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Knattspyrnufélag Austfjarða

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Knattspyrnufélag Austfjarða
Full nameKnattspyrnufélag Austfjarða
Founded2022
GroundFjarðabyggðarhöllin, Reyðarfjörður, Fjarðabyggð
ManagerBrynjar Skúlason
League2. deild karla
20242. deild karla, 5th of 12

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

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

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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

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As of 22 June 2024

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 Iceland ISL Þórður Ingason
DF Croatia CRO Zvonimir Blaić
DF Poland POL Arkadiusz Grzelak
DF Iceland ISL Ólafur Bernharð Hallgrímsson
DF Iceland ISL Sverrir Þór Kristinsson
DF Iceland ISL Geir Sigurbjörn Ómarsson
MF Iceland ISL Tómas Atli Björgvinsson
MF Brazil BRA Júlio Fernandes
MF Brazil BRA Matheus Gaúcho
MF Iceland ISL Patrekur Aron Grétarsson
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Iceland ISL Jón Breki Guðmundsson
MF Iceland ISL Eggert Gunnþór Jónsson
MF Iceland ISL Birkir Ingi Óskarsson
MF Iceland ISL Eiður Orri Ragnarsson
MF Iceland ISL Heiðar Snær Ragnarsson
MF Iceland ISL Þór Sigurjónsson
FW Iceland ISL Hlynur Bjarnason
FW Morocco MAR Abdelhadi Khalok El Bouzarrai
FW Iceland ISL Marteinn Már Sverrisson

References

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  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.