Íþróttabandalag Akraness

ÍA

Full name	Íþróttabandalag Akraness
Nickname(s)	Skagamenn, Gulir og Glaðir (Yellow and happy)
Short name	ÍA
Founded	1946
Ground	Akranesvöllur, Akranes, Iceland
Capacity	6,000 (852 seated)
Chairman	Eggert Hjelm Herbertsson
Manager	Jón Þór Hauksson
League	Besta deildin
2022	11th of 12 (Relegated)
Home colours Away colours

Íþróttabandalag Akraness (abbreviated ÍA), is an Icelandic sports club founded in 1946 and based in the town of Akranes, west Iceland. Among the main sports its members can practice are basketball, football, golf, horsemanship, gymnastics, volleyball, bowling, karate, badminton, swimming and powerlifting. The football team plays in yellow shirts and socks, and black shorts.

Men's football

Honours

• Icelandic Championships: 18

1951, 1953, 1954, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1970, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1983, 1984, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2001

Runner-up: 1952, 1955, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1969, 1978, 1979, 1985, 1997

• Icelandic Cups: 9

1978, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1993, 1996, 2000, 2003

Runner-up: 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1969, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1999, 2021

• Icelandic League Cups: 3

1996, 1999, 2003

• Icelandic Super Cup: 1

2003

• Division one : 4

1968, 1991, 2011, 2018

Current squad

As of 17 April 2022

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ISL	Árni Marinó Einarsson
3	DF	SWE	Johannes Vall
4	DF	ISL	Oliver Stefánsson
6	DF	ISL	Jón Gísli Eyland
7	MF	DEN	Christian Køhler
8	DF	ISL	Hallur Flosason
9	FW	ISL	Viktor Jónsson
10	MF	ISL	Steinar Þorsteinsson
11	MF	FRO	Kaj Leo í Bartalsstovu
12	GK	ISL	Árni Snær Ólafsson
15	MF	ISL	Breki Þór Hermannsson
16	MF	ISL	Brynjar Snær Pálsson
17	MF	ISL	Gísli Laxdal Unnarsson

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	DF	ISL	Aron Bjarki Jósepsson
19	FW	ISL	Eyþór Aron Wöhler
20	MF	ISL	Guðmundur Tyrfingsson
21	MF	ISL	Haukur Andri Haraldsson
22	MF	ISL	Benedikt Warén
23	MF	ISL	Ingi Þór Sigurðsson
24	DF	ISL	Hlynur Sævar Jónsson
44	DF	SCO	Alex Davey
-	DF	NED	Wout Drouste
-	MF	ISL	Finnbogi Laxdal Aðalgeirsson
-	MF	ISL	Jóhannes Breki Harðarson
-	MF	ISL	Marteinn Theodórsson

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player

Managers

• Karl Guðmundsson (1948)
• Ríkharður Jónsson (1951–60)
• Guðjón Finnbogason (1960)
• Ríkharður Jónsson (1961–66)
• Helgi Hannesson (1967–68)
• Ríkharður Jónsson (1969–70)
• Magnús Kristjánsson (1971)
• Ríkharður Jónsson (1972–73)
• George Kirby (1974–75)
• Mike Ferguson (1976)
• George Kirby (1977–78)
• Klaus Hilpert (1979)
• George Kirby (1980)
• Steve Fleet (1981)
• George Kirby (1982)
• Hörður Helgason (1983–85)
• Jim Barron (1986)
• Guðjón Þórðarson (1987)
• Sigurður Lárusson (1988–89)
• George Kirby (1990)
• Guðjón Þórðarson (1991–93)
• Hörður Helgason (1994)
• Logi Ólafsson (1995)
• Guðjón Þórðarson (1996)
• Ivan Golac (1997)
• Logi Ólafsson (1997–99)
• Ólafur Þórðarson (1999–2006)
• Arnar Gunnlaugsson (2006)
• Bjarki Gunnlaugsson (2006)
• Guðjón Þórðarson (July 1, 2007 – July 21, 2008)
• Arnar Gunnlaugsson (July 2008 – July 9)
• Bjarki Gunnlaugsson (July 2008 – July 9)
• Þórður Þórðarson (July 16, 2009 – June 18, 2013)
• Þorvaldur Örlygsson (June 19, 2013 – Sept 28, 2013)
• Gunnlaugur Jónsson (Oct 10, 2013 - Aug 21, 2017)
• Jón Þór Hauksson (Aug 21, 2017 - Oct 1, 2017)
• Joey Guðjónsson (Oct 12, 2017 - Feb 1, 2022)
• Jón Þór Hauksson (Feb 1, 2022-)

