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This article is about the sports club from Reykjavík. For the one from Reyðarfjörður, see Valur Reyðarfirði.

Valur
Full nameKnattspyrnufélagið Valur
Nickname(s)Valsarar
Hlíðarendapiltar
Founded11 May 1911; 113 years ago (1911-05-11)
GroundHlíðarendi
Reykjavík
Iceland
Capacity1,524
Club ChairmanÁrni Pétur Jónsson[1]
Football ChairmanE. Börkur Edvardsson
ManagerHeimir Guðjónsson
LeagueÚrvalsdeild
20201st (awarded)
Websitehttps://www.valur.is/
Current season

Knattspyrnufélagið Valur is an Icelandic athletic club based in Reykjavík, Iceland. The club is situated close to the city centre, in the east side of town, on the former farmland of Hlíðarendi. The club was originally formed as part of the local YMCA to play association football, but later incorporated handball and basketball. Valur's handball section reached the EHF Champions League final in 1980. It has won the Icelandic league 22 times, more than any other Icelandic handball team.

In 2019, Valur women's teams won the national championships in basketball, football and handball, the first time that one club held all three major titles.[2] The Valur women's basketball team also won all four major titles during the year and 47 of their 50 games. For this feat, it was selected as the Icelandic Sports Team of the Year by the Icelandic Association of Sports Journalists in an annual ceremony held by the National Olympic and Sports Association of Iceland.[3]

History

The club was founded on 11 May 1911, as a subdivision of KFUM, the Icelandic YMCA. Later that year its name was changed to Valur, which is an Icelandic word for gyrfalcon. In 1930 the club won its first national title, and it has been amongst the best football teams in the country ever since. In 1939 Valur bought the farmland of Hlíðarendi which retains its name even today, where they now have a football field and an indoor arena.

Originally Valur played only football, but around 1940 the club got involved in more sports, starting with men's handball. They won their first national handball title in 1940, and reached the final of the EHF Champions League in 1980. In the post-war era (1948), a women's handball division was started at Valur, and in the 1970s a women's football division was added. In 1970, Körfuknattleiksfélag Reykjavíkur (Reykjavík Basketball Club, KFR) joined Valur and became their basketball division.[4]

Valur is the most successful sports club in ballgame with 120 titles across football, handball and basketball in both men's and women's Icelandic and Cup championships. It is the wealthiest sports club in Iceland.[5]

Stadia

The grounds at Hlíðarendi were completely renovated in the years between 2004 and 2007. Valur's football teams currently play their home games at Valsvöllur and basketball and handball teams in the Valshöllin, the first section of the new grounds to be utilised. The football pitch was used for the first time in the 2008 season.

In June 2007 the club signed a 5-year sponsorship deal with Vodafone.[6] In June 2018 the club signed a five-year sponsorship deal with Origo which saw the football stadium being renamed Origovöllurinn and the indoor stadium being renamed Origo-höllin (English: Origo arena).[7]

Basketball

Men's basketball

Main article: Valur men's basketball

The Valur men's basketball team was founded as Gosi on 25 December 1951[8] and was one of the founding members of the Icelandic men's top division.[9] On 22 December 1957 the club changed its name to Körfuknattleiksfélag Reykjavíkur (Reykjavík Basketball Club) and played under that name until 1970.[10] On 3 October 1970 the club merged into Valur sports club and became its basketball department.[11][12]

Under the new name it has won the Icelandic Championship two times, 1980 and 1983,[13] and the Icelandic cup three times, 1980, 1981 and 1983.[14]

Titles

  • 1980, 1983
  • 1980, 1981, 1983

Women's basketball

Main article: Valur women's basketball

Valur first played in the Icelandic top-tier basketball league in 1993. In April 2019, the team won its first ever national championship when it beat Keflavík in the Úrvalsdeild finals 3-0.[16][17]

Football

Men's football

European competition

Valur first competed in Europe at the 1966–67 European Cup Winners' Cup Preliminary Round, playing to a draw (1–1) in its first match against Standard Liège, ultimately losing on aggregate 9–2. Since then, the club has participated in European competition 20 times, never advancing beyond the second round of any tournament.

