Logi Ólafsson (born 14 November 1954) is an Icelandic football coach and former player. During his coaching career, he has been the manager of both the Icelandic men's and women's national team.

Playing career

Logi played for FH from 1972 to 1981.

Managerial career

Logi started his coaching career as an assistant coach for FH from 1985 to 1986. In 1987 he became the manager of Valur women's side for two seasons, before moving on to manage Víkingur men's team where he won the Icelandic Championship in

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. In 1993, following his spell at Víkingur he became the coach of the

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, but left the following year. He then spent a season at ÍA, winning the Icelandic Championship again in

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. Logi Ólafsson was in charge of Iceland men's national team between years 1996 and 1997, before returning to ÍA where they finished 2nd, 3rd and 4th in the years

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and

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. From 2000 he took on a new challenge in managing the First Division side of FH. He won promotion in his first season and finish 3rd in the 2001 Úrvalsdeild the year after. In the following season he would move to manage Norwegian club

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alongside

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. In 2003, he returned to manage the men's national team, this time in a joint role with

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. In

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, he took charge of KR, and won the

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. Yet he was forced out after three years in charge due to a slow league start. He was not out of a job for long, as he joined Selfoss and won promotion to the 2012 Úrvalsdeild. Overall he stayed there for three seasons. In

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, Logi transferred to Garðabær to take charge of

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. He steered them to 3rd place, the club's all-time highest finish at the time, delivering to the club its first ever Europa League Qualification Round. On 16 July 2020, Logi took over as co-manager of FH, along with

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References

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