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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 Besta deild 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. Valur has spent most of its time in Icelandic top flight football, having only played three seasons in the clubs history outside the top tier. Valur is one of the most successful football clubs in Iceland with 23 Icelandic championships. It holds the record attendance to a football match in Iceland with 18,243 spectators in attendance v Benfica in 1968.
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- ↑ Weltfussball
- ↑ Valur Valsson at National-Football-Teams.com
