Akureyri Handboltafélag

Akureyri Handboltafélag was a men's handball club, located in Akureyri, Iceland.

Akureyri Handboltafélag
Full nameAkureyri Handboltafélag
Short nameAkureyri
Founded2006
Dissolved2019
ArenaÍþróttahöllin á Akureyri
Capacity1110
Club colours   
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Website
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History

Akureyri Handboltafélag was founded in 2006 as a joint team between KA and Þór Akureyri. In 2011 it posted the best record in the Úrvalsdeild karla[1][2] and finished as the runner-up to the Icelandic Cup.[3] It made it to the 2011 Úrvalsdeild finals where it lost to FH in front of a record crowd of 2950 people in Kaplakriki.[4]

In 2017, the club was relegated from the Úrvalsdeild.[5] 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[6] and in 2018, the team finished first in 1. deild karla and was promoted back to the Úrvalsdeild along with KA, which finished second.[7]

On 28 December 2018, the club fired head coach Sverre Jakobsson.[8] and hired former national coach, Geir Sveinsson.[9] After losing their final game of the season, Akureyri was relegated back to 1. deild karla.[10]

On 17 April 2019, it was announced that Akureyri Handboltafélag would be dissolved[11] and Þór Akureyri would take over all their operations for the 2019–2020 season.[12]

Trophies

1. deild karla:

  • 2018

League Champions (Icelandic: Deildarmeistarar)1:

  • 2011

1 Awarded for best regular season record

References
  1. "Akureyri deildarmeistari". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). 29 March 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  2. Ívar Benediktsson (28 March 2011). "Akureyri er deildarmeistari". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  3. "Fögnuður hjá Valsmönnum í Höllinni (myndskeið)". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 27 February 2011. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  4. "FH Íslandsmeistari". RÚV (in Icelandic). 4 May 2011. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  5. Arnar Geir Halldórsson (4 April 2017). "Akureyri átt handboltalið í efstu deild síðustu 33 ár". kaffid.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  6. "Akureyri handboltafélag tekur þátt". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 15 May 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  7. "Akureyri aftur upp í efstu deild". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 23 March 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  8. "Akureyri staðfestir brotthvarf Sverre". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 28 December 2018. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  9. Jónatan Friðriksson (5 January 2019). "Geir Sveinsson nýr þjálfari Akureyri Handboltafélags". Kaffid,is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  10. Einar Sigtryggsson (6 April 2019). "Akureyri féll úr efstu deild". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  11. "Handboltinn aftur undir merkjum Þórs". Þór Akureyri (in Icelandic). 17 April 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  12. Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (17 April 2019). "Handboltinn aftur undir merkjum Þórs". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 18 April 2019.
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