KR women's basketball

Basketball team in Reykjavík, Iceland
   PresidentBöðvar GuðjónssonHead coachHörður UnnsteinssonAssistant(s)Guðrún Arna SigurðardóttirChampionships14 Úrvalsdeild kvenna
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The KR women's basketball team, commonly known as KR, is the women's basketball department of Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur and is based in Reykjavík, Iceland. It is the second winningest team in Úrvalsdeild kvenna history with 14 Icelandic championships,[2] the last coming in 2010.[3]


Honors

  • Úrvalsdeild kvenna (14):
1961, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2010
1976, 1977, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2009
1999, 2009, 2010, 2011
2000, 2009
  • Division I:
2018

Season by season

Season Tier League Pos. W–L Playoffs Icelandic Cup
2009–10 1 Úrvalsdeild kvenna 1st 12–8 Champions
2010–11 1 Úrvalsdeild kvenna 3rd 18–2 Runner-up
2011–12 1 Úrvalsdeild kvenna 5th 13–15 DNQ
2012–13 1 Úrvalsdeild kvenna 3rd 18–10 Runner-up
2013–14 1 Úrvalsdeild kvenna 5th 11–17 DNQ
2014–15 1 Úrvalsdeild kvenna 7th 5–23 DNQ
2015–16 2 1. deild kvenna 2nd 13–7 Runner-up
2016–17 2 1. deild kvenna 3rd 4–8 DNQ
2017–18 2 1. deild kvenna 1st 24–0 Promoted
2018–19 1 Úrvalsdeild kvenna 3rd 16–12 Semi-finals
2019–20 1 Úrvalsdeild kvenna 2nd 18–7 N/A1
2020–21 1 Úrvalsdeild kvenna 8th 2–19 DNQ
2021–22 2 1. deild kvenna

Notes
1 2020 playoffs canceled due to the Coronavirus pandemic in Iceland.

Notable players

Criteria

To appear in this section a player must have either:

  • Played at least three seasons for the club.
  • Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club.
  • Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time.
  • Played at least one official WNBA match at any time.

Coaches

  • United States John Hudson 1978–1979
  • Iceland Sigurður Hjörleifsson 1980–1981
  • United States Stewart Johnson 1981–1983
  • Iceland Ágúst Líndal 1983–1984
  • Iceland Jón Sigurðsson 1984
  • Iceland Ingimar Jónsson 1984–1985
  • Iceland Ágúst Líndal 1985–1987
  • Iceland Emelía Sigurðardóttir 1987
  • Iceland Jóhannes Kristbjörnsson 1988
  • Iceland Sigurður Hjörleifsson 1988–1990
  • Iceland Guðni Ólafur Guðnason 1990–1992
  • Iceland Stefán Arnarson 1992–1994
  • Iceland Óskar Kristjánsson 1994–1996
  • Iceland Benedikt Guðmundsson 1996
  • Iceland Svali Björgvinsson 1996–1997
  • United States Chris Armstrong 1997–1998
  • Iceland Óskar Kristjánsson 1998–2000
  • Iceland Henning Henningsson 2000–2001
  • United States Keith Vassell 2001–2002
  • Iceland Ósvaldur Knudsen 2002–2003
  • Iceland Atli Freyr Einarsson 2003
  • Iceland Gréta María Grétarsdóttir 2003–2005
  • Serbia Bojan Desnica 2005–2006
  • Iceland Jóhannes Árnason 2007–2009
  • Iceland Benedikt Guðmundsson 2009–2010
  • Iceland Hrafn Kristjánsson 2010–2011
  • Iceland Ari Gunnarsson 2011–2012
  • Iceland Finnur Freyr Stefánsson 2012–2013
  • Iceland Yngvi Páll Gunnlaugsson 2013–2014
  • Iceland Finnur Jónsson 2014
  • Iceland Hörður Unnsteinsson 2015
  • Iceland Darri Freyr Atlason 2015–2016
  • Iceland Heiðrún Kristmundsdóttir 2016–2017
  • Iceland Benedikt Guðmundsson 2017–2020
  • Spain Francisco Garcia 2020
  • Iceland Jóhannes Árnason (interim) 2020
  • United States Mike Denzel 2020–2021
  • United States Hörður Unnsteinsson 2021–present

References

  1. ^ "Team history K.R. Reykjavík". Eurobasket. Retrieved 2014-02-24.
  2. ^ Meistaratitlar kvenna
  3. ^ Rafnar Orri Gunnarsson (6 April 2010). "Umfjöllun: KR-stúlkur meistarar eftir sigur í oddaleik". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 13 January 2018.

External links

  • Official Website
  • Eurobasket team profile
  • KKÍ: KR – kki.is (in Icelandic)