Nuuk Idraetslag
Encyclopedia
Nuuk Idraetslag is a sports club from Greenland
based in Nuuk
. They compete in football
(also in women's football) and handball
.
Greenland
Greenland is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Though physiographically a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe for...
based in Nuuk
Nuuk
Nuuk, is the capital of Greenland, the northernmost capital in North America and the largest city in Greenland. Located in the Nuup Kangerlua fjord, the city lies on the eastern shore of the Labrador Sea and on the west coast of Sermersooq. Nuuk is the largest cultural and economic center in...
. They compete in 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...
(also in women's football) 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...
.
Football
- Coca Cola GMCoca Cola GMCoca Cola GM is the top football division in Greenland and it was created in 1958. Since 1971 it is organized by the Football Association of Greenland....
: 5- Champion : 1981, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1990
- Coca Cola GM Womens: 4
- Champion : 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005
- second : 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003
Handball
- Greenlandic Handball League: 11
- Champion : 1978, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004