The Fylkir Courier
Squad10 Aug 2026
9 saves: Ólafur Kristófer Helgason was the team
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 9 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tobias Stagaard arrives at the club he grew up with
Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Tobias Stagaard has, at Fylkir, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Finnur Tómas Pálmason is a medical away from Fylkir
The deal with KR is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Orri Sveinn Segatta in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Fylkir this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The terraces10 Aug 2026
The crowd has taken to Ólafur Kristófer Helgason
At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Market10 Aug 2026
Kolbeinn Smarason steps up from the Fylkir academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Kolbeinn Smarason has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Olafur Gudmundsson joins the Fylkir first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Olafur Gudmundsson is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Fylkir promote Andri Johannsson from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Andri Johannsson has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
Fylkir promote Kristinn Bjarnason from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Kristinn Bjarnason has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Squad Tobias Stagaard has outgrown this division
- Player ratings Ragnar Bragi Sveinsson runs at them all day
- Transfer targets Fylkir ask about Hreggviður Hermannsson