FH men's football

For the women's team, see FH women's football.

FH

Full name	Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar
Nickname(s)	FH-ingar
Short name	FH
Founded	1939
Ground	Kaplakriki, Hafnarfjörður, Iceland
Capacity	6,500 (3,050 seats)
Chairman	Valdimar Svavarsson
Manager	Heimir Guðjónsson
League	Besta deild karla
2024	Besta deild karla, 6th of 12
Website	fh.is
Home colours Away colours

The FH men's football team, commonly referred to as FH, is the men's football department of Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar multi-sport club. It has been a dominant power in Icelandic football since the early 2000s, winning several national championships.

History

Early history

FH's football department was founded after 1939 when talks between FH and Haukar regarding a joint football team broke down.^[1] FH were promoted to the first division in football for the first time in 1975. They avoided relegation by one place and two points in 1979 before being relegated in last place in 1981. FH were promoted back to the top-flight in 1984. They spent a single season in the second division in 1988 and were relegated again in 1995.^[2]

21st century

After winning the second division in 2000,^[3] they came third in the first division in 2001.^[4] In 2004 FH won their first national championship, with 37 points to ÍBV's 31.^[5]

In the 2004–05 UEFA Cup, FH defeated Haverfordwest County of Wales in the first qualifying round, and then Scottish side Dunfermline Athletic in the second 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 Nielsen scored in injury time to send the Icelandic part-timers into the first round proper, where they were defeated by Germany's Alemannia Aachen 5–1 on aggregate with all the goals in the first leg in Iceland.

As Icelandic champion of 2004, FH represented the country in the 2005–06 UEFA Champions League, losing to Neftchi Baku of Azerbaijan by 2–0^[6] in the first leg and by 1–2^[7] in the second leg [4–1 on aggregate] of the first qualifying round.

The team won the Icelandic championship for the third year in a row in 2006 after winning the division with 36 points out of 54. Tryggvi Guðmundsson became the team top-scorer with eight goals that season. In summer 2006 three of the club's players 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^{[clarification needed]}. Baldur Bett also left the squad at the end of the season and joined rivals Valur on a free transfer.

The club stadium Kaplakriki underwent a major redevelopment: the southern stand expanded, bringing the seating capacity to 3,500. There are further plans to increase the seating capacity to nearly 6,000 which would make the stadium by far the largest in Iceland, excluding the Laugardalsvöllur stadium. Also to be built are some new club houses, an indoor track and field centre and a roof over the stands.

On 20 October 2006 the club signed the Icelandic twins Arnar and Bjarki Gunnlaugsson, who have played for Bolton Wanderers F.C., Stoke City F.C., Feyenoord Rotterdam, 1. FC Nürnberg and Leicester City F.C. The twins were transferred to their childhood club Íþróttabandalag Akraness in late July 2008. On 1 November 2006 the club signed the 26-year-old Matthías Guðmundsson from Valur.

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 won the Icelandic Cup with a 2–1 victory over Fjölnir in the cup final which secured them a place in the UEFA Cup qualification round.

In October 2007, Ólafur Jóhannesson resigned as FH manager to take over the Icelandic national side. In his five years in control of FH, the team won the Premier division three times, were placed second twice, won the league cup three times and the cup once. Heimir Guðjónsson, former assistant-manager and former FH captain, was hired as his replacement.

On 1 August 2008 the club was drawn against 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 27 September 2008 FH won the Icelandic Premier division for the fourth time in 5 years. In one of the most exciting last days of the competition ever, their main rivals Keflavík were odds-on favorites to win the title with a 2-point lead over 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 the UEFA Cup next season. FH had to win their game by two goals to benefit from a draw in Keflavík. In the event FH beat Fylkir 2–0 for FH with goals from Matthías Vilhjálmsson and Guðmundur Sævarsson, while Keflavík, after being a goal up lost 2–1 to Fram. Captain Davíð Þór Viðarsson lifted the trophy to the dismay of the Keflavík fans.

They took part in the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League after winning the league in 2009. They then finished second in the league in 2010 and 2011 and won the league in 2012 for the tenth top-two finish in a row. In 2015 and 2016, they won the Icelandic premier division title back to back.

Honours

• Icelandic Champion: 8
  • 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2015, 2016
• Icelandic Cups: 2
  • 2007, 2010
• Icelandic League Cups: 7
  • 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2014, 2022
• Icelandic Super Cup: 6
  • 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013

UEFA club competition record

As of July 29, 2021

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
UEFA Champions League	24	5	7	12	20	34	–14
UEFA Cup & UEFA Europa League	41	13	11	17	50	62	–12
UEFA Europa Conference League	4	2	0	2	4	7	–3
UEFA Intertoto Cup	4	1	1	2	6	7	–1
Total	73	21	19	33	80	110	–30

