Klaksvíkar Ítróttarfelag (women)
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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.
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 | Jens Wedeborg | ||
League | 1. deild kvinnur | ||
2023 | Champions | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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The women's team was created in 1985. It is the reigning champion of the 1. deild kvinnur and the most successful in the Faroe Islands. They have won the 1. deild for a record-breaking past 17 seasons.[1] Since the UEFA Women's Cup began in 2001, they were the only women's team to have represented the Faroe Islands in Europe until 2018,[2] and the only team to have participated in every UEFA competition from the inaugural 2001–02 edition to date.[3]
KÍ Klaksvík currently has eight players on the Faroe Islands women's national football team:[4] Óluva Joensen, Birita Ryan, Sanna Svarvadal, Tórunn Joensen, Tóra Mohr, Hervør Olsen, Maria Biskopstø and Eyðvør Klakstein.