The Keflavík men's basketball team, commonly known as Keflavík, is the men's professional
basketball department of
Keflavík ÍF (Keflavík, íþrótta- og ungmennafélag), based in the town of
Reykjanesbær in
Iceland. They currently play in
Úrvalsdeild karla.
Rivalry with Njarðvík
Keflavík's biggest rivals are their closest neighbours,
Njarðvík. The teams are both based in
Reykjanesbær. Keflavík and Njarðvík were neighbouring towns but were merged in 1994 and formed
Reykjanesbær. Their arenas are within one kilometre of each other. In the 2008–09 season the rivalry was intensified as the men's teams were coached by brothers,
Sigurður Ingimundarson with Keflavík and
Valur Ingimundarson with Njarðvík. At the end of that season Sigurður left his post as the team's coach and moved to a club in Sweden. He was replaced by former player
Guðjón Skúlason
Guðjón Skúlason (born 1 January 1967) is an Icelandic retired basketball player and coach and a former member of Icelandic national team. He played nineteen seasons in the Úrvalsdeild karla, winning the Icelandic championship six times wit ...
. Just before the start of the 2009–10 season Sigurður became coach of Njarðvík, replacing his brother Valur.
Arena
The club's home arena is nicknamed "The Slaughterhouse".
Achievements
Titles
*
Icelandic champions: (9):
**1989, 1992, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008
*
Icelandic Basketball Cup: (5):
**1993, 1994, 1997, 2003, 2004
*
Super Cup
A super cup is a competition, usually but not exclusively in association football, which often forms the 'curtain raiser' to a season, and typically involves only two teams who have qualified through success in other competitions during the prev ...
: (3):
**1997, 2003, 2008
*
Company Cup: (6):
**1996, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2013
*
1. deild karla: (2):
**1982, 1985
*
2. deild karla
2. deild karla (English: Men's Second Division) is a football league in Iceland. It is the third division in the Icelandic football league system. The current champions are Afturelding from Mosfellsbær, who won their 1st title in 2018.
The divi ...
: (1):
**1978
Notable players
Head coaches
Trivia
* The team has a reputation for playing an uptempo game which earned it the nickname Keflavíkurhraðlestin (The Keflavík Express).
KÖRFUKNATTLEIKUR Keflavíkurhraðlestin mátaði teinana
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References
External links
Official websiteTeam profile at Eurobasket
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Keflavík (basketball)