Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar
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Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar, commonly referred to as FH, is Iceland
ic football club
based in Hafnarfjörður
.
in the qualifying rounds of the 2004/05 UEFA Cup
4–3 on aggregate. With the second leg in injury time and the aggregate score at 3–3, Dunfermline were set to go through on away goals. However, Tommy Neilsen scored in injury time to send the Icelandic part-timers into the first round.
The team is the current Icelandic champion for the third year in a row after winning the division with 36 points out of 54 possible. Tryggvi Guðmundsson became the team top-scorer with eight goals this season. During the summer of 2006 three players of the club played for the national team
: Daði Lárusson, Sigurvin Ólafsson and Ármann Smári Björnsson
. Ármann Smári also joined Norwegian
team Brann
after a superb spell for the first 15 rounds. Baldur Bett
also left the squad in the post-season and joined the rivals Valur
on a free transfer.
The club stadium Kaplakriki
now undergoes a major re-development as the southern stand will expand, bringing the seating capacity
to 3.500 and further plans aims to take the seating capacity
to close to 6 000 which would make the stadium by far the largest one in Iceland, excluding the Laugardalsvöllur
stadium. Also there will be made some new club houses, indoor track and field house and roof over the stands.
On 20 October 2006 the club signed the famous Icelandic twins Arnar Gunnlaugsson
and Bjarki Gunnlaugsson
and their signing has been marked as a step forward for the club as the twins have played for clubs like Bolton Wanderers F.C.
, Stoke City F.C.
, Feyenoord Rotterdam
, 1. FC Nuremberg and most prominently of all Leicester City F.C.
. The Twins have now returned to their childhood club Íþróttabandalag Akraness
and have on a transfer made in late July 2008. On 1 November 2006 they signed the 26-year-old Matthías Guðmundsson from Valur Reykjavík.
The 2007 season saw FH finishing second in the premier division behind main rivals Valur
, after losing to them in one of the final games of the season. FH managed to win the Visa-bikar
with a 2–1 victory over Fjölnir
in the final which secured them a spot in the UEFA Cup
qualification round.
In October 2007, Ólafur Jóhannesson
left as FH manager to take over the Icelandic national side. his five years in control of FH his team won the Premier division three times, were placed second twice, won the league cup three times and the cup once. Guðjónsson, former assistant-manager and former FH captain, was hired as his replacement.
On 1 August 2008 they were drawn with F.A. Premier League team Aston Villa in the Second Qualifying Round of the UEFA Cup
. They were beaten 4–1 in the home leg on 14 August, and drew 1–1 in the away tie at Villa Park on 28 August losing 5–2 on aggregate.
On September 27 2008 FH won the Icelandic Premier division for the 4th time in 5 years. In one of the most exciting last days of the competition to this date their main rivals Keflavík were odds on favorites to win the title with a 2 point lead on FH going into the last round. FH had a game against Fylkir while Keflavík played hosts to Fram, who themselves had to win to secure third place and the last spot in UEFA Cup next season. FH had to win their game by two goals to benefit from a draw in Keflavik. The games finished 2–0 for FH against Fylkir, Goals from Matthías Vilhjálmsson and Guðmundur Sævarsson, while Keflavik after being one a goal up lost 2–1 to Fram. Captain Davíð Þór VIðarsson lifted the cup to the dismay of the Keflavík fans.
They took part in the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League.
Ármann Smári Björnsson
Janus Guðlaugsson
Tryggvi Guðmundsson
Arnar Gunnlaugsson
Bjarki Gunnlaugsson
Hannes Sigurðsson
Emil Hallfreðsson
Audun Helgason Gylfi Sigurðsson
Hjörtur Logi Valgarðsson
Arnar Viðarsson
Bjarni Viðarsson
Davíð Þór Viðarsson Torger Motland
Tommy Nielsen
citizenship)
Iceland
Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...
ic football club
Football team
A football team is the collective name given to a group of players selected together in the various team sports known as football.Such teams could be selected to play in an against an opposing team, to represent a football club, group, state or nation, an All-star team or even selected as a...
based in Hafnarfjörður
Hafnarfjörður
Hafnarfjörður is a port town and municipality located on the south-west coast of Iceland, about 10 km south of Reykjavík....
.
Overview
The team are perhaps best known outside Iceland for beating Scottish side DunfermlineDunfermline Athletic F.C.
Dunfermline Athletic Football Club are a Scottish football team based in Dunfermline, Fife, commonly known as just Dunfermline. They currently compete in the Scottish Premier League....
in the qualifying rounds of the 2004/05 UEFA Cup
UEFA Cup
The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...
