Haukar
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Haukar is an Iceland
Iceland
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ic athletic club from Hafnarfjörður
Hafnarfjörður
Hafnarfjörður is a port town and municipality located on the south-west coast of Iceland, about 10 km south of Reykjavík....
with divisions in Football, Team Handball
Team handball
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, Basketball
Basketball
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, Karate
Karate
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,Masturbation
Masturbation
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, Skiing
Skiing
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& Chess
Chess
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. It´s Icelands most popular team with fans more than one third of the nation.
Club history
The club was founded on April 12, 1931, when 13 young boys got together in a local KFUM(Icelandic YMCAYMCA
The Young Men's Christian Association is a worldwide organization of more than 45 million members from 125 national federations affiliated through the World Alliance of YMCAs...
) house to form a new athletic club in the town, at the club's 3rd meeting it was decided that it would be named Knattspyrnufélagið Haukar.
Facilities
Haukar's home is Ásvellir which has a purpose built arena for Handball and Basketball as well as a grass and artificial turf fieldfor the Football team.
On October 8, 2009, it was announced that Haukar would play home games in the Pepsi-Deildin at Valur
Valur
Knattspyrnufélagið Valur is an Icelandic athletic club based in Reykjavík, Iceland. One of Iceland's most prolific clubs it celebrates its 100th birthday in 2011. The club is situated close to the city centre, in the traditional east side of town, at the old farmgrounds of Hlíðarendi...
's Vodafonevöllurinn for the next 3 seasons, to be reviewed at the end of each season.
At the same time it was announced that a stand with seating for 500 would be built at Haukar's artificial turf to meet with the regulations of the female Pepsi-Deildin.
Mens Football Fixtures 2010
Competition | Opponent | Stadium | Attendance | Date | Result |
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Pepsi deildin | KR Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, , for short KR or KR Reykjavík, is an Icelandic athletic club based in the capital, Reykjavík. KR is the oldest and most successful club in Icelandic football.-History:... |
KR-völlur KR-völlur KR-völlur is a football stadium in Reykjavík, Iceland. It is currently used mostly for football matches and has been the home stadium of Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur since 1984... |
2.112 | May 11 (19:15) | |
Pepsi deildin | FH Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar, commonly referred to as FH, is Icelandic football club based in Hafnarfjörður.- Overview :The team are perhaps best known outside Iceland for beating Scottish side Dunfermline in the qualifying rounds of the 2004/05 UEFA Cup 4–3 on aggregate... |
Vodafonevöllurinn | 2.153 | May 16 (20:00) | 0-1 |
Pepsi deildin | Selfoss UMF Selfoss UMF Selfoss is an Icelandic football club. It is located in a town called Selfoss in South-Iceland with a population of approximately 6500.-History:... |
Selfossvöllur | 1.087 | May 20 (19:15) | 3-0 |
Pepsi deildin | ÍBV Íþróttabandalag Vestmannaeyja Íþróttabandalag Vestmannaeyja is an Icelandic sports club from Vestmannaeyjar off the south coast of Iceland. It has both women and men teams competing in various sports.-Current mens squad:... |
Vodafonevöllurinn | 852 | May 24 (17:00) | 0-3 |
Pepsi deildin | Stjarnan Stjarnan Stjarnan F.C. is an Icelandic sports club specialising in football, located in Garðabær, which currently plays in the Úrvalsdeild league in the Icelandic football division system, having won promotion from the 1... |
Stjörnuvöllur | 860 | May 31 (19:15) | |2-2 |
Visa-Bikarinn VISA-bikar The Icelandic Cup is a knock-out football cup competition in Iceland. The final is played at Laugardalsvöllur at the end of the Icelandic season in October. The winners qualify for the UEFA Europa League.-Performance By Club:-Lost Finals By Club:... |
