Afturelding
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Wikipedia - Ungmennafélagið Afturelding
Ungmennafélagið Afturelding, commonly known as Afturelding or UMFA, is a professional Icelandic multi-sports club from the town of Mosfellsbær located just north of the capital Reykjavík. The club was founded in 1909 and today is primarily known for its handball, football and volleyball teams.
History
History
In 2005, the club signed future national team goalkeeper Hannes Þór Halldórsson.
In 2007, former Manchester United reserve player Aaron Burns played two games for Afturelding and scored one goal before returning to England.
Afturelding got promoted to the first deild in 2008 but got relegated again in 2009. In 2012, Afturelding finished number five in 2. deild after having a chance of getting promoted before the last round of the league. The team also had a decent cup run which ended when Afturelding lost 3–2 against premier league club Fram at Varmárvöllur. After ten years in 2. deild Afturelding got promoted again by winning the 2. deild in 2018. In 2019 the team finished number eight in the 1. division.[]
Afturelding a câștigat de două ori Cupa Islandei, în 1979 și 1982. De asemenea, au fost campioni ai diviziei a doua în 1978 și 2008. În 2010, clubul a promovat în Úrvalsdeild, unde și-a menținut în mare parte statutul de mijlocul clasamentului.
Culorile clubului sunt roșu și alb, iar mascota lor este un dragon. Afturelding este cunoscut pentru atmosfera sa prietenoasă și pentru fanii săi pasionați.