Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar

Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar (English: Hafnarfjörður Gymnastics Club), commonly referred to as FH, is an Icelandic multi-sports club based in Hafnarfjörður. The club competes in football, handball, athletics, and fencing. It was founded in 1929 as a gymnastics club but soon started a handball department which became its flagship for several decades.^[1] Its men's football team has been a dominant power since the early 2000s.

Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar

Full name	Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar
Nickname	FH-ingar
Short name	FH
Sports	Athletics Football Handball Fencing
Founded	15 October 1929; 95 years ago (1929-10-15)
Based in	Hafnarfjörður
Chairman	Viðar Halldórsson

Football

Men's football

Main article: FH men's football

FH's men's football team has been a dominant power in Icelandic football since the early 2000s, winning several national championships.

Women's football

Main article: FH women's football

FH's women's football team won the first edition of the national championship in 1972. After losing the title to Ármann in 1973, FH won three successive titles in 1974, 1975 and 1976.^[2] The club was promoted from the second-tier 1. deild in 2015, and finished sixth in the 2016 Úrvalsdeild.

Handball

Men's handball

Main article: FH (men's handball)

Titles

• Icelandic champions
  • Winners (17): 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1971, 1974, 1976, 1984, 1985, 1990, 1992, 2011, 2024
• Icelandic Men's Handball Cup
  • Winners (6): 1975, 1976, 1977, 1992, 1994, 2019
• 1. deild karla
  • Winners (1): 2008
• 2. deild karla
  • Winners (1): 1989¹

¹ Won by the reserve FH-b

Women's handball

Titles

• Icelandic champions
  • Winners (3): 1961, 1981, 1982
• Icelandic Women's Handball Cup
  • Winners (1): 1981
• 1. deild kvenna
  • Winners (3): 1973, 2002¹, 2003¹

¹ Won by the reserve FH-b

References

1. Jóhann Guðni Reynisson. "Saga Íþróttabandalags Hafnarfjarðar í 70 ár" (PDF). ibh.is (in Icelandic).
2. "Íslandsmeistarar meistaraflokks kvenna" (in Icelandic). Football Association of Iceland. Archived from the original on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2017.

External links

• Official website