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KR
KR
Leagues	1. deild kvenna
Founded	12 November 1956; 68 years ago
History	KR ; 1956–present
Arena	DHL-Höllin
Capacity	1,500
Location	Reykjavík, Iceland
Team colors	Black, White ;
President	Böðvar Guðjónsson
Head coach	Hörður Unnsteinsson
Assistant(s)	Guðrún Arna Sigurðardóttir
Championships	14 Úrvalsdeild kvenna
Home	Away

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

Icelandic Basketball Cup (10):

1976, 1977, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2009

Icelandic Basketball Super Cup (4):

1999, 2009, 2010, 2011

Icelandic Company Cup (2):

2000, 2009

Division I:

2018

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	W–L	Playoffs
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

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

References

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

External links

[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.

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