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Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar

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Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar
Full nameFimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar
NicknameFH-ingar
Short nameFH
SportsAthletics
Football
Handball
Fencing
Founded15 October 1929; 95 years ago (1929-10-15)
Based inHafnarfjörður
ChairmanViðar Halldórsson

Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar (English: Hafnarfjörður Gymnastics Club), commonly referred to as FH, is an Icelandic multi-sports club based in Hafnarfjörður. The club competes in football, handball, athletics, and fencing. It was founded in 1929 as a gymnastics club but soon started a handball department which became its flagship for several decades.[1] Its men's football team has been a dominant power since the early 2000s.

Football

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Men's football

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FH's men's football team has been a dominant power in Icelandic football since the early 2000s, winning several national championships.

Women's football

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FH's women's football team won the first edition of the national championship in 1972. After losing the title to Ármann in 1973, FH won three successive titles in 1974, 1975 and 1976.[2] The club was promoted from the second-tier 1. deild in 2015, and finished sixth in the 2016 Úrvalsdeild.

Handball

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Men's handball

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Titles

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1 Won by the reserve FH-b

Women's handball

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Titles

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1 Won by the reserve FH-b

References

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  1. ^ Jóhann Guðni Reynisson. "Saga Íþróttabandalags Hafnarfjarðar í 70 ár" (PDF). ibh.is (in Icelandic).
  2. ^ "Íslandsmeistarar meistaraflokks kvenna" (in Icelandic). Football Association of Iceland. Archived from the original on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
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