Íþróttabandalag Akraness

ÍA

Full name	Íþróttabandalag Akraness
Nickname	Skagamenn,
Short name	ÍA
Founded	1946; 80 years ago (1946)
Ground	Akranesvöllur, Akranes, Iceland
Capacity	6,000 (852 seated)
Chairman	Eggert Hjelm Herbertsson
Manager	Lárus Sigurðsson
League	Besta deild karla
2025	Besta deild karla, 8th of 12
Website	ia.is
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Íþróttabandalag Akraness (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈiːˌθrouhtaˌpantaˌlaɣ ˈaːkraˌnɛs], lit. 'Akranes Sports Union'), commonly known as ÍA, is an Icelandic sports club founded in 1946 and based in the town of Akranes, Iceland. Among the main sports its members can practice are basketball, football, golf, horsemanship, gymnastics, volleyball, bowling, karate, badminton, swimming and powerlifting. The football team plays in yellow shirts and socks, and black shorts.

Men's football

ÍA is one of Iceland's most successful football teams with 18 Championships and 9 Cup wins to their name. The club is known for its academy and has produced many of Iceland's greatest talents, including Arnór Sigurðsson, Hákon Haraldsson, Joey Guðjónsson, Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson, Stefán Teitur Þórðarson and Iceland national team's coach Arnar Bergmann Gunnlaugsson.

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, 2021

• Icelandic League Cups: 3

1996, 1999, 2003

• Icelandic Super Cup: 1

2003

• Division One: 5

1968, 1991, 2011, 2018, 2023

Players

Current squad

As of 15 August 2025

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ISL Árni Marinó Einarssn 3 DF  SWE Johannes Vall 4 DF  ISL Hlynur Sævar Jónsson 5 DF  ISL Styrmir Jóhann Ellertsson 6 DF  ISL Baldvin Þór Berndsen 7 MF  ISL Haukur Andri Haraldsson 8 MF  ISL Albert Hafsteinsson 9 FW  ISL Viktor Jónsson 10 MF  ISL Steinar Þorsteinsson 11 FW  ISL Birni Breki Burknason 12 GK  ISL Jón Sölvi Símonarson (on loan from Breiðablik) 13 DF  NOR Erik Tobias Sandberg

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 MF  DEN Jonas Gemmer 15 FW  ISL Gabríel Gunnarsson 16 MF  ISL Rúnar Már Sigurjónsson 17 MF  ISL Gísli Laxdal Unnarsson 18 MF  ISL Guðfinnur Þór Leósson 19 MF  SVN Marko Vardić 20 DF  ISL Ísak Máni Guðjónsson 22 MF  ISL Ómar Stefánsson 24 FW  ISL Robert Vifilsson 32 MF  ISL Jón Breki Guðmundsson 33 MF  ISL Arnór Valur Ágústsson 66 DF  ISL Jón Gísli Eyland

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 7 MF  ISL Ármann Ingi Finnbogason (Grindavík until 31 January 2026) 14 MF  ISL Breki Þór Hermannsson (at Grindavík until 31 January 2026) 17 MF  ISL Ingi Þór Sigurðsson (at Grindavík until 31 January 2026) 22 MF  ISL Árni Salvar Heimisson (at Grindavík until 31 January 2026)

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 DF  ISL Hilmar Elís Hilmarsson (at Fjölnir until 31 January 2026) — DF  ISL Kristófer Áki Hlinason (at U.M.F. Víkingur until 31 January 2026) — DF  ISL Birkir Hrafn Samúelsson (at Kári until 31 January 2026) — FW  ISL Hektor Bergmann Garðarsson (at U.M.F. Víkingur until 31 January 2026)

Managers

• Karl Guðmundsson (1948)
• Ríkharður Jónsson (1951–60)
• Guðjón Finnbogason (1960)
• Ríkharður Jónsson (1961–66)
• Helgi Hannesson (1967–68)
• Ríkharður Jónsson (1969–70)
• Magnús Kristjánsson (1971)
• Ríkharður Jónsson (1972–73)
• George Kirby (1974–75)
• Mike Ferguson (1976)
• George Kirby (1977–78)
• Klaus Hilpert (1979)
• George Kirby (1980)
• Steve Fleet (1981)
• George Kirby (1982)
• Hörður Helgason (1983–85)
• Jim Barron (1986)
• Guðjón Þórðarson (1987)
• Sigurður Lárusson (1988–89)
• George Kirby (1990)
• Guðjón Þórðarson (1991–93)
• Hörður Helgason (1994)
• Logi Ólafsson (1995)
• Guðjón Þórðarson (1996)
• Ivan Golac (1997)
• Logi Ólafsson (1997–99)
• Ólafur Þórðarson (1999–2006)
• Arnar Gunnlaugsson (2006)
• Bjarki Gunnlaugsson (2006)
• Guðjón Þórðarson (July 1, 2007 – July 21, 2008)
• Arnar Gunnlaugsson (July 2008 – July 9)
• Bjarki Gunnlaugsson (July 2008 – July 9)
• Þórður Þórðarson (July 16, 2009 – June 18, 2013)
• Þorvaldur Örlygsson (June 19, 2013 – Sept 28, 2013)
• Gunnlaugur Jónsson (Oct 10, 2013 - Aug 21, 2017)
• Jón Þór Hauksson (Aug 21, 2017 - Oct 1, 2017)
• Joey Guðjónsson (Oct 12, 2017 - Feb 1, 2022)
• Jón Þór Hauksson (Feb 1, 2022-)

