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Selfoss Selfoss may refer to: *Selfoss (town), Iceland *UMF Selfoss, a football club based in Selfoss **Selfoss men's football **Selfoss women's football *Selfoss (waterfall), Iceland *Selfoss Airport Selfoss Airport is an airport serving Selfoss, a to ...

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. It currently plays in the Úrvalsdeild karla. In the 2018–19 season Selfoss won it first Icelandic Championships title when they beat

Haukar Knattspyrnufélagið Haukar (, ) is an Icelandic multi-sport club from Hafnarfjörður with divisions in Association football, Football, Haukar Handball, Handball, Basketball, Haukar RC, Rugby union, Karate, Skiing & Chess. Club history The clu ...

35-25 and the series 3–1.

History

Selfoss currently plays in Úrvalsdeild karla. In the 2018–19 season Selfoss won it first Icelandic Championships title when they beat Haukar 35-25 and the series 3–1.

Crest, colours, supporters

Kits

Men's team

Current squad

:''As of the 2024–25 season.'' ;Goalkeepers * 1 Ísak Kristinn Jónsson * 12 Alexander Hrafnkelsson * 26 Jón Þórarinn Þorsteinsson ;Left wingers * 9 Patrekur Þ. G. Öfjörð * 19 Hannes Höskuldsson * 31 Árni Ísleifsson ;Right wingers * 20 Guðjón Baldursson * 21 Jason Dagur Þórisson ;Pivots * 5 Elvar Elí Hallgrímsson * 10 Sverrir Pálsson * 13 Valdimar Örn Ingvarsson ;Left backs * 6 Skarphéðinn S. Sveinsson * 11 Alvaro Mallols Fernandez * 23 Anton Breki Hjaltason * 25 Hákon Garri Gestsson * 44 Vilhelm Freyr Steindórsson ;Central backs * 16 Jónas Karl Gunnlaugsson * 32 Tryggvi S. Traustason * 33 Haukur Páll Hallgrímsson ;Right backs * 7 Sölvi Svavarsson

Notable former players

* Árni Steinn Steinþórsson * Atli Ævar Ingólfsson *

Bjarki Már Elísson Bjarki Már Elísson (born 16 May 1990) is an Icelandic handball player for ONE Veszprém and the Icelandic national handball team. He participated at the 2017 World Men's Handball Championship The 2017 IHF World Men's Handball Championship ...

* Einar Gunnar Sigurðsson * Einar Sverrisson *

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Elvar Örn Jónsson Elvar Örn Jónsson (born 31 August 1997) is an Icelandic handball player for SC Magdeburg and the Icelandic national team. He represented Iceland at the 2019 World Men's Handball Championship The 2019 IHF World Men's Handball Championship ...

* Gústaf Bjarnason *

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* Hergeir Grímsson *

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* Ragnar Jóhansson * Ramunas Mikalonis *

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* Sigurður Sveinsson * Sigfús Sigurðsson * Teitur Örn Einarsson *

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* Valdimar Þórsson * Vilius Rasimas * Þórir Ólafsson *

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Trophies

* Icelandic Championships (1): **: 2019 * Icelandic 1. division (3): **: 1998, 2001, 2010 * Icelandic 2. division (1): **: 1987

Recent history

European record

Matches

;Notes * 1R: First round * 2R: Second round * 3R: Third round * L16: Round of 16 * QF: Quarter finals

Player of the Season

Managerial History

Þorvaldur Þórðarson Þorvaldur (English transliteration: ''Thorvaldur'') is an Icelandic masculine given name and may refer to: *Þorvaldur Örlygsson (born 1966), Icelandic football midfielder *Þorvaldur Sigbjörnsson (born 1974), Icelandic footballer *Þorvaldur ...

(1978–79) *

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(1981–82) * Gunnlaugar Hjálmarsson (1983–85) *

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(1986–87) * Helgi Ragnarsson (1987-1988) *

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(1988-1989) * Björgvin Björgvinsson (1989-1991) *

(1991-1994) * Jezdimir Stankovic (1994-1995*) *

(1995-1996) * Guðmundur Karlsson (1996-1997) *

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(1997-1999) * Einar Guðmundsson (1999-2002) *

Gísli Rúnar Guðmundsson Gísli () is an Icelandic language, Icelandic and Faroese language, Faroese masculine given name. Gisle is the Norwegian language, Norwegian variant of the name. Notable people with the name include: * Gisli (contemporary musician), Icelandic solo ...

(2002-2003) *

(2003-2011) *

Stefán Arnar Gunnarsson Stefán Arnar Gunnarsson (13 March 1978 – ) was an Icelandic handball coach and player. During his career, he coached several teams in Iceland, Norway, Germany and the Faroe Islands The Faroe Islands ( ) (alt. the Faroes) are an archip ...

(2011-2013) * Gunnar Gunnarsson (2013-2015) *

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(2015-2017) *

Patrekur Jóhannesson Patrekur Jóhannesson (born 7 July 1972) is an Icelandic former 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 ...

(2017-2019) *

Grímur Hergeirsson Grímur () is a Faroese and Icelandic masculine given name.Nordic Names
Retrieved 9 August 2017. People bearing the ...

(2019-2020) *

Halldór Jóhann Sigfússon Halldór () or Halldor is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Halldór Ásgrímsson (born 1947), Icelandic politician, formerly Prime Minister of Iceland from 2004 to 2006 *Halldór Orri Björnsson (born 1987), Icelandic internati ...

(2020-2022) * Þórir Ólafsson (2022-2024) * Carlos Martin Santos (2024- * *Þórarinn Ingólfsson took charge in the middle of the season.

References

External links

Official site

Club profile
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