Knattspyrnufélag Fjallabyggðar (, ), abbreviated as KF, is an

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from the towns

Ólafsfjörður Ólafsfjörður () is a town in the northeast of Iceland located at the mouth of the fjord Eyjafjörður. The town is connected to Dalvík on Eyjafjörður by the 3.5 km one-lane Múli tunnel (the ''Múlagöng'') and to Siglufjörður by the ...

and

Siglufjörður Siglufjörður () is a small fishing town in a narrow fjord with the same name on the northern coast of Iceland. The population in 2011 was 1,206; the town has been shrinking in size since the 1950s when the town reached its peak of 3,000 inhabit ...

who form the municipality Fjallabyggð, currently playing in the 2. deild karla. Their main colours are blue and white as a tertiary.

History of KS and Leiftur

''Íþróttafélagið Leiftur'', from

, having spent most of their history in the lower leagues, were promoted to the Úrvalsdeild karla for the

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season, but went straight back down to the 1. deild karla (at the time, the 2.deild). They were promoted again in 1994 to the top league for the

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season having missed out by a point in 1993. Leiftur finished 5th in the Úrvalsdeild in their first season, finishing in 3rd the next two seasons, having some European adventures, the most notable being the

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, in which they lost narrowly at home 1–2 to

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and won 3–4 away against OB. In

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they finished 5th, but were runners-up in the

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to ÍBV who won the league, qualifying the team for the UEFA Cup 1999-00. The team lost to

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9–1 on aggregate in the first round, but managed to finish third for the third time in four years, qualifying them for a fourth season of European football. The year after, in

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, the team was relegated from the Úrvalsdeild. After a mid-table finish in the 1.deild in 2001, the team merged with the club of neighbouring town

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

to become ''Leiftur/Dalvík'', but this did not lead to success on the pitch as the team was relegated into the third tier of Icelandic football in 2003, and to the fourth tier in 2005. After that season Leiftur left the merger and merged with the team of another neighbouring town,

's ''Knattspyrnufélag Siglufjarðar'' (Siglufjörður Football Club), KS for short, to remain in the third tier, KS becoming ''KS/Leiftur''. KS had previously had a few seasons in the second tier and produced future international players, but the most recent seasons in the second tier were not successful, with the club mostly staying in the third tier. Their last season in the second tier was a single season in 2005, merging with Leiftur after the season for the 2006 2. deild karla. Their best result in the second tier was a 3rd place in

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and a 4th place in

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. Although the divisions were expanded from 10 to 12 teams in 2006 and 2007, two teams were not relegated, so KS/Leiftur didn't get off to a good start after the merger. However, KS/Leiftur was never in serious danger of being demoted because the teams that were demoted scored very few points. The next season went better, with the team finishing 3rd and being promoted as an extra team because of the expansion of teams in the top three leagues. Their 2008 season in 1. deild karla (second tier) didn't go too well though, as the team only got 12 points from 22 matches, winning once and drawing nine times, finishing 12 points from safety. After finishing 8th (2009) and 9th (2010) in the 2. deild, the club took the next step and changed its name from KS/Leiftur to the united ''Knattspyrnufélag Fjallabyggðar'', KF.

Knattspyrnufélag Fjallabyggðar

Soon after the clubs of KS and Leiftur merged, their respective towns did effectively the same thing. The towns are connected with a tunnel through a mountain, a mountain that previously made travel between the towns much harder. So on 11 June 2006

and

merged and the municipality of Fjallabyggð was created. Before the 2011 season, KS/Leiftur changed its name to Knattspyrnufélag Fjallabyggðar (Fjallabyggð Football Club), KF for short, and hired former international Lárus Orri Sigurðsson as manager. The team finished 6th after a very close season, where 10 teams out of 12 had a chance of promotion for most of the season. In the

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season the club got promoted to the 2013 1. deild karla.

Current squad

Former players

''Internationally capped and fully professional players'' * Uni Arge * Jens Martin Knudsen * John Petersen * Ede Visinka * Pétur Marteinsson * Pétur Björn Jónsson (1992–1997) * Grétar Rafn Steinsson *

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(1997) * Heiðar Gunnólfsson * Hákon Leó Hilmarsson * Arnar Grétarsson

External links

Official website
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