# 2015 Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur season

The 2015 season was KR's 101st season in Úrvalsdeild and their 37th consecutive season in top-flight of Icelandic Football.
Along with the Úrvalsdeild, the club also competed in the Meistarakeppni KSÍ, the Lengjubikarinn, the Borgunarbikarinn and the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League where they entered in the first qualifying round.
Former KR player and captain Bjarni Guðjónsson head coached the team for the first time after being appointed on 28 October 2014. This was Bjarni's second season as a head coach of a team in the top-flight, having been relegated from the 2014 Úrvalsdeild with Fram. Bjarni was assisted by Guðmundur Benediktsson, also a former KR player. Guðmundur head coached Breiðablik in the 2014 season.

## First Team
### Current squad

    As of 16 July 2015. These players competed in Úrvalsdeild, Borgunarbikarinn, Lengjubikarinn, Meistarakeppni KSÍ, Europa League
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 | Stefán Logi Magnússon |
| 2 | DF | ISL | Grétar Sigfinnur Sigurðarson |
| 3 | DF | DEN | Rasmus Christiansen |
| 4 | DF | URU | Gonzalo Balbi Lorenzo |
| 5 | DF | ISL | Skúli Jón Friðgeirsson (Vice-captain) |
| 6 | DF | ISL | Gunnar Þór Gunnarsson |
| 7 | FW | ENG | Gary Martin |
| 8 | MF | ISL | Jónas Guðni Sævarsson |
| 9 | FW | ISL | Þorsteinn Már Ragnarsson |
| 10 | MF | ISL | Pálmi Rafn Pálmason (Captain) |
| 11 | MF | ISL | Almarr Ormarsson |
| 12 | GK | ISL | Hörður Fannar Björgvinsson |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | GK | ISL | Sindri Snær Jensson |
| 16 | MF | ISL | Kristinn Jóhannes Magnússon |
| 17 | FW | ISL | Hólmbert Aron Friðjónsson |
| 18 | DF | ISL | Aron Bjarki Jóspesson |
| 19 | FW | DEN | Søren Frederiksen |
| 20 | MF | DEN | Jacob Schoop |
| 22 | MF | ISL | Óskar Örn Hauksson |
| 27 | MF | ISL | Guðmundur Andri Tryggvason |
| 28 | MF | ISL | Atli Hrafn Andrason |
| 29 | MF | ISL | Júlí Karlsson |
| 30 | FW | ISL | Axel Sigurðarson |
| — | DF | ISL | Leifur Þorbjarnarson |

## Transfers and loans
### Transfers in

| Date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Other |
| 16 October 2014 | FW | 9 | Þorsteinn Már Ragnarsson | Víkingur Ó | Back from loan |
| 16 October 2014 | MF | | Viðar Þór Sigurðsson | KV | Back from Loan |
| 16 October 2014 | MF | | Leifur Þorbjarnarson | KV | Back from Loan |
| 6 November 2014 | GK | 12 | Hörður Fannar Björgvinsson | Fram | |
| 6 December 2014 | MF | 10 | Pálmi Rafn Pálmason | Lillestrøm SK | |
| 16 January 2015 | FW | 19 | Søren Frederiksen | AaB | |
| 11 February 2015 | DF | 3 | Rasmus Christiansen | Ull/Kisa | |
| 17 February 2015 | DF | 5 | Skúli Jón Friðgeirsson | Gefle IF | |
| 21 February 2015 | MF | 16 | Kristinn Jóhannes Magnússon | Víkingur R | |
| 14 April 2015 | MF | 20 | Jacob Schoop | Odense Boldklub | |
| 24 April 2015 | MF | 22 | Óskar Örn Hauksson | FC Edmonton | Back from Loan |
| 15 July 2015 | FW | 17 | Hólmbert Aron Friðjónsson | Celtic | |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | No. | Player | To club |
| 21 October 2014 | MF | | Torfi Karl Ólafsson | Víkingur Ó |
| 18 November 2014 | MF | 8 | Baldur Sigurðsson | SønderjyskE |
| 24 November 2014 | DF | 3 | Haukur Heiðar Hauksson | AIK |
| 8 May 2015 | MF | 24 | Farid Zato | Released |
| 14 May 2015 | MF | 23 | Atli Sigurjónsson | Breiðablik |
| 21 July 2015 | FW | | Emil Atlason | Valur |

