Fótboltafélagið Hvöt

Fótboltafélagið Hvöt (English: Hvöt Football Club) was the first women's football club in Iceland. It was founded on 14 July 1914 in Ísafjörður[1][2] and its first board was appointed by Guðrún Skúladóttir, the chairman, Bergþóra Árnadóttir and Ingibjörg Helgadóttir, and the team's first coach was Einar Oddur Kristjánsson.[3] The club operated from 1914 to 1916 and the girls competed with each other as well as competing with boys' clubs in the town, so-called "Púka clubs".[4][5][6] The clubs training grounds were at Hrossataðsvellir and they played their games there and at Tangstún and Riistún.[7][8]

Fótboltafélagið Hvöt
Full nameFótboltafélagið Hvöt
Short nameHvöt
Founded14 July 1914
Dissolved1916
GroundHrossataðsvellir, Tangstún and Riistún

References
  1. "Upphaf kvennaknattspyrnu?". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 11 January 1983. p. 44. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  2. Steinþór Guðbjartsson (1 June 2017). "Konurnar fyrstar á Ísafirði". Morgunblaðið. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  3. "Fótboltafélagið Hvöt". Konur og stjórnmál (in Icelandic). National and University Library of Iceland. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  4. Sigurður Pétursson (2017). Knattspyrnusaga Ísfirðinga. Púkamót, félag. pp. 29–30. ISBN 978-9935-24-189-4.
  5. Skapti Hallgrímsson (9 July 2017). "Stúlkur á Ísafirði brutu ísinn 1914". Morgunblaðið. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  6. "Knattspyrnufélag kvenna". Baldur (in Icelandic). 24 June 1944. p. 64. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  7. Orri Páll Ormarsson (26 November 2017). "Þetta er engin kvennaíþrótt". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). p. 14. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  8. "Frá Hrossataðsvöllum að Torfnesi". Bæjarins Besta (in Icelandic). 13 March 2002. p. 2. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
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