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
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. 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 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
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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
Real Betis Balompié, known as Real Betis () is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in Seville, Andalusia, Spain. It plays in La Liga, the Spanish football league system, top flight of Spanish football. It plays home ...
.
Notable players
Coaches
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Brynjar Karl Sigurðsson
Brynjar Karl Sigurðsson (born 17 September 1973) is an Icelandic businessman, basketball coach and former player. He played several seasons in the Icelandic top-tier Úrvalsdeild karla and was a member of the Icelandic national team. Followin ...
2005–2009
* Rob Newson 2009–2010
*
Valur Ingimundarson
Valur Snjólfur Ingimundarson (born 20 February 1962) is an Icelandic former basketball player and coach. He played for 20 seasons in the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild and is its highest scoring player of all time. He won the Icelandic championship eig ...
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 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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