Hvöt Blönduós

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Football club

Hvöt Blönduós

Full name

Hvöt Blönduós

Ground

Blönduósvöllur, Blönduós

Capacity

1,000

League

3. deild karla

2023

3. deild karla, 2nd of 12 (promoted)

Home colours

Away colours

Ungmennafélagið Hvöt, commonly known as Hvöt or Hvöt Blönduós, is an Icelandic multi-sport club from the town of Blönduós located in the north of Iceland.^[1]

Football

Men's football

On 12 June 2002, Björn Vignir Björnsson played a senior team game with Hvöt along with three of his sons; Finnur, Óskar and Vignir.^[2] It was founded in 1924.^[3]

In 2008, comedians and TV-hosts Auðunn Blöndal and Egill Einarsson joined the team.^[4]^[5]

In November 2007, Kristján Óli Sigurðsson was hired as the head coach of the Hvöt men's team.^[6]

References

^ Jón Sigurðsson (19 April 2008). "Unglingastarfið treyst hjá Hvöt". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 4 December 2022.
^ "Faðir og þrír synir keppa fyrir Hvöt frá Blönduósi". Morgunblaðið. 13 June 2002. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
^ "Fjölskyldudagur Hvatar". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 12 November 2004. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
^ "Hvöt frá Blönduósi fær liðsauka: Auðunn Blöndal reimar á sig skóna". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 1 April 2008. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
^ Atli Fannar Bjarkason (15 March 2008). "Króksarar óttast ekki Gillzenegger". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 4 December 2022.
^ Magnús Már Einarsson (21 November 2007). "Kristján Óli: Vonandi verður þetta ævintýrasumar". Fótbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 4 December 2022.