Marcel Zapytowski

Goalkeeper - IBV
30 Apr 2028
Sunday
Process

Marked for Marcel Zapytowski

76 Edition

The IBV Gazette

10 Jan 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Elvis Bwomono asks to leave IBV

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Market

Only the photograph left for Bjarki Björn Gunnarsson

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Bjarki Björn Gunnarsson will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around IBV the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Squad

Tempers go at IBV

Vicente Valor was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

In brief

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68 Edition

The IBV Gazette

15 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Elvis Bwomono hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what IBV can pretend not to have heard.

Market

Bjarki Björn Gunnarsson is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at IBV is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad

Tempers go at IBV

Liam Daði Jeffs was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

In brief

42 Edition

The IBV Gazette

17 May 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Elvis Bwomono asks to leave IBV

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad

Elvis Bwomono falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Match

IBV get the job done against Keflavik

A 1‑0 win over Keflavik, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Squad

No hiding place for Jesús Peralta

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Jesús Peralta, and the manager let it.

Player ratings

One of those days for Vicente Valor

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.40, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Squad

Pep Caballé dropped after a run of poor form

The one version of being left out a player cannot argue with, and the one he takes worst. Somebody else has been better and the team sheet says so, in public, every week until it changes.

In brief

37 Edition

The IBV Gazette

12 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

IBV sink to position 11

8 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.

Market

Vasco Espejo puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at IBV, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Tempers go at IBV

Omar Sowe was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

In brief

33 Edition

The IBV Gazette

15 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

IBV sink to position 11

8 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.

Market

Felix Örn Friðriksson asks to leave IBV

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad

Vicente Valor in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at IBV this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

In brief

29 Edition

The IBV Gazette

15 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

IBV sink to position 11

8 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.

Market

Felix Örn Friðriksson puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at IBV, and it is not being withdrawn.

Market

IBV turn down FH for Sesar Örn Harðarson

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

In brief

25 Edition

The IBV Gazette

18 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

IBV sink to position 11

8 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.

Market

Felix Örn Friðriksson asks to leave IBV

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad

Tempers go at IBV

Omar Sowe was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

In brief

21 Edition

The IBV Gazette

21 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

IBV sink to position 11

8 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.

Market

Eiður Atli Rúnarsson puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at IBV, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Pep Caballé falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

In brief

17 Edition

The IBV Gazette

23 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Omar Sowe hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what IBV can pretend not to have heard.

Match

IBV are in real trouble now

Position 11, 8 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.

Squad

Alex Freyr Hilmarsson says IBV went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

In brief

13 Edition

The IBV Gazette

26 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Omar Sowe asks to leave IBV

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Match

IBV are in real trouble now

Position 11, 8 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.

Market

Sigurður Arnar Magnússon has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around IBV they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

In brief

9 Edition

The IBV Gazette

28 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

Chastening afternoon for IBV

A 0‑3 beating by Fylkir was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.

Market

Omar Sowe hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what IBV can pretend not to have heard.

Match

Every point is an argument now for IBV

Position 11 and 8 points, and the table gets read bottom-up in this part of town. The calendar has stopped being a schedule and started being a countdown.

The terraces

The boos come down from three sides

“We pay for this every fortnight. The least we want is somebody who looks like he cares.” 10 of the 26 senior players walked off into it; the rest were not playing.

Match

No end in sight to IBV's wait for a win

7 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at IBV has to find a result from somewhere.

Market

Only the photograph left for Sigurður Arnar Magnússon

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Sigurður Arnar Magnússon will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around IBV the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Squad

Tempers go at IBV

Omar Sowe was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Match

3 matches without a goal for IBV

The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 3 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Omar Sowe

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

In brief

6 Edition

The IBV Gazette

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Elvis Bwomono asks to leave IBV

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Market

Only the photograph left for Mattias Edeland

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Mattias Edeland will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around IBV the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Match

4 matches without a win for IBV

The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around IBV are no longer polite ones.

Player ratings

Omar Sowe runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 21. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Match

Breidablik take the points off IBV

Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Vasco Espejo

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad

Felix Örn Friðriksson falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Squad

The month belongs to Marcel Zapytowski

The award is a small thing with a heavy meaning: for four weeks nobody in this division did his job better. IBV have the trophy on a shelf and the player in the side.

Player ratings

Víðir Þorvarðarson will replay that one

1 error, one goal, and a night in front of the same three seconds. He will see it tonight, tomorrow and probably in February, and everybody who has played knows exactly which frame he keeps stopping on.

In brief

5 Edition

The IBV Gazette

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Omar Sowe

Successful dribbles: 32. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Market

Only the photograph left for Sigurður Arnar Magnússon

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Sigurður Arnar Magnússon will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around IBV the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Player ratings

Nothing got past Vicente Valor

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 27 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

Boardroom

Sigurður Arnar Magnússon signs for Valur while still at IBV

The rules permit it and it stings anyway. Sigurður Arnar Magnússon has agreed terms with Valur for the summer, and until then he pulls on this shirt as a player who has already chosen his next one.

Squad

Vicente Valor in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at IBV this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match

3 matches without a goal for IBV

The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 3 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.

Squad

Pep Caballé falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Azat Bairyev

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Player ratings

Milan Tomić shuts the door

Defensive actions: 15, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.

In brief

1 Edition

The IBV Gazette

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Player ratings

Omar Sowe runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 29. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

Elvis Bwomono signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Elvis Bwomono and IBV agree another 3 years.

Squad

Omar Sowe in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at IBV this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market

No place for Omar Sowe in the plan

“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Omar Sowe has his answer from IBV; what he does with it is the next window’s story.

Squad

No hiding place for Elvis Bwomono

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Elvis Bwomono, and the manager let it.

Match

IBV come up short against Keflavik

Keflavik left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad

Felix Örn Friðriksson falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Market

Talks stall between IBV and Marcel Zapytowski

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

Market

The clock runs on Bjarki Björn Gunnarsson's contract

36 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.

In brief