Snæfell women's basketball

The Snæfell women's basketball team, commonly known as Snæfell, is the women's basketball department of Ungmennafélagið Snæfell, based in Stykkishólmur, Iceland.

History
Snæfell's women's team first played in Úrvalsdeild kvenna during the 2008–09 season after winning Division I the previous season with a perfect record. It won the national championship for three straight seasons, from 2014 to 2016, and the Icelandic Basketball Cup in 2016. They furthermore won the Supercup in 2012 and from 2014 to 2016. On 2 June 2021, the club announced that it would not take its seat in the Úrvalsdeild for the 2021–22 season and register it in the second-tier 1. deild kvenna.

Trophies

 * Úrvalsdeild kvenna:
 * Winners (3): 2014, 2015, 2016.
 * Runners-up (1): 2017


 * Icelandic Basketball Cup (1):
 * Winners (1): 2016
 * Runners-up (2): 2012, 2014


 * Icelandic Super Cup:
 * Winners (4): 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016


 * Icelandic Company Cup (1):
 * Winners (1): 2012


 * 1. deild kvenna:
 * Winners (1): 2008

Awards
Úrvalsdeild kvenna Domestic Player of the Year
 * Hildur Sigurðardóttir – 2014, 2015

Úrvalsdeild kvenna Foreign Player of the Year
 * Haiden Denise Palmer – 2016
 * Kristen McCarthy – 2015

Úrvalsdeild kvenna Domestic All-First Team
 * Berglind Gunnarsdóttir – 2017
 * Bryndís Guðmundsdóttir – 2016
 * Gunnhildur Gunnarsdóttir – 2015, 2016
 * Hildur Sigurðardóttir – 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
 * Hildur Björg Kjartansdóttir – 2013, 2014

Úrvalsdeild kvenna Defensive Player of the Year
 * Guðrún Gróa Þorsteinsdóttir – 2015
 * Gunnhildur Gunnarsdóttir – 2015, 2016

Úrvalsdeild kvenna Coach of the Year
 * Ingi Þór Steinþórsson – 2014, 2015, 2016

Notable players
• 🇮🇸 Alda Leif Jónsdóttir

• 🇮🇸 Berglind Gunnarsdóttir

• 🇮🇸 Bryndís Guðmundsdóttir

• 🇮🇸 Eva Margrét Kristjánsdóttir

• 🇮🇸 Guðrún Gróa Þorsteinsdóttir

• 🇺🇸 Haiden Denise Palmer

• 🇮🇸 Hildur Björg Kjartansdóttir

• 🇮🇸 Hildur Sigurðardóttir

• 🇺🇸 Kristen McCarthy

• 🇮🇸 Pálína Gunnlaugsdóttir

• 🇫🇮 Veera Pirttinen

Coaches

 * 🇺🇸 Justin Shouse (2007–2008)
 * 🇮🇸 Högni Högnason (2008–2009)
 * 🇮🇸 Ingi Þór Steinþórsson (2009–2018)
 * 🇮🇸 Baldur Þorleifsson (2018–2019)
 * 🇮🇸 Gunnlaugur Smárason (2019–2020)
 * 🇮🇸 Halldór Steingrímsson (2020–2021)
 * 🇮🇸 Baldur Þorleifsson (2021–2024)
 * 🇪🇸 Alejandro Rubiera (2024–present)