Íþróttafélagið Þór, commonly known as Þór Akureyri, simply Þór or Thór, is a
multi-sport club in
Akureyri
Akureyri (, locally ) is a town in northern Iceland. It is Iceland's fifth-largest municipality, after Reykjavík, Hafnarfjörður, Reykjanesbær and Kópavogur, and the largest town outside Iceland's more populated southwest corner.
Nickname ...
,
Iceland
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. It features departments in
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...
,
football,
Handball and
Taekwondo
''Taekwondo'', ''Tae Kwon Do'' or ''Taekwon-Do'' (; ko, 태권도/跆拳道 ) is a Korean form of martial arts involving punching and kicking techniques, with emphasis on head-height kicks, spinning jump kicks, and fast kicking techniques. ...
. Its main rivals is another sport club from Akureyri named
KA. Þór and KA merged their handball clubs to form
Akureyri Handboltafélag
Akureyri Handboltafélag was a men's handball club, located in Akureyri, Iceland.
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 ...
before the 2006–07 handball season in Iceland, resulting in some fans disowning the merged team.
Football
Trophies and achievements
*
Icelandic Men's Football Cup:
**''Runner-up:''
2011
*
Icelandic Division I (2):
**
2001
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,
2012
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*
Icelandic Division II (2):
**1975,
2000
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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. In 2006 the team finished 7th of 8 teams, 8th/9 in 2007, the 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
UEFA
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, those second place was enough 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
Úrvalsdeild 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
Sandra María Jessen (born 18 January 1995) is an Icelandic footballer who plays as a midfielder for Þór/KA and the Icelandic national football team. She won the Icelandic championship with Þór/KA in 2012 and 2017 and was named the Úrvalsd ...
and
Sandra Stephany Mayor.
Trophies and achievements
*
Úrvalsdeild kvenna (1):
**2012
1, 2017
1
*
Icelandic Women's Football Cup
The Icelandic Women's Football Cup ( is, Bikarkeppni kvenna í knattspyrnu) is the national women's football cup competition in Iceland. The first edition of the cup was played out in 1981.
List of finals
The list of finals:
By team
See al ...
:
**''Runner-up:'' 1989
2, 2013
1
*
Icelandic Division I (2):
**1983
2, 1999
1
#'' 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
References
External links
Official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Thor Akureyri
1915 establishments in Iceland