# 2017 KA Fotball season

The 2017 season was KA's first season back in the Úrvalsdeild following their relegation in 2004, their 16th season in the top flight of Icelandic football. KA finished the previous season in the first place in 1.deild which secured them a place in the 2017 season of the Úrvalsdeild.

## Squad

    As of 5 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 |
| 1 | GK | ISL | Aron Dagur Jóhannsson |
| 2 | DF | ISL | Baldvin Ólafsson |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Callum Williams |
| 4 | MF | ISL | Ólafur Aron Pétursson |
| 5 | DF | ISL | Guðmann Þórisson (captain) |
| 6 | MF | ISL | Halldór Hermann Jónsson |
| 7 | MF | ISL | Almarr Ormarsson |
| 8 | FW | ISL | Steinþór Freyr Þorsteinsson |
| 9 | FW | ISL | Elfar Árni Aðalsteinsson |
| 10 | FW | ISL | Hallgrímur Mar Steingrímsson |
| 11 | FW | ISL | Ásgeir Sigurgeirsson |
| 16 | DF | ISL | Davíð Rúnar Bjarnason |
| 17 | MF | ISL | Kristófer Páll Viðarsson (on loan from Víkingur) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | DF | MNE | Darko Bulatovic |
| 20 | DF | SRB | Aleksandar Trninic |
| 21 | DF | ISL | Ívar Örn Árnason |
| 22 | DF | ISL | Hrannar Björn Steingrímsson |
| 23 | GK | SRB | Srdjan Rajkovic |
| 24 | MF | ISL | Daníel Hafsteinsson |
| 25 | MF | ENG | Archange Nkumu |
| 26 | DF | CRO | Vedran Turkalj |
| 28 | FW | DEN | Emil Lyng |
| 29 | MF | ISL | Bjarni Aðalsteinsson |
| 30 | DF | ISL | Bjarki Þór Viðarsson |
| 35 | FW | ISL | Frosti Brynjólfsson |
| 49 | MF | ISL | Áki Sölvason |

### 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 |
| — | MF | ISL | Tómas Veigar Kristjánsson (at KF until 1 October 2017) |
| — | DF | ISL | Kristján Freyr Óðinsson (at Dalvík/Reynir until 1 October 2017) |

## Transfers
### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 28 | FW | DEN | Emil Lyng (from Silkeborg) |
| 19 | DF | MNE | Darko Bulatovic (from Cukaricki) |
| 8 | FW | ISL | Steinþór Freyr Þorsteinsson (from Sandnes Ulf) |
| 11 | FW | ISL | Ásgeir Sigurgeirsson (from Stabæk) |
| 5 | DF | ISL | Guðmann Þórisson (from FH) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 10 | FW | CRO | Juraj Grizelj (to Keflavík) |
| 17 | FW | ISL | Pétur Heiðar Kristjánsson (to Magni) |

### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 26 | DF | CRO | Vedran Turkalj (from NK Aluminij) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | ISL | Balvin Ólafsson (to Magni) |
| 6 | MF | ISL | Halldór Hermann Jónsson (to Magni) |

## Competitions
### Úrvalsdeild
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 26 November 2017. Source: see below

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| Ground | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | W | L | D | W | D | L | L | L | W | L | D | D | D | W | W | L | D | D | W | L |
| Position | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 |

#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Valur (C) | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 43 | 20 | +23 | 50 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Stjarnan | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 46 | 25 | +21 | 38 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | FH | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 33 | 25 | +8 | 35 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | KR | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 31 | 29 | +2 | 31 | |
| 5 | Grindavík | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 31 | 39 | −8 | 31 | |
| 6 | Breiðablik | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 34 | 35 | −1 | 30 | |
| 7 | KA | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 37 | 31 | +6 | 29 | |
| 8 | Víkingur R. | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 32 | 36 | −4 | 27 | |
| 9 | ÍBV | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 32 | 38 | −6 | 25 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 10 | Fjölnir | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 32 | 40 | −8 | 25 | |
| 11 | Víkingur Ó. (R) | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 24 | 44 | −20 | 22 | Relegation to 1. deild karla |
| 12 | ÍA (R) | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 28 | 41 | −13 | 17 | Relegation to 1. deild karla |
* ↑ ÍBV qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2017 Icelandic Cup.

### Icelandic cup
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 26 November 2017

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Úrvalsdeild | Úrvalsdeild | Icelandic Cup | Icelandic Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ISL | Aron Dagur Jóhannsson | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Callum Williams | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ISL | Ólafur Aron Pétursson | 16 | 0 | 4+11 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ISL | Guðmann Þórisson | 9 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ISL | Almarr Ormarsson | 21 | 3 | 19+1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | ISL | Steinþór Freyr Þorsteinsson | 17 | 0 | 8+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ISL | Elfar Árni Aðalsteinsson | 23 | 10 | 19+3 | 9 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | ISL | Hallgrímur Mar Steingrímsson | 23 | 7 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ISL | Ásgeir Sigurgeirsson | 23 | 5 | 19+3 | 5 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | ISL | Davíð Rúnar Bjarnason | 9 | 1 | 3+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | MNE | Darko Bulatovic | 18 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | SRB | Aleksandar Trninic | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ISL | Ívar Örn Árnason | 7 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ISL | Hrannar Björn Steingrímsson | 20 | 1 | 17+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | SRB | Srdjan Rajkovic | 21 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ISL | Daníel Hafsteinsson | 9 | 0 | 0+8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | ENG | Archange Nkumu | 12 | 0 | 6+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | CRO | Vedran Turkalj | 10 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | DEN | Emil Lyng | 21 | 9 | 19+1 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | ISL | Bjarki Þór Viðarsson | 11 | 0 | 5+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 49 | MF | ISL | Áki Sölvason | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players who left KA during the season: ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ISL | Baldvin Ólafsson | 5 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Úrvalsdeild | Icelandic Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 9 | Elfar Árni Aðalsteinsson | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| 2 | FW | 28 | Emil Lyng | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | MF | 10 | Hallgrímur Mar Steingrímsson | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | FW | 11 | Ásgeir Sigurgeirsson | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | MF | 7 | Almarr Ormarsson | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | DF | 16 | Davíð Rúnar Bjarnason | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | 19 | Darko Bulatovic | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | 22 | Hrannar Björn Steingrímsson | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | 26 | Vedran Turkalj | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 37 | 1 | 38 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Úrvalsdeild | Úrvalsdeild | Icelandic Cup | Icelandic Cup | | |
| 1 | GK | Aron Dagur Jóhannsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Baldvin Ólafsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Callum Williams | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | MF | Ólafur Aron Pétursson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Guðmann Þórisson | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | Halldór Hermann Jónsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Almarr Ormarsson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | Steinþór Freyr Þorsteinsson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Elfar Árni Aðalsteinsson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Hallgrímur Mar Steingrímsson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Ásgeir Sigurgeirsson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Davíð Rúnar Bjarnason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Darko Bulatovic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Aleksandar Trninic | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 21 | DF | Ívar Örn Árnason | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Hrannar Björn Steingrímsson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | Srdjan Rajkovic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | Daníel Hafsteinsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Archange Nkumu | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Vedran Turkalj | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | Emil Lyng | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | Bjarki Þór Viðarsson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| | | TOTALS | 47 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 4 |