Haukar Hafnarfjörður

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Haukar Hafnarfjörður
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Basic data
Surname Knattspyrnufélagið Haukar
Seat Hafnarfjordur
founding 1931
president Ágúst Sindri Karlsson
Website https://www.haukar.is/
First soccer team
Head coach Andri Marteinsson
Venue Ásvellir
Places 1,400
league 1. deildin
2019 11th place
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Haukar Hafnarfjörður is the name of an Icelandic sports club from Hafnarfjörður . The club is best known for its handball department .

In addition to handball, the club also offers football , chess , skiing and popular sports.

history

The club was founded as Knattspyrnufélagið Haukar (German football club Die Habichte ) on April 12, 1931 by young men from the YMCA Hafnarfjörður.

Handball

successes

Haukar Hafnarfjörður's men's team won the Icelandic national championship in 1943, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2015 and 2016

In the EHF Champions League , the club played:

In the 2000/01 season, Haukar was able to record his greatest international success by moving into the semifinals of the EHF Cup .

team

Team 2008/2009: Andri Stefan Guðrúnarson , Arnar Jón Agnarsson, Arnar Pétursson, Aron Rafn Eðvarðsson, Birkir Ívar Guðmundsson , Einar Örn Jónsson , Elías Már Halldórsson , Freyr Brynjarsson, Gísli Rúnar Bergisson Jisson, Gunnó ÓrÓnar Bergisson Jisson, Gísli Viktorliisson, Gísli , Kári Kristján Kristjánsson , Kristján Örn Arnarsson, Pétur Pálsson, Sigurbergur Sveinsson , Stefán Sigurmannson, Stefán Stefánsson, Tjörvi Þorgeirsson, Þórður Guðmundsson, Aron Kristjánsson, Óskar Ármannsson, Hörður Davíð

Known players

Well-known (former) players include:

Soccer

In the 2009 season, the men's soccer team reached second place in the second highest Icelandic league (1. deild karla) and rose to the Pepsideild , the highest Icelandic league. The men's soccer team played first-class in the 2010 season, but was immediately relegated.

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