Knattspyrnudeild Vestra, also known as Vestri, is the football department of the

Íþróttafélagið Vestri Íþróttafélagið Vestri, known as Vestri, is an Icelandic multi-sports club based in northern Westfjords. The club was formed in 2016 from the merger of KFÍ (basketball), Skellur (volleyball), Sundfélagið Vestri (swim) and BÍ/Bolungarvík ...

multi-sport club and is based in

Ísafjarðarbær Ísafjarðarbær () is a municipality of Iceland in the Westfjords region, created in 1996 from Flateyrarhreppur, Ísafjarðarkaupstaður, Mosvallahreppur, Mýrahreppur, Suðureyrarhreppur and Þingeyrarhreppur. Geography The principal settl ...

, Iceland.

Men's

History

The club was founded in 1986 as the football department of ''Badmintonfélag Ísafjarðar'', or BÍ for short. It first participated in the Icelandic tier-4 league, then known as

4. deild karla 4. deild karla (e. Men's fourth division) is a Association football, football league in Iceland. It is the fifth and second-lowest division in the Icelandic football league system. Format The division was added to the Icelandic football league ...

, that same year and their first coach was former Icelandic international player

Björn Helgason Björn Helgason (born 24 September 1935) is an Icelandic former footballer who played as a midfielder or forward. He is a former member of the Icelandic men's national football team. International career After key performances for ÍBÍ, Bj� ...

. In 1988, Ísafjörður biggest club, Íþróttabandalag Ísafjarðar (ÍBÍ), folded after years of financial difficulties and most of their players moved over to BÍ who took over as the town's major football club. The club took up the name BÍ'88 to mark the new beginning and Jóhann Króknes Torfason was hired as the head coach. They won their group in 4. deild convincingly, scoring 46 goals while conceding only 3, with their biggest win being an 18–0 victory over Höfrungur. In the 4. deild playoff they came out on top and achieved promotion to 3. deild karla where they played the next three years. In 1991 the team achieved promotion to

2. deild karla 2. deild karla (English: Men's Second Division) is a football league in Iceland. It is the third division in the Icelandic football league system. The current champions are Afturelding from Mosfellsbær, who won their 1st title in 2018. The divi ...

after finishing as runner-up's in 3. deild. They played there for two years before being relegated back to 3. deild. After the 1996 season, the club withdrew from play due to financial difficulties. From 2006 to 2016 the team fielded a joint team with Ungmennafélag Bolungarvíkur, called ''BÍ/Bolungarvík''. In 2008 the team was promoted to 2. deild karla and in 2010 to 1. deild karla. In October 2010 the team hired Guðjón Þórðarson as their manager. In 2016 the club merged into

along with Skellur (Volleyball), Sundfélagið Vestri (Swim) and

KFÍ The Vestri men's basketball team, commonly known as Vestri, is a basketball team based in Ísafjörður, Iceland. The club was founded in 1965 as Körfuknattleiksfélag Ísafjarðar and held that name until it merged with newly founded Íþrótta ...

(Basketball). On 21 September 2019, Vestri won a 7–0 victory against Tindastóll in the last game of the season and secured a promotion to the second-tier 1. deild karla.

Current squad

Out on loan

Player of the year

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Top scorers by season

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Former notable players

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Managerial history

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Honours

* 3. deild karla ** Winners (1): 1988 ** ''Runner-up (1):'' 2008 *

** ''Runner-up (3):''

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Women's

History

After ÍBÍ women's team folded before the 1988 season, a women's team was founded under the BÍ'88 name and took its spot in the top-tier 1. deild kvenna. They won the then second-tier 2. deild kvenna in 1989 but withdrew from the top-tier 1. deild kvenna prior to the 1990 season and did not field a team again until 1992. The team last played during the 2015 season in the second-tier 1. deild kvenna when it fielded a joint team with Íþróttafélag Reykjavíkur under the name ÍR/BÍ/Bolungarvík.

Player of the year

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Former notable players

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Managerial history

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, , - , 1993 , Örnólfur Oddsson , , - , 2000 , Dögg Lára Sigurgeirsdóttir , Player-manager , - , 2006 , Tómas Emil Guðmundsson , , - , 2007 , Sigþór Snorrason , , - , 2012–2014 , Jónas Leifur Sigursteinsson , , - , 2015 , Halldór Þorvaldur Halldórsson , As ÍR/BÍ/Bolungarvík

Honours

* 1. deild kvenna ** Winners (1): 1989

References

External links

Official Website
{{1. deild karla Football clubs in Iceland Association football clubs established in 2006 2006 establishments in Iceland Íþróttafélagið Vestri