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Willum Þór Willumsson
Willum Þór Willumsson (born 23 October 1998) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Birmingham City and the Iceland national team. Club career BATE Borisov Willum signed with BATE Borisov in February 2019. In February 2022, he signed a six-month extension with the club. Go Ahead Eagles In July 2022 he joined Go Ahead Eagles in Eredivisie. Birmingham City On 19 July 2024, recently relegated English League One (third-tier) club Birmingham City signed Willum on a four-year contract. The fee was undisclosed. He made his debut in the starting eleven for the opening fixture of the season, a 1–1 draw at home to Reading, but left the field just after half-time after aggravating a knee problem. International career Willum made his debut for the Iceland national team on 15 January 2019 in a friendly against Estonia, coming on as a 69th-minute substitute for Jón Dagur Þorsteinsson. Personal life Willum is the son of Willum Þór Þórsso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Go Ahead Eagles
The Go Ahead Eagles are a Dutch professional football club from the city of Deventer in the province of Overijssel. They play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football, having achieved promotion from the second tier Eerste Divisie in the 2020–21 season. The club's home stadium since 1920 is De Adelaarshorst. The club have won the national championship on four occasions: in 1917, 1922, 1930 and 1933. It also won the KNVB Cup in 2025 for the first time. The Go Ahead Eagles have produced numerous notable players including Raimond van der Gouw, René Eijkelkamp, Marc Overmars, Paul Bosvelt, Jan Kromkamp, Victor Sikora, Bert van Marwijk and Demy de Zeeuw while providing Henk ten Cate, Erik ten Hag and Leo Beenhakker with their first tastes of management. History Early successes The club was founded in 1902 as Be Quick by the Hollander brothers. The name was changed to Go Ahead at the request of the Dutch Football Association in 1905, to avoid confusion with anothe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eurosport
Eurosport is a group of pay television networks in Europe and parts of Asia, owned and operated by Warner Bros. Discovery through its WBD Sports unit, it operates two main channels—Eurosport 1 and Eurosport 2—across most of its territories, and streams on Max (streaming service), Max and Discovery+. Originally a joint venture between the European Broadcasting Union and Sky Television (1984–1990), Sky established in 1989, it was briefly shut down in 1991 following complaints by competitor Screensport. It was subsequently acquired by TF1 Group, and later merged with Screensport. For a period, it was a joint venture between TF1, Canal+ Group, and Havas Images. TF1 Group later bought out the other owners' shares. In 2012, Discovery, Inc., Discovery Communications began to take an ownership in Eurosport, eventually leading to a full buyout in 2015. Eurosport is the main rights holder of the Olympic Games in most of Europe, as well as, with some exceptions, the tennis Grand S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Úrvalsdeild
The Besta deild karla () is a professional association football league in Iceland and the highest level of the Icelandic football league system. The competition was founded in 1912 as the Icelandic Championship. Because of the harsh winters in Iceland, it is generally played in the spring and summer (April to September). It is governed by the Football Association of Iceland (KSÍ) and has 12 teams. By the end of the 2022–23 season, UEFA ranked the league No. 48 in Europe. From 27 April 2009 to 2022, the league had an active agreement on the league's name rights with Ölgerðin, the Icelandic franchisee for Pepsi. From the 2019 season to the end of the 2021 season, the league was popularly referred to as Pepsi Max deildin (The Pepsi Max League). On 24 February 2022, the league was rebranded as Besta deild karla. The clubs play each other home and away. At the end of each season, the two teams with the fewest points are relegated to 1. deild karla (First Division), from which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Breiðablik UBK Season
The 2016 season is Breiðablik's 31st season in Úrvalsdeild and their 11th consecutive season in top-flight of Icelandic Football. Along with the Úrvalsdeild, the club will compete in the Lengjubikarinn, Borgunarbikarinn and the 2016–17 Europa League first qualifying round. Arnar Grétarsson's will head coach Breiðablik for the second season running after leading the team to 2nd in the league and bringing home the Icelandic league cup in his first season. He will be assisted by Kristófer Sigurgeirsson. First Team Transfers and loans Transfers In Transfers Out Loans out Pre-season Fótbolti.net Cup Breiðablik took part in the 2016 Fótbolti.net Cup, a pre-season tournament. They came into the tournament as holding champions. The team played in Group 2 along with ÍBV, Stjarnan and Víkingur Ó. Breiðablik finished third in the group with one win and two losses. Breiðablik played FH in the 5th place final. They lost t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
EFL Cup
The English Football League Cup, often referred to as the League Cup and currently known as the Carabao Cup for sponsorship reasons, is an annual Single-elimination tournament, knockout competition in men's domestic football in England. Organised by the English Football League (EFL), it is open to any football club (association football), club within the top four levels of the English football league system (92 clubs in total) comprising the top-level Premier League, and the three divisions of the English Football League's own league competition (EFL Championship, Championship, EFL League One, League One and EFL League Two, League Two). First held in 1960–61 Football League Cup, 1960–61 as the Football League Cup, it is one of two major domestic knockout trophies in English football, alongside the FA Cup, and one of the three top-tier domestic football competitions in England, alongside the Premier League and FA Cup. It concludes in late-February, long before the other tw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Icelandic Men's Football League Cup
The Icelandic Men's Football League Cup (Icelandic: Deildarbikar karla), also known as the Lengjubikar karla for sponsorship reasons, is a pre-season professional football competition in Iceland. It is considered the third most important competition in Icelandic football. The pre-season tournament involves the top 22 clubs in Iceland from the previous season and the two clubs promoted from 2. deild, for a total of the 24 teams that will comprise the top two divisions in Iceland the following season. It generally takes place between February and May. The number of teams in the 2008 edition rose from 16 to 24. Format The 24 teams are divided into four pools of six teams. Each team meets each other once during the pool stage. The final positions of the group are determined after these 5 games are played. The top two of each group automatically gain entry to the next stage in the competition. From the quarter final round it is a purely knockout competition where ties take place over ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FA Cup
