The KR men's basketball team, commonly known as KR or KR Basket, is a basketball club based in Reykjavík, Iceland. It was founded on 4 October 1956 and 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 championships in a row from 2014 to 2019.
Recent history In 2017, the team played in FIBA Europe Cup for the first time since 2008.KR í FIBA Europe CupRökrétt skref fyrir íslenska körfuboltann
In March 2023, the team was relegated to the second-tier 1. deild karla for the first time in its history. A year later, it finished first in 1. deild karla and gained promotion back to the Úrvalsdeild.
Reserve team KR has a men's reserve team that plays in the amateur level Icelandic 3rd-tier Division II and the Icelandic basketball cup, called KR-b. It is also affiliated with Knattspyrnufélag Vesturbæjar.
Honors Úrvalsdeild karla (18): 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1990, 2000, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
Icelandic Basketball Cup (15): 1966, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1979, 1984, 1991, 2011, 2016, 2017, 2026
Icelandic Supercup (4): 2000, 2007, 2014, 2015
Company Cup (2): 2008, 2014 1. deild karla (1): 2024
Season by season SeasonTierLeagueIcelandic CupEuropean competitions2006–071 Úrvalsdeild karla 1st2007–081 Úrvalsdeild karla 2nd 3 FIBA EuroCup 2008–091 Úrvalsdeild karla 1stRunner-up2009–101 Úrvalsdeild karla 2nd2010–111 Úrvalsdeild karla 1stChampion2011–121 Úrvalsdeild karla 3rd Semifinalist2012–131 Úrvalsdeild karla 4th 2013–141 Úrvalsdeild karla 1st 2014–151 Úrvalsdeild karla 1stRunner-up2015–161 Úrvalsdeild karla 1stChampion2016–171 Úrvalsdeild karla 1stChampion2017–181 Úrvalsdeild karla 1stRunner-up 4 FIBA Europe Cup 2018–191 Úrvalsdeild karla 1st Semifinalist2019–201 Úrvalsdeild karla 4th 1st round2020–211 Úrvalsdeild karla 5th 2nd round2021–221 Úrvalsdeild karla 8th 3rd round2022–231 Úrvalsdeild karla 12th Quarter-finals2023–242 1. deild karla 1st Quarter-finals2024–251 Úrvalsdeild karla 9thRunner-up2025–262 Úrvalsdeild karla 6thChampion
Players Current roster
Notable players
Head coaches
References
External links Official Website Eurobasket team profile KR 2019-2020 profile