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
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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
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 ...
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
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Icelandic Championships (2):
**: 1997, 2002
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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
*
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
...
* 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 ...
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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
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 ...
. 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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KA Akureyriat
EHF {{in lang, en
Handball teams in Iceland
Sport in Akureyri
Knattspyrnufélag Akureyrar
Sports clubs and teams in Northeastern Region (Iceland)