Valbjarnarvöllur

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Valbjarnarvöllur (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈvalˌpja (r)tnaˌvœtlʏr̥], lit. 'Valbjörn Field' or more precisely 'Valbjörn Stadium', named after the track and field athlete Valbjörn Þorláksson), also known as Eimskipsvöllurinn ([ˈeimˌscɪpsˌvœtlʏrɪn], lit. 'Eimskip Field' or 'Eimskip Stadium') for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium in Reykjavík, Iceland. It is the home stadium of Þróttur Reykjavík who play in the Úrvalsdeild. The stadium has a capacity of 5,478 fans. In December 2016, Þróttur Reykjavík announced a three-year sponsorship deal with local shipping company Eimskip until 2019, which would see the stadium name changed to Eimskipsvöllurinn for the duration of the deal.

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