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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