Knattspyrnufélag Akureyrar

KA
Full name Knattspyrnufélag Akureyrar
Short name KA
Founded 1928 (1928)
Ground Akureyrarvöllur,
Akureyri
Ground Capacity 2,000
Chairman Eiríkur S. Jóhannsson
Manager Srdjan Tufegdzic
League Úrvalsdeild
2016 1. deild karla, 1st (promoted)

Knattspyrnufélag Akureyrar, abbreviated to KA, is a football club based in Akureyri in the north of Iceland.

Sports club

The club offers other sports apart from football, including judo and handball. 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). FH were in the lead until their final match, against already relegated team Fylkir. FH lost and KA obtained the title for the first time in their history.

KA currently play at Akureyrarvöllur and their training ground at KA-Heimilið.

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Iceland GK Aron Dagur Jóhannsson
2 Iceland DF Baldvin Olafsson
3 England DF Callum Williams
4 Iceland DF Hilmar Trausti Arnarsson
5 Iceland DF Gauti Gautason
5 Iceland FW Sveinn Helgi Karlsson
6 Iceland DF Árni Björn Eiríksson
7 Iceland MF Almarr Ormarsson
8 Iceland MF Ásgeir Sigurgeirsson (Loan from Stabæk)
9 Iceland FW Elfar Árni Aðalsteinsson
10 Croatia MF Juraj Grizelj
11 Iceland FW Hallgrímur Mar Steingrímsson
13 Iceland MF Halldór Hermann Jónsson
14 Iceland FW Úlfar Valsson
No. Position Player
15 Iceland MF Ólafur Aron Pétursson
16 Iceland DF Davíð Rúnar Bjarnason
17 Iceland MF Pétur Kristjánsson
18 Iceland GK Fannar Hafsteinsson
20 Serbia DF Aleksandar Trninic
21 Iceland DF Ívar Örn Árnason
22 Iceland DF Hrannar Björn Steingrímsson
23 Serbia GK Srdjan Rajkovic
25 England MF Archange Nkumu
26 Iceland MF Ívar Sigurbjörnsson (Dench)
28 Iceland MF Jakob Hafsteinsson (Loan at Magni)
30 Iceland MF Bjarni Mark Duffield
35 Iceland MF Bjarki Þór Viðarsson
69 Iceland FW Daði Jónsson (captain)

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