Skautafélag Akureyar, also known as SA for short, is an Icelandic sports club founded in 1937 and based in

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 ...

, Iceland. It is best known for its

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...

teams that compete in the

Icelandic Men's Hockey League The Icelandic Men's Hockey League, also known as Hertz deild karla for sponsorship reasons, is an ice hockey league in Iceland. As of the 2017–2018 season, it has four active teams. It is run by Ice Hockey Iceland. History Hockey was first pla ...

and the

Icelandic Women's Hockey League Íslandsmót kvenna í íshokkí (English: Icelandic Women's Hockey League), also known as Hertz deild kvenna for sponsorship reasons, is an ice hockey league in Iceland. Its current champion is SA Ásynjur. It is run by Ice Hockey Iceland. Leag ...

Men's ice hockey

SA's men's team, known as SA Víkingar, has won 23 league titles, the most in its league's history.

Achievements

* Icelandic champion (23): 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022.

Women's ice hockey

SA has fielded two teams in the Úrvalsdeild kvenna, SA Ásynjur and SA Ynjur, the latter consisting of its U-20 players.

SA Ásynjur

SA Ásynjur is the most successful team in the history of the Úrvalsdeild kvenna, winning 20 titles since 2001.

Achievements

* Icelandic champion (20): 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022.

SA Ynjur

SA Ynjur won its lone championship in 2017.

Achievements

* Icelandic champion (1): 2017

References

External links

Official Site

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