4–3 on aggregate. With the second leg in injury time and the aggregate score at 3–3, Dunfermline were set to go through on away goals. However, Tommy Neilsen scored in injury time to send the Icelandic part-timers into the first round.
The team is the current Icelandic champion for the third year in a row after winning the division with 36 points out of 54 possible. Tryggvi Guðmundsson became the team top-scorer with eight goals this season. During the summer of 2006 three players of the club played for the national team
Iceland national football team
The Iceland national football team is the national football team of Iceland and is controlled by the Football Association of Iceland. It has never advanced to the finals of any major international competition....
: Daði Lárusson, Sigurvin Ólafsson and Ármann Smári Björnsson
Ármann Smári Björnsson
Ármann Björnsson is an Icelandic footballer.-Club career:Born in Höfn, southeast Iceland, he started his club career at local outfit UMF Sindri in 1996, when he was 15 years old. In 1998 he was top scorer in the D-division with 32 goals...
. Ármann Smári also joined Norwegian
Football in Norway
Football is the most popular sport in Norway in terms of active membership . The Football Association of Norway was founded in 1902 and the first international match was played in 1908. There are 1,822 registered football clubs and about 25,000 teams...
team Brann
S.K. Brann
SK Brann is a Norwegian football club, founded September 26, 1908, from Bergen. Brann has been in the Norwegian Premier League Tippeligaen since 1987 and play their home matches at Brann Stadion where they had a record-breaking 17,310 in average attendance in the 2007 season...
after a superb spell for the first 15 rounds. Baldur Bett
Baldur Bett
Baldur Bett is an Icelandic footballer who currently plays for Fylkir in the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild. He is the son of Scottish former footballer Jim Bett, and the brother of Calum Bett....
also left the squad in the post-season and joined the rivals Valur
Valur
Knattspyrnufélagið Valur is an Icelandic athletic club based in Reykjavík, Iceland. One of Iceland's most prolific clubs it celebrates its 100th birthday in 2011. The club is situated close to the city centre, in the traditional east side of town, at the old farmgrounds of Hlíðarendi...
on a free transfer.
The club stadium Kaplakriki
Kaplakriki
Kaplakriki is a multi-purpose stadium in Hafnarfjörður, Iceland. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar. The stadium holds over 6,000 spectators and has over 2,500 seats. The future plans for the stadium development is to expand the...
now undergoes a major re-development as the southern stand will expand, bringing the seating capacity
Seating capacity
Seating capacity refers to the number of people who can be seated in a specific space, both in terms of the physical space available, and in terms of limitations set by law. Seating capacity can be used in the description of anything ranging from an automobile that seats two to a stadium that seats...
to 3.500 and further plans aims to take the seating capacity
Seating capacity
Seating capacity refers to the number of people who can be seated in a specific space, both in terms of the physical space available, and in terms of limitations set by law. Seating capacity can be used in the description of anything ranging from an automobile that seats two to a stadium that seats...
to close to 6 000 which would make the stadium by far the largest one in Iceland, excluding the Laugardalsvöllur
Laugardalsvöllur
Laugardalsvöllur is the national stadium of Iceland. It is located in Reykjavík, and seats 9,800 individuals, another 5,627 people can be seated on concrete benches, but due to FIFA restrictions they are rarely used.-Overview:...
stadium. Also there will be made some new club houses, indoor track and field house and roof over the stands.
On 20 October 2006 the club signed the famous Icelandic twins Arnar Gunnlaugsson
Arnar Gunnlaugsson
Arnar Bergmann Gunnlaugsson is an Icelandic professional footballer playing for Fram Reykjavik. His position is forward. His twin brother is Bjarki Gunnlaugsson.-Club career:...
and Bjarki Gunnlaugsson
Bjarki Gunnlaugsson
Bjarki Bergmann Gunnlaugsson is an Icelandic professional footballer who currently plays for FH-Club career:After a period in English football at Preston North End FC, Bjarki joined up with his brother Arnar and they played together at KR Reykjavík when they came back home, played with the team...
and their signing has been marked as a step forward for the club as the twins have played for clubs like Bolton Wanderers F.C.
Bolton Wanderers F.C.
Bolton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the area of Horwich in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester. They began their current spell in the Premier League in 2001....
, Stoke City F.C.
Stoke City F.C.
Stoke City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire that plays in the Premier League. Founded in 1863, it is the oldest club in the Premier League, and considered to be the second oldest professional football club in the world, after Notts...
, Feyenoord Rotterdam
Feyenoord Rotterdam
Feyenoord is a Dutch professional football club located in Rotterdam. Along with Ajax and PSV Eindhoven, Feyenoord is one of the "big three" clubs in the Netherlands. These three clubs and Utrecht and Roda JC are the only clubs never to have been relegated from the Dutch first division...
