Körfuknattleiksfélag Selfoss, commonly known as Selfoss-Basket (''Icelandic: Selfoss-Karfa''), is a basketball club in
Selfoss Selfoss may refer to:
*Selfoss (town), Iceland
*UMF Selfoss, a football club based in Selfoss
**Selfoss men's football
**Selfoss women's football
*Selfoss (waterfall), Iceland
*Selfoss Airport
Selfoss Airport is an airport serving Selfoss, a to ...
,
Iceland. Its men's team currently plays in the
1. deild karla.
History
The club was founded on August 24, 2005 as Íþróttafélag FSu (English: FSu Sports Club). In 2012 it changed its name to Körfuknattleiksfélag FSu (English: FSu Basket) and on April 5, 2018, the club changed its name again to Körfuknattleiksfélag Selfoss (English: Selfoss Basketball Club), or Selfoss-Karfa (English: Selfoss-Basket) for short.
Men's basketball
In 2008, FSu gained promotion to the
Úrvalsdeild karla after beating
Valur
Valur may refer to:
People
* Birkir Valur Jónsson (born 1998), Icelandic football player
* Björn Valur Gíslason (born 1959), Icelandic politician
* Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson (born 1979), Icelandic handball player
* Guðni Valur Guðnason (born ...
in the
1. deild karla promotion playoffs. It played in the Úrvalsdeild until 2010, when it was relegated back to 1. deild. In 2015, FSu beat
Hamar in the promotion playoffs and gained promotion to the Úrvalsdeild karla for the second time in its history. During the
2015–16 Úrvalsdeild karla season they posted a 3-19 record, finishing second-to-last in the league and were relegated back to 1. deild. In February 2021, the team made an affiliation deal with
Real Betis.
Notable players
Coaches
*
Brynjar Karl Sigurðsson 2005–2009
* Rob Newson 2009–2010
*
Valur Ingimundarson 2010–2011
*
Kjartan Atli Kjartansson
Kjartan Atli Kjartansson (born 23 May 1984) is an Icelandic sports TV and radio show host, basketball coach and former player. He hosted Stöð 2 Sport's '' Domino's Körfuboltakvöld'' (English: Domino's Basketball Night) from 2015 to 2023 and wa ...
2011–2012
* Erik Olson 2012–2016
* Eloy Doce Chambrelan 2016–2017
* Karl Ágúst Hannibalsson 2017–2018
*
Chris Caird
Christopher William C. Caird (born 26 May 1989) is an English basketball coach and former member of the Great Britain men's national basketball team.
College
Caird committed to Syracuse University his freshman season, NCAA issues resulted in h ...
2018–2023
* Árni Þór Hilmarsson 2023–present
Women's basketball
The club fielded a joint women's team with neighbouring club Hrunamenn in the second-tier
1. deild kvenna, under the name FSu/Hrunamenn, from 2013 to 2015.
Coaches
*Karl Ágúst Hannibalsson 2013–2014
*
Collin Pryor 2014–2015
References
External links
Official siteTeam profile on kki.is
Basketball teams in Iceland
Selfoss
Sport in Southern Region (Iceland)
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