Ungmennafélagið Einherji (, ) is an Icelandic sports club, based in Vopnafjörður, Iceland. The club is named after the einherjar, figures from Norse Mythology.

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.

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 {|class="wikitable" ! 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 |bgcolor=#DDFFDD | 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 |bgcolor=#FFCCCC | Relegated to 2. deild karla |- |1985 |Third tier – 2. deild karla (North-East Group) |1 |16 |11 |3 |2 |35 |17 |36 |Fourth round |bgcolor=#DDFFDD | 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 |bgcolor=#FFCCCC | Relegated to 2. deild karla |- |1988 |Third tier – 2. deild karla (North-East Group) |1 |14 |10 |3 |1 |36 |11 |33 |Fourth round |bgcolor=#DDFFDD | 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 |bgcolor=#FFCCCC | Relegated to 2. deild karla |- |1990 |Third tier – 2. deild karla |9 |18 |2 |4 |12 |27 |48 |10 |Third round |bgcolor=#FFCCCC | 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 |bgcolor=#FFCCCC | Relegated to 4. deild karla |- |2013 |Fifth tier – 4. deild karla (Group C) |1 |14 |11 |1 |2 |59 |14 |34 |Second round |bgcolor=#DDFFDD | 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 |bgcolor=#FFCCCC | Relegated to 4. deild karla

|2022 |Fifth tier – 4. deild karla (Group E) |1 |15 |14 |1 |0 |73 |12 |43 |Second round |bgcolor=#DDFFDD | 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

Sigurðsson, Víðir. Íslensk knattspyrna 1983–2017

Current squad As of 13 July 2021

Player records Most league appearances {|class="wikitable" ! ! 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 {|class="wikitable" ! ! 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:

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.

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors PeriodKit manufacturerKit 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.

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