Breiðablik Kópavogur

Breiðablik UBK
	Breiðablik UBK
Basic data
Surname	Breiðablik, ungmennafélag
Seat	Kópavogur , Iceland
founding	April 12, 1950
Colours	green white
president	Sveinn Gíslason
Website	breidablik.is
First soccer team
Venue	Kópavogsvöllur
Places	3,500
league	Men: Pepsideild; Women: Pepsideild kvenna
2019	Men: 2nd place
home	Away

The Breiðablik UBK is an Icelandic football club from Kópavogur . The club colors of the club founded in 1950 are green-white-red. The club's women's football division is the most successful in Iceland.

General

The association was founded on April 12, 1950. At first there was only one men's team. Later a women's team was also founded.

The name Breidablik comes from Nordic mythology and means something like Balder's home. The nickname Blikar is derived from the second part of the name Breiðablik and means something like the glorious or the ducks in Icelandic . The home of the club is the Kópavogsvöllur stadium , which has a capacity of 3,500 people.

Women's soccer

In 1972 the Úrvalsdeild , the top division in Icelandic women's football, was founded and Breiðablik was part of the game. Breiðablik is the only club that has never been relegated from the league. In 1977 the first of 16 championships so far was won. In addition, the club has won the Icelandic Cup eleven times, making it the most successful club in Icelandic women's football.

In 2001, Breiðablik Kópavagur should have represented Iceland in the first edition of the UEFA Women's Cup . Since a large part of the team stayed in the USA for study purposes, they did not start in favor of runner-up KR Reykjavík . A year later they qualified again, but entered with an inexperienced team. They finished third behind Fortuna Hjørring ( Denmark ) and FC Bobruichanka ( Belarus ). After all, you could beat the Moldovan champions FC Codru Anenii Noi 2-0.

By the championship 2005 Breiðablik took part for the second time in the UEFA Women's Cup. With three victories against SV Neulengbach ( Austria ), SU 1 ° Dezembro ( Portugal ) and Newtownabbey Strikers ( Northern Ireland ), they entered the second round without conceding a goal and met the defending champions 1. FFC Frankfurt . After surviving the second group round, they failed in the quarterfinals at the eventual champions Arsenal .

successes

Icelandic champion (16): 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2015
Icelandic Cup Winner (11): 1981, 1982, 1983, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2005, 2013, 2016
Icelandic league cup winner (6): 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2006, 2012

Men's soccer

The men's team is known as the elevator team . In the past 40 years, the team has been relegated five times and promoted five times. The team has been an integral part of the first Icelandic league since 1998. 2009 was the men's team's most successful year to win the Icelandic Cup . In 2010 the Icelandic Championship was won for the first time . At the end of the 22nd game day, the champions showed as many points as the runner-up FH Hafnarfjörður . Therefore, the 98th Icelandic Championship was decided because of the better goal difference.

The following first participation in the 2011 Champions League qualification they lost to Rosenborg Trondheim , but they managed to win the second leg 2-0 at home after losing 5-0 in Norway. The club's greatest international success was achieved in qualifying for the 2013/14 UEFA Europa League when the Austrian club SK Sturm Graz were defeated 1-0 after a 0-0 home match in an away match and Breiðablik moved into the third qualifying round. There you were just defeated by the Kazakh representative FK Aqtöbe .

European Cup balance sheet

season	competition	round	opponent	total	To	Back
2010/11	UEFA Europa League	2nd qualifying round	Scotland Motherwell FC	0: 2	0: 1 (A)	0: 1 (H)
2011/12	UEFA Champions League	2nd qualifying round	Norway Rosenborg Trondheim	2: 5	0: 5 (A)	2: 0 (H)
2013/14	UEFA Europa League	1st qualifying round	Andorra FC Santa Coloma	4-0	4: 0 (H)	0: 0 (A)
		2nd qualifying round	Austria SK Sturm Graz	1-0	0: 0 (H)	1: 0 (A)
		3rd qualifying round	Kazakhstan FK Aqtöbe	1: 1 (1: 2 i. E. )	0: 1 (A)	1: 0 a.d. (H)
2016/17	UEFA Europa League	1st qualifying round	Latvia FK Jelgava	4: 5	2: 3 (H)	2: 2 (A)
2019/20	UEFA Europa League	1st qualifying round	Liechtenstein FC Vaduz	1: 2	0: 0 (H)	1: 2 (A)