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Valur

Full name	Knattspyrnufélagið Valur
Nickname(s)	Valsarar
Founded	11 May 1911
Ground	Vodafonehöllin Reykjavík Iceland (Capacity: 3,000)
Chairman	Hörður Gunnarsson
Manager	Gunnlaugur Jónsson
League	Úrvalsdeild
2009	Úrvalsdeild, 8th
Home colours Away colours

Knattspyrnufélagið Valur is an Icelandic athletic club based in Reykjavík, Iceland.

Contents 1 History 2 Stadia 3 Club honours 4 Players 4.1 Current squad 4.2 Former players 5 Coaches 6 References 7 External links

[edit] History

The club was founded on 11 May 1911, as a subdivision of KFUM, the Icelandic YMCA. The name was later in the same year changed to Valur, which is an Icelandic word for gyrfalcon. In 1939 Valur bought the farmgrounds of Hlíðarendi which retains its name even today, where they currently practice and play, and where they now have a full-fledged football field and an indoor arena. Originally Valur played only football, but around 1940, the club got involved in more sports, first team handball where they won the first national title, and later skiing. In the post-war era (1948), a women's handball division was started at Valur and in the 1970s a women's football division. In 1970, Körfuknattleiksfélag Reykjavíkur (Reykjavík Basketball Club, KFR) joined Valur and became their basketball division. ^[1]

[edit] Stadia

The grounds at Hlíðarendi are currently being completely restructured and Valur have recently started playing their home games at Vodafonevöllurinn, and the handball games in the new Vodafonehöllin the first section of the new ground to be used. The new football pitch will be used for the first time in the 2008 season. Reconstruction of Hlíðarendi will then be finished with an indoor football pitch.

In June 2007 the club signed a 5 year sponsorship deal with Vodafone which will see the football stadium being renamed Vodafonevöllurinn and the handball/basketball stadium being renamed Vodafonehöllin.^[2]

[edit] Club honours

Men's football

• Icelandic Championships: 20

• 1930, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1956, 1966, 1967, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1985, 1987, 2007

• Icelandic Cups: 9

• 1965, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2005

• Icelandic League Cups: 1

• 2008

• Icelandic Super Cup: 2

• 2005, 2008

Women's football

• National Champions: 9

• 1978, 1986, 1988, 1989, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

• Cup Champions: 11

• 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1995, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2009 ^[3]

Men's handball

• National Champions: 21

• 1940, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1947, 1948, 1951, 1955, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2007

• Cup Champions: 7

• 1974, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1998, 2008, 2009

• Icelandic Super Cup: 1

• 2009

Women's handball

• National Champions: 12

• 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1983

• Cup Champions: 3

• 1988, 1993, 2000 ^[4]

Men's basketball

• National Champions: 2

• 1980, 1983

• Cup Champions: 3

• 1980, 1981, 1983 ^[5]

[edit] Players

[edit] Current squad

As of 3 April 2009^[6]

No. Position Player 1 GK Kjartan Sturluson 3 DF Steinþór Gíslason 4 DF Reynir Leósson 5 DF Atli Sveinn Þórarinsson 7 MF Sigurbjörn Örn Hreiðarsson 9 MF Hafþór Ægir Vilhjálmsson 11 MF Matthías Guðmundsson 12 DF Einar Marteinsson 13 DF Baldur Þórólfsson 16 MF Baldur Ingimar Aðalsteinsson

No. Position Player 17 MF Guðmundur Steinn Hafsteinsson 18 FW Arnar Sveinn Geirsson 19 FW Viktor Illugason 20 MF Ian Jeffs 21 DF Bjarni Ólafur Eiríksson (captain) 23 GK Haraldur Björnsson 25 GK Ágúst Bjarni Garðarsson 30 FW Marel Baldvinsson -- MF Jón Vilhelm Ákason -- MF Rúnar Már Sigurjónsson

[edit] Former players

Albert Guðmundsson Arnór Guðjohnsen Eiður Guðjohnsen Guðni Bergsson Ármann Smári Björnsson Pálmi Rafn Pálmason Barry Smith Jim Bett Helgi Sigurðsson

Ari Freyr Skúlason Ívar Ingimarsson Ólafur Stefánsson Snorri Steinn Guðjónsson Pétur Karl Guðmundsson Jóhannes Eðvaldsson Atli Eðvaldsson Birkir Már Sævarsson

[edit] Coaches

• Guðmundur H. Pétursson (1930)
• Reidar Sörensen (1933-1935)
• Murdo MacDougall (1935-1937)
• Murdo MacDougall & Robert Jack (1937-1938)
• Murdo MacDougall (1938)
• Ian Ross (1985-1987)
• Ingi Björn Albertsson
• Kristinn Björnsson
• Ejub Purisevic (2000-2001)
• Þorlákur Árnason (2002-2003)
• Njáll Eiðsson (2004)
• Willum Thór Thórsson (2005-2009)
• Atli Eðvaldsson (2009)
• Gunnlaugur Jónsson (2009-)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official website

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