The Njarðvík men's basketball team, commonly known as Njarðvík or UMFN, is the men's basketball department of Ungmennafélag Njarðvíkur, based in the town of Reykjanesbær in Iceland.Félög - Njarðvík
It is one of the most successful men's team in Icelandic basketball, winning 17 national championships.Úrvalsdeild The team, then known as Íþróttafélag Keflavíkurflugvallar (ÍKF), was one of the founding members of the Icelandic top league in 1952 and won the first Icelandic men's championship that same year.Fyrstu Íslandsmót karla og kvenna In 1969 the team merged into Ungmennafélag Njarðvíkur and became its basketball department.Ytri aðstæður og innri efling starfsinsFram stofnar körfuknattleiksdeildÍR og KR í vandræðum
Rivalries Keflavík The rivalry between the two teams from the neighbouring towns of Keflavík and Njarðvík began in earnest when Keflavík ÍF won its first national championship in 1989. From 1991 to 2010, the teams faced three times in the Úrvalsdeild finals and four times in the Icelandic Cup final.
Colours The original uniform colours of the club were blue and white. In late 1973 the basketball department was in need of new uniforms and due to lack of funds they decided to select a colour that no other team was using, so they wouldn't have to buy two sets of uniforms. There were three colours to choose from but as the three selectors were all Boston Celtics fans they decided to choose green uniforms. The green colour has been in use since then, except for the 1989-90 season when they played in the orange colour of its biggest sponsor, Hagkaup.
Arena After moving to Njarðvík, the team played its home games at Íþróttahús Njarðvíkur, commonly nicknamed Ljónagryfjan (English: The Lion's Den) In July 2019, Njarðvík signed a 2-year sponsorship deal with Njarðtak, naming the arena the Njarðtaks-gryfjan (English: The Njarðtak's Den). In 2024, the team into a new arena, named Stapaskóli.
European record Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Aggregate 1976–77 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup 1Q Boroughmuir Barr 77–78 66–87 143–165 1989–90 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup 1Q Bayer 04 Leverkusen 81–112 74–104 155–216 1991–92 FIBA EuroLeague 2Q KK Cibona 76–111 74–97 150–208
Trophies and awards Trophies Úrvalsdeild karla Winners (17): 19521, 19531, 19561, 19581, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2006
Icelandic Basketball Cup Winners (9): 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1999, 2002, 2005, 2021
Icelandic Super Cup Winners (7): 1995, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006
Company Cup Winners (3): 2001, 2003, 2005
Division I Winners (3): 19651, 19691, 1972
As ÍKF
Individual awards
Icelandic Cup Finals MVP Jóhannes Kristbjörnsson – 1987
Notable players
Head coaches
Gene Crowley and James H. Wahl 1952 Guðmundur Þorsteinsson 1971 Hilmar Hafsteinsson 1978–1979 Theodore Bee 1979–1980 Danny Shouse 1980–1981 Hilmar Hafsteinsson 1981–1982 Alex Gilbert 1982 Gunnar Þorvarðarson 1982 Bill Kotterman 1982–1983 Gunnar Þorvarðarson 1983–1986 Valur Ingimundarson 1986–1988 Chris Fadness 1988–1989 Gunnar Þorvarðarson 1989 Árni Lárusson 1989–1990 Friðrik Ingi Rúnarsson 1990–1992 Paul Colton 1992 Teitur Örlygsson 1992–1993 Valur Ingimundarson 1993–1995 Hrannar Hólm 1995–1996 Ástþór Ingason 1997 Friðrik Ingi Rúnarsson 1997–2000 Friðrik Ragnarsson and Teitur Örlygsson 2000–2001 Friðrik Ragnarsson 2001–2004 Einar Árni Jóhannsson 2004–2007 Teitur Örlygsson 2007–2008 Valur Ingimundarson 2008–2009 Sigurður Ingimundarson 2009–2011 Einar Árni Jóhannsson and Friðrik Ragnarsson 2011–2012 Einar Árni Jóhannsson 2012–2014 Friðrik Ingi Rúnarsson 2014–2016 Daníel Guðni Guðmundsson 2016–2018 Einar Árni Jóhannsson 2018–2021 Benedikt Guðmundsson 2021–2024 Rúnar Ingi Erlingsson 2024–present
Reserve team Njarðvík's reserve team, called Njarðvík-b, regularly plays in the Icelandic 3rd-tier 2. deild karla.
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