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| Full name | Klaksvíkar Ítróttarfelag | ||
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| Short name | KÍ | ||
| Founded | 24 August 1904; 121 years ago (1904-08-24) | ||
| Ground | Við Djúpumýrar | ||
| Capacity | 2,600 (1,300 seated) | ||
| Chairman | Tummas Lervig | ||
| Manager | Magnus Powell[1] | ||
| League | Faroe Islands Premier League | ||
| 2025 | Faroe Islands Premier League, 1st of 10 (champions) | ||
| Website | http://www.ki.fo/ | ||
Klaksvíkar Ítróttarfelag ("Klaksvík Sports Club"), commonly abbreviated toKÍ and also known asKÍ Klaksvík, is aFaroese professionalfootball club based inKlaksvík. The club was founded in 1904 and is one of the most successful Faroese football clubs, having won theFaroe Islands Premier League twenty-one times and theFaroe Islands Cup six times. The club wears blue and white and plays matches at theVið Djúpumýrar stadium.
KÍ Klaksvík notably became the first Faroese football club to play in the group stage of a majorUEFA-organised European competition, qualifying for this phase in the2023–24 edition of theUEFA Europa Conference League.
KÍ won the inaugural edition ofFaroese top-tier football in 1942.[2] In 1992, KÍ Klaksvík participated for the first time on a European stage,[3] competing in theChampions League preliminary round againstSkonto Riga ofLatvia, where they lost 6–1 on aggregate.[4]
By winning thedouble in 1999, KÍ reached a total of 17 league titles, a record at the time.[5] KÍ didn't win the league title again until2019, and although it held the honour of having won the most league titles since the 1950s, it was surpassed byHB in 2004.[2][5] Although the team signed former great Todi Jónsson and localAtli Danielsen in July 2009 for the remainder of theseason, KÍ was relegated for the first time in the club's 105 year-long history at the time.[5] Despite a slow start, they managed to return to the top league for 2011, when they finished fifth under the guidance of manager Aleksandar Đorđević.
In 2012, KÍ did one better than the previous year, and finished in 4th position. The team was the most potent attacking side, scoring 59 goals in 27 matches; Páll Klettskarð scored 22 goals and was the joint top-scorer. In the buildup to the 2013 season, Atli Danielsen and Meinhardt Joensen were signed, helping KÍ to reach the semi-final of the cup. However, they finished the league season in a disappointing 8th place. Ndende Adama Guéye was signed after the season, and the team hired a new manager, Mikkjal Thomassen, who managed the team until 2022. The new manager implemented a new system, foreign to most of the players, and so KÍ experienced a difficult start to the season. Later in the first half of the season, the team had implemented the style, playing attractive, free-flowing attacking football, eventually finishing fifth.In 2016, they missed out on their first league title since 1999 by just one point toVíkingur Gøta, although they did win theFaroe Islands Cup.[6] The next year, they lost the title to the same team by an even closer margin, only having a slightly worse goal difference. While thenext season was a disappointment, with the team only finishing fifth, the following years, starting withthe 2019 season would prove remarkable ones.[6]
That year, KÍ not only won their first title in twenty years, but they managed to reach the second qualifying round of theUEFA Europa League for the first time, defeatingRiteriai fromLithuania on away goals.[7] In 2020, KÍ went one better, becoming the first Faroese team to qualify for theEuropa League playoff round by beatingDinamo Tbilisi 6–1 in the third qualifying round, which KÍ had reached for the first time.[8] This shock result, against a much larger and more prestigious European club, was watched by seventy percent of theKlaksvík population, and set up what was labelled 'the biggest game in their history' against theIrish clubDundalk F.C, which they lost 3–1.[6]
