 and played at stadium ''De Leukens'' in Overpelt. It was commonly known as ''Overpelt Fabriek'' (Overpelt Factory), named after the Overpelt district in which the zinc factory was situated and was a club for the local factory workers. In 1954, the club reached the national football levels, that time at the fourth level of the Belgian football pyramid, and continued to the Belgian Third Division in 1957. Near the end of the 1950s, the name was changed again, now to Vlug en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
