Full name | Klaksvíkar Ítróttarfelag |
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Nickname(s) | KÍ |
Founded | 24 August 1904 (Women's team 1985) |
Ground |
Djúpumýra Stadium Klaksvík |
Capacity | 3,000 |
Chairman | Tummas Lervig |
Manager | No Manager |
League | 1. deild kvinnur |
2016 | 1st |
Website | Club home page |
KÍ Klaksvík Kvinnur is the women's football team of KÍ Klaksvík, a Faroese football club, based in Klaksvík and founded in 1904. The club plays in blue and white. Their stadium, Djúpumýra, has a capacity of 3,000.
The women's section was created in 1985 and the team is the current champion of 1. deild kvinnur and the most successful in the Faroe Islands. They have won 1. deild for the record-breaking past 17 seasons. So since the UEFA Women's Cup began in 2001, they are the only women's team to have represented the Faroe Islands in Europe, and the only team to have participated in every UEFA competition from the inaugural 2001–02 edition to date.
KÍ Klaksvík currently has three players on the Faroe Islands women's national football team: Katrina Akursmørk, Maria Thomsen and Rannvá Andreasen. Eyðvør Klakstein is a former KÍ Klaksvík player, who currently plays in Spain.
As of 2014 KI is the only team to qualify for every single UEFA season. They never though advanced from the first group stage to the knock-out phase.