Íþróttafélagið Grótta

Grótta
Full name Íþróttafélagið Grótta
Founded 24 April 1967 (1967-04-24)[1]
Ground Hertz-Höllin,
Seltjarnarnes
Ground Capacity 1000
League 2. deild karla
2016 2. deild karla, 2nd (promoted)
Website Club home page

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.

The football team plays its home matches at the Gróttuvöllur, which has an artificial grass playing surface and a capacity of 300 spectators.[2]

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.[3]

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.[1] 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.[4] 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 2015

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Iceland GK Árni Ásgeirsson
15 Iceland GK Jón Rivine
Iceland DF Bjarni Gunnarsson
4 Iceland DF Enric Teitsson
24 Iceland DF Grétar Ali Khan
22 Kosovo DF Benis Krasniqi
8 Iceland MF Kristjan Björnsson
13 Iceland MF Sigurdur Jónsson
11 Iceland FW Björn Gudjónsson
13 Iceland FW Jón Kristjánsson
No. Position Player
10 Iceland MF Gudjón Gunnarsson
14 Iceland MF Björn Thorláksson
19 Iceland MF Markús Sigurdsson
7 Iceland MF Agnar Gudjónsson
Iceland FW Viktor Smári Segatta
19 Iceland FW Pétur Hardarson
20 Iceland MF Jónmundur Grétarsson
21 Iceland DF Gudmundur Hannesson
22 Iceland DF Enok Eidsson
23 Iceland GK Magnus Helgason
24 Iceland FW Hrafn Jónsson
25 Iceland FW Grímur Grímsson

References

  1. 1 2 "Íþróttafélagið Grótta 40 ára" [Grótta Sports Club 40 years old] (PDF). Skólablaðið Skinfaxi (in Icelandic). 1 May 2007. p. 28. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
  2. ↑ "Gróttuvöllur". KSÍ.is. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
  3. ↑ "Saga félagsins" [History of the club] (in Icelandic). GrottaSport.is. 28 February 2012. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
  4. ↑ "Knattspyrna: 3. deild karla Síðari úrslitaleikir um sæti í 2. deild". Morgunblaðið. 29 August 2007. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
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