The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual Single-elimination tournament, knockout association football, football competition in domestic Football in England, English football. First played during the 1871–72 FA Cup, 1871–72 season, it is the list of oldest football competitions, oldest national football competition in the world. It is organised by and named after the Football Association (the FA). A concurrent Women's FA Cup has been held since 1970. The competition is open to all eligible football club (association football), clubs down to level 9 of the English football league system, with level 10 clubs acting as stand-ins in the event of non-entries from above. A record 763 clubs competed in 2011–12 FA Cup, 2011–12. The tournament consists of 12 randomly drawn rounds followed by FA Cup semi-finals, the semi-finals and the FA Cup Final, final. Entrants are not seed (sports), seeded, although a system of Bye (sports), by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KNVB Cup
The KNVB Beker (; ), branded as the TOTO KNVB Beker for sponsorship reasons, is a competition in the Netherlands organised by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) since 1898. It was based on the format of the English FA Cup. Outside the Netherlands, it is often referred to as the Dutch Cup. The tournament consists of all teams from the top four tiers of Dutch league football (Eredivisie, Eerste Divisie, Tweede Divisie and Derde Divisie), as well as the 24 semi-finalists (or replacements) of the six KNVB District Cups. The finals of the tournament traditionally takes place in De Kuip, and has been held there every season since the 1989 final. The winners of the cup compete against the winners of the Eredivisie for the Johan Cruyff Shield, (equivalent to a super cup) which acts as the curtain raiser for the following season. History Early history The first attempt to hold a knock-out competition open to all clubs in the Netherlands was made in 1894, with the winners rece ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belarusian Cup
The Belarusian Cup () is an annual association football knock-out cup competition for men's football clubs of Belarus, organized by the Football Federation of Belarus. Belarusian Cup was established in 1992. Each year the winning team qualifies for the UEFA Europa League. History and format The cup is a traditional single-elimination tournament. Usually, the cup involves all clubs participating in Belarusian Belarusian Premier League, Premier League, Belarusian First League, First League and Belarusian Second League, Second League, as well a small number of amateur clubs that can qualify through local amateur Cup competitions. Unlike the league season, Belarusian Cup is still played using a fall/spring schedule (while the League has switched to spring/fall schedule in 1995). The most frequently used format of the cup included six rounds. Typically, the quarterfinals and semifinals are played after the winter break and consist of two-legged ties. However, both the schedule and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Icelandic Men's Football Cup
The Icelandic Men's Football Cup ( - Mjólkurbikarinn) is a knock-out football (soccer), football Tournament, cup competition in Iceland. The final is played at Laugardalsvöllur in mid-September. The winners qualify for the UEFA Europa League. The tournament was first played in 1960. Knattspyrnufélag Akureyrar, KA are 2024 champions*. Winners *1960 Icelandic Cup, 1960: Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, KR *1961 Icelandic Cup, 1961: Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, KR *1962 Icelandic Cup, 1962: Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, KR *1963 Icelandic Cup, 1963: Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, KR *1964 Icelandic Cup, 1964: Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, KR *1965 Icelandic Cup, 1965: Valur (club), Valur *1966 Icelandic Cup, 1966: Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, KR *1967 Icelandic Cup, 1967: Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, KR *1968 Icelandic Cup, 1968: Íþróttabandalag Vestmannaeyja, ÍBV *1969 Icelandic Cup, 1969: Knattspyrnufélag Akureyrar, ÍBA *1970 Icelandic Cup, 1970: Knattspyrnuf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Groningen
Football Club Groningen () is a Dutch professional association football club based in Groningen, Groningen (province), Groningen province. Founded in 1971 as the successor of GVAV-Rapiditas, GVAV, Groningen compete in the Eredivisie, the first tier of Football in the Netherlands, Dutch football. Groningen played in the Eredivisie during their first three seasons, before the side were Promotion and relegation, relegated to the Eerste Divisie in 1973–74 Eredivisie, 1973–74 as they got into financial difficulties. Groningen were Promotion and relegation, promoted back to the Eredivisie as champions in 1979–80 Eerste Divisie, 1979–80 with a squad composed mostly of players who were recruited from the club's youth academy, and remained in the top flight for 18 seasons before they dropped to the second tier in 1997–98 Eredivisie, 1997–98. The team won promotion back to the Eredivisie in 1999–2000 Eerste Divisie, 1999–2000, where they remained for 23 seasons before suffe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brynjólfur Willumsson
Brynjólfur Andersen Willumsson (born Brynjólfur Darri Willumsson; 12 August 2000) is an Icelandic professional association football, footballer who plays as a forward (association football), forward for club FC Groningen, Groningen and the Iceland national football team, Iceland national team. Club career Coming through the youth ranks of Breiðablik men's football, Breiðablik, he played three seasons for the senior team and was a prolific Icelandic youth international. Internationally, he was a squad member for the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship. After being scouted by Kenneth Leren, he was signed by Norwegian side Kristiansund BK in March 2021. He made his Eliteserien debut in May 2021 against Molde. On 27 June 2024, Brynjólfur signed with FC Groningen, Groningen in the Netherlands for three seasons, with an option for fourth. International career Brynjólfur made his debut for the senior Iceland national football team, Iceland national team on 13 January 2024 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
