# 2014 Breiðablik UBK season

The 2014 season was Breiðablik's 29th season in Úrvalsdeild and their 9th consecutive season in top-flight of Icelandic Football.
After 8 years as head coach of Breiðablik Ólafur Kristjánsson signed as manager of FC Nordsjælland on 2 July, he left the club after the Stjarnan game on 2 June. He was replaced by his assistant coach Guðmundur Benediktsson 6 league games into the season.
On 25 April Breiðablik finished 2nd in Lengjubikarinn, losing the final 4–1 to FH.
Despite their good pre-season and finishing 2nd in Lengjubikarinn Breiðablik struggled in the league and went 9 league games without a victory. Their first league victory came on 2 July against Þór. Breiðablik finished the season in 7th place, their lowest finish since 2008, with 12 draws in 22 games.
Breiðablik were eliminated in the quarter-finals of Borgunarbikarinn on 6 July to eventual winners KR after beating HK and Þór in the 32nd-finals and 16th-finals.
On 13 October former Breiðablik's player Arnar Grétarsson was confirmed as the new head coach of Breiðablik following the departure of Guðmundur Benediktsson.

## First team

    As of 18 October 2014. 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 | Gunnleifur Vignir Gunnleifsson (vice captain) |
| 2 | DF | ISL | Gísli Páll Helgason |
| 3 | MF | ISL | Oliver Sigurjónsson |
| 4 | DF | ISL | Damir Muminovic |
| 5 | DF | ISL | Elfar Freyr Helgason |
| 6 | DF | SCO | Jordan Halsman |
| 7 | MF | ISL | Stefán Gíslason |
| 8 | MF | ISL | Finnur Orri Margeirsson (captain) |
| 9 | FW | ISL | Elfar Árni Aðalsteinsson |
| 10 | MF | ISL | Guðjón Pétur Lýðsson |
| 11 | MF | ISL | Olgeir Sigurgeirsson |
| 12 | GK | ISL | Arnór Bjarki Hafsteinsson |
| 14 | MF | ISL | Höskuldur Gunnlaugsson |
| 16 | MF | ISL | Ernir Bjarnason |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | FW | ISL | Elvar Páll Sigurðsson |
| 19 | FW | ISL | Gunnlaugur Hlynur Birgisson |
| 20 | FW | ISL | Stefán Þór Pálsson (Joined KA in May on loan) |
| 21 | DF | ISL | Guðmundur Friðriksson (Joined Selfoss in July on loan) |
| 21 | DF | ISL | Baldvin Sturluson |
| 22 | MF | ISL | Ellert Hreinsson |
| 23 | FW | ISL | Árni Vilhjálmsson |
| 26 | DF | ISL | Páll Olgeir Þorsteinsson (Joined Víkingur in July on loan) |
| 27 | MF | ISL | Tómas Óli Garðarsson |
| 28 | MF | ISL | Davíð Kristján Ólafsson |
| 29 | DF | ISL | Arnór Sveinn Aðalsteinsson |
| 30 | MF | ISL | Andri Rafn Yeoman |
| 33 | MF | ISL | Gísli Eyjólfsson (Joined Haukar in May on loan) |
| — | DF | ISL | Ingiberg Ólafur Jónsson (Joined Fram in April) |

### Transfers in

| Date | Position | No. | Player | From club |
| 6 December 2013 | DF | 4 | Damir Muminovic | Víkingur Ó |
| 13 January 2014 | DF | 29 | Arnór Sveinn Aðalsteinsson | Hønefoss BK |
| 27 January 2014 | DF | 6 | Jordan Halsman | Fram |
| 31 January 2014 | MF | 7 | Stefán Gíslason | OH Leuven |
| 17 July 2014 | FW | 19 | Gunnlaugur Hlynur Birgisson | Club Brugge |
| 23 July 2014 | MF | 3 | Oliver Sigurjónsson | AGF |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | No. | Player | To Club | Ref |
| 26 October 2013 | DF | | Ósvald Jarl Traustason | Fram | |
| 5 November 2013 | MF | 5 | Sindri Snær Magnússon | Keflavík | |
| 6 November 2013 | MF | 17 | Jökull I Elísabetarson | ÍBV | |
| 27 November 2013 | FW | 21 | Atli Fannar Jónsson | ÍBV | |
| 10 December 2013 | DF | 15 | Sverrir Ingi Ingason | Viking FK | |
| 23 December 2013 | GK | | Vignir Jóhannesson | Selfoss | |
| 31 December 2013 | FW | 20 | Nichlas Rohde | FC Nordsjælland | Loan Ends |
| 16 January 2014 | DF | 4 | Renee G. Troost | Rijnsburgse Boys | |
| 30 January 2014 | DF | 7 | Þórður Steinar Hreiðarsson | FC Locarno | |
| 1 February 2014 | MF | 18 | Arnar Már Björgvinsson | Stjarnan | |
| 5 April 2014 | MF | 16 | Viggó Kristjánsson | Grótta | |
| 10 April 2014 | DF | | Ingiberg Ólafur Jónsson | Fram | |

