The KR men's basketball team, commonly known as KR or KR Basket, is a basketball club based in Reykjavík, Iceland. It was founded on 4 October 1956 and 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 championships in a row from 2014 to 2019.
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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
Úrvalsdeild karla (18):
1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1990, 2000, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
Icelandic Basketball Cup (15):
1966, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1979, 1984, 1991, 2011, 2016, 2017, 2026
Icelandic Supercup (4):
2000, 2007, 2014, 2015
Company Cup (2):
2008, 2014
1. deild karla (1):
2024