Knattspyrnufélag Akureyrar is a football club based in Akureyri

Akureyri

Akureyri is a town in northern Iceland. It is Iceland's second largest urban area and fourth largest municipality ....

 in the north of Iceland

Iceland

Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...

.

Sports club

The club offers other sports apart from football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

, including judo

Judo

is a modern martial art and combat sport created in Japan in 1882 by Jigoro Kano. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw or takedown one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an...

 and handball

Team handball

Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...

. Its main rival is another sports club in Akureyri named Þór ("Thor"). KA and Þór merged their handball clubs to Akureyri handboltafélag before the 2006-2007 handball season in Iceland.

Football

They have once been the Icelandic champions, in 1989 after a tough fight against FH (Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar

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...

). FH were in the lead until their final match, against already relegated team 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...

. FH lost and KA obtained the title for the first time in their history.

KA currently play at KA Völlur (former name Akureyri municipal stadium).

Current squad

Notable former players

Steingrímur Birgisson Gunnar Gíslason

Gunnar Gíslason

Gunnar Gíslason is a former Icelandic footballer, who played as a defender.-Club career:Gunnar Gíslason started his career at KA Akureyri before moving abroad to play in Germany, Norway and Sweden, where he finished his career at BK Häcken.-International career:Gunnar Gíslason made his debut for...

 Þórður Guðjónsson

Þórður Guðjónsson

Þórður Guðjónsson, also known as Doddi Gudjonsson, is a retired Icelandic footballer.Although Þórður is his proper name, he is often known as Þórður Guðjónsson.-Club career:...

 Bjarni Jónsson

Bjarni Jónsson

Bjarni Jónsson is an Icelandic mathematician and logician working in universal algebra and lattice theory. He is emeritus Distinguished Professor of Mathematics at Vanderbilt University and the honorary editor in chief of Algebra Universalis...

 Steingrímur Birgisson Ormarr Örlygsson Þorvaldur Örlygsson

Þorvaldur Örlygsson

Þorvaldur Örlygsson, also known as Toddy Orlygsson , is a former Icelandic footballer who played as a midfielder. After retiring he has worked as a manager and is currently managing Fram....

 Almarr Ormarsson Erlingur Kristjánsson

External links

• Official website (not in English)