Valur (men's basketball)

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Valur

Leagues

Úrvalsdeild karla

Founded

25 December 1951; 72 years ago (as Gosi)

History

Gosi
(1951–1957)
KFR
(1957–1970)
Valur
(1970–2000)
Valur/Fjölnir
(2000–2001)
Valur
(2001–present)

Arena

Hlíðarendi

Location

Reykjavík, Iceland

Team colors

red, white, blue

President

Svali Björgvinsson^[1]

Head coach

Finnur Freyr Stefánsson

Assistant(s)

Jamil Abiad

Championships

4 Icelandic Championships

Website

Valur.is

Home

Away

The Valur men's basketball team, commonly known as Valur, is a basketball team based in Reykjavík, Iceland. It is part of the Valur multi-sport club.

History

The club was founded as Gosi on 25 December 1951^[2] and was one of the founding members of the Icelandic men's top division.^[3] On 22 December 1957 the club changed its name to Körfuknattleiksfélag Reykjavíkur (English: Reykjavík Basketball Club) and played under that name until 1970.^[4] On 3 October 1970 the club merged into Valur sports club and became its basketball department.^[5]^[6]

Under the new name, Valur had considerable success in the 1980's, winning the Icelandic championship two times, in 1980 and 1983,^[7] and the Icelandic cup three times, 1980, 1981 and 1983.^[8]

In 1992, Valur reached the Úrvalsdeild finals where it lost to Keflavík 2-3.^[9]^[10]

In 2022, Valur won its third national championship after beating Tindastóll in the Úrvalsdeild finals. On 2 October 2022, Valur won its first Super Cup, after defeating Icelandic Cup holders Stjarnan 80-77.^[11]

On 14 January 2023, Valur won its fourth Icelandic Cup title, and its first in 40 years, after defeating Stjarnan in the Cup final.

Honours

Úrvalsdeild karla

Winners (4): 1980, 1983, 2022, 2024

Icelandic Cup

Winners (4): 1980, 1981, 1983, 2023

Icelandic Super Cup

Winners (2): 2022, 2023

Division I

Winners (2): 1997, 2002

Individual awards

Úrvalsdeild Men's Domestic Player of the Year ^[12]
- Kári Jónsson – 2023
- Kristófer Acox – 2022
- Magnús Matthíasson – 1991
- Rick Hockenos – 1978
- Torfi Magnússon – 1982
- Þórir Magnússon – 1974
Úrvalsdeild Men's Foreign Player of the Year
- Tim Dwyer – 1979, 1980, 1983
Úrvalsdeild Men's Domestic All-First Team ^[13]
- Kári Jónsson – 2023
- Kristófer Acox – 2021, 2022, 2023
- Magnús Matthíasson – 1991, 1993
- Tómas Holton – 1989
Úrvalsdeild Men's Young Player of the Year ^[14]
- Magnús Matthíasson – 1991
1. deild karla Player of the Year^[15]
- Ragnar Jónsson – 1997
1. deild karla Coach of the Year^[15]
- Torfi Magnússon – 1997
Icelandic Cup Finals MVP
- Kári Jónsson – 2023

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

Coaches

Ólafur Þór Thorlacius 1970–1974
Guðmundur Þorsteinsson 1974–1976
Tim Dwyer 1978–1980, 1982–1983
Vladimir Obuchov 1990–1991
Tómas Holton 1991–1992
Svali Björgvinsson 1992–1993, 1994, 1997–1999
Ágúst Björgvinsson 2011–2019
Finnur Freyr Stefánsson 2020–present

European record

Season	Competition	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Aggregate
1980–81	FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup	1Q	Cibona Zagreb	79–110	90–120	169–230
1981–82	FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup	1Q	Crystal Palace	80–118	81–104	161–222
1992–93	FIBA Korać Cup	1Q	CRO Lyon	74–109	88–128	162–237

References

^ Stjórn körfuknattleiksdeildar Vals
^ Körfuknattleiksdeild stofnuð - K.F.R. sameinast Val
^ Fyrsta Íslandsmótið í körfuknattleik á morgun
^ „Körfuknattleiksfélag Reykjavíkur" í stað „Gosi"
^ Körfuknattleiksdeild stofnuð - K.F.R. sameinast Val
^ KFR lagt niður og gert að körfuknattleiksdeild Vals
^ Íslandsmeistarar - Úrvalsdeild karla
^ Bikarkeppni - Meistaraflokkur karla
^ Björn Blöndal (14 April 1992). "Keflvíkingar meistarar". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). pp. 6B–7B. Retrieved 13 September 2020 – via Timarit.is.
^ Ægir Már Kárason (13 April 1992). "Keflavík meistari". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). pp. 28–29. Retrieved 13 September 2020 – via Timarit.is.
^ Árni Jóhannsson (2 October 2022). "Umfjöllun og viðtöl: Valur - Stjarnan 80-77 - Valur Meistarar meistaranna eftir spennuleik". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 3 October 2022.
^ Viðurkenningar - Besti leikmaður úrvalsdeildar karla
^ Úrvalslið úrvalsdeildar karla
^ Besti ungi leikmaður úrvalsdeildar karla
^ ^a ^b "Þau eru best!". Dagur (in Icelandic). 15 April 1997. Retrieved 14 October 2018 – via Timarit.is.

v t e Úrvalsdeild karla
KKÍ Pyramid Domestic MVP Foreign MVP Playoffs MVP Domestic All-First Team Best Defensive Player Best Young Player Best Coach
2023–24 Úrvalsdeild karla teams	Álftanes Grindavík Breiðablik Hamar Haukar Höttur Keflavík Njarðvík Stjarnan Tindastóll Valur Þór Þorlákshöfn
Úrvalsdeild karla seasons	1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Other competitions	Basketball Cup Super Cup League Cup

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