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
1966–67 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Preliminary Round Belgium Standard Liège 1–1 1–8 2–9
1967–68 European Cup First round Luxembourg Jeunesse Esch 1–1 3–3 4–4(a)
Second Round Hungary Vasas 0–6 1–5 1–11
1968–69 European Cup First round Portugal Benfica 0–0 1–8 1–8
1974–75 UEFA Cup First round Northern Ireland Portadown 0–0 1–2 1–2
1975–76 European Cup Winners' Cup First round Scotland Celtic 0–2 0–7 0–9
1977–78 European Cup First round Northern Ireland Glentoran 1–0 0–2 1–2
1978–79 European Cup Winners' Cup First round East Germany 1. FC Magdeburg 1–1 0–4 1–5
1979–80 European Cup First round Germany Hamburg 0–3 1–2 1–5
1981–82 European Cup First round England Aston Villa 0–2 0–5 0–7
1985–86 UEFA Cup First round France Nantes 2–1 0–3 2–4
1986–87 European Cup First round Italy Juventus 0–4 0–7 0–11
1987–88 UEFA Cup First round East Germany Wismut Aue 1–1 0–0 1–1(a)
1988–89 European Cup First round France Monaco 1–0 0–2 1–2
1989–90 European Cup Winners' Cup First round East Germany BFC Dynamo 1–2 1–2 2–4
1991–92 European Cup Winners' Cup First round Switzerland Sion 0–1 1–1 1–2
1992–93 European Cup Winners' Cup First round Portugal Boavista 0–0 0–3 0–3
1993–94 European Cup Winners' Cup Qualifying round Finland MyPa 3–1 1–0 4–1
First round Scotland Aberdeen 0–3 0–4 0–7
2006–07 UEFA Cup First qualifying round Denmark Brøndby IF 0–0 1–3 1–3
2008–09 UEFA Champions League First qualifying round Belarus BATE Borisov 0–1 0–2 0–3
2016–17 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round Denmark Brøndby IF 1–4 0–6 1–10
2017–18 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round Latvia Ventspils 1–0 0–0 1–0
Second qualifying round Slovenia Domžale 1–2 2–3 3–5
2018–19 UEFA Champions League First qualifying round Norway Rosenborg 1–0 1–3 2–3
UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round Andorra FC Santa Coloma 3–0 0–1 3–1
Third qualifying round Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol 2–1 0–1 2–2 (a)
2019–20 UEFA Champions League First qualifying round Slovenia Maribor 0–3 0–2 0–5
UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad 1–1 0–4 1–5
2021–22 UEFA Champions League First qualifying round

Players

Current squad
As of 26 March 2021

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Iceland ISL Hannes Þór Halldórsson
2 DF Iceland ISL Birkir Már Sævarsson
3 DF Sweden SWE Johannes Vall
5 MF Iceland ISL Birkir Heimisson
6 DF Sweden SWE Sebastian Starke Hedlund
7 MF Iceland ISL Haukur Páll Sigurðsson (captain)
8 MF Iceland ISL Arnór Smárason
9 FW Denmark DEN Patrick Pedersen
10 MF Iceland ISL Kristinn Freyr Sigurðsson
11 FW Iceland ISL Sigurður Egill Lárusson
12 FW Iceland ISL Tryggvi Hrafn Haraldsson
13 DF Denmark DEN Rasmus Christiansen
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF Iceland ISL Bele Alomerovic
15 MF Iceland ISL Luis Carlos Cabrera Solys
17 MF Iceland ISL Andri Adolphsson
18 MF Iceland ISL Kristófer André Kjeld Cardoso
19 MF Iceland ISL Kristófer Jónsson
20 DF Iceland ISL Orri Sigurður Ómarsson
21 DF Faroe Islands FRO Magnus Egilsson
26 MF Iceland ISL Sigurdur Dagsson
27 DF Iceland ISL Kári Daníel Alexandersson
33 MF Iceland ISL Almarr Ormarsson
77 FW Faroe Islands FRO Kaj Leo í Bartalsstovu
— MF Denmark DEN Christian Køhler

Coaches

Honours

Úrvalsdeild[18]

  • Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the season was cancelled with four games left to play. Valur was awarded the title as the team in first at the time of suspension.

