KR men's basketball

KR
Leagues Úrvalsdeild karla
Founded 12 November 1956 (1956-11-12)
History KR
1956–present
Arena DHL-Höllin
Capacity 1,500[1]
Location Reykjavík, Iceland
Team colors Black, White
         
Head coach Ingi Þór Steinþórsson
Assistant(s) Hjalti Vilhjálmsson
Championships 17 Úrvalsdeild karla
Uniforms

The KR men's basketball team, commonly known as KR or KR Basket, is a professional basketball club based in Reykjavík, Iceland. It is the men's basketball department of Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur (Reykjavík Football Club). It is the reigning champion of the Úrvalsdeild karla.[2] It has won the Icelandic championship seventeen times[3], tied with Njarðvík for the most national championships in the men's top-tier league history. In 2017 the club played in FIBA Europe Cup for the first time since 2008.[4][5]

KR also has a men's reserve team that plays in the amateur level Icelandic 3rd-tier Division II[6] and the Icelandic basketball cup, called KR-b.[7]

Honors

1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1990, 2000, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
1966, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1979, 1984, 1991, 2011, 2016, 2017
2000, 2007, 2014, 2015
2008, 2014

Season by season

Season Tier League Pos. Icelandic Cup European competitions
2006–07 1 Úrvalsdeild karla 1st
2007–08 1 Úrvalsdeild karla 2nd 3 FIBA EuroCup
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0–2
2008–09 1 Úrvalsdeild karla 1st Runner-up
2009–10 1 Úrvalsdeild karla 2nd
2010–11 1 Úrvalsdeild karla 1st Champion
2011–12 1 Úrvalsdeild karla 3rd Semifinalist
2012–13 1 Úrvalsdeild karla 4th
2013–14 1 Úrvalsdeild karla 1st
2014–15 1 Úrvalsdeild karla 1st Runner-up
2015–16 1 Úrvalsdeild karla 1st Champion
2016–17 1 Úrvalsdeild karla 1st Champion
2017–18 1 Úrvalsdeild karla 1st Runner-up 4 FIBA Europe Cup
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0–2

Notable players

Coaches

References

  1. ↑ "Team history K.R. Reykjavík". Eurobasket. Retrieved 2014-02-24.
  2. ↑ Kristján Jónsson (28 April 2018). "KR meistari fimmta árið í röð". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  3. ↑ "KR íslandsmeistari Domino's deildar karla 2018!". kki.is (in Icelandic). 29 April 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  4. ↑ KR í FIBA Europe Cup
  5. ↑ Rökrétt skref fyrir íslenska körfuboltann
  6. ↑ "2. deild karla". KKI.is. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  7. ↑ Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (3 November 2017). "Marcus Walker hefur engu gleymt". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 4 November 2017.


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