UMFS Dalvík is an Iceland

Iceland

Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...

ic sports club located in Dalvík

Dalvík

Dalvíkurbyggð is a municipality in the north of Iceland.The population of the municipality is about 2,000- History :The municipality of Dalvíkurbyggð was formed in 1998 by the merger of three districts of outer Eyjafjörður: the town of Dalvík and the rural districts of Svarfaðardalur and Árskógur...

. The club has had competitors in various sports in Iceland, most notably football, athletics and basketball

Basketball

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. The club currently has no senior football team but is part of the Dalvík/Reynir

Dalvík/Reynir

Dalvík/Reynir is an Icelandic football club, currently playing in 3rd division.-History:In 2006 UMFS Dalvík and Reynir Árskógsströnd joined forces to form a new club, Dalvík/Reynir, after Leiftur and Dalvík broke up their cooperation that had formed Leiftur/Dalvík and lasted only four years...

 cooperation and has youth teams playing in national competitions. Dalvík has also had teams playing in national handball

Team handball

Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...

 and volleyball

Volleyball

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 leagues.

History

UMFS Dalvík was founded in 1909 and was from the start involved in and orgainzed various activities for youth in the Svarfaðardalur area, mostly sports.

In 1978 the club first entered the Icelandic football league

Icelandic football league system

The Icelandic football league system is a series of interconnected leagues for club football in Iceland.-The system:Below shows how the current system works. For each division, its English name, official name or sponsorship name and number of clubs is given...

, playing in a 3rd division

2. deild karla

2. deild karla is a football league in Iceland. It is the third division in the Icelandic football league system. Current champions are Tindastóll/Hvöt....

 provincial group for two seasons, 1978 and 1979. UMFS Dalvík re-joined the football league in 1982 starting in the newly formed 4th division

3. deild karla

3. deild karla is a football league in Iceland. It is the fourth and bottom division in the Icelandic football league system. Current champions are KV.-Competition format:...

. The club's sole national honour came in 1996 when it won the 3rd division championship. In 2002 UMFS Dalvík joined with rivals Leiftur Ólafsfjörður forming a new club, Leiftur/Dalvík ending UMFS Dalvík's direct involvement in the football league. After the 2005 season the Leiftur/Dalvík partnership broke up and Dalvík joined another rivals in forming Dalvík/Reynir

Dalvík/Reynir

Dalvík/Reynir is an Icelandic football club, currently playing in 3rd division.-History:In 2006 UMFS Dalvík and Reynir Árskógsströnd joined forces to form a new club, Dalvík/Reynir, after Leiftur and Dalvík broke up their cooperation that had formed Leiftur/Dalvík and lasted only four years...

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Notable players

• Heiðar Helguson
  Heiðar Helguson
  Heiðar Helguson is an Icelandic footballer who plays as a striker for Queens Park Rangers....
  
  

Played for the club at youth level and made his league debut for Dalvík.

• Atli Viðar Björnsson
  Atli Viðar Björnsson
  Atli Viðar Björnsson is an Iceland footballer, currently playing for FH. He notably scored an equalising goal against English Premier League side Aston Villa in a 2008 UEFA Cup match, earning the Icelandic outfit a memorable draw away at Villa Park.-External links:* -References:...
  
  

Played for the club at youth level, made his league debut for Dalvík and played for the club for a few seasons before moving to FH

Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar

Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar, commonly referred to as FH, is Icelandic football club based in Hafnarfjörður.- Overview :The team are perhaps best known outside Iceland for beating Scottish side Dunfermline in the qualifying rounds of the 2004/05 UEFA Cup 4–3 on aggregate...

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