Akureyri Handboltafélag

Akureyri Handboltafélag
Full name Akureyri Handboltafélag
Short name Akureyri
Founded 2006
Arena Íþróttahöllin á Akureyri
Capacity 1110
President Þorsteinn Hlynur Jónsson
Head coach Sverre Jakobsson
League Úrvalsdeild karla
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Akureyri Handboltafélag is a men's handball club, located in Akureyri, Iceland.

History

Akureyri Handboltafélag was founded in 2006 as a joint team between KA and Þór Akureyri. In 2011 it posted the best record in the Úrvalsdeild karla.[1][2] It made it to the 2011 Úrvalsdeild finals where it lost to FH in front of a record crowd of 2950 people in Kaplakriki.[3]

In 2017, the club was relegated from the Úrvalsdeild.[4] and shortly after, KA decided to break off from the cooperation and fielded their own team starting from 2017-2018. Þór continued to run its men's team under the Akureyri name[5] and in 2018, the team finished first in 1. deild karla and was promoted back to the Úrvalsdeild along with KA, which finished second.[6]

Trophies

1. deild karla:

  • 2018

League Champions (Icelandic: Deildarmeistarar):

  • 2011

References

  1. ↑ "Akureyri deildarmeistari". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). 29 March 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  2. ↑ Ívar Benediktsson (28 March 2011). "Akureyri er deildarmeistari". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  3. ↑ "FH Íslandsmeistari". RÚV (in Icelandic). 4 May 2011. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  4. ↑ Arnar Geir Halldórsson (4 April 2017). "Akureyri átt handboltalið í efstu deild síðustu 33 ár". kaffid.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  5. ↑ "Akureyri handboltafélag tekur þátt". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 15 May 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  6. ↑ "Akureyri aftur upp í efstu deild". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 23 March 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
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