ÍR men's football

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.

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)

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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