Valur Reykjavík
Valur Reykjavík | |||
Basic data | |||
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Surname | Knattspyrnufélagið Valur Reykjavík | ||
founding | May 11, 1911 | ||
Colours | Red Blue | ||
president | Börkur Edvardsson | ||
Website | valur.is | ||
First soccer team | |||
Head coach | Jón Höskuldsson | ||
Venue | Hlíðarendi | ||
Places | 2,000 | ||
league | Pepsi picture | ||
2019 | 6th place | ||
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Knattspyrnufélagið Valur Reykjavík is a sports club from the Icelandic capital Reykjavík .
The club's football team plays in the Icelandic first division .
history
The association was founded on May 11, 1911 as ÍF KFUM Reykjavík ; In 1918 he merged with Voeringjar Reykjavík . Around the same time it was renamed Valur . Valur 's first men's team has been Icelandic football champions 22 times (first in 1930) and won the Icelandic Cup 11 times (most recently in 2016). The women's team was eliminated in 2005 in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup competition against 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam . From May to July 2006, the German world champion Viola Odebrecht gave a two-month guest appearance with the Valur women's team, which at the time was the undisputed leader of the Icelandic women's first division.
In addition to football, the club also has a handball and basketball department .
basketball
The men's basketball team won the national championship in 1980 and 1983 and is currently (2015/16 season) in the second division ( 1st deild ). The first women's team has never won the Icelandic championship and is currently in the first division ( Úrvalsdeild ).
Handball
The men's handball team is Iceland's record champions and won the national championship 22 times between 1940 and 2017 . The first women's team won the national championship a total of 17 times between 1962 and 2019, including eleven championship titles until 1975. Both teams are currently (2018/19 season) in the first division ( Úrvalsdeild ).
successes
- Soccer
- Icelandic Championship
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Icelandic Cup
- Winner (11): 1965, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2005, 2015, 2016
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Atlantic Cup
- Winner (1): 2008