Full name Ungmennafélag Selfoss Ground Capacity 1750 Ground Selfoss Founded 1936 Capacity 1,750 | Nickname(s) Selfyssingar 2016 1. deild karla, 8th Location Selfoss, Iceland Chairman Óskar Sigurðsson | |
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Manager Gunnar Rafn Borgþórsson Leagues Úrvalsdeild, 1. deild karla | ||
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UMF Selfoss (knattspyrnudeild) is an Icelandic football club. It is located in a town called Selfoss in South-Iceland with a population of approximately 6,500. The club currently plays in 1. deild karla.
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History
Ungmennafélag Selfoss (e.Selfoss' Youth Club), simply known as Selfoss, was established in June 1, 1936 as a general sports club for young men and women. Today, the club has departments for 9 sports activities (gymnastics, athletics, team handball, judo, football (soccer), weightlifting, swimming, taekwondo and motocross). The football department within the club was established in 1955 but the team's debut season wasn't until 1966. From 1966 to 1993 the team played in 1. deild karla (2nd level in pyramid), 2. deild karla (3rd level in pyramid) and 3. deild karla (4th level in pyramid). From 1993 to 2007 the team played in 2. deild, but were always close to being promoted. In the summer of 2007 the team were finally promoted to 1. deild. In the summer of 2008 (the football season in Iceland is played from May to September due to harsh winter) the team was 1 point and 8 goals from being promoted to Úrvalsdeild (1st level in pyramid).In the summer of 2009 the team won 1. deild and were finally promoted to Úrvalsdeild for the first time. In the team's debut season in Úrvalsdeild, the 2010 season, the team was relegated to 1. deild. Before the 2010 season the club's board decided to hire a retired and well known Icelandic football player, Guðmundur Benediktsson, as the team's new head coach. Guðmundur had no experience as a football coach and the summer was very difficult for him and the unexperienced team which was based on young local players. For the spring transfer period in 2010 the team only received 2 young players which was not enough to bring the club to higher standard. On 13 October 2010 the club announced that former Icelandic national team coach Logi Ólafsson had been signed as a new head coach on a two year contract. In his first season as the teams coach, in the summer of 2011, the team was promoted back to Úrvalsdeild, ending the season in 2nd place (2 teams are promoted in each division).
Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Past Players
Jon Daði Böðvarsson now playing for English club Wolverhampton Wanderers. Also played in the final stages in Euro 2016.
Viðar Örn kjartansson now playing for Malmo FF.
Guðmundur þorarinsson now playing for Rosenborg BK.
Overall
As of season 2015.
Kit evolution
International links
In February 2013 it was announced that English club Brentford had entered into partnership with UMF Selfoss, enabling the clubs to exchange youth players to gain experience. The partnership also sees the two clubs exchanging coaching philosophies and allows Brentford to utilise Selfoss' scouting network. Towards the end of the 2012/13 English season, Brentford player Aaron Pierre joined Selfoss for a work experience period and teammate Montell Moore will join in February 2014. Selfoss players Svavar Berg Jóhannsson and Daniel Thorstein Thorsteinsson spent a period training with Brentford in October 2013.