ÍR women's basketball

The Íþróttafélag Reykjavíkur women's basketball team, commonly known as ÍR, is the women's basketball department of Íþróttafélag Reykjavíkur. It is based in Reykjavík, Iceland.

History
ÍR women's team was founded in 1950 and was one of the pioneers of women's basketball in Iceland as one of the founding members of the women's Icelandic women's championship tournament. It is also one of the most successful women's team in the country, winning a total of 11 national championships.

After not fielding a team since being relegated from the Úrvalsdeild in 2004, the team was revived in 2017 and registered into Division I for the 2017-2018 season. On June 16, 2017, the club hired former player Ólafur Jónas Sigurðsson as the head coach of the team.

In June 2021, the team hired Kristjana Eir Jónsdóttir, the former assistant coach of ÍR men's team, as its head coach. She replaced Ísak Máni Wíum who led the team to a second place finish during the 2020–21 season.

Arena
ÍR plays its home games at the Hertz-Hellirinn.

Notable players
• 🇮🇸 Anna Dís Sveinbjörnsdóttir

• 🇮🇸 Ásta Garðarsdóttir

• 🇮🇸 Auður Íris Ólafsdóttir

• 🇮🇸 Birna Eiríksdóttir

• 🇮🇸 Gréta María Grétarsdóttir

• 🇮🇸 Guðrún A. Sigurðardóttir

• 🇮🇸 Guðrún Gunnarsdóttir

• 🇮🇸 Guðrún Ólafsdóttir

• 🇮🇸 Hildigunnur Hilmarsdóttir

• 🇮🇸 Hildur Sigurðardóttir

• 🇮🇸 Hrönn Harðardóttir´

• 🇮🇸 Kristrún Sigurjónsdóttir

• 🇮🇸 Linda Stefánsdóttir

• 🇮🇸 Lína Gunnarsdóttir

• 🇮🇸 Olga Bjarnadóttir

• 🇮🇸 Vala Úlfljótsdóttir

• 🇮🇸 Þóra Gunnarsdóttir

• 🇮🇸 Þóra Ragnarsdóttir

• 🇮🇸 Þórunn Bjarnadóttir

Coaches

 * 🇮🇸 Hrefna Ingimarsdóttir: 1950–1959
 * 🇮🇸 Einar Ólafsson: 1959–1964, ?–1975, 1980–1981
 * 🇺🇸 Robert Stanley: 1981–1982
 * 🇺🇸 Jim Dooley: 1982–1983
 * 🇮🇸 Kristinn Jörundsson: 1983–1984
 * 🇮🇸 Hreinn Þorkelsson: 1984–1985
 * 🇮🇸 Benedikt Ingþórsson: 1985–1986
 * 🇮🇸 Kristján Oddsson: 1986–1987
 * 🇮🇸 Jón Jörundsson: 1987–1989, 1994, 1995
 * 🇺🇸 Thomas Lee: 1989–1990
 * 🇮🇸 Kristján Sigurður F. Jónsson: 1990–1992
 * 🇮🇸 Helgi Jóhannsson: 1992–1993
 * 🇮🇸 Einar Ólafsson: 1993–1994
 * 🇮🇸 Bragi Reynisson: 1994
 * 🇮🇸 Jón Örn Guðmundsson: 1994–1995
 * 🇮🇸 Eggert Garðarsson: 1995–1996
 * 🇨🇦 Antonio Vallejo: 1996–1997
 * 🇮🇸 Karl Jónsson: 1997–1999
 * 🇮🇸 Hlynur Skúli Auðunsson: 2003–2004
 * 🇮🇸 Ólafur J. Sigurðsson: 2017–2020
 * 🇮🇸 Ísak Máni Wíum: 2020–2021
 * 🇮🇸 Kristjana Eir Jónsdóttir: 2021–2022
 * 🇮🇸 Ari Gunnarsson 2022
 * 🇮🇸 Sigurbjörg Rós Sigurðardóttir 2022–present

Trophies

 * Úrvalsdeild kvenna: (11)
 * 1956, 1957, 1958, 1963, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975


 * Icelandic Basketball Cup: (1)
 * 1979


 * Division I: (1)
 * 2003

Awards
Úrvalsdeild Women's Domestic Player of the Year
 * Linda Stefánsdóttir – 1991, 1993

Úrvalsdeild Women's Domestic All-First Team Úrvalsdeild Women's Young Player of the Year
 * Linda Stefánsdóttir – 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996
 * Anna Dís Sveinbjörnsdóttir – 1996
 * Gréta María Grétarsdóttir – 1994
 * Þórunn Bjarnadóttir – 1997
 * Guðrún A. Sigurðardóttir – 1998
 * Hildur Sigurðardóttir – 1999

Úrvalsdeild kvenna Coach of the Year
 * Antonio Vallejo – 1997
 * Karl Jónsson – 1998