Íþróttafélag Reykjavíkur (Reykjavik Athletic) is an Iceland

Iceland

Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...

ic sport club, based in Reykjavík

Reykjavík

Reykjavík is the capital and largest city in Iceland.Its latitude at 64°08' N makes it the world's northernmost capital of a sovereign state. It is located in southwestern Iceland, on the southern shore of Faxaflói Bay...

. It competes in the following:

• Dance
• Track and field
• Handball
• Bowling
• Basketball
• Football
• Skiing
• Taekwondo
• Judo

Basketball honours

• 15 Iceland Championships (1954–1955, 1957, 1960–1964, 1969–1973, 1975, 1977)
• 2 Iceland Cups (2001, 2007)

Notable former football players

Former Hull City

Hull City A.F.C.

Hull City Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, founded in 1904. The club participates in the Football League Championship, the second tier of English football...

 captain Ian Ashbee

Ian Ashbee

Ian Ashbee is an English professional footballer currently playing for Preston North End. He has previously played for Hull City, Derby County and Cambridge United, and has also played in Iceland, on loan to ÍR....

 played for the club on a short loan spell in 1996

1996 in football (soccer)

The following are the football events of the year 1996 throughout the world.-Events:*Copa Libertadores 1996: Won by River Plate after defeating América de Cali on an aggregate score of 2-1....

. He made 8 appearances and scored 3 goals before moving back to the East Yorkshire

East Yorkshire

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 club. He now plays for Preston North End after signing for the club in January 2011.

Eiður Smári Gudjohnsen start his football carrier in ÍR from he was six on til he was 15 = he has played for Bolton - Chelsea - Stoke and he is playing now with Fulham all club in English premier league he has also play for Barcelona in Spain and Monaco in France.
Eyjólfur Héðinsson is a former player of ÍR and now plays for SønderjyskE in the Danish Superliga.

Football honours

Champions of Reykjavík (2008)

Lengjan Cup, B-Division (2008)

2nd Division Icelandic Champions (2008)

External links

• Official homepage
• Official Homepage of Basketball division
• Team data @ Eurobasket.com