### Loans out

| Start Date | End Date | Position | No. | Player | To Club |
| 15 January 2015 | 24 April 2015 | MF | 11 | Óskar Örn Hauksson | FC Edmonton |
| 2 February 2015 | 21 July 2015 | FW | 15 | Emil Atlason | Preussen Münster |
| 10 February 2015 | 16 October 2015 | MF | 5 | Egill Jónsson | Víkingur Ó |
| 20 February 2015 | 16 October 2015 | DF | 21 | Guðmundur Reynir Gunnarsson | Víkingur Ó |
| 6 March 2015 | 16 October 2015 | FW | | Kristófer Eggertsson | Víkingur Ó |
| 14 March 2015 | 14 April 2015 | GK | 12 | Hörður Fannar Björgvinsson | BÍ/Bolungarvík |
| 7 May 2015 | 16 October 2015 | MF | 26 | Björn Þorláksson | Grótta |
| 8 May 2015 | 16 October 2015 | FW | | Viðar Þór Sigurðsson | Fjarðabyggð |

## Preseason
### Reykjavík Cup

KR took part in the 2015 Reykjavík Cup, a pre-season tournament for clubs from Reykjavík.
The team played in Group A along with Fjölnir, Fram and Fylkir. KR won their first two games against Fylkir and Fram but lost the third games against Fjölnir and finished second in the group with 6 points.
In the semi-finals KR lost to Leiknir R on penalties after the game had ended 2–2 with Leiknir R scoring the equaliser in the 90th minute.
| Date | Round | Opponents | Stadium | Result F–A | Scorers |
| 16 January 2015 | Group stage | Fylkir | Egilshöll | 2–1 | Almarr 63' Gunnar Þór 83' |
| 22 January 2015 | Group stage | Fram | Egilshöll | 2–0 | Kristinn Jóhannes 15' Guðmundur Andri 70' |
| 29 January 2015 | Group stage | Fjölnir | Egilshöll | 1–2 | Gunnar Þór 17' |
| 5 February 2015 | Semi-finals | Leiknir R | Egilshöll | 2–2 (4–2) | Aron Bjarki 21' Almarr 50' |

## Lengjubikarinn

KR played in the Icelandic league cup, Lengjubikarinn. They were drawn in Group 2 along with Leiknir R, Víkingur R, Fjölnir, KA, Selfoss, Grótta and Fram. KR lost their first two games, 3–4 against Víkingur R and 0–1 against Fjölnir. In the third round KR recorded their first win, 1–0 against Fram, with Þorsteinn Már scoring the winning goal. KR than defeated Leiknir R 2–1 in the fourth round and draw against KA 2–2 in the fifth. On 26 March, the sixth round, KR won their neighbours in Grótta 4–0. In the seventh round KR drew against Selfoss 1–1 and lost their chance to go second. As Leiknir R had announced they would not compete in the quarter-finals KR were handed their place in the finals.
On 13 April KR withdrew their team from the competition, handing the spot over to KA.
| Date | Round | Opponents | Stadium | Result F–A | Scorers |
| 15 February 2015 | Group stage | Víkingur R | Egilshöll | 3–4 | Atli Hrafn 33' Almarr 35' Aron Bjarki 45' |
| 21 February 2015 | Group stage | Fjölnir | Egilshöll | 0–1 | |
| 6 March 2015 | Group stage | Fram | Egilshöll | 1–0 | Þorsteinn Már 21' |
| 13 March 2015 | Group stage | Leiknir R | Egilshöll | 2–1 | Gary Martin 85' Þorsteinn Már 88' |
| 22 March 2015 | Group stage | KA | KA-völlur | 2–2 | Þorsteinn Már 45' Gary Martin 67' |
| 26 March 2015 | Group stage | Grótta | Vivaldivöllurinn | 4–0 | Almarr 4' Søren 36' Aron Bjarki 43' Þorsteinn Már 77' |
| 9 April 2015 | Group stage | Selfoss | JÁVERK-völlurinn | 1–1 | Gary Martin 37' |

