The Valur Courier
Match8 Aug 2026
Valur leave it late against Breidablik
Ninety minutes of very little, and then everything at once. The winner arrived in the 86th, and Breidablik spent what remained of the match appealing to the referee rather than chasing the ball.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Patrick Pedersen, 34, rolls back the years — 8.84
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 8.84 at 34, and nobody on the pitch was better.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Samúel Kári Friðjónsson out for 31 days
The medical room confirms 31 days on the sidelines for Samúel Kári Friðjónsson, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Samúel Kári Friðjónsson signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Samúel Kári Friðjónsson commits to Valur for another 3 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tryggvi Hrafn Haraldsson in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Valur this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Sigurður Arnar Magnússon will join Valur for nothing
The paperwork is done long before the player is. Sigurður Arnar Magnússon has agreed terms to come here when his current deal runs out, which means Valur have spent a summer's transfer budget on a phone call.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Valur rebuffed over Ólafur Kristófer Helgason
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Fylkir have kept their man, and Valur go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Match8 Aug 2026
Patrick Pedersen sends Valur past Breidablik
It finished 2‑1, and it was Patrick Pedersen’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Valur.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Adam Ægir Pálsson
Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
In brief
- Market Valur promote Birkir Johannsson from within
- Market Valur promote Birkir Ingason from within
- Market Alfred Skulason steps up from the Valur academy