UMF Stokkseyri is an Icelandic
association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
club. It is located in a village called
Stokkseyri
Stokkseyri () is a small town in Southern Iceland, with a population of around 445.
Overview
Founded around 900 AD by the settler Hásteinn Atlason, it was an important fishing and trading village in previous times.
The town is founded on the Gr ...
in the southern part of
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 ...
. The club currently plays in
4. deild (5th level on pyramid).
History
Ungmennafélag Stokkseyrar (e. Stokkseyri's Youth Club), simply known as Stokkseyri, was established in 1908 as a general sports club and is one of the oldest sports clubs in Iceland.
Stats history
:
[Víðir Sigurðsson. ''Íslensk knattspyrna (1981-2000)''. Bókaútgáfan Skjaldborg. Reykjavík.http://www.tindur.is/]
References
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External links
*Official home page
umfstokkseyrar.is/*Official Facebook page
www.facebook.com/MeistaraflokkurStokkseyrar?fref=ts
Football clubs in Iceland