Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar

Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar

Full name	Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar
Nickname	FH-ingar
Short name	FH
Sports	Athletics Football Handball Fencing
Founded	15 October 1929; 91 years ago (1929-10-15)
Based in	Hafnarfjörður
Chairman	Viðar Halldórsson

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.

Football[]

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[]

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[]

Titles[]

• Icelandic champions
  • Winners (16): 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1971, 1974, 1976, 1984, 1985, 1990, 1992, 2011
• Icelandic Men's Handball Cup
  • Winners (6): 1975, 1976, 1977, 1992, 1994, 2019
• 1. deild karla
  • Winners (1): 2008
• • 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[]

External links[]

• Official website