Íþróttabandalag Akraness

ÍA

Full name	Íþróttabandalag Akraness
Nickname(s)	Skagamenn,
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 deild karla
2024	Besta deild karla, 5th of 12
Website	https://ia.is/
Home colours Away colours
Current season

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.

• 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

As of 1 September 2024

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 3 DF  SWE Johannes Vall 4 DF  ISL Hlynur Sævar Jónsson 5 DF  ISL Arnleifur Hjörleifsson 6 DF  ISL Oliver Stefánsson 8 MF  ISL Albert Hafsteinsson 9 FW  ISL Viktor Jónsson 10 MF  ISL Steinar Þorsteinsson 11 FW  ISL Hinrik Harðarson 13 DF  NOR Erik Tobias Sandberg 14 MF  ISL Breki Þór Hermannsson 16 MF  ISL Rúnar Már Sigurjónsson

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  ISL Ingi Þór Sigurðsson 18 MF  ISL Guðfinnur Þór Leósson 19 MF  SVN Marko Vardić 20 DF  ISL Ísak Máni Guðjónsson 22 MF  ISL Árni Salvar Heimisson 23 DF  ISL Hilmar Elís Hilmarsson 25 GK  ISL Marvin Darri Steinarsson (on loan from Vestri) 31 GK  CRO Dino Hodzic 66 DF  ISL Jón Gísli Eyland 77 MF  ISL Haukur Andri Haraldsson (on loan from Lille B) 88 MF  ISL Arnór Smárason

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 7 MF  ISL Ármann Ingi Finnbogason (Grindavík) — MF  ISL Gabriel Þór Þórðarson (at Víkingur Ólafsvík)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ISL Arnór Valur Ágústsson (at Kári) — FW  ISL Sigurður Hrannar Þorsteinsson (at Kári)

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (July 2013)

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

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

• Icelandic Championships: 3

1984, 1985, 1987

Runner-up: 1981, 1988, 1989, 1992

• Icelandic Cups: 4

1989, 1991, 1992, 1993

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]

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