Einherji

This article is about the Icelandic sports club. For the figures in Nordic mythology, see einherjar.

Ungmennafélagið Einherji (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈuŋkˌmɛnːaˌfjɛːˌlaijɪð ˈeinˌhɛrjɪ], lit. 'Einherji Youth Club'^[a]) is an Icelandic sports club, based in Vopnafjörður, Iceland. The club is named after the einherjar, figures from Norse Mythology.

Einherji

Full name	Ungmennafélagið Einherji
Nickname(s)	Einherjar
Founded	1 December 1929; 95 years ago, as Íþróttafélagið Einherjar
Ground	Vopnafjarðarvöllur
Capacity	n/a
Chairman	Víglundur Páll Einarsson
League	Non-league
2022	4. deild karla, 1st
Website	https://www.einherji.net/
Home colours Away colours

History

The club was founded in Vopnafjörður on December 1, 1929, as Íþróttafélagið Einherjar. The first chairman was Ingólfur Erlendsson. The name of the club was changed to Ungmennafélagið Einherjar in 1943 and later to Ungmennafélagið Einherji.

Football

Men's football

In 1974 the men's team played in the Icelandic 3rd division (2. deild karla) for the first time. The team got promoted to the 2nd division (1. deild karla) for the first time in 1981. In the eighties the team played six seasons in the 2nd division reaching the club's record high; 5th place in 1986. By 1990 the club had been relegated down two divisions; to the fourth tier and hasn't seen promotion to the third tier since then.

In 2013, the team was promoted from the newly formed 4th division (4. deild karla) to the 3rd, by winning the division after a 2–0 victory in the final against Berserkir. This was Einherji's first title in the club's history.^[1]

Managers

• Gunnlaugur Dan Ólafsson (1974)
• Skarphéðinn Óskarsson (1975)
• Þórir Jónsson (1976)
• Sigurður Þorsteinsson (1977)
• Ingólfur Hannesson (1978)
• Þormóður Einarsson (1979)
• Einar Friðþjófsson (1980)
• Ólafur Jóhannesson (1981–1982)
• Gústaf Baldvinsson (1983)
• Hreiðar Sigtryggsson (1985)
• Snorri Rútsson (1985)
• Njáll Eiðsson (1986, 1988–1989, 1996)
• Aðalbjörn Björnsson (1987, 1991–1992, 1995)
• Örnólfur Oddsson (1990)
• Ólafur Ólafsson (1993)
• Eysteinn Kristinsson (1994)
• Sigurður Pálsson (1998)
• Hallgrímur Guðmundsson (1999)
• Helgi Már Þórðarson (2003–2004)
• Davíð Örvar Ólafsson (2009–2010)
• David Hannah (2011 – June, 2012)
• Ryan McCann (caretaker) (June – Aug 31, 2012)
• Víglundur Páll Einarsson (2013–2015, 2017)
• Yngvi Borgþórsson (2016)
• Jón Orri Ólafsson (2018), (caretaker July 13, 2021 – 2021)
• Akim Armstrong (2019)
• Ashley Civil (2020)
• Helgi Snær Agnarsson (2021 – July 6, 2021)
• Ingvi Ingólfsson (2022)

