Íþróttabandalag Vestmannaeyja Íþróttabandalag Vestmannaeyja (, ), commonly known as ÍBV, is an Icelandic multi-sports district association from Vestmannaeyjar off the south coast of Iceland. It was founded in 1903 as Knattspyrnufélag Vestmannaeyja by Björgúlfur Ólafss ...

is an Icelandic football club that was founded in 1903. 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, Vestmannaeyja ...

, the team first qualified for a European competition when they finished in fifth place in

1968 Events January–February * January 1968, January – The I'm Backing Britain, I'm Backing Britain campaign starts spontaneously. * January 5 – Prague Spring: Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Cze ...

to enter the

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first round, where they were eliminated by Bulgarian side Levski-Spartak by 0–8 on aggregate. After coming second in

1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...

, ÍBV secured a place in the

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. Their first

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participation was confirmed in

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, after being crowned as winners, thus being allowed into the 1980–81 season of that contest. The Icelandic outfit achieved their best performance in the

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of the second tie, where they were defeated by Poland's

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with a cumulative score of 1–4. ÍBV's highest victory was against Hibernians of Malta in the

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qualifying stage, a 3–0 win at their home turf,

Hásteinsvöllur Hásteinsvöllur (, or more precisely 'Hásteinn Stadium') is a multi-use stadium in Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland. It is located in the town of Vestmannaeyjar on the island of Heimaey. It is used mostly for football matches, and is the home ground o ...

. The biggest loss came against

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, in the

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beginning phase, which was a 1–9 deficit at

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. The side's most recent meeting was against Serbians

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in the

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, recording a 0–2 comprehensive rout, following a 0–0 home draw and 0–2 away blow.

Matches

Overall record

By competition

By country

Notes

References

External links

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Íþróttabandalag Vestmannaeyja's European results (1969–2002)

at UEFA.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Ithrottabandalag Vestmannaeyja in European football Íþróttabandalag Vestmannaeyja