Full name | Ungmennafélagið Skallagrímur |
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Short name | Skallagrímur |
Founded | 3 December 1916 |
Based in | Borgarnes |
Ungmennafélagið Skallagrímur (Icelandic pronunciation:[ˈuŋkˌmɛnːaˌfjɛːˌlaijɪðˈskatlaˌkriːmʏr̥],lit. 'Skallagrímur Youth Club'[a]), known asUMF Skallagrímur or justSkallagrímur, is a multi-sports club fromBorgarnes,Iceland. It was founded on 3 December 1916.[1][2] Each sport has its own division with a separate board,football,basketball,badminton,swimming,weightlifting andathletics. Unusually for a sports club, there is a non-sport division, foracting (theatre), with the club staging a play every year.[2]
Men's basketball
Skallagrímur men's basketball is the men'sbasketball department of Ungmennafélagið Skallagrímur.
Women's basketball
Skallagrímur women's basketball is the women's basketball department of Ungmennafélagið Skallagrímur. It won thenational championship in 1964. In 2017 it made it to theIcelandic Basketball Cup finals where it lost toKeflavík, 65–62.[3]
The men's football team won the third-tier2. deild karla in1983 and1994. in 1996, the team was promoted to the top-tierÚrvalsdeild karla where it playedone season before being relegated back to1. deild karla.[4]