Þor Akureyri

The Þor Akureyri men's football team, commonly known as Þor Akureyri, is the men's football department of Þor Akureyri multi sports club, based in the town of Akureyri in Iceland.

History

On September 18, 2010, Þor won against Fjarðabyggð to move into second place in the second division of Icelandic football, 1. deild karla. Going into the game, Þor had to win and they also needed Leiknir to lose in order to go into second place since Leiknir was 3 points clear of them. This was their last gasp to reach promotion to the top flight football of Iceland, Urvalsdeild. Even though Þor already had a superior goal difference, they defeated Fjarðabyggðar 9–1 in a thrashing. Leiknir played their match at the same time and so knew they needed to at least draw to earn promotion as the scoreline was always in Þor's favor. However, only 5 minutes into the game Leiknir's opponent Fjolnir scored on a strike from forward Petur Georg Markan. Leiknir found a response in the 44th minute, but it would not be enough. Just before the half, Petur added a second goal for Fjolnir. Then, came the dagger, a 47th-minute strike by none other than Petur to begin the second half left Leiknir stunned. He had completed his treble and although Leiknir was not out of it by any means, they would not be able to pull another goal back.

In the first meeting of the season between the two Reykjavik teams, with five minutes remaining and Leiknir winning 3–2, Fjolnir leveled in the 87th minute. Then in stoppage time, Aron Johannsson completed his treble for Fjolnir and Leiknir had lost. So, Þor returned to top flight for the first time since 2002, finishing runner-up to Vikingur Reykjavik.

In 2011, Þor lost to KR, 0-2, in the Icelandic Cup finals.