Njarðvík men's basketball

Ungmennafélag Njarðvíkur
Ungmennafélag Njarðvíkur
Leagues	Úrvalsdeild karla
History	ÍKF; (1952–1969); UMFN; (1969–present)
Arena	Stapagryfjan
Location	Reykjanesbær, Iceland
Team colors	green, white;
President	Halldór Karlsson
Head coach	Rúnar Ingi Erlingsson
Assistant(s)	Logi Gunnarsson
Championships	17 Icelandic championships
Website	UMFN.is
Home	Away

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.^[2] It is one of the most successful men's team in Icelandic basketball, winning 17 national championships.^[3] 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.^[4] In 1969 the team merged into Ungmennafélag Njarðvíkur and became its basketball department.^[5]^[6]^[7]

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.^[8]^[9]

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.^[10]

Arena

After moving to Njarðvík, the team played its home games at Íþróttahús Njarðvíkur, ^[11] commonly nicknamed Ljónagryfjan (English: The Lion's Den)^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15] In July 2019, Njarðvík signed a 2-year sponsorship deal with Njarðtak, naming the arena the Njarðtaks-gryfjan (English: The Njarðtak's Den).^[16] In 2024, the team into a new arena, named Stapaskóli.^[17]

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^[18]

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time.