The KR men's basketball team, commonly known as KR or KR Basket, is a professional basketball club based in Reykjavík, Iceland. It is the men's basketball department of Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur (English: Reykjavík Football Club) multi-sport club. It has won the Icelandic championship eighteen times, the most national championships in the men's top-tier league history. It won a record 6 national champions in a row from 2014 to 2019.

Recent history

In 2017, the team played in FIBA Europe Cup for the first time since 2008. In March 2023, the team was relegated to the second-tier 1. deild karla for the first time in its history. A year later, it finished first in 1. deild karla and gained promotion back to the Úrvalsdeild.

Reserve team

KR has a men's reserve team that plays in the amateur level Icelandic 3rd-tier Division II and the Icelandic basketball cup, called KR-b. It is also affiliated with Knattspyrnufélag Vesturbæjar.

Honors

Season by season

Notable players

• 🇫🇮 Aapeli Alanen • 🇮🇸 Almar Orri Atlason • Anatolij Kovtun • 🇮🇸 Axel Nikulásson • 🇮🇸 Ágúst Líndal • 🇮🇸 Baldur Ólafsson • 🇮🇸 Birgir Guðbjörnsson • 🇮🇸 Birgir Mikaelsson • 🇮🇸 Bjarni Jóhannesson • 🇮🇪 Brian Fitzpatrick • 🇮🇸 Brynjar Þór Björnsson • 🇮🇸 Brynjólfur Markússon • 🇫🇮 Carl Lindbom • 🇺🇸 Curtis Carter • 🇮🇸 Danero Thomas • 🇺🇸 David Grissom • 🇮🇸 Davíð Janis • Edmond Azemi • 🇮🇸 Einar Bollason • 🇮🇸 Eiríkur Önundarson • 🇮🇸 Emil Barja • 🇮🇸 Fannar Ólafsson • 🇮🇸 Finnur Atli Magnússon • 🇮🇸 Friðrik Erlendur Stefánsson • 🇮🇸 Friðrik Ragnarsson • 🇮🇸 Garðar Jóhannsson • 🇮🇸 Geir Þorsteinsson • 🇮🇸 Gísli Gíslason • 🇮🇸 Guðni Ólafur Guðnason • 🇮🇸 Gunnar Gunnarsson • 🇮🇸 Guttormur Ólafsson • 🇮🇸 Herbert Arnarson • 🇮🇸 Hermann Hauksson • 🇮🇸 Hilmar Viktorsson • 🇮🇸 Hjörtur Hansson • 🇮🇸 Ingvaldur Magni Hafsteinsson • 🇮🇸 Jakob Sigurðarson • 🇺🇸 Jason Dourisseau • Jesper Winter Sörensen • 🇮🇸 Jón Arnór Stefánsson • 🇮🇸 Jón Sigurðsson • 🇮🇸 Jónatan James Bow • 🇺🇸 Julian Boyd • 🇨🇦 Keith Vassell • 🇮🇸 Kolbeinn Pálsson • 🇮🇸 Kristinn Stefánsson • 🇮🇸 Kristófer Acox • 🇮🇸 Lárus Jónsson • 🇺🇸 Marcus Walker • 🇮🇸 Martin Hermannsson • 🇮🇸 Matthías Orri Sigurðarson • 🇺🇸 Michael Craion • 🇮🇸 Nökkvi Már Jónsson • 🇮🇸 Pavel Ermolinskij • 🇮🇸 Páll Kolbeinsson • 🇮🇸 Ólafur Jón Ormsson • 🇮🇸 Símon Ólafsson • 🇮🇸 Skarphéðinn Ingason • 🇮🇸 Stew Johnson • 🇺🇸 Tyson Patterson • 🇮🇸 Þórir Þorbjarnarson • Zarko Jukic • 🇮🇸 Þorvaldur Orri Árnason • 🇮🇸 Þórir Þorbjarnarson • 🇮🇸 Þröstur Guðmundsson

Head coaches

• 🇮🇸 Ólafur Þór Thorlacius 1962–1963 • 🇺🇸 Tom Robinson 1964–1965 • 🇺🇸 Philip Bensing 1965 • 🇺🇸 Thomas Curren 1966 • 🇮🇸 Einar Bollason 1966–1967 • 🇺🇸 Gordon Godfrey 1967–1969 • 🇮🇸 Einar Bollason 1973–1974 • 🇺🇸 Andrew Piazza 1977–1978 • 🇮🇸 Gunnar Gunnarsson 1978–1980 • 🇺🇸 Keith Yow 1980–1981 • 🇺🇸 Stewart Johnson 1981–1983 • 🇮🇸 Jón Sigurðsson 1983–1986 • 🇮🇸 Gunnar Gunnarsson 1986–1987 • 🇮🇸 Birgir Guðbjörnsson 1987–1988 • 🇭🇺 Dr. László Németh 1988–1990 • 🇮🇸 Páll Kolbeinsson 1990–1991 • 🇮🇸 Birgir Guðbjörnsson 1991–1992 • 🇮🇸 Friðrik Ingi Rúnarsson 1992–1993 • 🇭🇺 Dr. László Németh 1993–1994 • 🇮🇸 Axel Nikulásson 1994–1996 • 🇮🇸 Kristinn Vilbergsson 1996 • 🇮🇸 Benedikt Guðmundsson 1996–1997 • 🇮🇸 Hrannar Hólm 1997 • 🇮🇸 Jón Sigurðsson 1997–1998 • 🇨🇦 Keith Vassell 1998–1999 • 🇮🇸 Ingi Þór Steinþórsson 1999–2004 • 🇮🇸 Herbert Arnarson 2004–2006 • 🇮🇸 Benedikt Guðmundsson 2006–2009 • 🇮🇸 Páll Kolbeinsson 2009–2010 • 🇮🇸 Hrafn Kristjánsson 2010–2012 • 🇮🇸 Helgi Már Magnússon 2012–2013 • 🇮🇸 Finnur Freyr Stefánsson 2013–2018 • 🇮🇸 Ingi Þór Steinþórsson 2018–2020 • 🇮🇸 Darri Freyr Atlason 2020–2021 • 🇮🇸 Helgi Már Magnússon 2021–2023 • 🇮🇸 Jakob Sigurðarson 2023–present