Elías Voss
"We wear the town. The least we can do is win in it." — captain, centre-forward, Vík-born. 118 goals since 2018, one for every metre of the cliff.
North Atlantic League · Division One
Vík, the black coast · Est. 1921
BASALT CLUB FC
Founded 1921.
Dressed like it matters.
A football club from a black-sand harbour of 900 people, cut from the same hexagonal stone as the cliffs behind the goal. We defend narrow, we press early, and we have never once walked out in a kit we were not proud to be buried in.
SUN 06.09 — 16:00
Basalt FC v Fjord Athletic · Matchday 8 · The Hexagon, gates 14:30
Tickets from €14
Autumn / Winter 2026 — Fixtures
The Collection
Eight appointments, one dress code. Every fixture is a fitting; every away end is a runway we didn't ask for.
Home looks shown at The Hexagon, Sjávargata 19. Away allocations released ten days prior — members first.
All kick-offs local time.
VÍK SALTWORKS
9
Home Basalt — black body, gold sash, worn with black shorts.
The shirt is a garment first
The Atelier
Since the 2019 rebuild, every Basalt kit has been cut by Frakkur, a two-person tailoring house above the old net loft on Bryggjuvegur. The sash is set at 114 degrees — the pitch of the columns at Reynisfjara — and the numerals are the same block the club painted on fish crates in 1921.
Cloth210gsm hex-weave jacquard, knitted in Como; the honeycomb only shows when the floodlights hit it.
CollarTailored V with a grosgrain ribbon inside the neck, stamped BFC 1921. No crew necks. Ever.
NumeralsClub-cut block, heat-set, gold on home shirts. The 9 has not been reissued since 1987 — until now.
CareCold wash, hang in sea air. Bloodstains from the Whale Road derby are considered patina.
€90Replica, sizes XS–4XL
€145Match spec, numbered
€12Name & numeral set
Division One · After Matchday 29
The Standing
Set in numerals big enough to read from the cliff top. The margin is two points and one very cold October.
PosClub
PWDLGDPts
1
Basalt FCUnbeaten at The Hexagon since March 2025
291964+31
63
2
Port VindWe visit them 10 Oct, wearing Alabaster
291874+26
61
3
Aurora FCCup opponents, 20 Sep
291685+19
56
4
Fjord AthleticTwice more this autumn
291496+11
51
5
Glacier UnitedMoraine Park, coldest ground in the division
291289+4
44
6
Whale Road FCThe derby. That's all that needs saying
291199−2
42
Champions dress the town in gold for a week. Bottom two go down the coast to Division Two.
Source: league office, Matchday 29 · five to play.
First team, 2026–27
The Colonnade
Eleven columns hold the cliff up. These six hold us up. Names read bottom-to-top, the way the stone grew.
Anders Kolbeck
Marcel Duval
Tómas Hein
Rafael Conti
Sölvi Berg
Founded 1921Black sandGold threadThe HexagonFour titlesOne coastFounded 1921Black sandGold threadThe HexagonFour titlesOne coast
Why we dress like this
"A club is a garment the whole town wears. You do not send nine hundred people out in something careless."
Basalt FC was founded on 3 April 1921 by eleven dockworkers and one tailor, Jón Ásgeirsson, who refused to sew the first shirts until the club agreed, in writing, that black and gold would never be changed by any committee. The clause survives. So does the shirt.
1921
Founded on the quay. First match played on packed black sand at low tide; abandoned when the tide came in, 2–1 up.
1948
First title. Won at Whale Road with ten men. The gold sash is added to the shirt the following spring.
1974
The Hexagon opens. Six stands, 11,000 places, cut into the cliff itself. Away keepers still complain about the shadow.
1993
Nearly gone. Saved from liquidation by 2,114 shareholders — the town's whole adult population, plus one lighthouse.
2019
The Frakkur rebuild. Kits move to the atelier on Bryggjuvegur. Shirt sales triple. Results, oddly, follow.
2026
Top of Division One. Unbeaten at home since March 2025. Five matches from a fifth star nobody here will call inevitable.
The Hexagon · Sjávargata 19, Vík
The Gate
Six stands, no bad seats, one very good coffee hut behind the North Column. Cash and card; the wind is free.
The Hexagon — Sjávargata 19, 870 Vík, the black coast.
Capacity 11,000 · gates open 90 minutes before kick-off.
Twelve minutes on foot from the harbour bus stop; follow the gold line painted on the sea wall.
North ColumnSafe standing · the singing end · under 16 must stand with an adult€14
Long SideSeated · rows A–R · best view of the sash in motion€26
Gallery RowPadded seats, half-time coffee & kleina included · 208 places€48
Under-16, any standBecause the 1921 clause says the next town gets in cheap€5
Season book, 15 matchesWaiting list currently 1,417 names long — join it anyway€210
Club shop — Frakkur counterTue–Sat 10:00–17:00
Matchdays from three hours before kick-off
Kit fittings by appointment: shop@basaltfc.example
Matchdays from three hours before kick-off
Kit fittings by appointment: shop@basaltfc.example
Ticket officeWed–Fri 12:00–18:00 & matchdays
Phone +354 555 1921, honestly answered
Members' window opens ten days before each home look
Phone +354 555 1921, honestly answered
Members' window opens ten days before each home look