Knattspyrnufélag Akureyrar is the

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

section of

Iceland Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its s ...

ic sports club KA from

Akureyri Akureyri (, locally ) is a town in northern Iceland. It is Iceland's fifth-largest municipality, after Reykjavík, Hafnarfjörður, Reykjanesbær and Kópavogur, and the largest town outside Iceland's more populated southwest corner. Nicknamed ...

History

KA currently plays in Úrvalsdeild karla. KA had a merged

team with their rival team

Þór Akureyri Íþróttafélagið Þór, commonly known as Þór Akureyri, simply Þór or Thór, is a multi-sport club in Akureyri, Iceland. It features departments in Basketball, football, Handball and Taekwondo. Its main rivals is another sport club from A ...

, from 2006 to 2017, the team was called

Akureyri Handboltafélag Akureyri Handboltafélag was 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 ...

Trophies

* Icelandic Championships (2): **: 1997, 2002 * Icelandic Cup: (3): **: 1995, 1996, 2004 *Icelandic League Cup : (3): **: 1996, 1998, 2001

Men's team

Current squad

:''Squad for the 2021-22 season'' ;Goalkeeper * 16 Nicholas Satchwell * 23 Bruno Bernat ;Wingers ;LW * 22 Arnar Freyr Ársælsson * 33 Jóhann Geir Sævarsson ;RW * 3 Óðinn Þór Ríkharðsson * 25 Allan Norðberg ;Line players * 17 Pætur Mikkjalsson * 28 Einar Birgir Stefánsson * 41 Haraldur Bolli Heimisson * 44 Ragnar Snær Njálsson ;Back players ;LB * 10 Skarphéðinn Ívar Einarsson * 11

Ólafur Gústafsson Ólafur Gústavsson (born 27 March 1989) is an Icelandic handball player for KA Akureyri and the Icelandic national team. He competed at the 2013 World Men's Handball Championship The 2013 World Men's Handball Championship was the 23rd Wor ...

;CB * 4 Patrekur Stefánsson * 6 Arnór Ísak Haddsson * 21 Jón Heiðar Sigurðsson * 23 Ísak Óli Eggertsson ;RB * 13 Einar Rafn Eiðsson

Technical staff

:''Staff for the 2021-22 season'' * Head Coach: Jónatan Magnússon * Assistant coach:

Sverre Andreas Jakobsson Sverre Andreas Jakobsson (born 8 February 1977) is an Icelandic-Norwegian handball manager and former player. With the Icelandic national handball team, he competed at two Olympics, winning the silver medal at the 2008 Olympics. Playing career ...

* Assistant coach: Heimir Örn Árnason

Notable former players

Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson (born 8 August 1979) is an Icelandic retired handball player and current coach of VfL Gummersbach. A captain of the Iceland men's national handball team, Guðjón Valur broke the world record for most goals scored in ...

* Arnór Atlason * Alfreð Gíslason *

* Andrius Stelmokas * Sergey Zisa * Erlingur Kristjánsson *

Patrekur Jóhannesson Patrekur Jóhannesson (born 7 July 1972) is an Icelandic former handball player, who played for the Iceland men's national handball team, Icelandic national handball team and competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics. After he stopped playing handbal ...

* Roberto Julián Duranona *

Valdimar Grímsson Valdimar Grímsson (born 5 December 1965) is an Icelandic former handball player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially ...

Player of the Season

Recent history

European record

Matches

;Notes * PR: Preliminary Round * 1R: First round * 2R: Second round * QF: Quarter finals * GS: Group stage

Managerial History

* Birgir Björnsson (1978–82) * Jan Larsen (1982–83) * Birgir Björnsson (1984–85) * Ljubo Lazic (1985–86) * Brynjar Kvaran (1986-1988) * Ivan Duranec (1988-1989) * Erlingur Kristjánsson (1989-1991) * Alfreð Gíslason (1991-1997) * Atli Hilmarsson (1997-2002) * Jóhannes Gunnar Bjarnason (2002-2005) * Reynir Stefánsson (2005-2006) * Stefán Árnason and Heimir Örn Árnason (2017-2019) * Stefán Árnason and Jónatan Magnússon (2019-2020) * Jónatan Magnússon (2020-)

Kit

Women's team

KA currently has a joint women's team with

. It goes by the name KA/Þór and as of 2018-2019 season plays in the first tier.

References

External links

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