Breiðablik women's football

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Breiðablik
Full nameBreiðablik
Nickname(s)Blikar
Founded12 April 1950
GroundKópavogsvöllur,
Kópavogur, Iceland
Capacity5,501 (1,869 seated)
ChairmanÓlafur Hrafn Ólafsson[1]
ManagerÞorsteinn Halldórsson
LeagueÚrvalsdeild kvenna
20212nd
WebsiteClub website

The Breiðablik women's football team is the women's football department of the Breiðablik UBK multi-sport club. It is based in Kópavogur, Iceland, and currently plays in the Úrvalsdeild kvenna, the top-tier women's football league in Iceland. They finished second in the league in 2017[2] and first in 2018.[3]

They won the Úrvalsdeild kvenna in 2020 and are currently competing in the 2021–22 UEFA Women's Champions League.

History[]

The women's football team is the powerhouse of Icelandic women's football and nearly made a clean sweep in 2005, winning the championship[4] and cup plus almost all of the younger division titles. In International competitions Breiðablik has taken part in The Nordic Open Championship in the years 1995, 1996 and 1997 among teams such as Fortuna Hjørring from Denmark, Trondheims Örn from Norway and HJK from Finland.

Breiðablik was the first Icelandic team to earn a seat in The European Women's Cup 2001–02 but due to financial reasons Breiðablik did not participate and KR was therefore the first Icelandic team to take part. Breiðablik did however take part in the Women's Cup the following year where they played in group with the Danish Champions Fortuna Hjørring, Belarus Champions FC Babruyshanka and Moldovan Champions FC Codru Anenii Noi. There Breiðablik won Iceland's first win in the Women's Cup against FC Codru Anenii Noi.

In the Women's Cup 2006–07 Breiðablik qualified again and this time won their group with some differences. The team did not conceive a goal and scored 14 in the three matches. Their opponents were SV Neulengbach from Austria, SU 1° Dezembro from Portugal and Newtownabbey Strikers from Northern Ireland. In the second qualifying round Breiðablik was very unlucky to have as an opponent the great team from Germany 1. FFC Frankfurt. It turned out the German team was too big for the Icelandic team but they did well and came in second with two wins, against HJK from Finland and Universitet Vitebsk from Belarus and qualified to the quarter finals. In the quarterfinals in 2006–2007 competition Breiðablik played home and away matches against the team that later won the competition Arsenal Ladies FC from England. No need to say Arsenal was way better team but Breiðablik could still walk strong and hold their head up high.

The third time Breiðablik qualified to the European Women's Cup the name of the Competition had been changed to UEFA Women's Champion League and the season was 2010–11. Breiðablik came in as a second Icelandic team to the competition and had to play in the Qualifying round, group 4 along with FCF Juvisy Essonne from France, FC Targu Mures from Romania and FC Levadia Tallinn from Estonia. Breiðablik came in second in the qualifying round with 7 points like FCF Juvisy and was one of two teams to qualify to the main round of 32 teams.

In 2015, the team won the Icelandic championship for the sixteenth time.[5][6]

On 17 August 2018, Breiðablik won the Icelandic Cup for the 12th time, defeating Stjarnan 2-1 in the Cup finals.[7]

On 17 September 2018, Breiðablik won the Icelandic championship for the seventeenth time.[8]

Current squad[]

As of 19 August 2021

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Iceland ISL Sonný Lára Þráinsdóttir
4 MF Iceland ISL
5 DF Iceland ISL Hafrún Rakel Halldórsdóttir
7 MF Iceland ISL Agla María Albertsdóttir
8 DF Iceland ISL
9 FW United States USA
12 GK Iceland ISL (on loan from FH)
13 DF Iceland ISL Ásta Eir Árnadóttir
14 FW Belgium BEL Chloe Van de Velde
15 FW Iceland ISL
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 FW United States USA Tiffany McCarty
17 MF Iceland ISL Karitas Tómasdóttir
18 DF Iceland ISL
19 FW Iceland ISL
20 MF Iceland ISL Áslaug Munda Gunnlaugsdóttir
21 MF Iceland ISL Hildur Antonsdóttir
23 MF Iceland ISL
24 DF Iceland ISL
27 MF Iceland ISL Selma Sól Magnúsdóttir
55 GK Iceland ISL

