# 2015 Íþróttabandalag Akraness season

Íþróttabandalag Akraness (ÍA) competed in Úrvalsdeild in the 2015 season after finishing in 2nd place in 1. deild karla in 2014.
The 2015 season was ÍA's 63rd season in the top-flight of Icelandic football.
Gunnlaugur Jónsson head coached the team for the second season running. He was assisted by Jón Þór Hauksson.
ÍA finished the season in 7th place in the league. Garðar Gunnlaugsson took home the bronze shoe with 9 goals in 17 games.

## First team

    As of 3 October 2015. These players competed in Úrvalsdeild, Borgunarbikarinn, Lengjubikarinn
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 | Páll Gísli Jónsson |
| 3 | FW | ISL | Ragnar Már Lárusson |
| 4 | DF | ISL | Arnór Snær Guðmundsson |
| 5 | DF | ISL | Ármann Smári Björnsson (captain) |
| 6 | MF | ISL | Ingimar Elí Hlynsson |
| 8 | MF | ISL | Hallur Flosason |
| 9 | FW | ISL | Garðar Bergmann Gunnlaugsson |
| 10 | MF | ISL | Jón Vilhelm Ákason |
| 11 | MF | ISL | Arnar Már Guðjónsson |
| 12 | GK | ISL | Árni Snær Ólafsson |
| 13 | FW | LTU | Arsenij Buinickij |
| 14 | MF | ISL | Ólafur Valur Valdimarsson |
| 15 | DF | ISL | Teitur Pétursson |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | MF | ISL | Þórður Þorsteinn Þórðarson |
| 17 | FW | ISL | Tryggvi Hrafn Haraldsson |
| 18 | MF | ISL | Albert Hafsteinsson |
| 19 | FW | ISL | Eggert Kári Karlsson |
| 20 | DF | ISL | Gylfi Veigar Gylfason |
| 21 | MF | ISL | Arnór Sigurðsson |
| 22 | MF | ISL | Steinar Þorsteinsson |
| 23 | MF | ISL | Ásgeir Marteinsson |
| 24 | DF | ISL | Árni Þór Árnason |
| 27 | DF | ENG | Darren Lough |
| 30 | GK | ISL | Marteinn Örn Halldórsson |
| 31 | MF | SRB | Marko Andelkovic |

## Transfers and loans
### Transfers in

| Date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Other |
| 1 December 2014 | MF | 23 | Ásgeir Marteinsson | Fram | |
| 25 January 2015 | FW | 13 | Arsenij Buinickij | KA | |
| 25 January 2015 | MF | 31 | Marko Andelkovic | FC Viitorul Constanța | |
| 21 February 2015 | DF | 24 | Árni Þór Árnason | Kári | Back from Loan |
| 27 March 2015 | GK | 30 | Marteinn Örn Halldórsson | Reynir Sandgerði | |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | No. | Player | To club |
| 9 January 2015 | MF | 17 | Wentzel Steinarr R Kamban | Afturelding |
| 29 January 2015 | MF | 7 | Andri Adolphsson | Valur |
| 13 February 2015 | MF | 21 | Jón Björgvin Kristjánsson | Grótta |
| 21 February 2015 | MF | | Atli Albertsson | Afturelding |
| 20 March 2015 | FW | 18 | Hjörtur Júlíus Hjartarson | Augnablik |

### Loans in

| Start Date | End Date | Position | No. | Player | From Club | Ref |
| 30 July 2015 | 16 October 2015 | FW | | Ragnar Már Lárusson | Brighton & Hove Albion | |

### Loans out

| Start Date | End Date | Position | No. | Player | To Club |
| 1 April 2015 | 20 May 2015 | DF | 3 | Sindri Snæfells Kristinsson | Kári |
| 18 April 2015 | 3 June 2015 | MF | 14 | Ólafur Valur Valdimarsson | Kári |
| 13 March 2015 | 16 October 2015 | DF | | Guðlaugur Þór Brandsson | Kári |
| 2 April 2015 | 16 October 2015 | DF | | Sverrir Mar Smárason | Kári |
| 24 July 2015 | 16 October 2015 | DF | 3 | Sindri Snæfells Kristinsson | Kári |

