Íþróttabandalag Akraness

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.

ÍA

Full name	Íþróttabandalag Akraness
Nickname(s)	Skagamenn, Gulir og Glaðir (Yellow and happy)
Short name	ÍA
Founded	1946; 78 years ago (1946)
Ground	Akranesvöllur, Akranes, Iceland
Capacity	6,000 (852 seated)
Chairman	Eggert Hjelm Herbertsson
Manager	Jón Þór Hauksson
League	Besta deildin
2023	1. deild karla, 1st of 12 (promoted)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours
Current season

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: 5

1968, 1991, 2011, 2018, 2023

Players

Current squad

As of 11 September 2023

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   ISL Árni Marinó Einarsson 2 DF   ISL Hákon Ingi Einarsson 3 DF   SWE Johannes Vall 4 DF   ISL Hlynur Sævar Jónsson 5 DF   ISL Arnleifur Hjörleifsson 6 DF   ISL Jón Gísli Eyland 7 MF   ISL Ármann Ingi Finnbogason 8 MF   ISL Ingi Þór Sigurðsson 9 FW   ISL Viktor Jónsson 10 MF   ISL Steinar Þorsteinsson 14 MF   ISL Breki Þór Hermannsson

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 MF   ISL Marteinn Theodórsson 17 MF   ISL Gísli Laxdal Unnarsson 18 MF   ISL Albert Hafsteinsson 19 MF   ISL Kristófer Áki Hlinason 20 MF   ISL Indridi Áki Þorláksson 21 MF   ISL Gabriel Þór Þórðarson 25 MF   ISL Arnór Valur Ágústsson 27 MF   ISL Árni Salvar Heimisson 28 DF   SWE Pontus Lindgren (on loan from KR) 31 GK   CRO Dino Hodzic 44 DF   SCO Alex Davey 88 FW   ISL Arnór Smárason - MF   ISL Björn Sigurdarson

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 MF   ISL Jóhannes Breki Harðarson (at Ægir) 24 DF   ISL Finnbogi Laxdal Aðalgeirsson (at Haukar)

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	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

Current squad

As of 17 April 2022

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   USA Brooke Anne Jones 2 DF   ISL Aníta Sól Ágústsdóttir 3 DF   USA Jaclyn Árnason 5 DF   ISL Anna Þóra Hannesdóttir 7 FW   ISL Erla Karitas Jóhannesdóttir 8 MF   ISL Lilja Björg Ólafsdóttir 9 FW   ISL Erna Björt Elíasdóttir 10 MF   ISL Bryndís Rún Þórólfsdóttir 11 MF   ISL Dagný Halldórsdóttir 12 GK   ISL Salka Hrafns Elvarsdóttir 14 MF   ISL Dagbjört Líf Guðmundsdóttir 15 MF   ISL Marey Edda Helgadóttir 16 DF   ISL Arndís Lilja Eggertsdóttir

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 FW   ISL Unnur Ýr Haraldsdóttir 18 MF   ISL Sunna Rún Sigurðardóttir 19 FW   ISL Katrín María Ómarsdóttir 20 DF   ISL Sandra Ósk Alfreðsdóttir 21 FW   ISL Ylfa Laxdal Unnarsdóttir 22 DF   ISL Selma Dögg Þorsteinsdóttir 23 FW   ISL Andrea Ósk Hermóðsdóttir 25 DF   ISL Sigrún Egla Unnarsdóttir 26 DF   ISL Þorgerður Bjarnadóttir 27 DF   ISL Elvíra Agla Gunnarsdóttir 28 FW   ISL Thelma Björg Rafnkelsdóttir 29 FW   ISL Kolfinna Eir Jónsdóttir 99 FW   GHA Samira Suleman

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.^[1] Its women's team played one season in the top-tier Úrvalsdeild kvenna during the 1995–1996 season.^[2]

References

1. "Þjálfarasaga úrvalsdeildar karla í körfubolta". kki.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 24 May 2018.
2. "Þjálfarasaga úrvalsdeildar kvenna í körfubolta". kki.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 24 May 2018.

External links

 

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

• Official Twitter account