### Loans in

| Start Date | End Date | Position | No. | Player | From Club | Ref |
| 24 July 2014 | 16 October 2014 | DF | 21 | Baldvin Sturluson | Stjarnan | |

### Loans out

| Start Date | End Date | Position | No. | Player | To Club |
| 1 January 2014 | 31 December 2014 | DF | 19 | Kristinn Jónsson | IF Brommapojkarna |
| 9 May 2014 | 16 October 2014 | MF | 33 | Gísli Eyjólfsson | Haukar |
| 16 May 2014 | 16 October 2014 | FW | 20 | Stefán Þór Pálsson | KA |
| 25 July 2014 | 16 October 2014 | DF | 26 | Páll Olgeir Þorsteinsson | Víkingur |
| 30 July 2014 | 16 October 2014 | DF | 21 | Guðmundur Friðriksson | Selfoss |

## Pre-season
### Fótbolti.net Cup

Breiðablik took part in Fótbolti.net Cup, a pre-season tournament for clubs outside of Reykjavík, in January. The team played in Group 1 with FH, Keflavík and Grindavík. Breiðablik played 4 games, won 2 and lost 2. The team won ÍBV in the game for 5th place.
| Date | Round | Opponents | Stadium | Result F–A | Scorers |
| 10 January 2014 | Group stage | Keflavík | Reykjaneshöllin | 4–2 | Árni Vill 29' 42' Davíð Kristján 33' Andri Rafn 77' |
| 19 January 2014 | Group stage | Grindavík | Fífan | 2–3 | Árni Vill 58' Finnur Orri 72' |
| 25 January 2014 | Group stage | FH | Fífan | 0–3 | |
| 31 January 2014 | 5th place final | ÍBV | Kórinn | 3–1 | Stefán Þór 12' Ellert Hreins 69' Guðjón Pétur 73' (pen.) |

### Atlantic Cup

Breiðablik took part, for the first time, in The Atlantic Cup held in Algarve, Portugal, a pre-season friendly tournament contested of 8 teams from 6 countries. The team played 3 games, 1 win 1 draw 1 loss, against SV Mattersburg, FC Midtjylland and F.C. Copenhagen and finished in 5th place. FH were the other Icelandic team in the tournament.
| Date | Opponents | Stadium | Result F–A | Scorers |
| 4 February 2014 | SV Mattersburg | Estádio Albufeira | 1–1 | Guðjón Pétur 23'(pen.) |
| 7 February 2014 | FC Midtjylland | Estádio da Nora | 2–1 | Árni Vill 50' Elfar Árni 59' |
| 10 February | F.C. Copenhagen | Estádio Algarve | 0–2 | |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | F.C. Copenhagen | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | +11 | 9 |
| 2 | Örebro SK | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 9 |
| 3 | FC Spartak Moscow | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 6 |
| 4 | Breiðablik UBK | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 5 |
| 5 | SV Mattersburg | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 4 |
| 6 | FC Slovan Liberec | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 3 |
| 7 | FC Midtjylland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 0 |
| 8 | FH Hafnarfjarðar | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 0 |

## Lengjubikarinn

Lengjubikarinn, the Icelandic league cup, was held from 14 February to 25 April. It was played in 3 groups and Breiðablik were drawn in Group 1 along with 7 other teams. Breiðablik finished in 2nd place in the group and went on to play in the quarter-finals where they beat Víkingur. In the semi-finals they beat Þór but lost in the finals to FH thus getting the silver.

