Njarðvík women's basketball

Ungmennafélag Njarðvíkur

Leagues

1. deild kvenna

Arena

Ljónagryfjan (The Lion's Den)

Location

Reykjanesbær, Iceland

Team colors

green, white

President

Friðrik Ragnarsson ^[1]

Head coach

Ragnar Halldór Ragnarsson

Assistant(s)

Rúnar Ingi Erlingsson^[2]

Championships

1 Icelandic championships

Website

Uniforms

Home

Away

Njarðvík women's basketball, commonly known as Njarðvík, is the women's basketball department of Ungmennafélag Njarðvíkur, based in the town of Reykjanesbær in Iceland.^[3] It won the national championship and the basketball cup in 2012.^[4] As of the 2018–2019 season, the team plays in the second-tier 1. deild kvenna.

Arena

Njarðvík plays its home games at Íþróttahús Njarðvíkur^[5], commonly nicknamed Ljónagryfjan (English: The Lion's Den).^[6]^[7]^[8]

Trophies and awards

Trophies

Úrvalsdeild

Winners: 2012

Icelandic Basketball Cup

Winners: 2012

Icelandic Basketball Supercup: :

Winners: 2002

Winners (4): 2000, 2001, 2009, 2015

Awards

Úrvalsdeild Women's Foreign Player of the Year

Lele Hardy – 2012, 2013

Úrvalsdeild Women's Domestic All-First Team

Petrúnella Skúladóttir – 2012
Harpa Magnúsdóttir – 1989

Úrvalsdeild kvenna Coach of the Year

Suzette Sargeant – 1996^[9]
Einar Árni Jóhannsson – 2003
Sverrir Þór Sverrisson – 2012

Notable players

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Played at least three seasons for the club. Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club. Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time. Played at least one official WNBA match at any time.

Carmen Tyson-Thomas
Helga Jónasdóttir
Lele Hardy
Ingibjörg Elva Vilbergsdóttir
María Jóhannesdóttir
Ólöf Helga Pálsdóttir
Petrúnella Skúladóttir
Rannveig Randversdóttir
Salbjörg Ragna Sævarsdóttir
Sigríður Guðbjörnsdóttir
Þórunn Magnúsdóttir

Coaches

Danny Shouse 1981–1982
Alex Gilbert 1982
Bill Kotterman 1982–1983
Jón Kr. Gíslason 1983–1984
Jónas Jóhannesson 1984–1985
Valur Ingimundarson 1985–1986
Hreiðar Hreiðarsson 1986–1987
Helgi Rafnsson 1987–1988
Friðrik Ingi Rúnarsson 1988–1990
Valur Ingimundarson 1994–1995
Suzette Sargent 1995–1996
Jón Guðbrandsson 1996–1997
Einar Árni Jóhannsson 1997
Júlíus Valgeirsson 1998–1999
Ísak Tómasson 2001
Einar Árni Jóhannsson 2002–2003
Andrea Gaines 2003–2004
Jón Júlíus Árnason 2004
Jón Júlíus Árnason 2004–2005
Agnar Már Gunnarsson 2005
Unndór Sigurðsson 2009–2010
Sverrir Þór Sverrisson 2010–2012
Lele Hardy 2012–2013
Nigel Moore 2013
Agnar Már Gunnarsson 2013–2014
Friðrik Ingi Rúnarsson 2014–2016
Agnar Már Gunnarsson 2016–2017
Hallgrímur Brynjólfsson 2017–2018
Ragnar Halldór Ragnarsson 2018–present

References

↑ Stjórn UMFN
↑ Ólafur Þór Jónsson (13 October 2018). "Rúnar Ingi: Krafturinn og orkan kemur okkur langt". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 13 October 2018.
↑ Félög - Njarðvík
↑ Eiríkur Stefán Ásgeirsson (14 April 2012). "Umfjöllun og viðtöl: Haukar - Njarðvík 62-76 - Njarðvík Íslandsmeistari". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 17 March 2018.
↑ "Félög - Njarðvík". KKI.is (in Icelandic). Icelandic Basketball Federation. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
↑ Tómas Þór Þórðarson (7 March 2017). "Ljónagryfjan stóð í ljósum Loga: „Fæ mér árskort í Njarðvík ef hann spilar til 45 ára aldurs"". Vísir.is. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
↑ "Góður sigur Hauka á KR-ingum". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 7 October 2010. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
↑ Skúli Sigurðsson (21 November 2009). "„Kisukassi" Njarðvíkinga gleymdur og grafinn". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 28 October 2017.
↑ Anna María og Teitur leikmenn ársins

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