Hvöt Blönduós

Kormákur/Hvöt
Full nameUngmennafélagið Hvöt
Founded1969
GroundBlönduósvöllur, Blönduós
Hvammstangavöllur, Hvammstangi
Capacity1,000
ChairmanSigurður Bjarni Aadnegard
ManagerAco Pandurevic
League2. deild karla
20242. deild karla, 10th of 12

Ungmennafélagið Hvöt (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈuŋkˌmɛnːaˌfjɛːˌlaijɪð ˈkʰvœːt], lit. 'Impulse Youth Club'[a]), commonly known as Hvöt or Hvöt Blönduós (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈkʰvœːt ˈplœntʏˌouːs]), is an Icelandic multi-sport club from the town of Blönduós located in the north of Iceland.[1]

Football

Men's football

On 12 June 2002, Björn Vignir Björnsson played a senior team game with Hvöt along with three of his sons; Finnur, Óskar and Vignir.[2] It was founded in 1924.[3]

In 2008, comedians and TV-hosts Auðunn Blöndal and Egill Einarsson joined the team.[4][5]

In November 2007, Kristján Óli Sigurðsson was hired as the head coach of the Hvöt men's team.[6]

Kormákur/Hvöt

Hvöt and neighbors Ungmennafélagið Kormákur from Hvammstangi had been cooperating for years but in 2012 they decided to field a joint team in the league and called it Kormákur/Hvöt.

Current squad

As of 25 July 2025

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
— MF Iceland ISL Sigurður Bjarni Aadnegard
— FW Iceland ISL Kristinn Bjarni Andrason
— FW Sweden SWE Jaheem Burke
— FW Trinidad and Tobago TRI Akil DeFreitas
— DF Senegal SEN Papa Diounkou
— DF Spain ESP Juan Carlos Dominguez Requena
— DF Spain ESP Acai Elvira
— MF England ENG Dominic Furness
— MF Brazil BRA Matheus Gaúcho
— DF Ukraine UKR Hlib Horan
— FW Iceland ISL Ingvi Rafn Ingvarsson
— MF Iceland ISL Stefán Freyr Jónsson
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Iceland ISL Indriði Ketilsson
— FW Morocco MAR Abdelhadi Khalok
— MF Guinea-Bissau GNB Helistano Manga
— MF Iceland ISL Haukur Ingi Ólafsson
— DF Portugal POR Sérgio Oulu
— MF Serbia SRB Goran Potkozarac
— FW Ivory Coast CIV Ismael Sidibé
— MF Iceland ISL Arnór Ágúst Sindrason
— MF Iceland ISL Jón Gísli Stefánsson
— MF Iceland ISL Sigurður Pétur Stefánsson
— DF Iceland ISL Marko Zivkovic
— GK Sweden SWE Simon Zupancic

Footnotes

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

References

  1. ^ Jón Sigurðsson (19 April 2008). "Unglingastarfið treyst hjá Hvöt". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Faðir og þrír synir keppa fyrir Hvöt frá Blönduósi". Morgunblaðið. 13 June 2002. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Fjölskyldudagur Hvatar". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 12 November 2004. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  4. ^ "Hvöt frá Blönduósi fær liðsauka: Auðunn Blöndal reimar á sig skóna". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 1 April 2008. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  5. ^ Atli Fannar Bjarkason (15 March 2008). "Króksarar óttast ekki Gillzenegger". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  6. ^ Magnús Már Einarsson (21 November 2007). "Kristján Óli: Vonandi verður þetta ævintýrasumar". Fótbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 4 December 2022.


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