Valur · TheSportsDB · Courtesy of TheSportsDB
Valur
Sign in to saveAlso known as Valur FC, Valur F.C., Knattspyrnufélagið Valur, Valur Football Club, Valur Reykjavík, Valur men's football
football division of Valur sports club
Key facts
- 2025
- Besta deild karla, 2nd of 12
- Full name
- Knattspyrnufélagið Valur
- Nicknames
- Valsarar , Hlíðarendapiltar
- Founded
- 11 May 1911 ; 115 years ago ( 1911-05-11 )
- Ground
- Hlíðarendi , Reykjavík
- Capacity
- 1,524
- Chairman
- Björn Steinar Jónsson
- Manager
- Hermann Hreiðarsson
- League
- Besta deild karla
- Website
- www .valur .is /fotbolti
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports team
- Sport
- Soccer
- League
- Icelandic Úrvalsdeild karla
- Stadium
- N1-völlurinn Hlíðarenda
- Country
- Iceland
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.valur.is
Show 1 more fact
- inception
- 1911-00-00
Sources (2)
via Wikidata · CC0
~8 min read
Article
The Valur men's football team, commonly known as Valur ( Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈvaːlʏr̥], lit. 'Gyrfalcon'), is the men's football department of the Knattspyrnufélagið Valur multi-sport club. The club is based in Reykjavík, Iceland, and currently plays in the Besta deild karla, the top league of men's football in Iceland. The team plays its home games at Hlíðarendi in Reykjavík. The team's colours are red and white. Valur has spent most of its time in the top-flight of Icelandic football, spending only three seasons outside the top tier. Valur is one of the most successful football clubs in Iceland, with 23 Icelandic championships.
Early beginnings