Hvöt Blönduós

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Football club

Hvöt Blönduós

Full name

Ungmennafélagið Hvöt

Founded

1969

Ground

Blönduósvöllur, Blönduós

Capacity

1,000

Chairman

Vignir Björnsson

Manager

Aco Pandurevic

League

2. deild karla

2023

3. deild karla, 2nd of 12 (promoted)

Home colours

Away colours

Ungmennafélagið Hvöt, commonly known as Hvöt or Hvöt Blönduós, 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

Hvót 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 14 July 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	SRB	Uroš Đurić
—	GK	ISL	Snorri Þór Stefánsson
—	DF	ISL	Pétur Orri Arnarson
—	DF	SEN	Papa Diounkou
—	DF	ESP	Acai Elvira
—	DF	ISL	Ágúst Friðjónsson
—	DF	POR	Sérgio Oulu
—	DF	ESP	Mateo Climent Rodríguez
—	MF	ISL	Sigurður Bjarni Aadnegard
—	MF	ESP	Jorge García Dominguez
—	MF	ISL	Egill Þór Guðnason
—	MF	ISL	Nökkvi Hjórvarsson
—	MF	ISL	Stefán Freyr Jónsson


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ISL	Viktor Ingi Jónsson
—	MF	ISL	Anton Einar Mikaelsson
—	MF	ISL	Haukur Ingi Ólafsson
—	MF	SRB	Goran Potkozarac
—	MF	ISL	Jón Gísli Stefánsson
—	MF	ISL	Sigurður Pétur Stefánsson
—	MF	ISL	Anton Ingi Tryggvason
—	FW	ISL	Kristinn Bjarni Andrason
—	FW	POL	Artur Balicki
—	FW	ISL	Benjamín Jóhannes Gunnlaugarson
—	FW	ISL	Ingvi Rafn Ingvarsson
—	FW	ISL	Atli Þór Sindrason
—		ISL	Sigurjón Bjarni Guðmundsson

References

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