IBV Vestmannaeyjar

Íþróttabandalag Vestmannaeyja (ÍBV) is an Icelandic multi-sports district association from Vestmannaeyjar off the south coast of Iceland. It was founded in 1903 as Knattspyrnufélag Vestmannaeyja by Björgúlfur Ólafsson, military doctor for the Dutch army. It was soon renamed to Knattspyrnufélag Vestmannaeyja (KV) and then to Íþróttabandalag Vestmannaeyja (ÍBV) héraðssamband in 1945. ÍBV played as KV in the first Icelandic first league tournament in 1912.

There have been formed several association entities with the ÍBV name to manage various of sports. ÍBV-Íþróttafélag was founded in 1996 to manage football and handball when the youth team clubs Þór and Týr, that where subbrands to KV and then ÍBV for the youth coaching only, where merged. Sundfélag ÍBV was founded in 1977 to manage swimming. Körfuknattleiksfélag ÍBV is association founded around basketball in 1995 after 9 basketball less years at the youth club Týr. Blakfélag ÍBV and Frjálsíþróttafélag ÍBV are younger association entities that also use the name from the sport district association in Vestmannaeyjar as identity.

Islandský futbalový tím IBV Vestmannaeyjar bol založený v roku 1903 a sídli na ostrove Heimaey na súostroví Vestmannaeyjar. Tím hrá svoje domáce zápasy na štadióne Hásteinsvöllur a v súčasnosti hrá najvyššiu islandskú ligu Úrvalsdeild karla.

IBV dosiahol vo svojej histórii niekoľko úspechov, vrátane:

* 2 víťazstvá islandského pohára (1968, 1974)
* 1 víťazstvo islandského superpohára (2019)
* 3 účasti v skupinovej fáze Európskej ligy UEFA (2003/04, 2013/14, 2015/16)

Tím je známy svojou vernou fanúšikovskou základňou a intenzívnou atmosférou na domácich zápasoch. IBV Vestmannaeyjar je jedným z najúspešnejších klubov mimo Reykjavíku a je považovaný za dôležitú súčasť islandského futbalu.