FH Hafnarfjördur
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| Full name | Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar |
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| Nickname(s) | FH-ingar |
| Short name | FH |
| Founded | October 15, 1929 |
| Ground |
Kaplakriki, Hafnarfjörður, Iceland |
| Capacity | 6,500 (3,050 seats) |
| Chairman | Jón Rúnar Halldórsson |
| Manager | Heimir Guðjónsson |
| League | Úrvalsdeild |
| 2016 | 1st |
| Website | Club home page |
Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar (English: Hafnarfjörður gymnastics club), commonly referred to as FH, is a professional Icelandic sports club based in Hafnarfjörður. The club competes in football, handball, track and field, and fencing. Its men's football team has been a dominant power since the early 2000 and is the reigning first division champion, after taking the 2016 title, the eighth in its history.
Founded in 1928 as a gymnastics club, FH has since moved into other sports. FH were promoted to the first division in football for the first time in 1979. They avoided relegation by one place and two points in their first season before being relegated in last place in 1981. FH were promoted back to the top-flight in 1984. They spent a single season in the second division in 1988 and were relegated again in 1995.
After winning the second division in 2000, they came third in the first division in 2001. In 2004 FH won their first national championship, with 37 points to ÍBV's 31.
FH's first European campaign came in the 2004-05 UEFA Cup, in which they defeated Haverfordwest County of Wales in the first qualifying round, and then Scottish side Dunfermline Athletic in the second 4–3 on aggregate. With the second leg in injury time and the aggregate score at 3–3, Dunfermline were set to go through on away goals. However, Tommy Nielsen scored in injury time to send the Icelandic part-timers into the first round proper, where they were defeated by Germany's Alemannia Aachen 5–1 on aggregate with all the goals in the first leg in Aachen.
As Icelandic champion of 2004, FH represented the country in the 2005-06 UEFA Champions League, losing to Neftchi Baku of Azerbaijan by 2–0 in the first leg and by 1–2 in the second leg [4–1 on aggregate] of the first qualifying round.
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