European competition

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1970–71	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	1R	Sparta Rotterdam	0-6	0–9	0-15
1971–72	European Cup	1R	Sliema Wanderers	0-4	0–0	0-4
1975–76	European Cup	1R	Omonia	4-0	1-2	5–2
		2R	FC Dynamo Kyiv	0-2	0-3	0-5
1976–77	European Cup	1R	Trabzonspor	1-3	2–3	3-6
1977–78	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1R	Brann	0-4	0-1	0-5
1978–79	European Cup	1R	Köln	1-1	1–4	2-5
1979–80	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1R	Barcelona	0-1	0-5	0-6
1980–81	UEFA Cup	1R	Köln	0-4	0–6	0-10
1983–84	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1R	Aberdeen	1-2	1-1	2-3
1984–85	European Cup	1R	Beveren	2-2	0–5	2-7
1985–86	European Cup	1R	Aberdeen	1-3	1-4	2-7
1986–87	UEFA Cup	1R	Sporting	0-9	0–6	0-15
1987–88	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1R	Kalmar	0-0	0-1 (aet)	0-1
1988–89	UEFA Cup	1R	Újpest	0-0	1–2	1-2
1989–90	UEFA Cup	1R	RFC Liège	0-2	1–4	1-6
1993–94	UEFA Champions League	PR	Partizani	3-0	0-0	3–0
		1R	Feyenoord	1-0	0-3	1-3
1994–95	UEFA Cup	PR	Bangor City	2-0	2-1	4–1
		1R	Kaiserslautern	0-4	1-4	1-8
1995–96	UEFA Cup	PR	Shelbourne	3-0	3-0	6–0
		1R	Raith Rovers	1-0	1-3	2-3
1996–97	UEFA Cup	PR	Sileks	2-0	0-1	2–1
		QR	CSKA Moscow	0-2	1-4	1-6
1997–98	UEFA Champions League	1R	Košice	0-1	0–3	0-4
1998–99	UEFA Cup	1QR	Žalgiris Vilnius	3-2	0–1	3-3 (a)
1999	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1R	Teuta Durrës	5-1	1-2	6–3
		2R	Lokeren	1-3	1-3	2-6
2000-01	UEFA Cup	QR	Gent	0-3	2–3	2-6
2001-02	UEFA Cup	QR	Club Brugge	1-6	0–4	1-10
2002-03	UEFA Champions League	1QR	Željezničar	0-1	0–3	0-4
2004-05	UEFA Cup	1QR	TVMK	4-2	2-1	6–3
		2QR	Hammarby	1-2	0-2	1-4
2005	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1R	Inter Turku	0-4	0–0	0-4
2006-07	UEFA Cup	1QR	Randers	2-1	0–1	2-2 (a)
2008-09	UEFA Cup	1QR	Honka	2-1	0–3	2-4

Women's football

Honours

• Icelandic Championships: 3

1984, 1985, 1987

Runner-up: 1981, 1988, 1989, 1992

• Icelandic Cups: 4

1989, 1991, 1992, 1993

Basketball

Main article: Körfuknattleiksfélag ÍA

ÍA's men's team played in the top-tier Úrvalsdeild karla from 1993 to 2000, making the playoffs in 1994, 1997 and 1998. Its women's team played one season in the top-tier Úrvalsdeild kvenna during the 1995–1996 season.

External links

• Official website (Icelandic)
• Football section (Icelandic)
• Supporters' site

• Official Twitter account