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The Valur Courier

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Squad24 Aug 2026

12 saves: Frederik Schram was the team

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 12 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.

Match19 Aug 2026

Valur through in the cup

A 2‑1 win over Leiknir, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.

Match22 Aug 2026

Valur tear Keflavik apart

Rarely has this fixture seen a display like it: 5‑1 against Keflavik, and it could have been more.

Player ratings24 Aug 2026

Patrick Pedersen scores twice — 9.46

Two goals and a mark of 9.46 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.

Player ratings24 Aug 2026

Vintage Aron Jóhannsson — 9.98

At 35 every good afternoon gets called a throwback, and this one was: 9.98, and nobody on the pitch better.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Aron Jóhannsson takes the match ball home

3 goals in one afternoon from one man. The other players were also present, a witness confirmed.

Player ratings24 Aug 2026

Both of them Birkir Heimisson's — 8.04

2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.04, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.

Player ratings24 Aug 2026

Adam Ægir Pálsson beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 24. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Match22 Aug 2026

6 goals as Valur and Keflavik go for it

Defending was optional and nobody took up the option. 6 goals between Valur and Keflavik, and not one of the people who paid to be there will ask for the money back.

In brief

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The Valur Courier

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

Vintage Patrick Pedersen — 8.16

At 34 every good afternoon gets called a throwback, and this one was: 8.16, and nobody on the pitch better.

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

Tryggvi Hrafn Haraldsson runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 26. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Boardroom17 Aug 2026

Window shuts: 14 in, 0 out at Valur

The deadline has passed and the squad is the squad. 14 arrived, 0 left, and everything else printed about this club last month was a rumour that stayed one.

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

Too dear: Valur walk away from Edon Osmani

$37.0K was the most the club would pay and Keflavik were asking for more. Deals like this are revived in the last week of a window roughly half the time, and everybody involved knows it.

Match15 Aug 2026

Patrick Pedersen’s goal not enough for Valur

Patrick Pedersen scored, and precious little else went right: 2‑3 to KR, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.

Boardroom17 Aug 2026

Valur agree a free transfer for Davíð Ingvarsson

Nothing happens for months and then he simply arrives, at no cost, having signed a pre-contract while still turning out for somebody else. It is the least dramatic way to sign a footballer and frequently the shrewdest.

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

Valur rebuffed over Stefán Árni Geirsson

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. KR have kept their man, and Valur go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Words at Valur training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Bjarni Mark Duffield is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Squad17 Aug 2026

A falling-out at Valur

Ingimar Torbjörnsson Støle and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

In brief

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The Valur Courier

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Player ratings10 Aug 2026

Both of them Aron Jóhannsson's — 9.28

2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 9.28, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.

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.

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

Valur bid $37.0K for Edon Osmani

The offer went to Keflavik this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.

Boardroom10 Aug 2026

Valur agree a free transfer for Erik Tobias Sandberg

Nothing happens for months and then he simply arrives, at no cost, having signed a pre-contract while still turning out for somebody else. It is the least dramatic way to sign a footballer and frequently the shrewdest.

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

Fylkir tell Valur: Guðmundur Tyrfingsson is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Match8 Aug 2026

Valur see off Breidablik

Three points for Valur, 2‑1 the final word against Breidablik in a contest settled by the finer margins.

The dugout10 Aug 2026

No hiding place for Samúel Kári Friðjónsson

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Samúel Kári Friðjónsson, and the manager let it.

Market10 Aug 2026

Gylfi Halldorsson steps up from the Valur academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Gylfi Halldorsson has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

In brief

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The Valur Courier

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Market3 Aug 2026

Valur say no — this time

The offer from Sliema Wanderers for Aron Jóhannsson was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Player ratings3 Aug 2026

Vintage Patrick Pedersen — 7.96

At 34 every good afternoon gets called a throwback, and this one was: 7.96, and nobody on the pitch better.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Patrick Pedersen stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Patrick Pedersen and Valur agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Valur

Tryggvi Hrafn Haraldsson was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Player ratings3 Aug 2026

Nobody could get near Adam Ægir Pálsson

Successful dribbles: 21. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Transfer targets3 Aug 2026

Door shut on Viktor Bjarki Daðason

Valur asked and FC Copenhagen said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Match1 Aug 2026

Valur get the job done against Fylkir

A 2‑1 win over Fylkir, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Words at Valur training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Bjarni Mark Duffield is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

The dugout3 Aug 2026

Frederik Schram gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief

  • Market 49 months and counting on Tryggvi Hrafn Haraldsson
  • Squad 5 new faces, and Valur are still learning each other
  • The dugout The manager’s verdict