, 1. FC Nuremberg and most prominently of all Leicester City F.C.
Leicester City F.C.
Leicester City Football Club , also known as The Foxes, is an English professional football club based at the King Power Stadium in Leicester...
. The Twins have now returned to their childhood club Íþróttabandalag Akraness
Íþróttabandalag Akraness
Íþróttabandalag Akraness is an Icelandic sports club founded in 1946 and based in the town of Akranes, west Iceland. Among the main sports its members can practice are basketball, football, golf, horsemanship, gymnastics, volleyball, bowling, karate, badminton, swimming and powerlifting...
and have on a transfer made in late July 2008. On 1 November 2006 they signed the 26-year-old Matthías Guðmundsson from Valur Reykjavík.
The 2007 season saw FH finishing second in the premier division behind main rivals Valur
Valur
Knattspyrnufélagið Valur is an Icelandic athletic club based in Reykjavík, Iceland. One of Iceland's most prolific clubs it celebrates its 100th birthday in 2011. The club is situated close to the city centre, in the traditional east side of town, at the old farmgrounds of Hlíðarendi...
, after losing to them in one of the final games of the season. FH managed to win the Visa-bikar
VISA-bikar
The Icelandic Cup is a knock-out football cup competition in Iceland. The final is played at Laugardalsvöllur at the end of the Icelandic season in October. The winners qualify for the UEFA Europa League.-Performance By Club:-Lost Finals By Club:...
with a 2–1 victory over Fjölnir
Ungmennafélagið Fjölnir
Ungmennafélagið Fjölnir is an multi sport club from Iceland. The club is located in Grafarvogur, Reykjavík. The club was founded in 1988 under the original name Ungmennafélagið Grafarvogur however because another team already had the abbreviation UMFG the name was changed to Ungmennafélagið...
in the final which secured them a spot in the UEFA Cup
UEFA Cup
The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...
qualification round.
In October 2007, Ólafur Jóhannesson
Ólafur Jóhannesson (coach)
Ólafur Davíð Jóhannesson is a Icelandic football manager and former player, formerly managing the Icelandic national team....
left as FH manager to take over the Icelandic national side. his five years in control of FH his team won the Premier division three times, were placed second twice, won the league cup three times and the cup once. Guðjónsson, former assistant-manager and former FH captain, was hired as his replacement.
On 1 August 2008 they were drawn with F.A. Premier League team Aston Villa in the Second Qualifying Round of the UEFA Cup
UEFA Cup
The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...
. They were beaten 4–1 in the home leg on 14 August, and drew 1–1 in the away tie at Villa Park on 28 August losing 5–2 on aggregate.
On September 27 2008 FH won the Icelandic Premier division for the 4th time in 5 years. In one of the most exciting last days of the competition to this date their main rivals Keflavík were odds on favorites to win the title with a 2 point lead on FH going into the last round. FH had a game against Fylkir while Keflavík played hosts to Fram, who themselves had to win to secure third place and the last spot in UEFA Cup next season. FH had to win their game by two goals to benefit from a draw in Keflavik. The games finished 2–0 for FH against Fylkir, Goals from Matthías Vilhjálmsson and Guðmundur Sævarsson, while Keflavik after being one a goal up lost 2–1 to Fram. Captain Davíð Þór VIðarsson lifted the cup to the dismay of the Keflavík fans.
They took part in the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League.
Honours
- Icelandic Champion: 5
- 2004Úrvalsdeild 2004The 2004 season of Úrvalsdeild was the 93rd season of league football in Iceland. FH won their very first title. KA and recently promoted Víkingur were relegated.- Final league position :- Top goalscorers :-References:...
, 2005, 2006, 2008Úrvalsdeild 2008The 2008 season of Úrvalsdeild was the 97th season of top-tier football in Iceland. The league, also known as Landsbankadeild for sponsoring reasons, has been expanded from 10 teams to 12 teams in 2008.-Teams and venues:-Promotion and relegation:...
, 2009Úrvalsdeild 2009The 2009 season of Úrvalsdeild was the 98th season of top-tier football in Iceland. It is also known as Pepsideild for sponsoring reasons. It began on 10 May 2009 and ended on 26 September 2009. Defending champions earned their second consecutive title...
- 2004
- Icelandic CupsVISA-bikarThe Icelandic Cup is a knock-out football cup competition in Iceland. The final is played at Laugardalsvöllur at the end of the Icelandic season in October. The winners qualify for the UEFA Europa League.-Performance By Club:-Lost Finals By Club:...
