Ungmennafélagið Einherji is an Icelandic sports club, based in Vopnafjörður, Iceland. The club is named after the einherjar, figures from Norse Mythology.
History
The club was founded in Vopnafjörður on December 1, 1929, as Íþróttafélagið Einherjar. The first chairman was Ingólfur Erlendsson. The name of the club was changed to Ungmennafélagið Einherjar in 1943 and later to Ungmennafélagið Einherji.
Football
Men's football
In 1974 the men's team played in the Icelandic 3rd division (2. deild karla) for the first time. The team got promoted to the 2nd division (1. deild karla) for the first time in 1981. In the eighties the team played six seasons in the 2nd division reaching the club's record high; 5th place in 1986. By 1990 the club had been relegated down two divisions; to the fourth tier and hasn't seen promotion to the third tier since then.
In 2013, the team was promoted from the newly formed 4th division (4. deild karla) to the 3rd, by winning the division after a 2–0 victory in the final against Berserkir. This was Einherji's first title in the club's history.
Managers
Gunnlaugur Dan Ólafsson (1974) Skarphéðinn Óskarsson (1975) Þórir Jónsson (1976) Sigurður Þorsteinsson (1977) Ingólfur Hannesson (1978) Þormóður Einarsson (1979) Einar Friðþjófsson (1980) Ólafur Jóhannesson (1981–1982) Gústaf Baldvinsson (1983) Hreiðar Sigtryggsson (1985) Snorri Rútsson (1985) Njáll Eiðsson (1986), (1988–1989), (1996) Aðalbjörn Björnsson (1987), (1991–1992), (1995) Örnólfur Oddsson (1990) Ólafur Ólafsson (1993) Eysteinn Kristinsson (1994) Sigurður Pálsson (1998) Hallgrímur Guðmundsson (1999) Helgi Már Þórðarson (2003–2004) Davíð Örvar Ólafsson (2009–2010) David Hannah (2011 – June, 2012) Ryan McCann (caretaker) (June 2012 – Aug 31, 2012) Víglundur Páll Einarsson (2013–2015), (2017) Yngvi Borgþórsson (2016) Jón Orri Ólafsson (2018), (caretaker July 13, 2021 - 2021) Akim Armstrong (2019) Ashley Civil (2020) Helgi Snær Agnarsson (2021 - July 6, 2021) Ingvi Ingólfsson (2022)