Ungmennafélag Kjalnesinga (, ), commonly known as UMFK, 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 ...

ic multi-sports club based in Kjalarnes,

Reykjavík Reykjavík is the Capital city, capital and largest city in Iceland. It is located in southwestern Iceland on the southern shore of Faxaflói, the Faxaflói Bay. With a latitude of 64°08′ N, the city is List of northernmost items, the worl ...

, in the capital area of

. The club fields departments in

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football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

, and

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. It was founded on 26 May 1938.

Basketball

The club fields junior teams and a senior women's team. The clubs girls junior teams where featured in the 2021 documentary '' Raise the bar''.

Women's basketball

The club fielded a women's basketball team in collaboration with Aþena Basketball, named Aþena-UMFK, in the second-tier 1. deild kvenna and the Icelandic Cup. After initially being allowed to play their home games at the

Álftanes Álftanes () is the name of a town and a collection of small peninsulas in Iceland. It means ''swan peninsula''. The best known of these peninsulas extrudes from the eastern part of Reykjanes with the town of the same name in the Capital Region ...

stadium for the 2021–2022 season, the team was denied its use by

Garðabær Garðabær () is a town and municipality in the Capital Region of Iceland. History Garðabær is a growing town in the Capital Region. It is the fifth largest municipality in Iceland with a population of 20,116 (1 January 2025). The site of Gar ...

officials at the behest of rival club

Stjarnan Ungmennafélagið Stjarnan (, ), commonly known as Stjarnan (), is an Icelandic multi-sports club specialising in handball, football, basketball, volleyball and gymnastics located in Garðabær. Basketball Men's basketball As of the 2017–2 ...

. The team later received and accepted an offer from

Akranes Akranes () is a port town and municipality on the west coast of Iceland, around north of the capital Reykjavík. The area where Akranes is located was settled in the 9th century; however, it did not receive a municipal charter until 1942. His ...

to play their games at Vesturgata. On 7 May 2024, Aþena achieved promotion to the top-tier Úrvalsdeild kvenna for the first time in its history.

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