Knattspyrnufélag Austfjarða

Knattspyrnufélag Austfjarða

Full name	Knattspyrnufélag Austfjarða
Founded	2022
Ground	Fjarðabyggðarhöllin, Reyðarfjörður, Fjarðabyggð
Manager	Brynjar Skúlason
League	2. deild karla
2024	2. deild karla, 5th of 12
Home colours

Knattspyrnufélag Austfjarða (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈkʰnahtˌspɪ(r)tnʏˌfjɛːˌlaːɣ ˈœystˌfjarða], lit. 'Eastfjords Football Club'), commonly known as just KFA, is an Icelandic football club from the municipality of Fjarðabyggð located on the east coast of Iceland.

The club was founded in 2022 with a merger of two clubs, Leiknir Fáskrúðsfjörður and Fjarðabyggð^[1][2] and was named Eastfjords (Austfjarða) Football Club.^[3]

History

KFA is composed of the following clubs in Fjarðabyggð:

• Íþróttafélagið Þróttur (Neskaupsstaður)
• Ungmennafélagið Austri (Eskifjörður)
• Ungmennafélagið Valur (Reyðarfjörður)
• Ungmennafélagið Leiknir (Fáskrúðsfjörður)
• Ungmennafélagið Súlan (Stöðvarfjörður) and
• Ungmennafélagið Hrafnkell Freysgoði (Breiðdalsvík).

With the establishment of KFA all the main sports clubs in the municipality have banded together in fielding a football team.^[4]

Current squad

As of 22 June 2024

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 — GK  ISL Þórður Ingason — DF  CRO Zvonimir Blaić — DF  POL Arkadiusz Grzelak — DF  ISL Ólafur Bernharð Hallgrímsson — DF  ISL Sverrir Þór Kristinsson — DF  ISL Geir Sigurbjörn Ómarsson — MF  ISL Tómas Atli Björgvinsson — MF  BRA Júlio Fernandes — MF  BRA Matheus Gaúcho — MF  ISL Patrekur Aron Grétarsson

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ISL Jón Breki Guðmundsson — MF  ISL Eggert Gunnþór Jónsson — MF  ISL Birkir Ingi Óskarsson — MF  ISL Eiður Orri Ragnarsson — MF  ISL Heiðar Snær Ragnarsson — MF  ISL Þór Sigurjónsson — FW  ISL Hlynur Bjarnason — FW  MAR Abdelhadi Khalok El Bouzarrai — FW  ISL Marteinn Már Sverrisson

References

1. "Knattspyrnufélag Austfjarða verður til". www.mbl.is (in Icelandic). Morgunblaðið. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
2. "Nafn er fundið á hið nýja lið í Fjarðabyggð: "Þátttakan var alveg með ólíkindum"". Mannlíf.is (in Icelandic). 5 March 2022. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
3. Sameinaða félagið mun heita Knattspyrnufélag Austfjarða - Fotbolti (in Icelandic)
4. Albert Örn Eyþórsson (4 March 2022). "Knattspyrnufélag Austfjarða mun nýtt sameinað lið heita". Austurfrétt (in Icelandic). Retrieved 13 July 2022.