The Afturelding men's handball team, commonly known as Afturelding or UMF Afturelding, is an

Iceland Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is culturally and politically linked with Europe and is the regi ...

team 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 Handball goalkeeper, goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands ...

club from

Mosfellsbær Mosfellsbær (, colloquially Mosó) is a town in south-west Iceland, east of the country's capital, Reykjavík. The coat of arms of the municipality is a tightly-knotted triquetra, a symbol often used in Celtic knotwork and strongly associated ...

, that plays in the Úrvalsdeild karla. It is part of the

Ungmennafélagið Afturelding Ungmennafélagið Afturelding (, ), commonly known as Afturelding or UMFA, is a professional Icelandic multi-sports club from the town of Mosfellsbær located just north of the capital Reykjavík. The club was founded in 1909 and today is prima ...

multi-sport club.

Crest, colours, supporters

Kits

Team

Current squad

:''Squad for the 2023–24 season''

Technical staff

* Head coach: Gunnar Magnússon * Assistant coach:

Stefán Árnason Stefán is a common first name in Iceland. According to Icelandic custom, people are generally referred to by first and middle names and patronyms are used if disambiguation is required. ''Stefán'' is the Icelandic version of the Greek name Ste ...

* Goalkeeping coach:

Einar Bragason Einar is a Scandinavian given name deriving from the Old Norse name Einarr, which according to Guðbrandur Vigfússon is directly connected with the concept of the einherjar, warriors who died in battle and ascended to Valhalla in Norse mythology ...

* Physiotherapist: Unnar Arnarsson

Transfers

:''Transfers for the 2023–24 season'' ;Joining * Árni Bragi Eyjólfsson (RW) from KA Akureyri ;Leaving

Accomplishments

Domestic

* Úrvalsdeild karla ** Winner (1) : 1999 *

Icelandic Men's Handball Cup The Icelandic Men's Handball Cup (Icelandic: Bikarkeppni karla í handknattleik), also known as the Coca-Cola Cup since 2013 for sponsorship reasons, is an annual handball competition between clubs in Iceland Iceland is a Nordic countries, ...

** Winner (2) : 1999, 2023

EHF ranking

Former club members

Notable former players

* Ernir Hrafn Arnarson (2016-2021) * Elvar Ásgeirsson (2012-2019) * Bergsveinn Bergsveinsson (1997-1999) *

Guðmundur Hrafnkelsson Guðmundur Hrafnkelsson (born 22 January 1965) is an Icelandic former handball player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics, in the 1992 Summer Olympics, and in the 2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games o ...

(2005-2006) * Sverre Andreas Jakobsson (2001-2003) * Bjarki Sigurðsson (1995-1997, 1998-2003) *

Mikk Pinnonen Mikk Pinnonen (born 4 January 1991) is an Estonian handballer who plays as a playmaker for Știința Municipal Dedeman Bacău in the Romanian Liga Naţională and the Estonian national team. National team career Pinnonen's first internation ...

(2016-2018) * Thorsteinn Hjálmarsson (2019-2021) *

Mark Hawkins Mark Hawkins (born 28 December 1985) is a Great Britain, British Team handball, handball coach, currently head coach of Great Britain senior women's national team. He was born in Horsham, West Sussex. At the 2012 Summer Olympics he competed with th ...

(2010-2014) *

Christopher McDermott Christopher McDermott (born 7 June 1989) is a British handball player. He competed as part of Team GB at the 2012 London Olympic Games. He currently coaches the GB Men's Under 20s. Past clubs include R.D. Slovan of Slovenia, Danish Liga side A ...

(2011-2012) *

Gintaras Savukynas Gintaras Savukynas (born 18 February 1971) is a professional Lithuanian handball player, who played in center back position. Savukynas played in the World and European championships with the Lithuania National Handball team as the team captain. ...

(1998-2001)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Afturelding Handball clubs in Iceland Ungmennafélagið Afturelding 1909 establishments in Iceland