ÍBV (men's football)

For the women's team, see ÍBV women's football.

The ÍBV men's football team is the men's football department of the ÍBV-íþróttafélag (English: ÍBV sports club) multi-sport club. It is located in Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland, and currently plays in the Besta deild karla, the top-tier men's football league in Iceland. The team plays its home games at the Hásteinsvöllur. It has won the Icelandic championship three times, in 1979, 1997 and 1998.^[1]

ÍBV

Full name	ÍBV-íþróttafélag
Short name	ÍBV
Founded	1903; 122 years ago (1903) as KV
Ground	Hásteinsvöllur Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland
Capacity	2,300 (534 seated)
Manager	Þorlákur Árnason
League	Besta deild karla
2024	1. deild karla, 1st of 12 (champions; promoted)
Website	https://ibvsport.is/
Home colours Away colours

Achievements

• Icelandic Championships: 3

1979, 1997, 1998

• Icelandic Cups: 5

1968, 1972, 1981, 1998, 2017

• Icelandic League Cup: 1

1997

Source: ^[2]

European record

Main article: Íþróttabandalag Vestmannaeyja in European football

As of 25 July 2013.

Competition	Pld	W	D	L
European Cup / UEFA Champions League	8	2	1	5
European Cup Winners' Cup / UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	12	2	0	10
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League	24	3	8	13
Total	44	7	9	28

Players

Current squad

As of 24 July 2025

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  POL Marcel Zapytowski 2 DF  ISL Sigurður Arnar Magnússon 4 DF  ISL Nökkvi Már Nökkvason 5 DF  SWE Mattias Edeland 6 MF  SRB Milan Tomić 7 MF  NOR Jørgen Pettersen 8 FW  ISL Bjarki Björn Gunnarsson 10 FW  ISL Sverrir Páll Hjaltested 11 FW  ISL Víðir Þorvarðarson 14 FW  ISL Arnar Breki Gunnarsson

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 DF  ISL Birgir Ómar Hlynsson (on loan from Þór Akureyri) 22 FW  ISL Oliver Heidarsson 23 DF  ISL Arnór Ingi Kristinsson 24 MF  ISL Hermann Þór Ragnarsson 25 MF  ISL Alex Freyr Hilmarsson 26 DF  ISL Felix Örn Friðriksson 30 MF  ESP Vicente Valor 31 GK  ISL Hjörvar Daði Arnarsson 45 MF  ISL Þorlákur Breki Baxter (on loan from Stjarnan) 67 FW  GAM Omar Sowe

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 31 MF  ISL Viggó Valgeirsson (at Njarðvík until 31 January 2026) — MF  ISL Alexander Örn Friðriksson (at KF Framherjar-Smástund until 31 January 2026)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ISL Sigurður Valur Sigursveinsson (at KF Framherjar-Smástund until 31 January 2026) — FW  ISL Heiðmar Þór Magnússon (at KF Framherjar-Smástund until 31 January 2026)

Notable players

Players who have played for ÍBV and have more than one international cap for their country.

• David James^[3]
• George Baldock
• Allan Mørkøre
• Baldur Bragason
• Einar Þór Daníelsson
• Arnljótur Davíðsson
• Friðrik Friðriksson
• Tryggvi Guðmundsson
• Heimir Hallgrímsson
• Hermann Hreiðarsson
• Ívar Ingimarsson
• Birkir Kristinsson
• Guðgeir Leifsson
• Sigurvin Ólafsson
• Örn Óskarsson
• Tómas Pálsson
• Ásgeir Sigurvinsson
• Ólafur Sigurvinsson
• Rútur Snorrason
• Hlynur Stefánsson
• Sverrir Sverrisson
• Sigurlás Þorleifsson
• Gunnar Heiðar Þorvaldsson
• Tómas Ingi Tómasson
• David Moyes
• Abel Dhaira
• Tony Mawejje
• Andrew Mwesigwa

Managers

• Heimir Hallgrímsson (Aug 1, 2006–Dec 31, 2010)
• Magnús Gylfason (Jan 1, 2012–Sept 19, 2012)
• Dragan Kažić (Sept 20, 2012–Dec 31, 2012)
• Hermann Hreiðarsson (Jan 1, 2013–Oct 3, 2013)
• Sigurður Ragnar Eyjólfsson (2014)
• Jóhannes Harðarson (Jan 1, 2015–June 24, 2015)
• Sigurður Ragnar Eyjólfsson (July 22, 2015–Oct 3, 2015)
• Bjarni Jóhannsson (Oct 9, 2015–Aug 19, 2016)
• Kristján Guðmundsson (Oct 15, 2016–Sept 29, 2018)
• Pedro Hipólito (Sept 29, 2018–June 30, 2019)
• Helgi Sigurðsson (Oct 1, 2019–)