Íþróttabandalag Ísafjarðar, commonly known as ÍBÍ, was a
sports union
A sports club or sporting club, sometimes an athletics club or sports society or sports association, is a group of people formed for the purpose of playing sports.
Sports clubs range from organisations whose members play together, unpaid, and ...
in
Ísafjörður
Ísafjörður (pronounced , meaning ''ice fjord'', literally ''fjord of ices'') is a town in the northwest of Iceland.
The oldest part of Ísafjörður with the town centre is located on a spit of sand, or ''eyri'', in Skutulsfjörður, a fjord ...
,
Iceland
Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its s ...
, best known for its football teams. In 2000, ÍBÍ merged with Héraðssamband Vestur-Ísfirðinga to form Héraðssamband Vestfirðinga.
Football
Men's football
ÍBÍ's men's football team was founded in 1955 and participated in the
Icelandic top-tier league in
1962
Events January
* January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand.
* January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism.
* January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wors ...
,
1982
Events January
* January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00).
* January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street bridges, 14th Street Bridge in ...
and
1983
The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call.
Events January
* January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to Internet protocol suite, TCP/IP is officially completed (this is consid ...
. It folded prior to the 1988 season due to financial difficulties and most of the players transferred over to
Boltafélag Ísafjarðar.
Honours
*
1. deild karla:
** Winners (1): 1961
1
** ''Runner-up: (1):''
1981
Events January
* January 1
** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union.
** Palau becomes a self-governing territory.
* January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensiv ...
1
1 ''Then known as 2. deild karla''
*
2. deild karla:
** Winners (1): 1973
1
** ''Runner-up: (1):'' 1969
1
1 ''Then known as 3. deild karla''
Managers
* Gísli Magnússon 1973
* Gísli Magnússon 1978
*
Martin Wilkinson
Martin Wilkinson is an English football manager.
He has managed the following clubs:
*Peterborough United: 29 June 1982 – 1 February 1983
*Íþróttabandalag Ísafjarðar: 1983
* Carlisle United: 25 June 1999 – 10 May 2000
*Northampton To ...
1983
* Gísli Magnússon 1984–1985
*
Jón Oddsson 1986
* Helgi Ragnarsson 1987
Women's football
ÍBÍ's women´s team was founded in 1981 and participated in the
Football Cup that year. It competed in the
Icelandic top-tier league in
1984
Events
January
* January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888.
* January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...
and
1985
The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1
** The Internet's Domain Name System is created.
** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a ...
. It won the second-tier league in 1987 but the club folded just before the
1988 season and most of the players moved to
BÍ which took its spot in the top-tier league.
Honours
*
1. deild kvenna:
**Winners (1): 1987
1
**''Runner-up (1):'' 1983
1
1 ''Then known as 2. deild kvenna''
Managers
* Jóhann Torfason 1981
* Þór Albertsson 1982
* Bjarni Jóhannsson 1983
*
Rósa Áslaug Valdimarsdóttir 1984
* Jóhann Torfason 1985
* Jón E. Haraldsson 1986–1987
References
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Football clubs in Iceland