Grindavík men's basketball

The Grindavík men's basketball team, commonly known as Grindavík or UMFG for short, is the men's team of the basketball department of Ungmennafélag Grindavíkur multi-sport club, based in the town of Grindavík in Iceland. It has won three national championships, in 1993, 2012 and 2013.

Recent history
In February 2020, Grindavík went to the Icelandic Cup Finals where it lost to Stjarnan.

Honors
Úrvalsdeild
 * Winners (3): 1996, 2012, 2013

Icelandic Basketball Cup
 * Winners (5): 1995, 1998, 2000, 2006, 2014

Company Cup
 * Winners (3): 2000, 2009, 2011

Notable players
• 🇮🇸 Alexander Ermolinskij

• 🇮🇸 Arnar Freyr Jónsson

• 🇮🇸 Axel Nikulásson

• 🇮🇸 Brenton Birmingham

• 🇮🇸 Dagur Kár Jónsson

• 🇮🇸 Darrel Lewis

• 🇮🇸 Guðjón Skúlason

• 🇮🇸 Guðlaugur Eyjólfsson

• 🇮🇸 Guðmundur Bragason

• 🇮🇸 Helgi Jónas Guðfinnsson

• 🇮🇸 Herbert Arnarson

• 🇮🇸 Hjörtur Harðarson

• 🇮🇸 Hreinn Þorkelsson

• 🇺🇸 J'Nathan Bullock

• Jamal Olasewere

• Joey Haywood

• 🇪🇪 Joonas Järveläinen

• 🇮🇸 Jóhann Árni Ólafsson

• 🇮🇸 Jón Axel Guðmundsson

• 🇮🇸 Jón Kr. Gíslason

• Kostas Tsartsaris

• 🇮🇸 Kristinn Friðriksson

• 🇮🇸 Kristinn Pálsson

• 🇮🇸 Magnús Þór Gunnarsson

• 🇮🇸 Marel Guðlaugsson

• 🇺🇸 Nick Bradford

• 🇮🇸 Nökkvi Már Jónsson

• 🇮🇸 Ólafur Ólafsson

• 🇮🇸 Ómar Örn Sævarsson

• 🇮🇸 Páll Axel Vilbergsson

• 🇮🇸 Pálmar Sigurðsson

• 🇮🇸 Rúnar Árnason

• 🇮🇸 Sigtryggur Arnar Björnsson

• 🇮🇸 Sigurður Þorsteinsson

• 🇨🇮 Tiegbe Bamba

• 🇮🇸 Þorleifur Ólafsson

• Valdas Vasylius

Head coaches
Managers since 1987: • Brad Casey 1987–1988

• Douglas Harvey 1988–1989

• Dennis Matika 1989–1990

• Gunnar Þorvarðarson 1990–1992

• Dan Krebbs 1992

• Pálmar Sigurðsson 1992–1993

• Guðmundur Bragason 1993–1994

• Friðrik Ingi Rúnarsson 1994–1997

• Benedikt Guðmundsson 1997–1998

• Guðmundur Bragason 1998

• Einar Einarsson 1999–2001

• Friðrik Ingi Rúnarsson 2001–2004

• Kristinn Friðriksson 2004

• Einar Einarsson 2005

• Friðrik Ingi Rúnarsson 2005–2006

• Friðrik Ragnarsson 2006–2010

• Helgi Jónas Guðfinnsson 2010–2012

• Sverrir Þór Sverrisson 2012–2015

• Jóhann Þór Ólafsson 2015–2019

• Daníel Guðni Guðmundsson 2019–2022

• Sverrir Þór Sverrisson 2022

• Jóhann Þór Ólafsson 2022–present Source