Matches

Season	Competition	Round	Opponents	1st leg	2nd leg	Aggregate
1990–1991	UEFA Cup	1R	Dundee United	1–3	2–2	3–5
1994–1995	UEFA Cup	PR	Linfield	1–0	1–3	2–3
1995–1996	UEFA Cup	PR	Glenavon	0–0	0–1	0–1
2002	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1R	Cementarnica 55	3–1	1–2	4–3
		2R	Villarreal	0–2	2–2	2–4
2004–05	UEFA Cup	1Q	Haverfordwest County	1–0	3–1	4–1
		2Q	Dunfermline Athletic	2–2	2–1	4–3
		1R	Alemannia Aachen	1–5	0–0	1–5
2005–06	UEFA Champions League	1Q	Neftchi Baku	0–2	1–2	1–4
2006–07	UEFA Champions League	1Q	FC TVMK	3–2	1–1	4–3
		2Q	Legia Warsaw	0–1	0–2	0–3
2007–08	UEFA Champions League	1Q	HB	4–1	0–0	4–1
		2Q	BATE	1–3	1–1	2–4
2008–09	UEFA Cup	1Q	Grevenmacher	3–2	5–1	8–3
		2Q	Aston Villa	1–4	1–1	2–5
2009–10	UEFA Champions League	2Q	Aktobe	0–4	0–2	0–6
2010–11	UEFA Champions League	2Q	BATE	1–5	0–1	1–6
2011–12	UEFA Europa League	2Q	Nacional	1–1	0–2	1–3
2012–13	UEFA Europa League	1Q	USV Eschen/Mauren	2–1	1–0	3–1
		2Q	AIK	1–1	0–1	1–2
2013–14	UEFA Champions League	2Q	Ekranas	1–0	2–1	3–1
		3Q	Austria Wien	0–1	0–0	0–1
	UEFA Europa League	PO	Genk	0–2	2–5	2–7
2014–15	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Glenavon	3–0	3–2	6–2
		2Q	Neman Grodno	1–1	2–0	3–1
		3Q	Elfsborg	1–4	2–1	3–5
2015–16	UEFA Europa League	1Q	SJK	1–0	1–0	2–0
		2Q	Inter Baku	1–2	2–2	3–4 (a.e.t)
2016–17	UEFA Champions League	2Q	Dundalk	2–2	1–1	3–3 (a)
2017–18	UEFA Champions League	2Q	Víkingur Gøta	1–1	2–0	3–1
		3Q	Maribor	0–1	0–1	0–2
	UEFA Europa League	PO	Braga	1–2	2–3	3–5
2018–19	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Lahti	3–0	0–0	3–0
		2Q	Hapoel Haifa	1–1	0–1	1–2
2020–21	UEFA Europa League	1Q	DAC Dunajská Streda	0−2	—	—
2021–22	UEFA Europa Conference League	1Q	Sligo Rovers	1–0	2–1	3–1
		2Q	Rosenborg	0–2	1–4	1–6

Notes

• PR: Preliminary Round
• 1R: First round
• 1Q: First qualifying round
• 2Q: Second qualifying round
• 3Q: Third qualifying round
• PO: Play-off round

Managers

• William Hodgson (1975–76?)
• Ingi Björn Albertsson (1985–1986)
• Ian Fleming (1987)
• Ólafur Jóhannesson (1988 – 1990)
• Ólafur Jóhannesson (1995)
• Ingi Björn Albertsson (1995–1996)
• Pétur Ormslev (1997–1998)
• Magnús Pálsson (1999)
• Logi Ólafsson (2000–2001)
• Sigurður Jónsson (2002)
• Ólafur Jóhannesson (Jan 1, 2003 – Oct 28, 2007)
• Heimir Guðjónsson (Jan 1, 2008 – Oct 6, 2017)
• Ólafur Kristjánsson (Oct 14, 2017 – July 16, 2020)
• Eiður Smári Guðjohnsen and Logi Ólafsson (July 16, 2020 – 2021)
• Ólafur Jóhannesson (2021 – 2022)
• Heimir Guðjónsson (2022 – present)

Players

Current squad

As of 3 September 2024^[8]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ISL Sindri Kristinn Ólafsson 2 DF  ISL Ingimar Torbjørnsson Støl (on loan from KA) 4 DF  ISL Ólafur Guðmundsson 5 MF  BEL Robby Wakaka 6 DF  ISL Grétar Snær Gunnarsson 7 MF  ISL Kjartan Kári Halldórsson 8 MF  ISL Finnur Orri Margeirsson 9 FW  ISL Sigurður Bjartur Hallsson 10 MF  ISL Björn Daníel Sverrisson 11 MF  ISL Arnór Borg Guðjohnsen 16 MF  ISL Bjarni Guðjón Brynjólfsson (on loan from Valur)

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 DF  ISL Böðvar Böðvarsson 23 DF  ISL Ísak Óli Ólafsson 24 GK  ISL Daði Freyr Arnarsson 27 DF  ISL Jóhann Ægir Arnarsson 29 MF  ISL Vuk Oskar Dimitrijevic 34 MF  ISL Logi Hrafn Róbertsson 36 DF  ISL Óttar Uni Steinbjörnsson 37 MF  ISL Baldur Kári Helgason 38 DF  ISL Arngrímur Bjartur Guðmundsson 45 FW  ISL Kristján Flóki Finnbogason

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  ISL Hörður Ingi Gunnarsson (at Valur) — MF  ISL Þór Sigurjónsson (at KFA)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ISL Tómas Atli Björgvinsson (at KFA) — FW  ISL Dagur Traustason (at Þróttur Reykjavík)

References

1. Jóhann Guðni Reynisson. "Saga Íþróttabandalags Hafnarfjarðar í 70 ár" (PDF). ibh.is (in Icelandic). p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
2. "Iceland Final League Tables 1912-1998". Archived from the original on 10 June 2023. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
3. "Iceland – List of Second Division Champions and Promoted Clubs". Archived from the original on 1 October 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
4. "Iceland 2001". Archived from the original on 12 August 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
5. "Iceland 2004". Archived from the original on 30 October 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
6. Neftchi Baku – FH Hafnarfjordur : 2–0 (Match Report) Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine ScoresPro.com
7. FH Hafnarfjordur – Neftchi Baku : 1–2 (Match Report) Archived 2020-07-18 at the Wayback Machine ScoresPro.com
8. "Leikskýrsla: FH - ÍBV". Ksi.is (in Icelandic). Archived from the original on 13 August 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2023.

External links

• Official website
• IcelandFootball.net – FH Hafnarfjörður (in English)