KR_men's_basketball

KR men's basketball

KR men's basketball

Basketball team in Reykjavík, Iceland

For the women's team, see KR women's basketball.

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 (English: Reykjavík Football Club) multi-sport club. It has won the Icelandic championship eighteen times, the most national championships in the men's top-tier league history. It won a record 6 national champions in a row from 2014 to 2019.

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Recent history

In 2017, the team played in FIBA Europe Cup for the first time since 2008.[2][3]

In March 2023, the team was relegated to the second-tier 1. deild karla for the first time in its history.[4] A year later, it finished first in 1. deild karla and gained promotion back to the Úrvalsdeild.[5]

Reserve team

KR 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] It is also affiliated with Knattspyrnufélag Vesturbæjar.[8]

Honors

1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1990, 2000, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015,[9] 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
1966, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1979, 1984, 1991, 2011, 2016, 2017
2000, 2007, 2014, 2015
2008, 2014
2024

Season by season

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Notable players

See also: Category:KR men's basketball players

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

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Head coaches

References

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    "Team history K.R. Reykjavík". Eurobasket. Retrieved 2014-02-24.
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    KR í FIBA Europe Cup
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    Rökrétt skref fyrir íslenska körfuboltann
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    Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (10 March 2023). "Utan vallar: Hvernig getur félag unnið sex titla í röð og fallið svo fjórum árum síðar?". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 11 March 2023.
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    Runólfur Trausti Þórhallsson (25 March 2024). "KR aftur í deild þeirra bestu eftir stórsigur". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 30 March 2024.
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    "2. deild karla". KKI.is. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
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    Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (3 November 2017). "Marcus Walker hefur engu gleymt". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 4 November 2017.
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    "KV taka sæti í 1. deild á næsta tímabili". krkarfa.is (in Icelandic). 3 May 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  9. [9]
    Kristján Jónsson (28 April 2018). "KR meistari fimmta árið í röð". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 28 April 2018.
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    "A landslið". kki.is (in Icelandic). Icelandic Basketball Association. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
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    "Breytingar hjá KR-ingum". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 7 April 1999. p. B3. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  12. [12]
    "Evrópumeistararnir Simmenthal leika við KR 18. þ.m." Þjóðviljinn (in Icelandic). 2 November 1966. p. 2. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  13. [13]
    Jón Birgir Pétursson (16 February 1965). "Helming tímans í strætisvagni í leikfimisal KR". Vísir (in Icelandic). p. 11. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  14. [14]
    "Sergeant Bensing's three roles: Radar operator, referee, coach". The White Falcon. 20 November 1965. p. 8. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
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