Honours[]

League[]

  • Úrvalsdeild kvenna (Premier league)
    • Winners (18): 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2015, 2018, 2020
  • 1. deild kvenna (1st division)
    • Winners (1): 1988

Cups[]

  • Icelandic Cup
    • Winners (12): 1981, 1982, 1983, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2016, 2018
  • Icelandic League Cup
    • Winners (7): 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2006, 2012, 2019

European record[]

  • note that qualifying rounds are a round-robin tournament of one game each against three opponents in the group, rather than a two-game aggregate against a single opponent
Season Competition Round Opponents Home Away Agg
2002–03 2002–03 UEFA Women's Cup Second qualifying round: Group 6 Belarus Babruyshanka 2–3 2–3
2002–03 2002–03 UEFA Women's Cup Second qualifying round: Group 6 Denmark Fortuna Hjørring 0–9 0–9
2002–03 2002–03 UEFA Women's Cup Second qualifying round: Group 6 Moldova Codru Anenii Noi 2–0 2–0
2006–07 2006–07 UEFA Women's Cup First qualifying round: Group 3 Portugal SU 1° Dezembro 4–0 4–0
2006–07 2006–07 UEFA Women's Cup First qualifying round: Group 3 Austria Neulengbach 3–0 3–0
2006–07 2006–07 UEFA Women's Cup First qualifying round: Group 3 Northern Ireland Crusaders Newtownabbey Strikers 7–0 7–0
2006–07 2006–07 UEFA Women's Cup Second qualifying round: Group 1 Finland HJK Helsinki 2–1 2–1
2006–07 2006–07 UEFA Women's Cup Second qualifying round: Group 1 Germany 1. FFC Frankfurt 0–5 0–5
2006–07 2006–07 UEFA Women's Cup Second qualifying round: Group 1 Belarus Universitet Vitebsk 1–0 1–0
2006–07 2006–07 UEFA Women's Cup Quarter-finals England Arsenal LFC 0–5 1–4 1–9
2010–11 2010–11 UEFA Women's Champions League Qualifying round: Group 4 Estonia Levadia Tallinn 8–1 8–1
2010–11 2010–11 UEFA Women's Champions League Qualifying round: Group 4 Romania FCM Târgu Mureş 7–0 7–0
2010–11 2010–11 UEFA Women's Champions League Qualifying round: Group 4 France Juvisy 3–3 3–3
2010–11 2010–11 UEFA Women's Champions League Round of 32 France Juvisy 0–3 0–6 0–9

References[]

  1. ^ Stjórn knattspyrnudeildar Breiðabliks
  2. ^ Sæmundsson, Ingvi Þór (September 28, 2017). "Umfjöllun og viðtöl: Breiðablik - Grindavík 4-0 - Stórsigur Blika dugði ekki til". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  3. ^ Anton Ingi Leifsson (17 September 2018). "Breiðablik Íslandsmeistari í sautjánda sinn". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  4. ^ "Breiðablik Íslandsmeistari". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). August 31, 2005. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  5. ^ "Breiðablik Íslandsmeistari kvenna". RÚV (in Icelandic). September 7, 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  6. ^ Sigtryggsson, Einar (September 7, 2015). "Breiðablik er Íslandsmeistari". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  7. ^ Andri Yrkill Valsson (17 August 2018). "Breiðablik bikarmeistari í 12. sinn". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  8. ^ Anton Ingi Leifsson (17 September 2018). "Breiðablik Íslandsmeistari í sautjánda sinn". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 17 September 2018.

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