In 2023, KÍ advanced to the second qualifying round of theChampions League for only the second time in their history by defeating 34-timeHungarian championsFerencváros 3–0 on aggregate, consisting of a 0–0 draw in Klaksvík and a 3–0 win inBudapest, rivalling their win over Dinamo Tbilisi as the biggest result in the history of the club. The Faroese club facedSwedish sideBK Häcken in the second qualifying round, beating them 4–3 on penalties after drawing 3–3 on aggregate. This historic result meant that KÍ became the first ever Faroese side to reach the third qualifying round of the Champions League. This result guaranteed the club's continental football path/route until at least December 2023 and meant they would also become the first ever Faroese side to play in the group stages of a European competition.[9] Klaksvík played Norwegian clubMolde in the third qualifying round, defeating them with a scoreline of 2–1 in the home leg; however, this was overturned in the away leg with a 2–0 defeat in extra time. During the run, strikerÁrni Frederiksberg scored 6 goals.[10]Klaksvík then played the Moldovan clubSheriff Tiraspol in the Europa League play-off round, tying the home game 1–1 before losing 1–2 in the away match. The Faroese team got drawn into Group A of the Europa Conference League2023-24 season, along withLille,Slovan Bratislava andOlimpija Ljubljana. In their first game, they lost 2–1 toSlovan Bratislava, withDeni Pavlovic becoming KI's inaugural scorer in the group stages. They made history on October 5 by drawing 0–0 withLille, becoming the firstFaroese team to score a point in the group stages of a European competition, and on October 26, when they won againstOlimpija Ljubljana 3–0, they became the first team from the Faroe Islands to win a game in the group stages of a European competition. After the season, managerMagne Hoseth left to manageDanish Superliga sideLyngby Boldklub,[11] and the club hiredHaakon Lunov to replace him.
KÍ Klaksvík plays its games inVið Djúpumýrar, a stadium with a seating capacity of 530 (2600 with standing places).[12] For the team's 2020 European qualification, theTórsvøllur stadium, which normally hosts thenational team was used, since the Við Djúpumýrar stadium did not meetUEFA requirements for the third qualifying round and above.[6]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Rógvi Jacobsen, played 53 matches for the Faroe Islands national team, scored 10 goals.Todi Jónsson, played 45 matches for the Faroe Islands national team, scored 9 goals. He played several years forFC Copenhagen in theDanish Superliga.Jákup Mikkelsen, played 73 matches for theFaroe Islands national football team as goalkeeper.Allan Mørkøre, played 54 matches for the Faroe Islands national team, scored 1 goal.Kurt Mørkøre, played 37 matches for the Faroe Islands national team, scored 3 goals.John Reid Bjartalíð (1945–1970)
Sölvi Óskarsson (1972)
Tony Paris (1977–1978)[13]
Peter Kordt (1980)Jens Hvidemose (1983–1984)Peter Kordt (1985)Olvheðin Jacobsen (1986)Steffen Petersen (1987)Jens Hvidemose (1988)John Kramer (1990)Petur Mohr (1991–1994)Sverri Jacobsen (1994–1995)Jóannes Jakobsen (1996–1998)Tony Paris (1999)[13]
Tomislav Sivić (2000–2001)Kurt Mørkøre (2002)Jan Joensen (2003)Ove Flindt Bjerg (2004–2005)Oddbjørn Joensen (2005)[13]Tony Paris (2006–2007)Trygvi Mortensen (2007)Eyðun Klakkstein (2007–2008)Petur Mohr (2008–2009)
Aleksandar Đorđević &Jákup Mikkelsen (2009)Petur Mohr (2009–2010)Aleksandar Đorđević (2010–2011)Páll Guðlaugsson (2012–2013)Eyðun Klakstein (2013–2014)Mikkjal Thomassen (2014–2022)
Magne Hoseth (2022–2024)Haakon Lunov (2024)Espen Haug (2024)
Magnus Powell (2025–)| Competition | Matches | W | D | L | GF | GA |
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| UEFA Champions League | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 30 |
| UEFA Cup /UEFA Europa League | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 31 | 52 |
| UEFA Europa Conference League | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 28 |
| UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| TOTAL | 65 | 20 | 15 | 30 | 81 | 116 |
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