The Vestri women's football team, commonly known as Vestri, is a
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...
team based in
Ísafjörður, Iceland. It is the women's football department of
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
The Vestri men's basketball team, commonly known as Vestri, is a basketball te ...
multi-sport club.
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
Íþróttafélag Reykjavíkur (, ), commonly known as ÍR, 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, taekwondo and ...
under the name ÍR/BÍ/Bolungarvík.
In 2023, the club registered a women's team for the 2024 season in
2. deild kvenna and hired Kristján Arnar Ingason as the new head coach.
Player of the year
Former notable players
''Players who have played for Vestri (BÍ'88, BÍ/Bolungarvík) and earned international caps at senior level. Correct as of 18 January 2024.''
Managerial history
Honours
*
1. deild kvenna
** Winners (1): 1989
References
{{Reflist
External links
Official Website
Women's football clubs in Iceland
Association football clubs established in 1988
1988 establishments in Iceland
Íþróttafélagið Vestri