Akureyri Handboltafélag was a men's

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor 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 thr ...

club, located 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 ...

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History

Akureyri Handboltafélag was founded in 2006 as a joint team between KA and

Þór Akureyri Íþróttafélagið Þór (, ), commonly known as Þór Akureyri (), or simply Þór or Thór, is a multi-sport club in Akureyri, in the north of Iceland. It features departments in basketball, football, handball and taekwondo. Its main rival is ...

. In 2011 it posted the best record in the Úrvalsdeild karla and finished as the runner-up to the Icelandic Cup. It made it to the 2011 Úrvalsdeild finals where it lost to FH in front of a record crowd of 2950 people in

Kaplakriki Kaplakriki is a multi-purpose stadium in Hafnarfjörður, Iceland. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar. The stadium holds over 6,000 spectators and has offers 3,050 seats. The ...

. In 2017, the club was relegated from the Úrvalsdeild. 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 and in 2018, the team finished first in 1. deild karla and was promoted back to the Úrvalsdeild along with KA, which finished second. On 28 December 2018, the club fired head coach Sverre Jakobsson. and hired former national coach, Geir Sveinsson. After losing their final game of the season, Akureyri was relegated back to 1. deild karla. On 17 April 2019, it was announced that Akureyri Handboltafélag would be dissolved and

would take over all their operations for the 2019–2020 season.

Trophies

1. deild karla: * 2018 League Champions (Icelandic: Deildarmeistarar)¹: * 2011 ¹ Awarded for best regular season record

References

External links

* Handball clubs in Iceland Sport in Akureyri Handball clubs established in 2006 Handball clubs disestablished in 2019 2006 establishments in Iceland 2019 disestablishments in Iceland Sports clubs and teams in Northeastern Region (Iceland) Defunct handball clubs {{Iceland-sport-stub