Íþróttafélagið Þór, commonly known as Þór Akureyri, simply Þór or Thór, is a multi-sport club in Akureyri, Iceland. It features departments in basketball, football, handball and taekwondo. Its main rivals is another sport club from Akureyri named KA. Þór and KA merged their handball clubs to form Akureyri Handboltafélag before the 2006–07 handball season in Iceland, resulting in some fans disowning the merged team.
Since 1999, the women's football team has fielded a joint team with neighbouring club KA under the name Þór/KA in the top level league Úrvalsdeild. In 2006 the team finished 7th of 8 teams, 8th/9 in 2007, the reaching a good 4th/10 in 2008 and then bettering those results with 3rd/10 in 2009 and a second-place finish in 2010. As Iceland was in the top 8 leagues of UEFA,[1] those second place was enough to qualify for the 2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League.[2] The team entered in the round of 32 but lost 14–2 on aggregate to German team Turbine Potsdam.
In 2010 the team also went to the semi-finals in the Icelandic cup, losing to the eventual winner Valur.[3] In 1989 and 2013 they lost the cup final.
In 2012 Þór/KA finished first in the Úrvalsdeild and secured its first ever Icelandic championship.[4]
On September 29, 2017, the club secured its second national championship by defeating FH, in the last game of the season, 2-0 with goals from Sandra Jessen and Sandra Stephany Mayor.[5]
Þór, akureyri, Íþróttafélagið, Þór, commonly, known, simply, Þór, thór, multi, sport, club, akureyri, iceland, features, departments, basketball, football, handball, taekwondo, main, rivals, another, sport, club, from, akureyri, named, Þór, merged, their, hand. Ithrottafelagid THor commonly known as THor Akureyri simply THor or Thor is a multi sport club in Akureyri Iceland It features departments in basketball football handball and taekwondo Its main rivals is another sport club from Akureyri named KA THor and KA merged their handball clubs to form Akureyri Handboltafelag before the 2006 07 handball season in Iceland resulting in some fans disowning the merged team THor AkureyriFull nameIthrottafelagid THorNicknameTHorsararFounded6 June 1915 108 years ago 1915 06 06 ChairmanIngi Bjornsson Contents 1 Football 1 1 Trophies and achievements 1 2 Women s team 1 2 1 Trophies and achievements 2 Basketball 2 1 Men s basketball 2 1 1 Trophies and achievements 2 2 Women s basketball 2 2 1 Trophies and achievements 3 Handball 3 1 Women s handball 4 References 5 External linksFootball EditMain article THor Akureyri men s football Trophies and achievements Edit Icelandic Men s Football Cup Runner up 2011 Icelandic Division I 2 2001 2012 Icelandic Division II 2 1975 2000Women s team Edit Main article THor KA Since 1999 the women s football team has fielded a joint team with neighbouring club KA under the name THor KA in the top level league Urvalsdeild In 2006 the team finished 7th of 8 teams 8th 9 in 2007 the reaching a good 4th 10 in 2008 and then bettering those results with 3rd 10 in 2009 and a second place finish in 2010 As Iceland was in the top 8 leagues of UEFA 1 those second place was enough to qualify for the 2011 12 UEFA Women s Champions League 2 The team entered in the round of 32 but lost 14 2 on aggregate to German team Turbine Potsdam In 2010 the team also went to the semi finals in the Icelandic cup losing to the eventual winner Valur 3 In 1989 and 2013 they lost the cup final In 2012 THor KA finished first in the Urvalsdeild and secured its first ever Icelandic championship 4 On September 29 2017 the club secured its second national championship by defeating FH in the last game of the season 2 0 with goals from Sandra Jessen and Sandra Stephany Mayor 5 Trophies and achievements Edit Urvalsdeild kvenna 1 20121 20171 Icelandic Women s Football Cup Runner up 19892 20131 Icelandic Division I 2 19832 19991 6 As THor KA As THor AkureyriBasketball EditMen s basketball Edit Main article THor Akureyri men s basketball Trophies and achievements Edit Division I 5 1966 67 1976 77 1993 94 2004 05 2006 07 2015 17 Division II 2 1981 82 2002 03Women s basketball Edit Main article THor Akureyri women s basketball Trophies and achievements Edit Icelandic champions 3 1969 1971 1976 7 Icelandic Basketball Cup 1 1975 8 Division I 1 2017 9 Handball EditWomen s handball Edit Main article KA THor 1 deild kvenna Gold medal 2018References Edit UEFA rankings for 2011 12 retrieved 21 October 2010 Thor KA is champion own website retrieved 21 October 2010 women soccerway com 2010 Cup results Urslit stada Knattspyrnusamband Islands www ksi is Retrieved 25 September 2017 THor KA FH Bein lysing Visir is in Icelandic Retrieved 28 September 2017 Islandsmeistarar meistaraflokks kvenna Knattspyrnusamband Islands www ksi is Retrieved 25 September 2017 Meistaratitlar kvenna Bikarkeppni Meistaraflokkur kvenna 1 deild kvennaExternal links EditOfficial site in Icelandic Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title THor Akureyri amp oldid 1152788012, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
