Glímufélagið Ármann is a multi-sports club in Reykjavík, Iceland. It was founded on 15 December 1888 in Reykjavík as an Icelandic wrestling team. Today it has departments in basketball, gymnastics, judo, power lifting, swimming, skiing, taekwondo and track & field.
History
Glímufélagið Ármann was founded on 15 December 1988 by a group of around 30 people. The main founders where Pétur Jónsson (1856–1908) and Pétur Helgi Hjálmarsson (1867–1941).
Basketball
Men's basketball
Árman's men's basketball team was one of the founding members of the top-tier basketball league in Iceland in 1952. It won its first and only national championship in 1976.
Women's basketball
Ármann women's basketball team won the inaugural women's national championship in 1953 and added two more in 1959 and 1960.
Football
Men's football
Trophies
- 2. deild karla (1):
- 1969
- 3. deild karla (1):
- 1982
Source Archived 2018-07-26 at the Wayback Machine
Women's football
Trophies
- Icelandic Champions (1):
- 1973
Source Archived 2018-07-22 at the Wayback Machine
Handball
Men's handball
Trophies
- Icelandic Champions (5):
- 1945, 1949, 1952, 1953, 1954
- 1. deild karla: (3):
- 1962, 1973, 1977
- 2. deild karla: (2):
- 1982, 1984
Source Archived 2017-11-25 at the Wayback Machine
Women's handball
Trophies
- Icelandic Champions (12):
- 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1963
- Icelandic Cup: (1):
- 1976
Source Archived 2017-11-25 at the Wayback Machine
References
External links
- (in Icelandic) Official site
