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| Full name | Íþróttabandalag Vestmannaeyja | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Short name | ÍBV | ||
| Founded | 1993; 32 years ago (1993) | ||
| Ground | Hásteinsvöllur Vestmannaeyjar,Iceland | ||
| Capacity | 2300 (534 seated) | ||
| Manager | Jón Óli Daníelsson | ||
| League | Besta deild kvenna | ||
| 2022 | 6th | ||
TheÍBV women's football team is thewomen's football department of theÍBV-íþróttafélag (English: ÍBV sports club)multi-sport club. It is based inVestmannaeyjar,Iceland, and currently plays in theBesta deild kvenna, the top-tier women's football league in Iceland. The team plays its home games at theHásteinsvöllur. ÍBV has won theIcelandic Cup twice, in 2004[1] and 2017.[2][3]
ÍBV women's team first played in 1993, in the Icelandic second-tier1. deild kvenna (then named 2. deild kvenna) but folded after five games. The team was back the next season and in 1996 it was promoted toÚrvalsdeild kvenna. The team folded after the 2004 season but was resurrected in 2007 when it participated in theIcelandic cup. In 2008 they participated again in 1. deild kvenna and in 2010 they won the league and got promoted back to Úrvalsdeild kvenna.[4] In 2017 the team won its second Icelandic Cup after beatingStjarnan 3-2 in extra time.[2] In November 2018, the club hired Jón Óli Daníelsson as its manager, replacingIan Jeffs who joined theIcelandic women's national football team as an assistant manager.[5]
For details of current and former players with a Wikipedia article, seeCategory:ÍBV women's football players. They include:
Sveinn Sveinsson (1993)
Miroslaw Mojsiuszko (1994–1995)Sigurlás Þorleifsson (1996–1998)Heimir Hallgrímsson (1999–2001)Elísabet Gunnarsdóttir (2002)
Michelle Barr (2002)Heimir Hallgrímsson (2003–2004) Jón Ólafur Daníelsson (2007–2014)
Ian Jeffs (2015–2018) Jón Óli Daníelsson (2018–2019) Andri Ólafsson (2020)Ian Jeffs (2021)
Jonathan Glenn (2022)Source:[4]