Fjölnir Fjölnir In Norse mythology, Fjölnir, Fjölner, Fjolner or Fjolne was a Swedish king of the House of Yngling, at Gamla Uppsala. Fjölnir appears in a semi-mythological context as the son of Freyr and his consort Gerðr... |
Ásvellir | 330 | June 3 (19:15) | 0-2 |
Pepsi deildin | Breiðablik Breiðablik UBK Breiðablik was founded in 1950 and is the biggest sports club in Kópavogur in Iceland. Breidablik has several divisions, both men's and women's: football, athletics, basketball, karate, dance, skiing, swimming and team handball.- Name :The name Breiðablik comes from Norse mythology, where it was... |
Vodafonevöllurinn | 806 | June 7 (19:15) | 2-4 |
Pepsi deildin | Keflavík Keflavík Football Club Keflavík Football Club is an Icelandic football team, commonly known as Keflavík. It is a subdivision of Keflavík ÍF , based in the town of Reykjanesbær in Iceland. They play at Nettó-völlur in Keflavík.-Competition history:Keflavík have played in the Icelandic football league since 1956... |
Njarðtaksvöllurinn | 366 | June 14 (19:15) | 1-1 |
Pepsi deildin | Grindavík Knattspyrnudeild UMFG Knattspyrnudeild UMFG, commonly known as Grindavík, is the football subdivision of the Ungmennafélag Grindavíkur athletic club located in the town of Grindavík in south-west Iceland.-History:... |
Vodafonevöllurinn | 490 | June 21 (20:00) | 2-3 |
Pepsi deildin | Fram Knattspyrnufélagið Fram Knattspyrnufélagið Fram is an Icelandic sports club, best known for its football team. In European competitions it is known as Fram Reykjavík. It was founded on 1 May 1908 in Reykjavík. Based at Safamýri, located in the Laugardalur district of Reykjavík City Center. They are currently playing in... |
Laugardalsvöllur Laugardalsvöllur Laugardalsvöllur is the national stadium of Iceland. It is located in Reykjavík, and seats 9,800 individuals, another 5,627 people can be seated on concrete benches, but due to FIFA restrictions they are rarely used.-Overview:... |
503 | June 27 (16:00) | |
Pepsi deildin | Fylkir Fylkir Fylkir FC is an athletic club in Árbær, in the eastern part of Reykjavík, the capital of Iceland.Former players include Helgi Valur Daníelsson, who now plays for AIK, and Ólafur Ingi Skúlason, formerly of Arsenal and currently plays for Zulte Waregem in Belgium. Ragnar Sigurðsson who plays with... |
Vodafonevöllurinn | 580 | July 5 (19:15) | |
Pepsi deildin | Valur Valur Knattspyrnufélagið Valur is an Icelandic athletic club based in Reykjavík, Iceland. One of Iceland's most prolific clubs it celebrates its 100th birthday in 2011. The club is situated close to the city centre, in the traditional east side of town, at the old farmgrounds of Hlíðarendi... |
Vodafonevöllurinn | 1.027 | July 8 (19:15) | |2-2 |
Pepsi deildin | KR Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, , for short KR or KR Reykjavík, is an Icelandic athletic club based in the capital, Reykjavík. KR is the oldest and most successful club in Icelandic football.-History:... |
Vodafonevöllurinn | 831 | July 18 (19:15) | |3-3 |
Pepsi deildin | FH Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar, commonly referred to as FH, is Icelandic football club based in Hafnarfjörður.- Overview :The team are perhaps best known outside Iceland for beating Scottish side Dunfermline in the qualifying rounds of the 2004/05 UEFA Cup 4–3 on aggregate... |
Kaplakrikavöllur | 2.726 | July 25 (20:00) | 3-1 |
Pepsi deildin | Selfoss UMF Selfoss UMF Selfoss is an Icelandic football club. It is located in a town called Selfoss in South-Iceland with a population of approximately 6500.-History:... |
Vodafonevöllurinn | 983 | August 5 (19:15) | 2-3 |
Pepsi deildin | ÍBV Íþróttabandalag Vestmannaeyja Íþróttabandalag Vestmannaeyja is an Icelandic sports club from Vestmannaeyjar off the south coast of Iceland. It has both women and men teams competing in various sports.-Current mens squad:... |
Hásteinsvöllur Hásteinsvöllur Hásteinsvöllur is a multi-use stadium in Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 3,540.... |
