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	Magnús Guðmundsson
Manager	Joey Guðjónsson
League	Úrvalsdeild
2020	Úrvalsdeild, 8th of 12
Home colours	Away colours

Íþróttabandalag Akraness (English: Akranes Sports Club)^{[citation needed]}, commonly known simply as 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

Icelandic League Cups: 3

1996, 1999, 2003

Icelandic Super Cup: 1

2003

Division one : 4

1968, 1991, 2011, 2018

Current squad[]

As of 4 January 2018

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
3	DF	ISL	Aron Ingi Kristinsson
4	DF	ISL	Arnór Snær Guðmundsson
5	DF	ISL	Oskar Wasilewski
6	MF	ISL	Albert Hafsteinsson
8	MF	ISL	Hallur Flosason
11	MF	ISL	Arnar Már Guðjónsson
12	GK	ISL	Árni Snær Ólafsson
14	MF	ISL	Ólafur Valur Valdimarsson
15	DF	ISL	Hafþór Pétursson


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	DF	ISL	Þórður Þorsteinn Þórðarson
20	DF	ISL	Gylfi Veigar Gylfason
21	MF	ISL	Guðfinnur Leósson
22	MF	ISL	Steinar Þorsteinsson
23	MF	ISL	Aron Ýmir Pétursson
26	DF	ISL	Hilmar Halldórsson
31	FW	ISL	Stefán Teitur Þórðarson
-	GK	ISL	Skarphéðinn Magnússon
-	DF	ISL	Hörður Ingi Gunnarsson
-	MF	ISL	Ragnar Leósson

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

Managers[]

Karl Guðmundsson (1948)
Ríkharður Jónsson (1951–60)
(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–)

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
1975–76	European Cup	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
1993–94	UEFA Champions League	1R	Feyenoord	1-0	0-3	1-3
1994–95	UEFA Cup	PR	Bangor City	2-0	2-1	4–1
1994–95	UEFA Cup	1R	Kaiserslautern	0-4	1-4	1-8
1995–96	UEFA Cup	PR	Shelbourne	3-0	3-0	6–0
1995–96	UEFA Cup	1R	Raith Rovers	1-0	1-3	2-3
1996–97	UEFA Cup	PR	Sileks	2-0	0-1	2–1
1996–97	UEFA Cup	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
1999	UEFA Intertoto Cup	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
2004-05	UEFA Cup	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[]

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[]

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

External links[]

[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.

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