Fótboltafélagið Hvöt (English: Hvöt Football Club) was the first women's football club in Iceland. It was founded on 14 July 1914 in Ísafjörður[1][2] and its first board was appointed by Guðrún Skúladóttir, the chairman, Bergþóra Árnadóttir and Ingibjörg Helgadóttir, and the team's first coach was Einar Oddur Kristjánsson.[3] The club operated from 1914 to 1916 and the girls competed with each other as well as competing with boys' clubs in the town, so-called "Púka clubs".[4][5][6] The clubs training grounds were at Hrossataðsvellir and they played their games there and at Tangstún and Riistún.[7][8]
| Full name | Fótboltafélagið Hvöt |
|---|---|
| Short name | Hvöt |
| Founded | 14 July 1914 |
| Dissolved | 1916 |
| Ground | Hrossataðsvellir, Tangstún and Riistún |
References
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- ^ Steinþór Guðbjartsson (1 June 2017). "Konurnar fyrstar á Ísafirði". Morgunblaðið. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
- ^ "Fótboltafélagið Hvöt". Konur og stjórnmál (in Icelandic). National and University Library of Iceland. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
- ^ Sigurður Pétursson (2017). Knattspyrnusaga Ísfirðinga. Púkamót, félag. pp. 29–30. ISBN 978-9935-24-189-4.
- ^ Skapti Hallgrímsson (9 July 2017). "Stúlkur á Ísafirði brutu ísinn 1914". Morgunblaðið. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
- ^ "Knattspyrnufélag kvenna". Baldur (in Icelandic). 24 June 1944. p. 64. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ^ Orri Páll Ormarsson (26 November 2017). "Þetta er engin kvennaíþrótt". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). p. 14. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ^ "Frá Hrossataðsvöllum að Torfnesi". Bæjarins Besta (in Icelandic). 13 March 2002. p. 2. Retrieved 29 July 2021.