Full name Íþróttafélagið Grótta Website Club home page Ground Seltjarnarnes Capacity 1,000 | Ground Capacity 1000 League 2. deild karla Founded 24 April 1967 | |
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2016 2. deild karla, 2nd (promoted) | ||
Íþróttafélagið Grótta (English: Grótta Sports Club) is an Icelandic sports club based in the town of Seltjarnarnes, in the Capital Region . The club is best known for its football team, which competes in the 2. deild karla, the third tier of Icelandic football, but also has departments for handball and gymnastics.
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The football team plays its home matches at the Gróttuvöllur, which has an artificial grass playing surface and a capacity of 300 spectators.
History
Grótta was officially founded on 24 April 1967 by Garðar Guðmundsson, a football supporter from Seltjarnarnes who had begun the process of forming a club the previous year. Initially the club had only a football team, but in the following years it expanded to include departments for other sports including basketball, handball, skiing, chess and gymnastics.
On 24 April 2007, the club held a festival to celebrate the 40th anniversary of its foundation. The day included a parade through the town with a brass band, displays by the club's various teams, addresses by the mayor and chairman and a gala. Later the same year, the football team was promoted to the 2. deild karla after defeating BÍ/Bolungarvík 5–1 on aggregate in the play-offs. In 2010, the side won promotion to the 1. deild karla and remained there for two seasons before returning to the third tier for the 2012 campaign.
Current squad
As of May 2015Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.