The ÍBV men's football team is the men's football department of the ÍBV-íþróttafélag (English: ÍBV sports club)

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. It is based in

Vestmannaeyjar Vestmannaeyjar (, sometimes anglicized as Westman Islands) is a municipality and archipelago off the south coast of Iceland. The largest island, Heimaey, has a population of 4,414, most of whom live in the archipelago's main town, Vestmannaeyj ...

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, and currently plays in the

Besta deild karla The Besta deild karla () is the top level men's football league in Iceland. The competition was founded in 1912 as the Icelandic Championship. Because of the harsh winters in Iceland, it is generally played in the spring and summer (May to Septe ...

, the top-tier men's football league in Iceland. The team plays it home games at the

Hásteinsvöllur Hásteinsvöllur () is a multi-use stadium in Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland. It is located in the town of Vestmannaeyjar on the island of Heimaey Heimaey (), is an Icelandic island. At , it is the largest island in the Vestmannaeyjar archipelag ...

. It has won the Icelandic championship three times, in 1979, 1997 and 1998.

Achievements

* Icelandic Championships: 3 ::

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of ...

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...

* Icelandic Cups: 5 ::1968, 1972, 1981, 1998,

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ...

Icelandic League Cup The Icelandic Men's Football League Cup (Icelandic: Deildarbikar karla), also known as the Lengjubikar karla for sponsorship reasons, is a pre-season professional football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees ...

: 1 ::

Source:

European record

Players

Current squad

Notable players

Players who have played for ÍBV and have more than one international cap for their country. * David James * Allan Mørkøre *

Baldur Bragason Baldur Bragason (born 29 May 1968) is an Icelandic former footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, ...

* Einar Þór Daníelsson *

Arnljótur Davíðsson Arnljótur Davíðsson (born 3 September 1968) is an Icelandic former footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, Americ ...

* Friðrik Friðriksson * Tryggvi Guðmundsson *

Heimir Hallgrímsson Heimir Hallgrímsson (born 10 June 1967) is an Icelandic former football player, dentist, and current manager of the Jamaica national football team. Career As a player Heimir started playing for ÍBV from his local town Vestmannaeyjar in 1986 ...

Hermann Hreiðarsson Hermann Hreiðarsson (born 11 July 1974) is an Icelandic former professional football player and coach. He played as a defender and spent 15 seasons in England, gaining a total of 315 appearances in the Premier League. Hermann was relegated f ...

Ívar Ingimarsson Ívar Ingimarsson (born 20 August 1977) is an Icelandic former professional footballer who played as a centre back. He began his career in Iceland with Valur and ÍBV before moving to England where, after an initial loan spell with Torquay Un ...

Birkir Kristinsson Birkir Kristinsson (born 15 August 1964) is an Icelandic former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Club career He started his career with local Vestmannaeyjar team ÍBV, and also played with Einherji from Vopnafjordur, KA from Aku ...

* Guðgeir Leifsson * Sigurvin Ólafsson *

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* Tómas Pálsson *

Ásgeir Sigurvinsson Ásgeir "Sigi" Sigurvinsson (born 8 May 1955 in Vestmannaeyjar) is an Icelandic retired football attacking midfielder and coach. He spent most of his career at Standard Liège and in Germany, amassing Bundesliga totals of 211 games and 39 goa ...

Ólafur Sigurvinsson Ólafur () is a common name in Iceland, derived from the Old Norse Óláfr , meaning "ancestor's relic". According to Icelandic custom, people are generally referred to by first and middle names and patronyms are used if disambiguation is requir ...

* Rútur Snorrason * Hlynur Stefánsson *

Sverrir Sverrisson Sverrir Sverrisson is an Icelandic former footballer who played as a midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case ...

Sigurlás Þorleifsson Sigurlás Þorleifsson ( – 24 April 2018) was an Icelandic footballer. He was part of the Iceland national football team between 1979 and 1982. He played 10 matches, scoring 2 goals. With Knattspyrnufélagið Víkingur he was topscorer of ...

* Gunnar Heiðar Þorvaldsson * Tómas Ingi Tómasson *

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* Abel Dhaira *

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Andrew Mwesigwa Andrew Mwesigwa (born 24 April 1984) is a Ugandan former international footballer who played as a defender. Career Club career Mwesigwa began his career in 2002 with Ugandan side Villa SC, before moving to Icelandic club ÍBV in 2006. After s ...

Managers

(Aug 1, 2006–Dec 31, 2010) * Magnús Gylfason (Jan 1, 2012–Sept 19, 2012) *

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(Sept 20, 2012–Dec 31, 2012) *

(Jan 1, 2013–Oct 3, 2013) *

Sigurður Ragnar Eyjólfsson Sigurður "Siggi" Ragnar Eyjólfsson (born 1 December 1973) is an Icelandic football manager and former player. He was a professional forward in England and Belgium. From 2007 until 2013 he served as the head coach of Iceland women's nation ...

(2014) * Jóhannes Harðarson (Jan 1, 2015–June 24, 2015) *

(July 22, 2015–Oct 3, 2015) * Bjarni Jóhannsson (Oct 9, 2015–Aug 19, 2016) * Kristján Guðmundsson (Oct 15, 2016–Sept 29, 2018) *

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(Sept 29, 2018–June 30, 2019) * Helgi Sigurðsson (Oct 1, 2019–)

References

External links

*
IcelandFootball.net
- ÍBV Vestmannaeyjar {{Authority control Football clubs in Iceland Association football clubs established in 1903 1903 establishments in Iceland Íþróttabandalag Vestmannaeyja