The Íþróttafélag Reykjavíkur women's basketball team, commonly known as ÍR, is the women's
basketball
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department of
Íþróttafélag Reykjavíkur
Íþróttafélag Reykjavíkur or ÍR (English: Reykjavik Athletic Club) is an Icelandic multi-sport club, based in the suburb of Breiðholt in Reykjavík. It has teams in football, handball, basketball, athletics, tenpin bowling, skiing, karate, ...
. It is based in
Reykjavík
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,
Iceland
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.
History
ÍR women's team was founded in 1950
and was one of the pioneers of women's basketball in Iceland as one of the founding members of the women's
Icelandic women's championship tournament. It is also one of the most successful women's team in the country, winning a total of 11 national championships.
After not fielding a team since being relegated from the Úrvalsdeild in 2004, the team was revived in 2017 and registered into
Division I for the 2017-2018 season. On June 16, 2017, the club hired former player Ólafur Jónas Sigurðsson as the head coach of the team.
In June 2021, the team hired
Kristjana Eir Jónsdóttir, the former assistant coach of
ÍR men's team, as its head coach. She replaced Ísak Máni Wíum who led the team to a second place finish during the 2020–21 season.
Arena
ÍR plays its home games at the Hertz-Hellirinn.
Notable players
Coaches
*
Hrefna Ingimarsdóttir: 1950–1959
*
Einar Ólafsson: 1959–1964,
?–1975,
1980–1981
* Robert Stanley: 1981–1982
* Jim Dooley: 1982–1983
*
Kristinn Jörundsson
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: 1983–1984
* Hreinn Þorkelsson: 1984–1985
* Benedikt Ingþórsson: 1985–1986
* Kristján Oddsson: 1986–1987
* Jón Jörundsson: 1987–1989, 1994, 1995
* Thomas Lee: 1989–1990
* Kristján Sigurður F. Jónsson: 1990–1992
*
Helgi Jóhannsson: 1992–1993
*
Einar Ólafsson: 1993–1994
* Bragi Reynisson: 1994
* Jón Örn Guðmundsson: 1994–1995
* Eggert Garðarsson: 1995–1996
* Antonio Vallejo: 1996–1997
* Karl Jónsson: 1997–1999
* Hlynur Skúli Auðunsson: 2003–2004
* Ólafur J. Sigurðsson: 2017–2020
* Ísak Máni Wíum: 2020–2021
* Kristjana Eir Jónsdóttir: 2021–2022
* Ari Gunnarsson 2022
* Sigurbjörg Rós Sigurðardóttir 2022–present
Trophies and awards
Trophies
*
Úrvalsdeild kvenna: (11)
:1956, 1957, 1958, 1963, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975
*
Icelandic Basketball Cup: (1)
**1979
*
Division I: (1)
**2003
Awards
Úrvalsdeild Women's Domestic Player of the Year
*
Linda Stefánsdóttir – 1991, 1993
Úrvalsdeild Women's Domestic All-First Team
*
Linda Stefánsdóttir – 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996
* Anna Dís Sveinbjörnsdóttir – 1996
Úrvalsdeild Women's Young Player of the Year
*
Gréta María Grétarsdóttir – 1994
* Þórunn Bjarnadóttir – 1997
* Guðrún A. Sigurðardóttir – 1998
*
Hildur Sigurðardóttir – 1999
Úrvalsdeild kvenna Coach of the Year
* Antonio Vallejo – 1997
* Karl Jónsson – 1998
References
External links
Official WebsiteFélög - ÍR - kki.is
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ÍR (basketball)