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Ungmennafélagið Sindri (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈuŋkˌmɛnːaˌfjɛːˌlaijɪð ˈsɪntrɪ], lit. 'Sindri Youth Club'), 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.

Basketball

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. On April 14, 2018, Sindri won Division II and achieved promotion to Division I. In May 2018, the club hired Mike Smith, the former assistant coach of the Luxembourg men's national basketball team, as their head coach. 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. In June 2021 the club hired former Úrvalsdeild Karla Coach of the Year Israel Martín as head coach.

Trophies and achievements

• Division II
  • Winners (1): 2018
• Division III
  • Winners (1): 2017

Notable players

• Andrée Michelsson
• Gerald Robinson
• Ivan Delgado

Coaches

• Arnar Guðjónsson 2005–2007
• Yima Chia-Kur 2017
• Hallmar Hallsson 2017–2018
• Mike Smith 2018–2019
• Skúli Ingibergur Þórarinsson 2019
• Halldór Steingrímsson 2019–2020
• Pedro Garcia Rosado 2020–2021
• Israel Martín 2021–present

Women's basketball

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

Football

Sindri

Full name	Ungmennafélagið Sindri
Founded	1934; 91 years ago (1934)
Ground	Sindravellir, Höfn, Iceland
Capacity	2,000
Manager	(M) Óli Stefán Flóventsson (W) Vaselin K.Chilingirov
League	(M) 3. deild karla (W) 2. deild kvenna
(M) 2024 (W) 2023	(M) 3. deild karla, 10th of 12 (W) 2. deild kvenna, 10th
Home colours Away colours

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

Footnotes

1. Ungmennafélagið is the definite form of Ungmennafélag, meaning "the youth club".

References

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

External links

• Official Website
• Football profile at ksi.is

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