Íþróttabandalag Akraness

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Full name	Íþróttabandalag Akraness
Nickname(s)	Skagamenn ,Gulir og Glaðir (The Yellow Ones)
Founded	1946
Ground	Akranesvöllur, Akranes, Iceland (Capacity: 6,000 (852 seated)
Chairman	Gísli Gíslason
Manager	Þórður Þórðarson
League	Úrvalsdeild
2011	1. deild karla, 1st (promoted)
Home colours Away colours

Íþróttabandalag Akraness 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 men's football team, the club's flagship, plays in yellow shirts and socks, and black shorts.

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 : 3
  • 1968, 1991, 2011

Current squad

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Páll Gísli Jónsson 2 DF Aron Ýmir Pétursson 3 DF Guðjón Heiðar Sveinsson 4 DF Árni Thor Guðmundsson 5 DF Heimir Einarsson 6 DF Ármann Smári Björnsson 7 FW Gary Martin 8 MF Joey Guðjónsson (captain) 9 FW Garðar Gunnlaugsson 10 FW Jón Vilhelm Ákason 11 MF Arnar Már Guðjónsson 12 GK Árni Snær Ólafsson 13 FW Hrannar Hallgrímsson 14 MF Ólafur Valur Valdimarsson

No. Position Player 15 DF Guðmundur Vöðvar Guðjónsson 16 FW Andri Adolphsson 18 FW Stefán Þórðarson 19 MF Eggert Kári Karlsson 20 MF Ragnar Þór Gunnarsson 21 MF Arnþór Hringir Kristinsson 22 MF Mark Doninger 23 MF Einar Einarsson 24 DF Andri Geir Alexandersson 27 DF Hlynur Hauksson 29 FW Stefán Örn Arnarson TBA FW Raggi Hansson

Notable players

• Árni Gautur Arason (ÍA, Rosenborg, Man City, Vålerenga)
• Joey Guðjónsson (ÍA, Genk, RKC Waalwijk, Real Betis, Aston Villa, Wolves, Leicester City, AZ Alkmaar, Burnley, Huddersfield Town)
• Þórður Guðjónsson (ÍA, VfL Bochum, Genk, Las Palmas, Derby County, Stoke City)
• Bjarni Guðjónsson (ÍA, Newcastle United, Genk, Stoke City, Coventry City, Plymouth Argyle)
• Arnar Gunnlaugsson (ÍA, Feyenoord, 1. FC Nuremberg, Sochaux, Bolton Wanderers, Leicester City, Dundee United, KR, FH, Fram Reykjavik)
• Bjarki Gunnlaugsson (ÍA, Feyenoord, 1. FC Nuremberg, VfR Mannheim, Molde, Preston, KR, FH)
• Garðar Gunnlaugsson (ÍA, Norrköping, Valur, CSKA Sofia)
• Sigurður Jónsson (ÍA, Sheffield Wednesday, Arsenal, Örebro, Dundee Utd, Djurgårdens IF (Manager))
• Petur Petursson (ÍA, Feyenoord, Anderlecht, Hércules, KR)
• Guðjón Þórðarson (Former Manager of Crewe, Stoke City, Barnsley and Notts County in England)
• Ríkharður Jónsson (Played 33 games for the Icelandic national team, scoring 17 goals)
• Ólafur Þórðarson (ÍA, Brann)
• Teitur Thordarson (ÍA, Lens, Yverdon, Jönköpings Södra IF, Östers IF & Former Manager of Estonian National team)
• Karl Þórðarson (ÍA, La Louvière, Laval)
• Grétar Steinsson (ÍA, BSC Young Boys, AZ Alkmaar, Bolton Wanderers)

Managers

• Guðjón Þórðarson (1987, 1991–93, 1996,2007-2008)
• Arnar Gunnlaugsson (2006,2008-2009)
• Bjarki Gunnlaugsson (2006,2008-2009)
• Þórður Þórðarson

External links

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