The KR men's basketball team, commonly known as KR or KR Basket, is a professional
basketball
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club based in
Reykjavík
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,
Iceland
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. It is the men's basketball department of
Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur
Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur (Reykjavík Football Club), often shortened to KR or KR Reykjavík, is an Icelandic football club based in the Vesturbær district of the capital, Reykjavík.
KR is the oldest and most successful club in Icelandic ...
(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. In 2017 the club played in
FIBA Europe Cup
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for the first time since 2008.
KR has a men's
reserve team
In sports, a reserve team is a team composed of players under contract to a club but who do not normally play in matches for the first team. Reserve teams often include back-up players from the first team, young players who need playing time to i ...
that plays in the
amateur
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level
Icelandic 3rd-tier Division II and the
Icelandic basketball cup, called
KR-b. It is also affiliated with
Knattspyrnufélag Vesturbæjar
Knattspyrnufélag Vesturbæjar, commonly known as KV, is an Icelandic sports club from the capital city, Reykjavík in the area of Vesturbær. It is best known for its football team but has also fielded teams in other sports, such as basketball a ...
.
Honors
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Úrvalsdeild karla (18):
:1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1990, 2000, 2007, 2009,
2011
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2014
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2015
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2016
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2017
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2018
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2019
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Icelandic Basketball Cup (14):
:1966, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1979, 1984, 1991, 2011, 2016, 2017
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Icelandic Supercup (4):
:2000, 2007, 2014, 2015
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Company Cup (2):
:2008, 2014
Season by season
Notable players
Head coaches
References
External links
Official WebsiteEurobasket team profileKR 2019-2020 profile
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KR (basketball)
Sport in Reykjavík
Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur