Íþróttafélagið Þór (, ), commonly known as Þór Akureyri (), or simply Þór or Thór, is a

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club in

Akureyri Akureyri (, ) is a town in northern Iceland, the country's fifth most populous Municipalities of Iceland, municipality (under the official name of Akureyrarbær , 'town of Akureyri') and the largest outside the Capital Region (Iceland), Capital R ...

, in the north of

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. It features departments in

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and

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. Its main rival is another sport club from Akureyri named KA.

Football

Men's team

Women's team

Since 1999, the women's football team has fielded a joint team with neighbouring club KA under the name Þór/KA in the top-level league

Úrvalsdeild The Besta deild karla () is a professional association football league in Iceland and the highest level of the Icelandic football league system. The competition was founded in 1912 as the Icelandic Championship. Because of the harsh winters in I ...

. In 2006 the team finished 7th of 8 teams, 8th/9 in 2007, reaching a good 4th/10 in 2008 and then bettering those results with 3rd/10 in 2009 and a second-place finish in 2010. As Iceland was in the top 8 leagues of

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, the second place was enough for the team to qualify for the 2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League. The team entered in the round of 32 but lost 14–2 on aggregate to German team Turbine Potsdam. In 2010 the team also went to the semi-finals in the Icelandic cup, losing to the eventual winner Valur. In 1989 and 2013 they lost the cup final. In 2012 Þór/KA finished first in the

and secured its first ever Icelandic championship. On September 29, 2017, the club secured its second national championship by defeating FH, in the last game of the season, 2–0 with goals from Sandra Jessen and Sandra Stephany Mayor.

Trophies and achievements

* Úrvalsdeild kvenna (1): **2012¹, 2017¹ * Icelandic Women's Football Cup: **''Runner-up:'' 1989², 2013¹ * Icelandic Division I (2): **1983², 1999¹ #'' As Þór/KA'' #'' As Þór Akureyri''

Basketball

Men's basketball

Trophies and achievements

* Division I (5): **1966–67, 1976–77, 1993–94, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2015–17 * Division II (2): **1981–82, 2002–03

Women's basketball

Trophies and achievements

* Icelandic champions (3): **1969, 1971, 1976 * Icelandic Basketball Cup (1): **1975 * Division I (1): **2017- 1. deild kvenna
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Handball

Women's handball

* 1. deild kvenna: ** Gold medal: 2018

Footnotes

References

External links

Official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Thor Akureyri 1915 establishments in Iceland Sports clubs and teams in Northeastern Region (Iceland) Sports clubs and teams established in 1915