Icelandic Cup

  • Champions (11): 1965, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2005, 2015, 2016

Icelandic League Cup

Icelandic Super Cup

  • Champions (11): 1977, 1979, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1993, 2006, 2008, 2016, 2017, 2018

Women's football

Main article: Valur women's football

The Valur women's football team has won the Icelandic championship 10 times[19] and the Icelandic Women's Cup 13 times.[20][21][18]

Titles

  • 1978, 1986, 1988, 1989, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
  • 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1995, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011

Handball

Men's handball

Main article: Valur men's handball

Titles

  • 1940, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1947, 1948, 1951, 1955, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2007, 2017
  • Cup Champions: 10
  • 1974, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1998, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2016, 2017
  • Icelandic Super Cup: 1
  • 2009
  • Final 1980

Women's handball

Main article: Valur women's handball

Titles

  • 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1983, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2019
  • Cup Champions: 7
  • 1988, 1993, 2000, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2019

Further reading

References

  1. ^ https://www.valur.is/frett/19248/2019/05/30/adalfundur-vals-breytingar-a-stjornum-felagsins.aspx
  2. ^ Valur Páll Eiríksson (29 December 2019). "Viðburðaríkt ár Valskvenna gert upp". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  3. ^ Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (29 December 2019). "Kvennalið Vals í körfubolta lið ársins 2019". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 28 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Saga – Knattspyrnufélagið Valur" (in Icelandic). valur.is. Archived from the original on 6 October 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
  5. ^ "Sagan af því hvernig Valur varð ríkasta íþróttafélag á Íslandi". Kjarninn (in Icelandic). 17 May 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  6. ^ "Valsmenn kynna ný íþróttamannvirki" (in Icelandic). ruv.is. Retrieved 4 October 2009. [dead link‍]
  7. ^ Anton Ingi Leifsson (27 December 2018). "Íþróttasvæðið á Hlíðarenda tekur upp nafn Origo". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  8. ^ Körfuknattleiksdeild stofnuð – K.F.R. sameinast Val
  9. ^ Fyrsta Íslandsmótið í körfuknattleik á morgun
  10. ^ „Körfuknattleiksfélag Reykjavíkur" í stað „Gosi"
  11. ^ Körfuknattleiksdeild stofnuð – K.F.R. sameinast Val
  12. ^ KFR lagt niður og gert að körfuknattleiksdeild Vals
  13. ^ Íslandsmeistarar – Úrvalsdeild karla
  14. ^ Bikarkeppni – Meistaraflokkur karla
  15. ^ "Körfuknattleiksdeild – Titlar" (in Icelandic). valur.is. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
  16. ^ Valur Páll Eiríksson (27 April 2019). "Valskonur Íslandsmeistarar í fyrsta sinn". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  17. ^ Anton Ingi Leifsson (28 April 2019). "Rúmlega þrettán þúsund dagar á milli Íslandsmeistaratitla á Hlíðarenda". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  18. ^ a b c "Knattspyrnudeild – Titlar" (in Icelandic). valur.is. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
  19. ^ "Valur Íslandsmeistari eftir 8:1 sigur". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 4 September 2010. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  20. ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (22 August 2011). "Bikardrottningin í Valsliðinu". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). p. 30. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  21. ^ Ólafur Már Þórisson (22 August 2011). "Tilfinningin er yndisleg". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). pp. 4–5. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  22. ^ a b "Handknattleiksdeild – Titlar" (in Icelandic). valur.is. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
  23. ^ a b "HSÍ meistaraskrár" (in Icelandic). Handball Association of Iceland. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
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