UMF_Sindri_Höfn

Ungmennafélagið Sindri

Ungmennafélagið Sindri

Basketball team in Höfn, Iceland

Ungmennafélagið Sindri, commonly known as Sindri, is an Icelandic multi-sports club from the town of Höfn located on the east coast of Iceland. It fields departments in basketball, football, gymnastics, swimming, track & field and volleyball.[2]

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Basketball

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Men's basketball

History

After a hiatus, Sindri's basketball department was re-started in 2005 with the arrival of Arnar Guðjónsson and Skúli Ingibergur Þórarinsson.[3] On April 14, 2018, Sindri won Division II and achieved promotion to Division I.[4] In May 2018, the club hired Mike Smith, the former assistant coach of the Luxembourg men's national basketball team, as their head coach.[5] On 1 February 2019, the team parted ways with Smith after the team winning only 1 if its 15 games. Skúli Ingibergur Þórarinsson took over from Smith on interim basis.[6] In June 2021 the club hired former Úrvalsdeild Karla Coach of the Year Israel Martín as head coach.[7]

Trophies and achievements

Notable players

Coaches

  • Iceland Arnar Guðjónsson 2005–2007
  • United States Yima Chia-Kur 2017
  • Iceland Hallmar Hallsson 2017–2018
  • United States Mike Smith 2018–2019
  • Iceland Skúli Ingibergur Þórarinsson 2019
  • Iceland Halldór Steingrímsson 2019–2020[8]
  • Spain Pedro Garcia Rosado 2020–2021[9]
  • Spain Israel Martín 2021–present

Women's basketball

Sindri women's team currently played in 2. deild kvenna during the 2018–2019 season.[10]

Football

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Sindri's men's team currently plays in 2. deild karla while its women's team plays in 1. deild kvenna.

Men's football

Trophies and achievements

  • Division III
    • Winners (3): 1998, 2012, 2022
    • Runner-up (1): 2005

References

  1. [1]
    Stjórnir og starfsmenn
  2. [2]
    "Um félagið". umfsindri.is (in Icelandic). 6 June 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  3. [3]
    "Fyrsti heimaleikur Sindra í 1. deild í körfubolta". Eystrahorn (in Icelandic). 18 October 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  4. [4]
    "Sindri sigraði 2. deildina". karfan.is (in Icelandic). 15 April 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  5. [5]
    Davíð Eldur (25 May 2018). "Mike Smith tekur við nýliðum Sindra". karfan.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  6. [6]
    Ólafur Þór Jónsson (1 February 2019). "Mike Smith ekki áfram með Sindra – Skúli stýrir liðinu í kvöld". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  7. [7]
    "Martin tekur við Sindra". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 13 June 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  8. [8]
    Davíð Eldur (22 May 2019). "Halldór tekur við Sindra". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  9. [9]
    Davíð Eldur (16 June 2020). "Pedro Garcia Rosado nýr þjálfari Sindra". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  10. [10]
    "2. deild kvenna (2018-2019 Tímabil)". kki.is (in Icelandic). Icelandic Basketball Federation. Retrieved 25 November 2018.


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