European competition

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1970–71	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	1R	Sparta Rotterdam	0–6	0–9	0-15
1971–72	European Cup	1R	Sliema Wanderers	0–4	0–0	0-4
1975–76	European Cup	1R	Omonia	4–0	1–2	5–2
		2R	Dynamo Kyiv	0–2	0–3	0-5
1976–77	European Cup	1R	Trabzonspor	1–3	2–3	3-6
1977–78	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1R	Brann	0–4	0–1	0-5
1978–79	European Cup	1R	Köln	1-1	1–4	2-5
1979–80	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1R	Barcelona	0–1	0–5	0-6
1980–81	UEFA Cup	1R	Köln	0–4	0–6	0-10
1983–84	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1R	Aberdeen	1–2	1-1	2-3
1984–85	European Cup	1R	Beveren	2-2	0–5	2-7
1985–86	European Cup	1R	Aberdeen	1–3	1–4	2-7
1986–87	UEFA Cup	1R	Sporting	0–9	0–6	0-15
1987–88	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1R	Kalmar	0-0	0-1 (aet)	0-1
1988–89	UEFA Cup	1R	Újpest	0-0	1–2	1-2
1989–90	UEFA Cup	1R	RFC Liège	0–2	1–4	1-6
1993–94	UEFA Champions League	PR	Partizani	3–0	0-0	3–0
		1R	Feyenoord	1–0	0–3	1-3
1994–95	UEFA Cup	PR	Bangor City	2–0	2–1	4–1
		1R	Kaiserslautern	0–4	1–4	1-8
1995–96	UEFA Cup	PR	Shelbourne	3–0	3–0	6–0
		1R	Raith Rovers	1–0	1–3	2-3
1996–97	UEFA Cup	PR	Sileks	2–0	0–1	2–1
		QR	CSKA Moscow	0–2	1–4	1-6
1997–98	UEFA Champions League	1R	Košice	0–1	0–3	0-4
1998–99	UEFA Cup	1QR	Žalgiris Vilnius	3–2	0–1	3-3 (a)
1999	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1R	Teuta Durrës	5–1	1–2	6–3
		2R	Lokeren	1–3	1–3	2-6
2000-01	UEFA Cup	QR	Gent	0–3	2–3	2-6
2001-02	UEFA Cup	QR	Club Brugge	1–6	0–4	1-10
2002-03	UEFA Champions League	1QR	Željezničar	0–1	0–3	0-4
2004-05	UEFA Cup	1QR	TVMK	4–2	2–1	6–3
		2QR	Hammarby	1–2	0–2	1-4
2005	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1R	Inter Turku	0–4	0–0	0-4
2006-07	UEFA Cup	1QR	Randers	2–1	0–1	2-2 (a)
2008-09	UEFA Cup	1QR	Honka	2–1	0–3	2-4

Women's football

Current squad

As of 17 April 2022

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  USA Brooke Anne Jones 2 DF  ISL Aníta Sól Ágústsdóttir 3 DF  USA Jaclyn Árnason 5 DF  ISL Anna Þóra Hannesdóttir 7 FW  ISL Erla Karitas Jóhannesdóttir 8 MF  ISL Lilja Björg Ólafsdóttir 9 FW  ISL Erna Björt Elíasdóttir 10 MF  ISL Bryndís Rún Þórólfsdóttir 11 MF  ISL Dagný Halldórsdóttir 12 GK  ISL Salka Hrafns Elvarsdóttir 14 MF  ISL Dagbjört Líf Guðmundsdóttir 15 MF  ISL Marey Edda Helgadóttir 16 DF  ISL Arndís Lilja Eggertsdóttir

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 FW  ISL Unnur Ýr Haraldsdóttir 18 MF  ISL Sunna Rún Sigurðardóttir 19 FW  ISL Katrín María Ómarsdóttir 20 DF  ISL Sandra Ósk Alfreðsdóttir 21 FW  ISL Ylfa Laxdal Unnarsdóttir 22 DF  ISL Selma Dögg Þorsteinsdóttir 23 FW  ISL Andrea Ósk Hermóðsdóttir 25 DF  ISL Sigrún Egla Unnarsdóttir 26 DF  ISL Þorgerður Bjarnadóttir 27 DF  ISL Elvíra Agla Gunnarsdóttir 28 FW  ISL Thelma Björg Rafnkelsdóttir 29 FW  ISL Kolfinna Eir Jónsdóttir 99 FW  GHA Samira Suleman

Honours

• Icelandic Championships: 3

1984, 1985, 1987

Runner-up: 1981, 1988, 1989, 1992

• Icelandic Cups: 4

1989, 1991, 1992, 1993

Basketball

ÍA's men's team played in the top-tier Úrvalsdeild karla from 1993 to 2000, making the playoffs in 1994, 1997 and 1998.^[1] Its women's team played one season in the top-tier Úrvalsdeild kvenna during the 1995–1996 season.^[2]

References

1. "Þjálfarasaga úrvalsdeildar karla í körfubolta". kki.is (in Icelandic). Archived from the original on 11 May 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
2. "Þjálfarasaga úrvalsdeildar kvenna í körfubolta". kki.is (in Icelandic). Archived from the original on 11 May 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2018.

External links

• Official website (in Icelandic)