501 | August 8 (16:00) | 3-2 |
Pepsi deildin | Stjarnan Stjarnan Stjarnan F.C. is an Icelandic sports club specialising in football, located in Garðabær, which currently plays in the Úrvalsdeild league in the Icelandic football division system, having won promotion from the 1... |
Vodafonevöllurinn | 650 | August 16 (19:15) | 0-5 |
Pepsi deildin | Breiðablik Breiðablik UBK Breiðablik was founded in 1950 and is the biggest sports club in Kópavogur in Iceland. Breidablik has several divisions, both men's and women's: football, athletics, basketball, karate, dance, skiing, swimming and team handball.- Name :The name Breiðablik comes from Norse mythology, where it was... |
Kópavogsvöllur Kópavogsvöllur Kópavogsvöllur is a multi-use stadium in Kópavogur, Iceland. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Breiðablik and of HK. It is also used for track and field events... |
1.233 | August 23 (18:00) | 0-2 |
Pepsi deildin | Keflavík Keflavík Football Club Keflavík Football Club is an Icelandic football team, commonly known as Keflavík. It is a subdivision of Keflavík ÍF , based in the town of Reykjanesbær in Iceland. They play at Nettó-völlur in Keflavík.-Competition history:Keflavík have played in the Icelandic football league since 1956... |
Vodafonevöllurinn | 663 | August 28 (16:00) | 2-0 |
Pepsi deildin | Grindavík Knattspyrnudeild UMFG Knattspyrnudeild UMFG, commonly known as Grindavík, is the football subdivision of the Ungmennafélag Grindavíkur athletic club located in the town of Grindavík in south-west Iceland.-History:... |
Grindavíkurvöllur Grindavíkurvöllur Grindavíkurvöllur is a multi-use stadium in Grindavík, Iceland. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Knattspyrnudeild UMFG.... |
906 | September 12 (17:30) | |1-1 |
Pepsi deildin | Fram Knattspyrnufélagið Fram Knattspyrnufélagið Fram is an Icelandic sports club, best known for its football team. In European competitions it is known as Fram Reykjavík. It was founded on 1 May 1908 in Reykjavík. Based at Safamýri, located in the Laugardalur district of Reykjavík City Center. They are currently playing in... |
Vodafonevöllurinn | 400 | September 16 (17:15) | 2-1 |
Pepsi deildin | Fylkir Fylkir Fylkir FC is an athletic club in Árbær, in the eastern part of Reykjavík, the capital of Iceland.Former players include Helgi Valur Daníelsson, who now plays for AIK, and Ólafur Ingi Skúlason, formerly of Arsenal and currently plays for Zulte Waregem in Belgium. Ragnar Sigurðsson who plays with... |
Fylkisvöllur Fylkisvöllur Fylkisvöllur is a multi-use stadium in Reykjavík, Iceland. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 4,000 people.... |
1.187 | September 19 (17:00) | 3-0 |
Pepsi deildin | Valur Valur Knattspyrnufélagið Valur is an Icelandic athletic club based in Reykjavík, Iceland. One of Iceland's most prolific clubs it celebrates its 100th birthday in 2011. The club is situated close to the city centre, in the traditional east side of town, at the old farmgrounds of Hlíðarendi... |
Vodafonevöllurinn | 89 | September 25 (14:00) | 2-1 |
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Club honours
Mens Handball-
- Icelandic Championships: 9
- 1943, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010
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- Icelandic Cup: 5
- 1980, 1997, 2001, 2002,2010
Women's Handball
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- Icelandic Championships: 7
- 1945, 1946, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2005
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- Icelandic Cup: 4
- 1997, 2003, 2006, 2007
Mens Basketball
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- Icelandic Championships: 1
- 1988
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- Icelandic Cup: 3
- 1985, 1986, 1996
Women's Basketball
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- Icelandic Championships: 3
- 2006, 2007, 2009
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- Icelandic Cup: 5
- 1984, 1992, 2005, 2007, 2010
External links
- Official homepage(Icelandic)
- Club's page on KSI.is (Icelandic)