## Meistarakeppni KSÍ

KR played 2014 league champions Stjarnan in the Meistarakeppni KSÍ, an annual match contested between the champions of the previous Úrvalsdeild season and the holders of the Borgunarbikarinn on 27 April 2015.
KR lost the game 1–0 with the winning goal coming in the 82nd minute.
| Date | Round | Opponents | Stadium | Result F–A | Scorers |
| 27 April 2015 | Final | Stjarnan | Kórinn | 0–1 | |

## Úrvalsdeild
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | FH (C) | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 47 | 26 | +21 | 48 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Breiðablik | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 34 | 13 | +21 | 46 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | KR | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 36 | 21 | +15 | 42 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Stjarnan | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 32 | 24 | +8 | 33 | |
| 5 | Valur | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 38 | 31 | +7 | 33 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
* ↑ 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: 26 September 2015. Source: KSÍ

### Points breakdown

* Points at home: 21
* Points away from home: 21
* 6 Points: Fylkir, Keflavík, Leiknir R., Víkingur R.
* 4 Points: ÍBV
* 3 Points: FH, Fjölnir, Stjarnan
* 2 Points: Breiðablik, ÍA
* 1 Point: Valur
* 0 Points:

## Borgunarbikarinn

KR came into the Icelandic cup, Borgunarbikarinn, in the 32nd-finals and were drawn against Keflavík. KR won the game comfortably 0–5.
In the 16th-finals the team was drawn against KV. KR won the game 7–1. Pálmi Rafn scored his first hat trick for the club.
KR won FH in the quarter-finals 2–1 at home. Gary Martin scored the winning goal on the 61st minute after Kassim Doumbia had equalised following Óskar Örn's goal.
In the semi-finals KR won an easy victory against ÍBV 4–1, having controlled the game from the first minute. Hólmbert Aron scored two of the four goals.
KR played Valur in the cup final and lost 2–0. Valur dominated the game and broke the deadlock on the 71st minute with a goal from Bjarni Ólafur. Kristinn Ingi doubled the lead for Valur on the 87th minute. KR played below par and had few chances in the game.
Win  Draw  Loss  Upcoming fixture

## Europa League

KR came into the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League in the 1st qualifying round.
On 22 June KR was drawn against the Irish team Cork City F.C. The first leg ended 1–1 with Óskar Örn scoring KR's only goal and handing KR crucial away goal. KR won the second leg 2–1 after extra time. The team had gone behind and had a player sent off in the first half.
In the second qualifying round KR was drawn against Rosenborg. In the first leg Rosenborg controlled the play for most of the game and won the match 1–0 courtesy of a penalty goal from Pål André Helland. Hólmbert Aron played his first ever game for KR when he came on as a substitute on the 67th minute. In the second leg Rosenborg killed the tie in the first 18 minutes of the game scoring three goals and winning the tie 4–0.

