Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur
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Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}, Template:Lit), commonly abbreviated to KR, is an Icelandic football club based in the Vesturbær district of the capital, Reykjavík.
KR is the oldest<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and most successful club in Icelandic football, having won the Besta deild karla championship 27 times, including the first season in 1912. It is also the most successful club in the Icelandic men's Cup, with 14 titles including the first in 1960 and most recent in 2014. In 1964, KR was also the first Icelandic representative in the European Cup.
History
Early history
KR was established on 16 February 1899, making it the oldest football club in Iceland. It was founded as Fótboltafélag Reykjavíkur (Reykjavík Football Club), before changing to Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, also meaning Reykjavík Football Club, the change due to "knattspyrna" being considered a more elegant word ("Fótbolti" is literally translated as "football" while "knattspyrna", while translating as "football", is literally "ballkicking"). KR was the only football club in Reykjavík for a decade, but as soon as other clubs were established there were plans for competitions. KR won the inaugural championship in 1912 after a play-off with Fram.
1955–1998
KR won the first title after the Icelandic league was divided into two divisions in 1955, and won again in 1959 when the 1st Division was played on a home-and-away basis for the first time. KR also won the first Icelandic Cup competition in 1960. KR was the first Icelandic club to play in European competition, entering the 1964–65 European Cup. They lost the preliminary round 11–1 on aggregate to Liverpool, who were also playing their first European tie. KR's women's team was also the first Icelandic contender in Europe, entering the inaugural European Competition in 2001.
KR won their 20th title in 1968. They were relegated for the first time to the Second Division in 1977, but narrowly missed winning the first division in 1990, 1996 and 1998, when KR lost out in the title race on the final day; all of which strengthened the solidarity within the club.<ref name = "icelandicfootball">Template:Cite book</ref>
Recent history
In KR's centenary year in 1999 the team ended its long quest for another national title. The team had not won the league title for 31 years despite often being viewed as favourites but they looked favourites all season this time. They clinched the title with a 4–0 win over Víkingur in the penultimate round and then beat ÍA 3–1 in the cup final in front of a capacity crowd at the national stadium. The women's team was equally successful, winning the league and the cup, and KR celebrated its centenary year with an unprecedented double-double.<ref name = "icelandicfootball"/>
In total, the men's team has won the league title 26 times and the cup 14 times and during the last decade the women's team has won six league titles and twice won the cup. The men's team has four times won the double, in 1961, 1963, 1999 and in 2011.
KR's best European success was in 2009–10 UEFA Europa League when they defeated AEL (2–0, 1–1) in the second qualifying round, but were eliminated in next round by Basel (2–2, 1–3). In 2011–12 UEFA Europa League, KR eliminated ÍF Fuglafjørður in the first qualifying round and achieved a big win against MŠK Žilina in the next round (3–0) in Reykjavík and though losing 2–0 in Zilina advanced through to the next round where they lost to Dinamo Tbilisi (1–6 on aggregate).
Jersey
KR play in black and white stripes. This is in tribute to the English club Newcastle United who were the current English champions when KR were formed. The current sponsor of KR is the Icelandic medical company Alvogen. Above the club badge on the shirt, although not featured on replica shirts, there are five stars, each representing 5 of KR's 25 league titles. On 20 October 2006, KR introduced a new deal with sport equipment manufacturer Nike and the team will wear products from Nike for the 2007 season.
The KR shorts are black and white and only carry the logo of Eimskip, Nike the KR badge and the squad number of the player. The KR socks are black and white and are without a club badge.
Other sports
Template:See also Besides football, which is the original sport for which the club was founded, KR today also practices basketball, badminton, table tennis, bowling, darts, team handball, skiing, Icelandic wrestling and swimming.
Grounds
KR have been playing at their own ground, KR-völlur (KR Field) in the west end of Reykjavík, since 1984, having previously played at the national stadium (Laugardalsvöllur) and at the old municipal stadium (Melavöllur). KR has had the highest attendances for the last nine years. Only 376 attended the first match at KR-völlur in 1984 but in the centenary year an average crowd of 2,501 saw KR's home matches: about 0.75% of the Icelandic population.
Players
Current squad
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European cups history
As of 13 July 2017
Overall
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Matches
Club honours
- Icelandic Championships
- Champions (27): 1912, 1919, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1932, 1934, 1941, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1955, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2011, 2013, 2019
- Runners-up (24): 1916, 1917, 1920, 1923, 1930, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1954, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1983, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2006, 2009
- Icelandic Cup
- Icelandic League Cup
- Icelandic Super Cup
- Winners (6): 1969, 1996, 2003, 2012, 2014, 2020
Managers
- Template:Flagicon Óli B. Jónsson (1945), (1947–51), (1954–55), (1958– 31 December 1961), (1 January 1969–70)
- Template:Flagicon Ellert Schram 1973
- Template:Flagicon Gordon Lee (1985–87)
- Template:Flagicon Guðjón Þórðarson (1 July 1994 – 30 June 1995)
- Template:Flagicon Atli Eðvaldsson (1 July 1998–99)
- Template:Flagicon Pétur Pétursson (2000–01)
- Template:Flagicon David Winnie 2001
- Template:Flagicon Willum Þór Þórsson 2002 – 2004
- Template:Flagicon Magnús Gylfason 2005
- Template:Flagicon Teitur Þórðarson (2006 – 11 December 2007)
- Template:Flagicon Logi Ólafsson (1 July 2007 – 20 July 2010)
- Template:Flagicon Rúnar Kristinsson (20 July 2010 – 10 October 2014)
- Template:Flagicon Bjarni Gudjonsson (15 October 2014 – 26 June 2016)
- Template:Flagicon Rúnar Kristinsson (2017– 7 October 2023 )
References
External links
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- Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur
- Multi-sport clubs in Iceland
- Association football clubs established in 1899
- Football clubs in Iceland
- Football clubs in Reykjavík
- 1899 establishments in Iceland
- Sports clubs and teams in Reykjavík