Valbjarnarvöllur

Valbjarnarvöllur (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈvalˌpja(r)tnaˌvœtlʏr̥], lit. 'Valbjörn Field' or more precisely 'Valbjörn Stadium', named after the track and field athlete Valbjörn Þorláksson^[1]), also known as Eimskipsvöllurinn^[2] ([ˈeimˌscɪpsˌvœtlʏrɪn], lit. 'Eimskip Field'^[a] or 'Eimskip Stadium') for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium in Reykjavík, Iceland. It is the home stadium of Þróttur Reykjavík who play in the Úrvalsdeild. The stadium has a capacity of 5,478 fans.

Eimskipsvöllurinn

Former names	Þróttarvöllur
Location	Reykjavík, Iceland
Coordinates	64°8′36.92″N 21°52′33.64″W
Owner	Þróttur Reykjavík
Operator	Þróttur Reykjavík
Capacity	5,478
Surface	Artificial grass
Tenants
Þróttur Reykjavík

In December 2016, Þróttur Reykjavík announced a three-year sponsorship deal with local shipping company Eimskip until 2019, which would see the stadium name changed to Eimskipsvöllurinn for the duration of the deal.^[2]

Footnotes

1. völlurinn is the definite form of völlur, meaning "the field".