## Pre-season
### Fótbolti.net Cup

ÍA took part in the 2015 Fótbolti.net Cup, a pre-season tournament for clubs outside of Reykjavík. The team played in Group 1 along with Breiðablik, FH and Þróttur R. ÍA finished third in the group and played ÍBV in the 5th place final. The game ended 2–2 and went to penalties where ÍA won 4–1.
| Date | Round | Opponents | Stadium | Result F–A | Scorers |
| 10 January 2015 | Group stage | Þróttur R | Akraneshöllin | 3–1 | Albert Hafsteins 26' Arnar Már 60' Garðar Gunnl. 87' |
| 17 January 2015 | Group stage | Breiðablik | Fífan | 0–3 | |
| 24 January 2015 | Group stage | FH | Akraneshöllin | 1–2 | Garðar Gunnl. ?' |
| 1 February 2015 | 5th place final | ÍBV | Akraneshöllin | 2–2 (4–1) | Hallur Flosa. 75' Garðar Gunnl. 83' |

## Lengjubikarinn

ÍA were drawn in group 3 in the Icelandic league cup, Lengjubikarinn, along with Valur, Stjarnan, Keflavík, Grindavík, Haukar, Fjarðabyggð and Þór. ÍA won their first four games against Haukar, Stjarnan, Þór, and Grindavík but eventually lost in the fifth round 3–1 to Valur. On 21 March ÍA secured their place in the quarter-finals by defeating Keflavík 2–1. ÍA secured the 1st place in the group on 29 March by defeating Fjarðabyggð 4–3, with a hat trick from Arsenij Buinickij.
ÍA defeated Fjölnir in the quarter-finals 5–1, with Arsenij Buinickij scoring his second hat trick of the competition. Garðar scored the other two goals while former ÍA player Ragnar Leósson scored Fjölnir's only goal.
On 19 April ÍA lost in the semi-finals to KA after a penalty shootout. The game had ended 1–1 after 90 min with Jón Vilhelm scoring ÍA's only goal.
| Date | Round | Opponents | Stadium | Result F–A | Scorers |
| 14 February 2015 | Group stage | Haukar | Akraneshöllin | 4–3 | Jón Vilhelm 23' 42' OG 49' Arnar Már 67' |
| 21 February 2015 | Group stage | Stjarnan | Akraneshöllin | 2–0 | Ásgeir Marteins. 4' Arnar Már 73' |
| 26 February 2015 | Group stage | Þór | Boginn | 2–1 | Garðar Gunnl. 24' Arnar Már 62' |
| 7 March 2015 | Group stage | Grindavík | Akraneshöllin | 3–2 | Arnar Már 9' Garðar Gunnl. 52' Darren Lough 76' |
| 12 March 2015 | Group stage | Valur | Egilshöll | 1–3 | Albert Hafsteinsson 66' |
| 21 March 2015 | Group stage | Keflavík | Akraneshöllin | 2–1 | Arsenij Buinickij 6' Garðar Gunnl. 12' |
| 29 March 2015 | Group stage | Fjarðabyggð | Akraneshöllin | 4–3 | Arsenij Buinickij 52' 63' 84' Marko Andelkovic 68' |
| 16 April 2015 | Quarter-finals | Fjölnir | Akraneshöllin | 5–1 | Arsenij Buinickij 7' 48' 79' Garðar Gunnl. 27' 44' |
| 19 April 2015 | Semi-finals | KA | KA-völlur | 1–1 (2–4p.) | Jón Vilhelm 30' |

## Úrvalsdeild
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Valur | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 38 | 31 | +7 | 33 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 6 | Fjölnir | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 36 | 35 | +1 | 33 | |
| 7 | ÍA | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 29 | |
| 8 | Fylkir | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 26 | 31 | −5 | 29 | |
| 9 | Víkingur Reykjavík | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 32 | 36 | −4 | 23 | |
* ↑ Valur qualified for the UEFA Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2015 Icelandic Cup.

### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Upcoming fixture

### Summary of results

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 3 October 2015. Source: KSÍ

### Points breakdown

* Points at home: 16
* Points away from home: 13
* 6 Points: Leiknir R, Keflavík, ÍBV
* 4 Points:
* 3 Points: Valur
* 2 Points: Víkingur R, KR, Fylkir
* 1 Points: Stjarnan, Fjölnir
* 0 Points: FH, Breiðablik

## Borgunarbikarinn

ÍA came into the Icelandic cup, Borgunarbikarinn, in the 32nd finals and were drawn against Fjölnir. ÍA lost the game 0–3.
Win  Draw  Loss  Upcoming fixture

## Squad statistics
### Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches.
    As of match played 3 October 2015
| Rank | Pos. | No. | Player | Úrvalsdeild | Borgunarbikar | Lengjubikar | Total |
| 1 | FW | 9 | Garðar Gunnlaugsson | 9 | 0 | 5 | 14 |
| 2 | FW | 13 | Arsenij Buinickij | 4 | 0 | 7 | 11 |
| 3 | MF | 11 | Arnar Már Guðjónsson | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | MF | 10 | Jón Vilhelm Ákason | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | MF | 23 | Ásgeir Marteinsson | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | DF | 18 | Albert Hafsteinsson | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | MF | 31 | Marko Andelkovic | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | 8 | Hallur Flosason | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | DF | 27 | Darren Lough | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | 19 | Eggert Kári Karlsson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | 16 | Þórður Þorsteinn Þórðarsson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |

### Appearances

Includes all competitive matches. Numbers in parentheses are sub-appearances.
    As of match played 3 October 2015
| No. | Pos. | Player | Úrvalsdeild | Borgunarbikar | Lengjubikar | Total |
| 1 | GK | Páll Gísli Jónsson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | FW | Ragnar Már Lárusson | (1) | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | Arnór Snær Guðmundsson | 16 | 1 | 7 | 24 |
| 5 | DF | Ármann Smári Björnsson | 22 | 1 | 8 | 31 |
| 6 | MF | Ingimar Elí Hlynsson | 7 (4) | 0 | 3 (4) | 18 |
| 8 | MF | Hallur Flosason | 8 (7) | 1 | 4 (1) | 21 |
| 9 | FW | Garðar Gunnlaugsson | 15 (2) | 0 | 7 (2) | 26 |
| 10 | MF | Jón Vilhelm Ákason | 18 (3) | 0 | 6 (2) | 29 |
| 11 | MF | Arnar Már Guðjónsson | 16 (3) | 1 | 4 (3) | 27 |
| 12 | GK | Árni Snær Ólafsson | 21 | 0 | 8 | 29 |
| 13 | FW | Arsenij Buinickij | 11 (3) | 1 | 6 | 21 |
| 14 | MF | Ólafur Valur Valdimarsson | 9 (3) | (1) | (1) | 14 |
| 15 | DF | Teitur Pétursson | 4 (1) | (1) | 4 (1) | 11 |
| 16 | MF | Þórður Þorsteinn Þórðarsson | 22 | 1 | 6 (3) | 32 |
| 17 | FW | Tryggvi Hrafn Haraldsson | 1 (3) | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 18 | MF | Albert Hafsteinsson | 20 (1) | 1 | 7 (1) | 30 |
| 19 | FW | Eggert Kári Karlsson | 2 (8) | 1 | 6 | 17 |
| 20 | DF | Gylfi Veigar Gylfason | 8 (4) | 0 | 4 (3) | 19 |
| 21 | MF | Arnór Sigurðsson | (1) | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| 22 | MF | Steinar Þorsteinsson | (1) | 0 | 1 (3) | 5 |
| 23 | MF | Ásgeir Marteinsson | 16 (6) | (1) | 5 (3) | 31 |
| 24 | DF | Árni Þór Árnason | 0 | 0 | (1) | 1 |
| 27 | DF | Darren Lough | 18 (1) | 1 | 7 (1) | 28 |
| 30 | GK | Marteinn Örn Halldórsson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 31 | MF | Marko Andelkovic | 7 (9) | 1 | 5 | 22 |

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.
    As of match played 3 October 2015
| No. | Pos. | Player | Úrvalsdeild | Úrvalsdeild | Úrvalsdeild | Borgunarbikar | Borgunarbikar | Borgunarbikar | Lengjubikar | Lengjubikar | Lengjubikar | Total | Total | Total |
| 4 | DF | Arnór Snær Guðmundsson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Ármann Smári Björnsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Ingimar Elí Hlynsson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Hallur Flosason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Jón Vilhelm Ákason | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Arnar Már Guðjónsson | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | Árni Snær Ólafsson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | Arsenij Buinickij | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Ólafur Valur Valdimarsson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Teitur Pétursson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Þórður Þorsteinn Þórðarsson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Albert Hafsteinsson | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Eggert Kári Karlsson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Ásgeir Marteinsson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Darren Lough | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | Marko Andelkovic | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 |