Knattspyrnufélag Austfjarða

Knattspyrnufélag Austfjarða, commonly known as just KFA, is an Icelandic football club from the municipality of Fjarðabyggð located on the east coast of Iceland.

Knattspyrnufélag Austfjarða
Full nameKnattspyrnufélag Austfjarða
Founded2022
GroundFjarðabyggðarhöllin, Reyðarfjörður, Fjarðabyggð
ManagerBrynjar Skúlason
League2. deild karla
20232. deild karla, 3rd of 12

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:

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 13 August 2022

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK Lebanon LBN Danny El-Hage
— GK Iceland ISL Unnar Elí Jóhannsson
— GK Iceland ISL Bergsteinn Magnússon
— DF Ghana GHA Ahmed Adams
— DF Spain ESP Íñigo Albizuri
— DF Croatia CRO Zvonimir Blaić
— DF Iceland ISL Stefán Bjarki Cekic
— DF Iceland ISL Ólafur Bernharð Hallgrímsson
— DF Iceland ISL Geir Sigurbjörn Ómarsson
— MF Iceland ISL Hilmar Freyr Bjartþórsson
— MF Iceland ISL Arnór Berg Grétarsson
— MF Lithuania LTU Mykolas Krasnovskis
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Lithuania LTU Povilas Krasnovskis
— MF Iceland ISL Marteinn Már Sverrisson
— MF Iceland ISL Heiðar Snær Ragnarsson
— MF Iceland ISL Marteinn Már Sverrisson
— MF Spain ESP Imanol Vergara
— FW Ghana GHA Felix Hammond
— FW Croatia CRO Vice Kendes
— FW United States USA Abdul Karim Mansaray
— FW Spain ESP William Suárez
— Iceland ISL Tómas Atli Björgvinsson
— Iceland ISL Dagur Þór Hjartarson
— Iceland ISL Ragnar Þórólfur Ómarsson

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.


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