: 2- 2007VISA-bikar 2007The VISA-bikar 2007 was the forty-eighth season of the Icelandic national football cup. It started on May 11, 2007 and concluded with the Final held on October 6, 2007. The winners qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Cup 2008–09....
, 2010
- 2007
- Icelandic League CupsDeildabikarThe Deildabikar, also known as the Icelandic League Cup is a pre-season professional football competition in Iceland. It is also considered the third most important competition in Icelandic football....
: 5- 2002Deildabikar 2002The Deildabikar 2002 was the 7th staging of the Icelandic League Cup. It featured all the 2001 Urvalsdeild teams and the top 6 teams from 1. deild karla in 2001....
, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009
- 2002
- Icelandic Super CupIcelandic Super CupThe Icelandic Super Cup is an annual football game between the reigning champions of the Icelandic League champions and the Icelandic Cup holders...
: 5- 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010
UEFA club competition record
As of July 24 2011| Competition | Matches | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UEFA Champions League UEFA Champions League The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It... |
14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 20 |
| UEFA Cup UEFA Cup The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League... /Europa League |
18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 29 |
Notable players
Baldur BettBaldur Bett
Baldur Bett is an Icelandic footballer who currently plays for Fylkir in the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild. He is the son of Scottish former footballer Jim Bett, and the brother of Calum Bett....
Ármann Smári Björnsson
Ármann Smári Björnsson
Ármann Björnsson is an Icelandic footballer.-Club career:Born in Höfn, southeast Iceland, he started his club career at local outfit UMF Sindri in 1996, when he was 15 years old. In 1998 he was top scorer in the D-division with 32 goals...
Janus Guðlaugsson
Janus Guðlaugsson
Janus Guðlaugsson, born 1955, is a former Icelandic football player and football coach. He played for FH Hafnarfjörður from 1975 to 1979. During that period he was a member of the Iceland national football team....
Tryggvi Guðmundsson
Tryggvi Guðmundsson
Tryggvi Guðmundsson is an Icelandic footballer, currently playing for ÍBV.-Club career:A prolific striker, Guðmundsson started his career at ÍBV before moving abroad to clubs in Norway and Sweden...
Arnar Gunnlaugsson
Arnar Gunnlaugsson
Arnar Bergmann Gunnlaugsson is an Icelandic professional footballer playing for Fram Reykjavik. His position is forward. His twin brother is Bjarki Gunnlaugsson.-Club career:...
Bjarki Gunnlaugsson
Bjarki Gunnlaugsson
Bjarki Bergmann Gunnlaugsson is an Icelandic professional footballer who currently plays for FH-Club career:After a period in English football at Preston North End FC, Bjarki joined up with his brother Arnar and they played together at KR Reykjavík when they came back home, played with the team...
Hannes Sigurðsson
Hannes Sigurðsson
Hannes Þorsteinn Sigurðsson is an Icelandic football player who, plays for Russian Premier League club PFC Spartak Nalchik...
Emil Hallfreðsson
Emil Hallfreðsson
Emil Hallfreðsson is an Icelandic footballer currently playing for Serie B side Hellas Verona.-Early career:Primarily a left sided midfielder, Hallfreðsson was brought to Tottenham Hotspur by then Sporting Director Frank Arnesen in December 2004, having spent his formative years at FH...
Audun Helgason Gylfi Sigurðsson
Gylfi Sigurðsson
Gylfi Þór Sigurðsson is an Icelandic footballer who plays for 1899 Hoffenheim as a midfielder. He is a specialist on set-pieces and possesses great long-range shooting ability.-Reading:...
Hjörtur Logi Valgarðsson
Hjörtur Logi Valgarðsson
Hjörtur Logi Valgarðsson is an Icelandic professional footballer. He currently plays for IFK Göteborg and his position is defender left. In 18 January 2011 he signed on a four year deal with IFK Göteborg...
Arnar Viðarsson
Arnar Viðarsson
Arnar Viðarsson is an Icelandic footballer, his playing position is midfielder. He plays for Belgian Pro League side Cercle Brugge.-Club career:...
Bjarni Viðarsson
Bjarni Viðarsson
Bjarni Þór Viðarsson is an Icelandic footballer playing for Belgian club KV Mechelen as a midfielder.He has represented his country at under 16, 17, 18, 19 and 21 levels, and recently received his first full international call up....
Davíð Þór Viðarsson Torger Motland
Torger Motland
Torger Motland is a Norwegian football striker who currently plays for Randesund IL. His previous clubs include Viking, Sandnes Ulf, Bryne and Mandalskameratene, FH Hafnarfjörður....
Tommy Nielsen
Current squad
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citizenship)