Seasons

Season		Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup	Notes
1974	Third tier – 2. deild karla (Group G)	4	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	2	Did not participate
1975	Third tier – 2. deild karla (Group G)	1	5	3	0	2	14	8	8	Did not participate	4th in promotion playoff Group A
1976	Third tier – 2. deild karla (Group F)	3	6	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	5	First round
1977	Third tier – 2. deild karla (Group F)	2	12	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	18	Third round
1978	Third tier – 2. deild karla (Group F)	1	10	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	17	Quarter finals	2nd in promotion playoff Group A
1979	Third tier – 2. deild karla (Group F)	1	12	8	2	1	37	13	20	Second round	2nd in promotion playoff Group B
1980	Third tier – 2. deild karla (Group F)	1	12	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	21	Second round	2nd in promotion playoff Group A
1981	Third tier – 2. deild karla (Group F)	1	8	7	1	0	36	7	16	First round	1st in promotion playoff Group B. 2nd in Championship playoffs. Promoted to 1. deild karla.
1982	Second tier – 1. deild karla	7	18	6	3	9	24	31	15	Third round
1983	Second tier – 1. deild karla	8	18	5	7	6	17	21	17	Fourth round
1984	Second tier – 1. deild karla	10	18	1	3	14	11	35	6	Second round	Relegated to 2. deild karla
1985	Third tier – 2. deild karla (North-East Group)	1	16	11	3	2	35	17	36	Fourth round	2nd in Championship playoffs. Promoted to 1. deild karla.
1986	Second tier – 1. deild karla	5	18	9	2	7	28	24	29	Second round
1987	Second tier – 1. deild karla	9	18	5	4	9	21	35	19	Third round	Relegated to 2. deild karla
1988	Third tier – 2. deild karla (North-East Group)	1	14	10	3	1	36	11	33	Fourth round	2nd in Championship playoffs. Promoted to 1. deild karla.
1989	Second tier – 1. deild karla	10	18	4	2	12	21	51	14	First round	Relegated to 2. deild karla
1990	Third tier – 2. deild karla	9	18	2	4	12	27	48	10	Third round	Relegated to 3. deild karla
1991	Fourth tier – 3. deild karla (Group E)	2	14	8	3	3	38	24	27	Second round
1992	Fourth tier – 3. deild karla (Group D)	2	18	14	2	2	52	22	44	Second round
1993	Fourth tier – 3. deild karla (Group D)	3	12	7	2	3	39	16	23	Second round
1994	Fourth tier – 3. deild karla (Group D)	5	12	4	2	6	34	34	14	Third round
1995	Fourth tier – 3. deild karla (Group D)	4	12	4	2	6	14	19	14	First round
1996	Fourth tier – 3. deild karla (Group D)	3	12	3	2	7	23	30	11	First round
1997	Non-League	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Did not participate
1998	Fourth tier – 3. deild karla (Group E)	5	12	2	1	9	26	44	7	First round
1999	Fourth tier – 3. deild karla (Group E)	4	12	1	0	11	7	34	3	First round
2000	Non-League	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Did not participate
2001	Non-League	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Did not participate
2002	Non-League	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Did not participate
2003	Fourth tier – 3. deild karla (Group D)	5	15	5	1	9	24	36	16	First round
2004	Fourth tier – 3. deild karla (Group D)	3	12	7	1	4	20	15	22	First round
2005	Non-League	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Did not participate
2006	Non-League	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Did not participate
2007	Non-League	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Did not participate
2008	Non-League	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Did not participate
2009	Fourth tier – 3. deild karla (Group D)	4	15	5	5	5	33	34	20	Third round
2010	Fourth tier – 3. deild karla (Group D)	4	12	6	1	5	30	26	19	First round
2011	Fourth tier – 3. deild karla (Group D)	4	12	3	6	3	17	23	15	Did not participate
2012	Fourth tier – 3. deild karla (Group D)	4	14	7	2	5	32	20	23	Did not participate	Relegated to 4. deild karla
2013	Fifth tier – 4. deild karla (Group C)	1	14	11	1	2	59	14	34	Second round	Champions after promotion playoffs. Promoted to 3. deild karla
2014	Fourth tier – 3. deild karla	8	18	5	5	8	24	33	20	First round
2015	Fourth tier – 3. deild karla	4	18	8	5	5	36	35	29	First round
2016	Fourth tier – 3. deild karla	3	18	9	2	7	38	30	29	First round
2017	Fourth tier – 3. deild karla	6	18	7	4	7	27	25	25	First round
2018	Fourth tier – 3. deild karla	6	18	9	1	8	33	32	28	Third round
2019	Fourth tier – 3. deild karla	7	22	6	6	10	27	35	24	First round
2020*	Fourth tier – 3. deild karla	9	20	7	2	11	39	53	23	First round	*Rest of the season cancelled due to COVID-19
2021	Fourth tier – 3. deild karla	11	22	6	2	14	36	51	20	First round	Relegated to 4. deild karla
2022	Fifth tier – 4. deild karla (Group E)	1	15	14	1	0	73	12	43	Second round	Champions after promotion playoffs. Promoted to 3. deild karla
2025	Utandeild KSÍ	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	First round

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Current squad

As of 13 July 2021

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 Björgvin Geir Garðarsson 2 FW  ESP Ismael Youssa Yann Trevor 3 DF  ESP Cristofer Miñano 4 MF  ISL Guðni Þór Sigurjónsson 5 MF  ISL Benedikt Blær Guðjónsson 6 MF  ISL Björn Andri Ingólfsson 7 MF  ISL Bjartur Aðalbjörnsson (captain) 9 FW  ESP Alejandro Lechuga 10 MF  ISL Eiður Orri Ragnarsson 11 MF  ISL Heiðar Aðalbjörnsson (vice-captain)

