Njarðvík women's basketball

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.[2] It won the national championship and the basketball cup in 2012.[3] As of the 2020–2021 season, the team plays in the second-tier 1. deild kvenna.

For the men's team, see Njarðvík men's basketball.

Ungmennafélag Njarðvíkur
Leagues	1. deild kvenna
Arena	Ljónagryfjan (The Lion's Den)
Location	Reykjanesbær, Iceland
Team colors	green, white
President	Kristín Örlygsdóttir[1]
Head coach	Rúnar Ingi Erlingsson
Assistant(s)	Lárus Ingi Magnússon
Championships	1 Icelandic championships
Website	UMFN.is
Home Away

Arena

Njarðvík plays its home games at Íþróttahús Njarðvíkur[4], commonly nicknamed Ljónagryfjan (English: The Lion's Den).[5][6][7]

Trophies and awards

Trophies

Úrvalsdeild

• Winners: 2012

Icelandic Basketball Cup

• Winners: 2012

Icelandic Basketball Supercup: :

• Winners: 2002

Division I

• 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[8]
• Einar Árni Jóhannsson – 2003
• Sverrir Þór Sverrisson – 2012

1. deild kvenna Domestic All-First team

• Kamilla Sól Viktorsdóttir - 2019

1. deild kvenna Young Player of the Year

• Vilborg Jónsdóttir - 2019

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 Sargeant 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 2018–2020
• Rúnar Ingi Erlingsson 2020–present

References

1. Stjórn UMFN
2. Félög - Njarðvík
3. Eiríkur Stefán Ásgeirsson (14 April 2012). "Umfjöllun og viðtöl: Haukar - Njarðvík 62-76 - Njarðvík Íslandsmeistari". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 17 March 2018.
4. "Félög - Njarðvík". KKI.is (in Icelandic). Icelandic Basketball Federation. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
5. 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.
6. "Góður sigur Hauka á KR-ingum". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 7 October 2010. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
7. Skúli Sigurðsson (21 November 2009). "„Kisukassi" Njarðvíkinga gleymdur og grafinn". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 28 October 2017.
8. Anna María og Teitur leikmenn ársins