Vestri (football club)

Vestri
Full name Knattspyrnudeild Vestra
Nickname(s) Djúpmenn
Founded 1986 (1986), as Boltafélag Ísafjarðar
1988 (1988), as BÍ'88
2006 (2006)
as BÍ/Bolungarvík
2016 (2016)
as Vestri
Ground Torfnesvöllur, Skeiðisvöllur
Manager (M) Bjarni Jóhannsson
League (M) 2. deild karla
2017 (M) 2. deild karla, 9th of 12th

Knattspyrnudeild Vestra, also known as Vestri, is the football department of the Vestri sport club and is based in Ísafjarðarbær, Iceland.[1]. As of 2017 the men's team plays in 2. deild karla.[2]

Men's

History

The club was founded in 1986 under the name Boltafélag Ísafjarðar, or BÍ for short. It first participate in the Icelandic tier-4 league, then known as 4. deild karla, that same year and their first coach was former Icelandic international player Björn Helgason. In 1988, Ísafjörður biggest club, Íþróttabandalag Ísafjarðar (ÍBÍ), folded after years of financial difficulties and most of their players moved over to BÍ who took over as the town's major football club. The club took up the name BÍ'88 to mark the new beginning and Jóhann Króknes Torfason was hired as the head coach. They won their group in 4. deild convincingly, scoring 46 goals while conceding only 3, with their biggest win being a 18-0 victory over Höfrungur. In the 4. deild playoff they came out on top and achieved promotion to 3. deild karla where they played the next three years. In 1991 the team achieved promotion to 2. deild karla after finishing as runner-up's in 3. deild. They played there for two years before being relegated back to 3. deild. After the 1996 season, the club withdrew from play do to financial difficulties.

From 2006 to 2016 the team fielded a joint team with Ungmennafélag Bolungarvíkur, called BÍ/Bolungarvík.[3] In 2008 the team was promoted to 2. deild karla[4] and in 2010 to 1. deild karla.[5] In October 2010 the team hired Guðjón Þórðarson as their manager.[6] In 2016 the club merged into Íþróttafélagið Vestri along with Skellur (Volleyball), Sundfélagið Vestri (Swim) and KFÍ (Basketball).[7][8][9]

Managerial history

Dates[3] Name Notes
1986 Iceland Björn Helgason
1987 Iceland Jakob Ólason
1988 Iceland Jóhann Króknes Torfason
1989 Iceland Örnólfur Oddsson Player-manager
1990 Iceland Jóhann Króknes Torfason
1991–1992 Iceland Ámundi Sigmundsson Player-manager
1993 Iceland Helgi Helgason
1994 Iceland Einar Friðþjófsson
1995 Iceland Björn Ingimarsson Fired midway through season
1995 Iceland Örnólfur Oddsson Interim player-manager
1996 Iceland Ómar Torfason Player-manager
2002–2004 Iceland Haukur Benediktsson Player-manager
2005 Iceland Örnólfur Oddsson
2006–2007 Iceland Jónas Leifur Sigursteinsson
2008 Serbia Slobodan Milisic
2009 Serbia Dragan Kazic
2010 Iceland Alfreð Elías Jóhannsson Player-manager
2011 Iceland Guðjón Þórðarson
2012–2014 Iceland Jörundur Áki Sveinsson
2015 Iceland Jón Hálfdán Pétursson
2016 Iceland Ásgeir Guðmundsson
2017 England Daniel Osafo-Badu Player-manager
2017– Iceland Bjarni Jóhannsson

Honours

League

Women's

History

After ÍBÍ women's team folded after the 1988 season, a women's team was founded under BÍ's name. 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.[3] The team last played during the 2015 season in the second-tier 1. deild kvenna when it fielded a joint team with Íþróttafélag Reykjavíkur under the name ÍR/BÍ/Bolungarvík.[10]

Managerial history

Dates[3] Name Notes
1989 Iceland Rúnar Guðmundsson
1992 Iceland Björn Helgason
1993 Iceland Örnólfur Oddsson
2000 Iceland Dögg Lára Sigurgeirsdóttir Player-manager
2006 Iceland Tómas Emil Guðmundsson
2007 Iceland Sigþór Snorrason
2012–2014 Iceland Jónas Leifur Sigursteinsson
2015 Iceland Halldór Þorvaldur Halldórsson As ÍR/BÍ/Bolungarvík

Honours

League

References

  1. ↑ "Vestri - Knattspyrnusamband Íslands". www.ksi.is. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  2. ↑ "Úrslit - staða - Knattspyrnusamband Íslands". www.ksi.is. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Sigurður Pétursson (2017). Knattspyrnusaga Ísfirðinga. Púkamót, félag. ISBN 978-9935-24-189-4.
  4. ↑ "BÍ Bolungarvík tryggði sér sæti í 2. deild". Vísir.is. Archived from the original on 2012-03-23. Retrieved 2011-06-28.
  5. ↑ "BÍ/Bolungarvík komið upp í 1. deild". Vísir.is. Archived from the original on 2012-03-23. Retrieved 2011-06-28.
  6. ↑ "Guðjón þjálfar BÍ/Bolungarvík". Vísir.is.
  7. ↑ "Vestri ræður ríkjum á Vestfjörðum". mbl.is. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  8. ↑ "/ Fréttir / Íþróttafélagið Vestri". Hsv.is. Retrieved 2016-11-28.
  9. ↑ "Vestri kemur í stað BÍ/Bolungarvíkur - Knattspyrnusamband Íslands". www.ksi.is. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  10. ↑ Magnús Már Einarsson (18 May 2015). "ÍR og BÍ/Bolungarvík með sameiginlegt lið". fotbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 23 July 2018.


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