### Matches

| Date | Round | Opponents | Stadium | Result F–A | Scorers |
| 18 February 2014 | Group stage | Grindavík | Kórinn | 2–1 | Páll Olgeir 34' Tómas Óli 81' |
| 22 February 2014 | Group stage | BÍ/Bolungarvík | Fífan | 1–1 | Árni Vill 20' |
| 8 March 2014 | Group stage | Fram | Fífan | 4–3 | Finnur Orri 5' 79' Tómas Óli 17' 40' |
| 15 March 2014 | Group stage | Keflavík | Reykjaneshöllin | 2–1 | Guðjón Pétur 16' (pen.) Stefán Gísla 50' |
| 22 March 2014 | Group stage | KR | Fífan | 0–0 | |
| 29 March 2014 | Group stage | ÍA | Akraneshöllin | 2–2 | Guðjón Pétur 19' (pen.) Finnur Orri 26' |
| 12 April 2014 | Group stage | Afturelding | Fífan | 4–0 | Árni Vill 32' 52' 54' Elvar Páll 86' |
| 16 April 2014 | Quarter-finals | Víkingur | Fífan | 1–0 | Elfar Árni 76' |
| 21 April 2014 | Semi-finals | Þór | Boginn | 2–1 | Guðjón Pétur 10' Árni Vill 27' |
| 25 April 2014 | Finals | FH | Samsung-völlurinn | 1–4 | Gísli Eyjólfsson '79 |

## Úrvalsdeild

Breiðablik started the season on 5 May with a game against FH. The game ended with a 1–1 draw and from their Breiðablik started too struggle. They only took 6 points from their first 9 games, 6 draws and 3 defeats. Ólafur Kristjánsson's last game in charge was against Stjarnan on 2 June, game that ended with a 1–1 draw and Ólafur left Breiðablik without a league win in 2014 season. Their first win came on 2 July against Þór, that was Guðmundur Benediktsson first league win as head coach of Breiðablik. After collecting 12 points in the first half of the season from 11 games (2 wins, 6 draws, 3 defeats), the team improved slightly in the second half off the season and only lost 2 games of the last 13, but too many draws, 12 in total, left the team only securing safety in the 20th round. Breiðablik finished the season in 7th place only 3 points shy of 4th place which gave Europa League Qualification after KR's win in Borgunarbikarinn.

### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Stjarnan (C) | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 42 | 21 | +21 | 52 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | FH | 22 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 46 | 17 | +29 | 51 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | KR | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 40 | 24 | +16 | 43 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Víkingur Reykjavík | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 25 | 29 | −4 | 30 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Valur | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 31 | 36 | −5 | 28 | |
| 6 | Fylkir | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 34 | 40 | −6 | 28 | |
| 7 | Breiðablik | 22 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 36 | 33 | +3 | 27 | |
| 8 | Keflavík | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 29 | 32 | −3 | 25 | |
| 9 | Fjölnir | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 33 | 36 | −3 | 23 | |
| 10 | ÍBV | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 28 | 38 | −10 | 22 | |
| 11 | Fram (R) | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 30 | 48 | −18 | 21 | Relegation to 1. deild karla |
| 12 | Þór A. (R) | 22 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 24 | 44 | −20 | 12 | Relegation to 1. deild karla |
* ↑ The 2014 Icelandic Cup winner, KR, qualifies for 2015–16 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round.

### 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: 21 October 2014. Source: KSÍ

### Points breakdown

* Points at home: 17
* Points away from home: 10
* 6 Points: Valur
* 4 Points: Fram
* 3 Points: Víkingur, Þór
* 2 Points: Fjölnir, Stjarnan, Fylkir, ÍBV
* 1 Points: FH, KR, Keflavík

## Borgunarbikar

Breiðablik entered the Borgunarbikarinn in the 3rd round (32nd finals) with the other teams from Úrvalsdeild where they were drawn against local rivals HK. Breiðablik won the game 2–1 and the win was their first win of the 2014 summer season. In the 4th round (16th finals) Breiðablik defeated Þór 3–1 after extra time. Breiðablik then lost in the 5th round 2–0 to eventual winners KR in a disappointing game.

### Matches

| Date | Round | Opponents | Stadium | Result F–A | Scorers |
| 26 May 2014 | Round 3 | HK | Kórinn | 2–1 | Árni Vill 65' Jordan Halsman 80' |
| 19 June 2014 | Round 4 | Þór | Kópavogsvöllur | 3–1 (ext) | Guðjón Pétur 63' Elfar Árni 99' Andri Rafn 115' |
| 6 July 2014 | Round 5 | KR | Kópavogsvöllur | 0–2 | |

