Selfoss men's handball

Selfoss
Selfoss
Full name	Ungmennafelag Selfoss
Short name	Selfoss
Founded	1965
Arena	Hleðsluhöllin, Selfossׂ
Capacity	700
President	Þórir Haraldsson
Head coach
League	Úrvalsdeild karla
2020-2021	4
Club colours
Home	Away
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The Selfoss men's handball team is the men's handball section of Icelandic multi-sport club Selfoss from Selfoss. It currently plays in the Úrvalsdeild karla. In the 2018–19 season Selfoss won it first Icelandic Championships title when they beat Haukar 35-25 and the series 3–1.

History[]

Selfoss currently plays in Úrvalsdeild karla. In the 2018–19 season Selfoss won it first Icelandic Championships title when they beat Haukar 35-25 and the series 3–1.

Men's team[]

Current squad[]

As of the 2020–21 season.^[1]

Goalkeepers

10 Vilius Rašimas
12 Alexander Hrafnkelsson
88 Sölvi Ólafsson

Left wingers

30 Hergeir Grímsson
19 Hannes Höskuldsson
22 Daníel Karl Gunnarsson

Right wingers

20 Guðjón Baldursson
29 Sveinn Aron Sveinsson
33 Alexander Már Egan

Pivots

10 Sverrir Pálsson
13 Atli Ævar Ingólfsson
28 Tryggvi Þórisson

Left backs

14 Magnús Öder Einarsson
24 Einar Sverrisson

Central backs

60 Guðmundur Hólmar Helgason
80 Nökkvi Dan Elliðason
34 Arnor Logi Hákonarson
45 Reynir Freyr Sveinsson

Right backs

09 Ísak Gústafsson
11 Arni Steinn Steinþórsson
18 Ragnar Jóhannsson

Notable former players[]

Trophies[]

Icelandic Championships (1):
- Gold: 2019
Icelandic 1. division (3):
- Gold: 1998, 2001, 2010
(1):
- Gold: 1987

Recent history[]

Season		Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Playoffs	Cup	Notes
2007-08	1.deild	4	24	14	3	7	733	667	31		First round
2008-09	1.deild	2	21	17	0	4	693	553	34		Semi-finals
2009-10	1.deild	1	18	15	0	3	559	426	30		Quarter finals	Promoted to Úrvalsdeild
2010-11	Úrvalsdeild	8	21	3	4	14	586	650	10		Quarter finals	Relegated to 1.deild
2011-12	1.deild	4	20	9	4	7	535	504	22		first round
2012-13	1.deild	5	21	11	1	9	556	512	23		Semi-finals
2013-14	1.deild	3	20	16	1	3	571	463	33		Quarter finals
2014-15	1.deild	4	24	13	3	8	623	557	29
2015-16	1.deild	3	21	17	0	4	617	521	34	Promoted via play-offs	Second round	Promoted to Úrvalsdeild
2016-17	Úrvalsdeild	5	27	11	2	14	774	788	24	Quarter finals	Quarter finals
2017-18	Úrvalsdeild	2	22	17	0	5	682	601	34	Semi-finals	Semi-finals
2018-19	Úrvalsdeild	2	22	16	2	4	629	578	34	Champions	third round	EHF European League 3.round
2019-20	Úrvalsdeild	5	20	12	1	7	618	609	25	Canceled	Second round
2020-21	Úrvalsdeild	4	22	12	2	8	577	562	26	Quarter finals	First round	EHF European League 2.round

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European record[]

Competition	Matches	W	D	L	GF	GA
EHF European League	16	6	0	10	418	423
EHF European Cup	4	2	2	0	112	108

Matches[]

Season	Competition	Round	Opponents	1st leg	2nd leg	Aggregate
1993-94	EHF Cup Winners' Cup	1R		32–22	30–24	56-52
		L16		25–18	29–21	47–46
		QF	SC Pick Szeged	30–18	32–20	50–50
1994-95	EHF Cup	L16	RK Gorenje Velenje	19–24	16–15	34–40
2018-19	EHF European League	1R	Dragūnas Klaipėda	34–28	27–26	60-55
		2R	RD Ribnica	30–27	32–26	59–56
		3R	KS Azoty-Puławy	33–26	28–27	54–60
2019-20	EHF European League	2R	HK Malmö	33–27	29–31	56–64
2020-21	EHF European Cup	1R		31–25	28–28	59–53
2020-21	EHF European Cup	2R	RK Jeruzalem Ormož	31–31	24-22	53-55

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Notes

1R: First round
2R: Second round
3R: Third round
L16: Round of 16
QF: Quarter finals

Player of the Season[]

Haukur Þrastarson,two-time winner of the award

Season	Name	Nationality	Position
2017-2018	Haukur Þrastarson	Iceland	Centre back
2018-2019	Elvar Örn Jónsson	Iceland	Centre back
2019-2020	Haukur Þrastarson (2)	Iceland	Centre back
2020-2021	Vilius Rašimas	Lithuania	Goalkeeper

Managerial History[]

(1978–79)
(1981–82)
(1983–85)
(1986–87)
(1987-1988)
(1988-1989)
Björgvin Björgvinsson (1989-1991)
Einar Þorvarðarson (1991-1994)
(1994-1995*)
Valdimar Grímsson (1995-1996)
(1996-1997)
(1997-1999)
(1999-2002)
(2002-2003)
(2003-2011)
(2011-2013)
Gunnar Gunnarsson (2013-2015)
(2015-2017)
Patrekur Jóhannesson (2017-2019)
(2019-2020)
(2020-)
took charge in the middle of the season.

References[]

^ "HandballSquad". Selfoss Handball. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
^ "Mótamál". hsi.is (in Icelandic). HSI. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
^ history.eurohandball.com/en/ http://history.eurohandball.com/ec/ehfc/men/2018-19/clubs/YGsNAoasYvElRjrXnN1nYg=. Retrieved 26 June 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ history.eurohandball.com/en/ http://history.eurohandball.com/ec/cwc/men/1993-94/clubs/002718/Selfoss=. Retrieved 20 June 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

External links[]

Official site
Club profile at hsi.is

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[1] "HandballSquad". Selfoss Handball. Retrieved 26 January 2019.

[2] "Mótamál". hsi.is (in Icelandic). HSI. Retrieved 26 June 2021.

[3] history.eurohandball.com/en/ http://history.eurohandball.com/ec/ehfc/men/2018-19/clubs/YGsNAoasYvElRjrXnN1nYg=. Retrieved 26 June 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[4] history.eurohandball.com/en/ http://history.eurohandball.com/ec/cwc/men/1993-94/clubs/002718/Selfoss=. Retrieved 20 June 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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