Valur (men's football)

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For the women's team, see Valur women's football.
Valur
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Full name Knattspyrnufélagið Valur
Nickname(s) Valsarar
Hlíðarendapiltar
Founded 11 May 1911; 113 years ago (1911-05-11)
Ground Hlíðarendi
Reykjavík
Iceland
Ground Capacity 1,524
Chairman E. Börkur Edvardsson
Manager Arnar Grétarsson
League Besta deild karla
2022 6th of 12
Website Club home page

The Valur men's football team, commonly known as Valur, is the men's football department of the Knattspyrnufélagið Valur multi-sport club. It is based in Reykjavík, Iceland, and currently plays in the Besta deild karla, the top-tier men's football league in Iceland. The team plays it home games at Hlíðarendi located in Reykjavík. The team's colors are red and white. Valur has spent most of it´s time in Icelandic top flight football, having only played 3 seasons in the clubs history outside the top tier. Valur is one of the most successful football clubs in Iceland with 23 Icelandic championships. It holds the record attendance to a football match in Iceland with 18,243 spectators in attendance v Benfica in 1968.[1]

Valur participated in the Icelandic men's 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.[2][3]

In a reshake in the fall of 2022 following a disappointing season Valur appointed Arnar Grétarsson as manager soon after the he was sacked as manager of KA Akureyri, after having notable success as manager in the northern capital the Icelandic giants hope to bring stability to their setup. Along with Arnar Grétarsson Valur appointed Sigurður Höskuldsson former manager of Leiknir Reykjavík as assistant manager.

European competition

Valur first competed in Europe at the 1966–67 European Cup Winners' Cup Preliminary Round, playing to a draw (1–1) in its first match against Standard Liège, ultimately losing on aggregate 9–2. Since then, the club has participated in European competition 20 times, never advancing beyond the second round of any tournament.

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
1966–67 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Preliminary Round Belgium Standard Liège 1–1 1–8 2–9
1967–68 European Cup First round Luxembourg Jeunesse Esch 1–1 3–3 4–4(a)
Second Round Hungary Vasas 0–6 1–5 1–11
1968–69 European Cup First round Portugal Benfica 0–0 1–8 1–8
1974–75 UEFA Cup First round Northern Ireland Portadown 0–0 1–2 1–2
1975–76 European Cup Winners' Cup First round Scotland Celtic 0–2 0–7 0–9
1977–78 European Cup First round Northern Ireland Glentoran 1–0 0–2 1–2
1978–79 European Cup Winners' Cup First round East Germany 1. FC Magdeburg 1–1 0–4 1–5
1979–80 European Cup First round Germany Hamburg 0–3 1–2 1–5
1981–82 European Cup First round England Aston Villa 0–2 0–5 0–7
1985–86 UEFA Cup First round France Nantes 2–1 0–3 2–4
1986–87 European Cup First round Italy Juventus 0–4 0–7 0–11
1987–88 UEFA Cup First round East Germany Wismut Aue 1–1 0–0 1–1(a)
1988–89 European Cup First round France Monaco 1–0 0–2 1–2
1989–90 European Cup Winners' Cup First round East Germany BFC Dynamo 1–2 1–2 2–4
1991–92 European Cup Winners' Cup First round Switzerland Sion 0–1 1–1 1–2
1992–93 European Cup Winners' Cup First round Portugal Boavista 0–0 0–3 0–3
1993–94 European Cup Winners' Cup Qualifying round Finland MyPa 3–1 1–0 4–1
First round Scotland Aberdeen 0–3 0–4 0–7
2006–07 UEFA Cup First qualifying round Denmark Brøndby IF 0–0 1–3 1–3
2008–09 UEFA Champions League First qualifying round Belarus BATE Borisov 0–1 0–2 0–3
2016–17 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round Denmark Brøndby IF 1–4 0–6 1–10
2017–18 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round Latvia Ventspils 1–0 0–0 1–0
Second qualifying round Slovenia Domžale 1–2 2–3 3–5
2018–19 UEFA Champions League First qualifying round Norway Rosenborg 1–0 1–3 2–3
UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round Andorra FC Santa Coloma 3–0 0–1 3–1
Third qualifying round Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol 2–1 0–1 2–2 (a)
2019–20 UEFA Champions League First qualifying round Slovenia Maribor 0–3 0–2 0–5
UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad 1–1 0–4 1–5
2021–22 UEFA Champions League First qualifying round Croatia Dinamo Zagreb 0–2 2–3 2–5
UEFA Europa Conference League Second qualifying round Norway Bodø/Glimt 0–3 0–3 0–6

Players

Current squad

As of 4 April 2023

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Netherlands GK Guy Smit
2 Iceland DF Birkir Már Sævarsson
3 Iceland DF Hlynur Freyr Karlosson
4 Iceland DF Elfar Freyr Helgason
5 Iceland MF Birkir Heimisson
7 Iceland MF Haukur Páll Sigurðsson (captain)
9 Denmark FW Patrick Pedersen
10 United States FW Aron Jóhannsson
11 Iceland FW Sigurður Egill Lárusson
12 Iceland FW Tryggvi Hrafn Haraldsson
13 Denmark DF Rasmus Christiansen
No. Position Player
14 Iceland FW Guðmundur Andri Tryggvason
15 Iceland DF Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson
16 Iceland GK Frederik Schram
17 Iceland MF Andri Adolphsson
19 Iceland MF Orri Hrafn Kjartansson
20 Iceland DF Orri Sigurður Ómarsson
23 Iceland MF Adam Ægir Pálsson
24 Iceland MF Luis Carlos Cabrera Solys
25 Iceland GK Sveinn Sigurður Jóhannesson
26 Iceland MF Sigurdur Dagsson
27 Iceland DF Kári Daníel Alexandersson
Iceland MF Kristófer Jónsson
Iceland FW Andri Rúnar Bjarnason

Coaches

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Honours

Úrvalsdeild[4]

Icelandic Cup

  • Champions (11): 1965, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2005, 2015, 2016

Icelandic League Cup

Icelandic Super Cup

  • Champions (11): 1977, 1979, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1993, 2006, 2008, 2016, 2017, 2018


  1. ↑ Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the season was cancelled with four games left to play. Valur was awarded the title as the team in first at the time of suspension.

References

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External links

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