Knattspyrnufélag Austfjarða

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

Knattspyrnufélag Austfjarða (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈkʰnahtˌspɪ(r)tnʏˌfjɛːˌlaːɣ ˈœystˌfjarða], lit. 'Eastfjords Football Club'), 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

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

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 Arnar Bjarki Björgvinsson
— FW Algeria ALG Jawed Boumeddane
— GK Lebanon LBN Danny El-Hage
— DF Brazil BRA Matheus Bissi
— MF Iceland ISL Patrekur Aron Grétarsson
— DF Poland POL Arkadiusz Grzelak
— DF Iceland ISL Adam Örn Guðmundsson
— FW Iceland ISL Hrafn Guðmundsson
— MF Iceland ISL Nenni Þór Guðmundsson
— DF Iceland ISL Ólafur Bernharð Hallgrímsson
— MF Iceland ISL Unnar Ari Hansson
No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK Montenegro MNE Milan Jelovac
— MF Iceland ISL Eggert Gunnþór Jónsson
— FW France FRA Jacques Bayo
— FW Spain ESP Javi Montserrat
— DF Iceland ISL Geir Sigurbjörn Ómarsson
— MF Iceland ISL Birkir Ingi Óskarsson
— FW Iceland ISL Heiðar Snær Ragnarsson
— DF Iceland ISL Þór Sigurjónsson
— MF Iceland ISL Nikola Kristinn Stojanovic
— FW Iceland ISL Marteinn Már Sverrisson
— MF Spain ESP Imanol Vergara

References

  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.


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