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 DF  ISL Freymar Örn Ómarsson 15 DF  ISL Ingvi Örn Ingólfsson 16 DF  ISL Helgi Már Jónsson 17 MF  BUL Dilyan Kolev 19 MF  BUL Stefan Balev 20 DF  ISL Ármann Davíðsson 21 DF  ISL Hafþór Berg Ríkharðsson 22 MF  ISL Jón Gestur Ben Birgisson 50 DF  NOR Amanj Habib Mohammadi

Player records

Most league appearances

	Name	Years	Seasons	Total appearances
1	Kristján Davíðsson	1976–1995	20	278
2	Aðalbjörn Björnsson	1974–1998	24	251

Most league goals

As of October 19th 2020

Statistics are missing from 1974–1981

	Name	Years	Seasons	Total goals
1	Sigurður Donys Sigurðsson	2003, 2009, 2012–2020	10	85
2	Todor Hristov	2015–2020	6	69
3	Hallgrímur Guðmundsson	1985–1999	N/A	67
4	Gunnlaugur Bjarnar Baldursson	2009–2018	10	50
5	Kristján Davíðsson	1976–1995	20	40 (From 1981)

Notable players

• Birkir Kristinsson
• Njáll Eiðsson
• Ólafur Jóhannesson
• Sigurður Donys Sigurðsson
• Bjarni Óskar Þorsteinsson
• David Hannah
• Ryan McCann

Chairmen

1929–193?: Ingólfur Erlendsson 193?–1938: Lorenz Karlsson 1938–1939: Guðni Sigurjónsson 1939–1940: Þorberg Jónsson 1940: Guðni Sigurjónsson 1940: Ragnar Pétursson 1940–1941: Sigurjón Jónsson 1941–1943: Kjartan Björnsson 1943–1944: Sigurjón Þorbergsson 1944–1948: Pétur Nikulásson 1948–1952: Ásgrímur Halldórsson

1952–1953: Pétur Nikulásson 1953–1955: Sveinn Sigurðsson 1955–1956: Hreinn Sveinsson 1956–1957: Gunnar Jónsson 1957–19??: Halldór Karl Halldórsson 1960–196?: Pétur Nikulásson 1964/65–1969: Gísli Jónsson 1969–1973: Jón Andrésson 1973–1974: Hafþór Róbertsson 1974–1975: Sveinn Antoníusson

1975–1985: Aðalbjörn Björnsson 1985–1991: Ólafur K. Ármannsson 1991–2002: Einar Björn Kristbergsson 2002–2004: Svava Birna Stefánsdóttir 2004–2012: Einar Björn Kristbergsson 2013–2019: Magnús Már Þorvaldsson 2019: Linda Björk Stefánsdóttir 2019–2021: Víglundur Páll Einarsson 2021–2023: Bjartur Aðalbjörnsson 2023: Víglundur Páll Einarsson

Women's football

Notable players

• Violeta Mițul

Crest and colours

Crest

The club crest was designed in 1975 but until that time the club had no crest. The dragon in the crest is a reference to Snorri Sturluson's Heimskringla. One of the Landvættir of Iceland was the dragon guarding Vopnafjörður:

King Harald told a warlock to hie to Iceland in some altered shape, and to try what he could learn there to tell him: and he set out in the shape of a whale. And when he came near to the land he went to the west side of Iceland, north around the land, where he saw all the mountains and hills full of guardian-spirits, some great, some small. When he came to Vapnafjord he went in towards the land, intending to go on shore; but a huge dragon rushed down the dale against him with a train of serpents, paddocks, and toads, that blew poison towards him.

— Snorri Sturluson, Heimskringla/King Olaf Trygvason's Saga/Part I

The crest is an orange dragon spitting fire. In front of the dragon is a dark green banner with the club's name written in orange letters.

Kit evolution

The club's colours have been orange and green since the early 1970s. The club's first kit was from the Icelandic kit and sportwear manufacturer Henson. This kit was composed of a light orange shirt with a green collar and green cuffs. The shorts were green but the socks orange.

1974–1978

1979–1981

1982–1984

1984–1987

1988

1989

1992-199?

199?–2002

2003–2004

2009–2012

2013–2016

2017–2018

2019

2020-2021

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors

Period	Kit manufacturer	Kit sponsor
1974–1981	Henson	Samvinnubankinn Vopnafirði
1982–1984		World Carpets
1985–1988		Tangi hf.
1989–1990		Landsbankinn
1991	Berri
1992–199?	Adidas
199?–2002	Erreà	Tangi hf.
2003–2004	Prostar
2009–2012	Henson	Mælifell ehf.
2013–2021	Nike
2022–present	Erreà	Brim hf.

Footnotes

1. Ungmennafélagið is the definite form of Ungmennafélag, meaning "the youth club".