Haukar
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| Full name | Knattspyrnufélagið Haukar |
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| Founded | 12 April 1931 |
| Chairman | Jón Björn Skúlason |
Haukar (Template:Lang-en) is an Icelandic multi-sport club from Hafnarfjörður with divisions in Football, Handball, Basketball, Karate, Skiing & Chess.
Club history
The club was founded on 12 April 1931, when 13 young boys got together in a local KFUM(Icelandic YMCA) 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. Their football team beat Snæfell in the Icelandic FA Cup 31–0 on 16 May 2012.
Facilities
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Haukar's home is Ásvellir which has a purpose built arena for Handball and Basketball as well as a grass and artificial turf field for the Football team.
On 8 October 2009, it was announced that Haukar would play home games in the Pepsi-Deildin at Valur'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.
Basketball
Football
| Full name | Knattspyrnudeild Hauka | ||
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| Ground | Ásvellir, Schenker Stadium, Hafnarfjörður | ||
| Capacity | 2,120 | ||
| Chairman | Jón Björn Skúlason | ||
| Manager | Jóhann Sigurðarson (Women's) Kjartan Stefánsson (Women's) Magnús Gunnarsson (Men's) | ||
| League | Úrvalsdeild kvenna 1. deild karla | ||
| 2016 | 1. deild kvenna B, 2nd 1. deild karla, 5th | ||
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Knattspyrnudeild Hauka is the football subdivision of Haukar. As of 2017, they field a men's team in 1. deild karla and a women's team in Úrvalsdeild kvenna.
Honors
Men's
- Winners (2): 2001, 2007
- Winners (2): 1989, 2000
Women's
- Winners (3): 1985, 1996, 2009
Handball
Rugby
External links
- Official homepage(Icelandic)
- Club's page on KSI.is (Icelandic)
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