Valur (club) explained

Clubname:Valur
Fullname:Knattspyrnufélagið Valur
Nickname:Valsarar
Hlíðarendapiltar
Ground:Hlíðarendi
Reykjavík
Iceland
Chairman:Árni Pétur Jónsson[1]
Sports:Basketball, Football, Handball
Website:Valur.is

Knattspyrnufélagið Valur is an Icelandic multi-sport club based in Reykjavík, Iceland. The club is situated close to the city center, in the east side of town, on the former farmland of Hlíðarendi. The club was originally formed as part of the local YMCA to play association football, but later incorporated handball and basketball. Valur's handball section reached the EHF Champions League final in 1980. It has won the Icelandic league 22 times, more than any other Icelandic handball team.

In 2019, Valur women's teams won the national championships in basketball, football, and handball, the first time that one club held all three major titles.[2] The Valur women's basketball team also won all four major titles during the year and 47 of their 50 games. For this feat, it was selected as the Icelandic Sports Team of the Year by the Icelandic Association of Sports Journalists in an annual ceremony held by the National Olympic and Sports Association of Iceland.[3]

History

The club was founded on 11 May 1911, as a subdivision of KFUM, the Icelandic YMCA. Later that year its name was changed to Valur, which is an Icelandic word for gyrfalcon. In 1930 the club won its first national title, and it has been amongst the best football teams in the country ever since. In 1939 Valur bought the farmland of Hlíðarendi which retains its name even today, where they now have a football field and an indoor arena.

Originally Valur played only football, but around 1940 the club got involved in more sports, starting with men's handball. They won their first national handball title in 1940, and reached the final of the EHF Champions League in 1980. In the post-war era (1948), a women's handball division was started at Valur, and in the 1970s a women's football division was added. In 1970, Körfuknattleiksfélag Reykjavíkur (Reykjavík Basketball Club, KFR) joined Valur and became their basketball division.[4]

Valur is the most successful sports club in the 3 biggest sports in Iceland with 133 titles across football, handball, and basketball in both men's and women's National and Cup championships. It is the wealthiest sports club in Iceland.[5]

Stadia

The grounds at Hlíðarendi were completely renovated in the years between 2004 and 2007. Valur's football teams currently play their home games at Valsvöllur and basketball and handball teams in the Valshöllin, the first section of the new grounds to be utilized. The football pitch was used for the first time in the 2008 season.

In June 2007 the club signed a 5-year sponsorship deal with Vodafone.[6] In June 2018 the club signed a five-year sponsorship deal with Origo which saw the football stadium being renamed Origovöllurinn and the indoor stadium being renamed Origo-höllin (English: Origo arena).[7]

Clubs

Basketball

Men's

See main article: Valur (men's basketball). The Valur men's basketball team was founded as Gosi on 25 December 1951[8] and was one of the founding members of the Icelandic men's top division.[9] On 22 December 1957 the club changed its name to Körfuknattleiksfélag Reykjavíkur (Reykjavík Basketball Club) and played under that name until 1970.[10] On 3 October 1970 the club merged into Valur sports club and became its basketball department.[11] [12]

Under the new name it has won the Icelandic Championship three times, 1980,1983 and 2022,[13] and the Icelandic cup four times, 1980, 1981, 1983 and 2023.[14]

Titles

4[15]

4

Women's

See main article: Valur (women's basketball). Valur first played in the Icelandic top-tier basketball league in 1993. In April 2019, the team won its first ever national championship when it beat Keflavík in the Úrvalsdeild finals 3–0.[16] [17]

Football

Men's

See main article: Valur (men's football). The Valur men's football team participated in the Icelandic soccer tournament for the first time in 1915 and became the Icelandic champion for the first time in 1930. In total, it has won the Icelandic championship 23 times, most recently in 2020.

Titles

Úrvalsdeild[18]

Icelandic Cup

Icelandic League Cup

Icelandic Super Cup

Women's

See main article: Valur (women's football). The Valur women's football team has won the Icelandic championship 10 times[21] and the Icelandic Women's Cup 13 times.[22] [23] [18]

Titles

12[18]

14

Handball

Men's

See main article: Valur (men's handball).

Titles

24[24] [25]

Women's

See main article: Valur (women's handball).

Titles

18[25]

