Valur (men's football)

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 Úrvalsdeild 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.

For the women's team, see Valur women's football.
Valur
Full nameKnattspyrnufélagið Valur
Nickname(s)Valsarar
Hlíðarendapiltar
Founded11 May 1911 (1911-05-11)
GroundHlíðarendi
Reykjavík
Iceland
Capacity1,524
ChairmanE. Börkur Edvardsson
ManagerHeimir Guðjónsson
LeagueÚrvalsdeild
20215th
WebsiteClub website

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.[1][2]

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 Standard Liège 1–1 1–8 2–9
1967–68 European Cup First round Jeunesse Esch 1–1 3–3 4–4(a)
Second Round Vasas 0–6 1–5 1–11
1968–69 European Cup First round Benfica 0–0 1–8 1–8
1974–75 UEFA Cup First round Portadown 0–0 1–2 1–2
1975–76 European Cup Winners' Cup First round Celtic 0–2 0–7 0–9
1977–78 European Cup First round Glentoran 1–0 0–2 1–2
1978–79 European Cup Winners' Cup First round 1. FC Magdeburg 1–1 0–4 1–5
1979–80 European Cup First round Hamburg 0–3 1–2 1–5
1981–82 European Cup First round Aston Villa 0–2 0–5 0–7
1985–86 UEFA Cup First round Nantes 2–1 0–3 2–4
1986–87 European Cup First round Juventus 0–4 0–7 0–11
1987–88 UEFA Cup First round Wismut Aue 1–1 0–0 1–1(a)
1988–89 European Cup First round Monaco 1–0 0–2 1–2
1989–90 European Cup Winners' Cup First round BFC Dynamo 1–2 1–2 2–4
1991–92 European Cup Winners' Cup First round Sion 0–1 1–1 1–2
1992–93 European Cup Winners' Cup First round Boavista 0–0 0–3 0–3
1993–94 European Cup Winners' Cup Qualifying round MyPa 3–1 1–0 4–1
First round Aberdeen 0–3 0–4 0–7
2006–07 UEFA Cup First qualifying round Brøndby IF 0–0 1–3 1–3
2008–09 UEFA Champions League First qualifying round BATE Borisov 0–1 0–2 0–3
2016–17 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round Brøndby IF 1–4 0–6 1–10
2017–18 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round Ventspils 1–0 0–0 1–0
Second qualifying round Domžale 1–2 2–3 3–5
2018–19 UEFA Champions League First qualifying round Rosenborg 1–0 1–3 2–3
UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round FC Santa Coloma 3–0 0–1 3–1
Third qualifying round Sheriff Tiraspol 2–1 0–1 2–2 (a)
2019–20 UEFA Champions League First qualifying round Maribor 0–3 0–2 0–5
UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round Ludogorets Razgrad 1–1 0–4 1–5
2021–22 UEFA Champions League First qualifying round Dinamo Zagreb 0–2 2–3 2–5
UEFA Europa Conference League Second qualifying round Bodø/Glimt 0–3 0–3 0–6

Players

Current squad
As of 17 March 2022

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 DF  NED Guy Smit
2 DF  ISL Birkir Már Sævarsson
3 DF  DEN Jesper Juelsgård
5 MF  ISL Birkir Heimisson
6 DF  SWE Sebastian Starke Hedlund
7 MF  ISL Haukur Páll Sigurðsson (captain)
8 MF  ISL Arnór Smárason
9 FW  DEN Patrick Pedersen
10 MF  ISL Kristinn Freyr Sigurðsson
11 FW  ISL Sigurður Egill Lárusson
12 FW  ISL Tryggvi Hrafn Haraldsson
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 DF  DEN Rasmus Christiansen
14 MF  MKD Bele Alomerovic
15 MF  ISL Luis Carlos Cabrera Solys
17 MF  ISL Andri Adolphsson
18 MF  ISL Kristófer André Kjeld Cardoso
19 MF  ISL Kristófer Jónsson
20 DF  ISL Orri Sigurður Ómarsson
24 DF  ISL Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson
26 MF  ISL Sigurdur Dagsson
27 DF  ISL Kári Daníel Alexandersson
33 MF  ISL Almarr Ormarsson
— MF  ISL Orri Hrafn Kjartansson
— FW  USA Aron Jóhannsson

Coaches

Honours

Úrvalsdeild[3]

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
  1. "Valur er Íslandsmeistari 2020". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 30 October 2020. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  2. Gunnar Birgisson (31 October 2020). "Nýstárlegar leiðir í fögnuði Íslandsmeistaranna". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  3. "Knattspyrnudeild – Titlar" (in Icelandic). valur.is. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
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