## Squad information
### Players' statistics

    As of 21. October 2014
Appearances (Apps.) numbers are for appearances in competitive games only(Úrvalsdeild, Borgunarbikar and Lengjubikar). Right side of + are sub appearances Red card numbers denote: Numbers in parentheses represent red cards overturned for wrongful dismissal.
| No. | Nat. | Player | Pos. | Úrvalsdeild | Úrvalsdeild | Úrvalsdeild | Úrvalsdeild | Borgunarbikar | Borgunarbikar | Borgunarbikar | Lengjubikar | Lengjubikar | Lengjubikar | Lengjubikar | Total | Total | Total | Total |
| No. | Nat. | Player | Pos. | Apps | | | | Apps | | | Apps | | | | Apps | | | |
| 1 | | Gunnleifur Gunnleifsson | GK | 22 | | | | 3 | | | 9 | | | | 34 | | | |
| 2 | | Gísli Páll Helgason | DF | 9 | | 2 | | 2 | | | 3+2 | | | | 16 | | 2 | |
| 3 | | Oliver Sigurjónsson | DF | 1+4 | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | | | |
| 4 | | Damir Muminovic | DF | 15 | 2 | 6 | | 2 | | 1 | 8 | | 2 | 1 | 25 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
| 5 | | Elfar Freyr Helgason | DF | 21+1 | 1 | 3 | | 3 | 1 | | 8+2 | | 1 | | 35 | 2 | 4 | |
| 6 | | Jordan Halsman | DF | 4+3 | | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | | 3 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 7 | | Stefán Gíslason | MF | 10+3 | 1 | 2 | | 1+1 | | | 4 | 1 | 1 | | 19 | 2 | 3 | |
| 8 | | Finnur Orri Margeirsson | MF | 21 | | 2 | | 3 | | | 8 | 3 | 1 | | 32 | 3 | 3 | |
| 9 | | Elfar Árni Aðalsteinsson | FW | 12+7 | 5 | 3 | | 3 | | 1 | 9+1 | 1 | 2 | | 32 | 6 | 5 | |
| 10 | | Guðjón Pétur Lýðsson | MF | 18+1 | 7 | 2 | | 3 | 1 | | 8+1 | 3 | 1 | | 31 | 11 | 3 | |
| 11 | | Olgeir Sigurgeirsson | MF | 2+9 | | 2 | | 2+1 | | | 2+6 | | | | 22 | | 2 | |
| 12 | | Arnór Bjarki Hafsteinsson | GK | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | | | |
| 14 | | Höskuldur Gunnlaugsson | MF | 14+1 | 1 | | | 1+1 | | | 2+3 | | | | 22 | 1 | | |
| 16 | | Ernir Bjarnason | MF | +1 | | | | | | | 1+2 | | | | 4 | | | |
| 17 | | Elvar Páll Sigurðsson | FW | 10+5 | 2 | | | 2 | | | +6 | 1 | 1 | | 23 | 3 | 1 | |
| 19 | | Gunnlaugur Hlynur Birgisson | FW | +1 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | |
| 20 | | Stefán Þór Pálsson | FW | | | | | | | | 1+1 | | | | 2 | | | |
| 21 | | Guðmundur Friðriksson | DF | 3 | | | | +1 | | | 4+3 | | | | 11 | | | |
| 21 | | Baldvin Sturluson | DF | 5+3 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | 8 | 1 | 1 | |
| 22 | | Ellert Hreinsson | FW | 7+8 | 3 | 2 | | +1 | | | 1+5 | | | | 22 | 3 | 2 | |
| 23 | | Árni Vilhjálmsson | FW | 19+1 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | | 7 | 5 | 1 | | 30 | 17 | 6 | 1 |
| 26 | | Páll Olgeir Þorsteinsson | DF | 4+2 | | | | | | | 8 | 1 | | | 14 | 1 | | |
| 27 | | Tómas Óli Garðarsson | MF | 7+2 | 1 | 1 | | +2 | | | 4+4 | 3 | | | 19 | 4 | 1 | |
| 28 | | Davíð Kristján Ólafsson | MF | 4+5 | 1 | | | +1 | | | 4+6 | | 1 | | 20 | 1 | 1 | |
| 29 | | Arnór Sveinn Aðalsteinsson | DF | 16+1 | 1 | 4 | | 1+1 | | | | | | | 19 | 1 | 4 | |
| 30 | | Andri Rafn Yeoman | MF | 18+2 | | 1 | | 2 | | 1 | 7 | | 3 | | 29 | | 4 | |
| 33 | | Gísli Eyjólfsson | FW | | | | | | | | 2+2 | 1 | | | 4 | 1 | | |
| | | Ingiberg Ólafur Jónsson | DF | | | | | | | | +1 | | | | 1 | | | |