ÍR men's football
Full nameÍþróttafélag Reykjavíkur
Short nameÍR
GroundHertz-völlurinn,
Reykjavík, Iceland
Capacity1,200
Club ChairmanIngigerður Guðmundsdóttir
Football ChairmanMagnús Þór Jónsson
ManagerArnar Hallsson
League2. deild karla
20232. deild karla, 2nd of 12 (promoted)

The ÍR men's football team, commonly known as ÍR is the men's football department of Íþróttafélag Reykjavíkur. It is based in Reykjavík, Iceland and currently plays in 2. deild karla.

History

Although football was one of the first sports practiced at Íþróttafélag Reykjavíkur, it's football department was not formally founded until 7 March 1939. In 1943, Guðmundur S. Hofdal, the former trainer of the Olympic gold-winners Winnipeg Falcons, was hired as a coach. In 1944 it fielded a senior team in the national tournament for the first time. After losing the first game 0-8 to Fram, the team withdrew from the tournament.[1] It played in the top-tier Úrvalsdeild karla in 1998 when it was relegated after the last game of the season.[2]

Honours

Titles

Source

Awards

Current squad

As of 13 August 2022

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK Iceland ISL Vilhelm Þhráinn Sigurjónsson
— GK Iceland ISL Aron Óskar Þorleifsson
— DF Iceland ISL Alex Bergmann Arnarsson
— DF Iceland ISL Hrafn Hallgrímsson
— DF Canada CAN Jordian Farahani
— DF Iceland ISL Ágúst Unnar Kristinsson
— DF Iceland ISL Már Viðarsson
— MF Iceland ISL Bragi Karl Bjarkason
— MF Iceland ISL Sigurður Dagsson
— MF Argentina ARG Francisco Greco
— MF Iceland ISL Eyjólfur Héðinsson
— MF Iceland ISL Óliver Elís Hlynsson
— MF Iceland ISL Arnar Ingason
— MF Iceland ISL Ari Jóhannesson
— MF Serbia SRB Alexander Kostić
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Iceland ISL Róbert Andri Ómarsson
— MF Iceland ISL Stefán Þór Pálsson
— MF Norway NOR Jörgen Pettersen
— MF Iceland ISL Sveinn Gísli Þorkelsson
— MF Iceland ISL Axel Kári Vignisson
— FW Iceland ISL Aron Daníel Arnalds
— FW Iceland ISL Trausti Freyr Birgisson
— FW Iceland ISL Pétur Hrafn Friðriksson
— FW Iceland ISL Bergvin Fannar Helgason
— FW Iceland ISL Valdimar Ingi Jónsson
— FW Iceland ISL Guðjón Máni Magnússon
— FW Iceland ISL Jón Gísli Ström
— Iceland ISL Helgi Snær Agnarsson
— Iceland ISL Kormákur Pétur Ágústsson

References

  1. ↑ Ásgeir Ásgeirsson (11 March 2007). Heil öld til heilla - Saga ÍR í 100 ár. Íþróttafélag Reykjavíkur. pp. 503–543.
  2. ↑ "ÍR og Þróttur fallin í 1. deild". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 26 September 1998. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
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