Further reading

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Aðalstjórn Knattspyrnufélagsins Vals . valur.is . Knattspyrnufélagið Valur . 24 April 2021 . Icelandic . 24 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210424184654/https://www.valur.is/um-val/stjorn-vals/adalstjorn.aspx . live .
  2. News: Valur Páll Eiríksson . Viðburðaríkt ár Valskvenna gert upp . 29 December 2019 . . 29 December 2019 . is . 29 December 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191229215605/https://www.ruv.is/frett/vidburdarikt-ar-valskvenna-gert-upp . live .
  3. News: Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson . Kvennalið Vals í körfubolta lið ársins 2019 . 28 December 2019 . . 29 December 2019 . is . 28 December 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191228211557/https://www.visir.is/g/2019191229323/kvennalid-vals-i-korfubolta-lid-arsins-2019 . live .
  4. Web site: Saga – Knattspyrnufélagið Valur. valur.is. is. 11 June 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151006223350/http://www.valur.is/Valur/Saga/. 6 October 2015. dead. dmy-all.
  5. Web site: Sagan af því hvernig Valur varð ríkasta íþróttafélag á Íslandi. 17 May 2019. Kjarninn. is. 17 May 2019. 17 May 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190517104314/https://kjarninn.is/skyring/2019-05-15-sagan-af-thvi-hvernig-valur-vard-rikasta-ithrottafelag-islandi/. live.
  6. Web site: Valsmenn kynna ný íþróttamannvirki. ruv.is. is. 4 October 2009.
  7. News: Anton Ingi Leifsson . Íþróttasvæðið á Hlíðarenda tekur upp nafn Origo . 17 September 2018 . . 27 December 2018 . is . 18 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180918054235/http://www.visir.is/g/2018180429183 . live .
  8. http://timarit.is/files/16052321.pdf Körfuknattleiksdeild stofnuð – K.F.R. sameinast Val
  9. Web site: Fyrsta Íslandsmótið í körfuknattleik á morgun . 16 September 2018 . 16 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180916202005/http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?issId=108735&pageId=1284632&lang=is . live .
  10. Web site: "Körfuknattleiksfélag Reykjavíkur" í stað "Gosi" . 16 September 2018 . 27 February 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170227062448/http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?issId=110555&pageId=1314472&lang=is& . live .
  11. http://timarit.is/files/16052317.pdf#navpanes=1&view=FitH Körfuknattleiksdeild stofnuð – K.F.R. sameinast Val
  12. http://timarit.is/files/13308147.pdf#navpanes=1&view=FitH KFR lagt niður og gert að körfuknattleiksdeild Vals
  13. Web site: Íslandsmeistarar – Úrvalsdeild karla . 16 September 2018 . 7 July 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180707201429/http://gamli.kki.is/meistaratitlar.asp?adgerd=FlkIsl&keppni=%C3%9Arvalsdeild . live .
  14. Web site: Bikarkeppni – Meistaraflokkur karla . 16 September 2018 . 1 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180901044705/http://gamli.kki.is/meistaratitlar.asp?adgerd=FlkBik&keppni=Bikar%20-%20Mfl.%20karla . live .
  15. Web site: Körfuknattleiksdeild – Titlar. valur.is. is. 11 June 2015. 2 May 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180502211642/https://www.valur.is/Korfubolti/Titlar/. live.
  16. News: Valur Páll Eiríksson . Valskonur Íslandsmeistarar í fyrsta sinn . 27 April 2019 . . 27 April 2019 . is . 27 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190427210614/http://www.ruv.is/frett/valskonur-islandsmeistarar-i-fyrsta-sinn . live .
  17. News: Anton Ingi Leifsson . Rúmlega þrettán þúsund dagar á milli Íslandsmeistaratitla á Hlíðarenda . 28 April 2019 . . 28 April 2019 . is . 28 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190428152035/https://www.visir.is/g/2019190429109/rumlega-threttan-thusund-dagar-a-milli-islandsmeistaratitla-a-hlidarenda . live .
  18. Web site: Knattspyrnudeild – Titlar. valur.is. is. 11 June 2015. 25 April 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210425172406/https://www.valur.is/Fotbolti/Titlar/. live.
  19. News: Valur er Íslandsmeistari 2020 . 24 April 2021 . . 30 October 2020 . Icelandic . 28 November 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201128225317/https://www.mbl.is/sport/efstadeild/2020/10/30/valur_er_islandsmeistari_2020/ . live .
  20. News: Gunnar Birgisson . Nýstárlegar leiðir í fögnuði Íslandsmeistaranna . 24 April 2021 . . 31 October 2020 . Icelandic . 24 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210424184602/https://www.ruv.is/frett/2020/10/31/nystarlegar-leidir-i-fognudi-islandsmeistaranna . live .
  21. News: Valur Íslandsmeistari eftir 8:1 sigur . 16 September 2018 . . 4 September 2010 . is . 16 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180916164127/https://www.mbl.is/sport/efstadeild/2010/09/04/valur_islandsmeistari_eftir_8_1_sigur/ . live .
  22. News: Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson . Bikardrottningin í Valsliðinu . 16 September 2018 . . 22 August 2011 . 30 . is . 16 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180916201957/http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?pageId=5158973 . live .
  23. News: Ólafur Már Þórisson . Tilfinningin er yndisleg . 16 September 2018 . . 22 August 2011 . 4–5 . is . 16 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180916201932/http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?pageId=5376596 . live .
  24. Web site: Handknattleiksdeild – Titlar. valur.is. is. 11 June 2015. 2 May 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180502212726/https://www.valur.is/Handbolti/Titlar/. live.
  25. Web site: HSÍ meistaraskrár. Handball Association of Iceland. is. 11 June 2015. 25 November 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171125031403/http://www.hsi.is/motamal/annad/meistaraskrar/. dead.

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