### First qualifying round

Win  Draw  Loss  Upcoming fixture

### Second qualifying round

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 | Meistarkeppni KSÍ | Europe | Total |
| 1 | MF | 22 | Óskar Örn Hauksson | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| 2 | FW | 9 | Þorsteinn Már Ragnarsson | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 3 | FW | 7 | Gary Martin | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | MF | 10 | Pálmi Rafn Pálmason | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | MF | 11 | Almarr Ormarsson | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | FW | 19 | Søren Frederiksen | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | FW | 17 | Hólmbert Aron Friðjónsson | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | MF | 20 | Jacob Schoop | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | DF | 18 | Aron Bjarki Jósepsson | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | DF | 5 | Skúli Jón Friðgeirsson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | 28 | Atli Hrafn Andrason | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | 2 | Grétar Sigfinnur Sigurðarson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | FW | 27 | Guðmundur Andri Tryggvason | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | 6 | Gunnar Þór Gunnarsson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 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 | Meistarkeppni KSÍ | Europe | Total |
| 1 | GK | Stefán Logi Magnússon | 19 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 30 |
| 2 | DF | Grétar Sigfinnur Sigurðarson | 6 (5) | 2 | 3 (4) | 0 | 1 (2) | 23 |
| 3 | DF | Rasmus Christiansen | 17 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 31 |
| 4 | DF | Gonzalo Balbi Lorenzo | 10 (5) | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 (1) | 26 |
| 5 | DF | Skúli Jón Friðgeirsson | 22 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 34 |
| 6 | DF | Gunnar Þór Gunnarsson | 20 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 35 |
| 7 | FW | Gary Martin | 8 (7) | 1 (2) | 5 (2) | 1 | 2 (2) | 30 |
| 8 | MF | Jónas Guðni Sævarsson | 20 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 33 |
| 9 | FW | Þorsteinn Már Ragnarsson | 9 (10) | (5) | 5 (1) | 1 | 1 (2) | 34 |
| 10 | MF | Pálmi Rafn Pálmason | 21 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 36 |
| 11 | MF | Almarr Ormarsson | 10 (12) | 4 (1) | 7 | (1) | 2 (2) | 39 |
| 12 | GK | Hörður Fannar Björgvinsson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | GK | Sindri Snær Jensson | 3 (1) | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 16 | MF | Kristinn Jóhannes Magnússon | 3 (7) | 2 (1) | 2 (4) | 1 | (1) | 21 |
| 17 | FW | Hólmbert Aron Friðjónsson | 7 (3) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 14 |
| 18 | DF | Aron Bjarki Jósepsson | 9 (3) | 3 | 5 | (1) | 3 (1) | 25 |
| 19 | FW | Søren Frederiksen | 18 (1) | 3 (2) | 4 | 1 | 3 | 32 |
| 20 | MF | Jacob Schoop | 21 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 30 |
| 22 | MF | Óskar Örn Hauksson | 19 (2) | 5 | 0 | (1) | 4 | 31 |
| 26 | MF | Björn Þorláksson | 0 | 0 | 1 (2) | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 27 | FW | Guðmundur Andri Tryggvason | (1) | (2) | 2 (1) | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 28 | MF | Atli Hrafn Andrason | (2) | (1) | 2 (4) | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 29 | MF | Júlí Karlsson | 0 | 0 | (1) | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 30 | FW | Axel Sigurðarson | (2) | (1) | (1) | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| | DF | Leifur Þorbjarnarson | 0 | 0 | 1 (2) | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| | FW | Viðar Þór Sigurðsson | 0 | 0 | (2) | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| | FW | Kristófer Eggertsson | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |

### 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 | Meistarakeppni KSÍ | Meistarakeppni KSÍ | Meistarakeppni KSÍ | Europe | Europe | Europe | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Stefán Logi Magnússon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | DF | Grétar Sigfinnur Sigurðarson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Rasmus Christiansen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Gonzalo Balbi | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Skúli Jón Friðgeirsson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Gunnar Þór Gunnarsson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Gary Martin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Jónas Guðni Sævarsson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Þorsteinn Már Ragnarsson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Pálmi Rafn Pálmason | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Almarr Ormarsson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Kristinn Jóhannes Magnússon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Hólmbert Aron Friðjónsson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Aron Bjarki Jósepsson | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Søren Frederiksen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Jacob Schoop | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Óskar Örn Hauksson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | Guðmundur Andri Tryggvason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | Leifur Þorbjarnarson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |