Ólafur Jóhannesson (football manager)

This article is about the football manager. For the former prime minister of Iceland, see Ólafur Jóhannesson.

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Ólafur.

Ólafur Davíð Jóhannesson (born 30 June 1957) is an Icelandic football manager and former player who formerly managed the Iceland national team. During his manager career, he has won the Icelandic championship five times and the Icelandic Cup three times.^[1]

Ólafur Jóhannesson

Personal information
Full name	Ólafur Davíð Jóhannesson
Date of birth	(1957-06-30) 30 June 1957 (age 67)
Place of birth	Reykjavík, Iceland
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Haukar
1986	FH	16	(0)
1987	Valur	5	(0)
1989–1990	FH	18	(0)
1991	Haukar
1991	FH	10	(0)
1992	Þróttur Reykjavík	2	(0)
Managerial career
1981–1982	Einherji
1983–1985	Skallagrímur
1988–1990	FH
1992	Þróttur
1993	Haukar
1995	FH
1996–1997	Skallagrímur
1998	UMF Selfoss
1998	Skallagrímur
2002	ÍR
2003–2007	FH
2007–2011	Iceland
2011–2013	Haukar
2014–2019	Valur
2020	Stjarnan
2021–2022	FH
2022	Valur
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

During his playing career, he played most of his years as a senior player with Haukar in the role of defender, but started his career as manager only 24 years of age with the team Einherji from Vopnafjörður. He has managed Einherji, Skallagrímur, FH, Þróttur, Haukar, Selfoss, ÍR and Valur.^[2]

Managerial career

FH

Ólafur Jóhannesson managed FH a total of three times, the most recent and successful between the years 2002 and 2008.

During those years FH rose up to become a major power in Icelandic football. In his first season as manager, Ólafur steered his team to second place, FH highest finish in years.

Next season he did even better and made them champions and secured a place in the qualifying rounds of the Champions League. Ólafur won two more championships in the years 2005 and 2006 and winning the first VISA-cup in the history of FH in 2007.^[3]

Icelandic national team

Ólafur signed a two-year contract on 29 October 2007, after leaving his post as manager of Icelandic side FH. His first game in charge was against Denmark in November 2007. Ólafur has worked as a carpenter as well as being a manager for years.^[4]

Honours

Manager

FH

• Úrvalsdeild karla: 2004, 2005, 2006
• Icelandic Cup: 2007
• Icelandic League Cup: 2004, 2006, 2007, 2022
• Icelandic Super Cup: 2005, 2006, 2007

Valur

• Úrvalsdeild karla: 2017, 2018
• Icelandic Cup: 2015, 2016
• Icelandic League Cup: 2018
• Icelandic Super Cup: 2016, 2017, 2018

References

1. Sæbjörn Þór Þórbergsson Steinke (31 October 2022). "Óli Jó: Held þetta sé orðið gott hjá mér í fótboltanum". Fótbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 11 January 2023.
2. "Ólafur Jóhannessson". FHingar.net (in Icelandic). Archived from the original on 2 October 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2007.
3. "Ólafur Jóhannesson ráðinn þjálfari A-landsliðs karla". ksi.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 18 September 2008.
4. "Óli Jó tekur við íslenska landsliðinu". fotbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 29 October 2007.

External links

• Ólafur Jóhannesson at the Football Association of Iceland (in Icelandic)