Icelandic sports club
Football club
Íþróttabandalag Akraness (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈiːˌθrouhtaˌpantaˌlaɣˈaːkraˌnɛs] , lit. ' Akranes Sports Union ' ), commonly known as ÍA , is an Icelandic sports club founded in 1946 and based in the town of Akranes , west 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.
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
1978 , 1982 , 1983 , 1984 , 1986 , 1993 , 1996 , 2000 , 2003
Runner-up: 1961 , 1963 , 1964 , 1965 , 1969 , 1974 , 1975 , 1976 , 1999 , 2021
1996 , 1999 , 2003
2003
1968, 1991 , 2011 , 2018 , 2023
As of 1 September 2024
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules ; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules ; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Iceland Karl Guðmundsson (1948)
Iceland Ríkharður Jónsson (1951–60)
Iceland Guðjón Finnbogason (1960)
Iceland Ríkharður Jónsson (1961–66)
Iceland Helgi Hannesson (1967–68)
Iceland Ríkharður Jónsson (1969–70)
Iceland Magnús Kristjánsson (1971)
Iceland Ríkharður Jónsson (1972–73)
England George Kirby (1974–75)
England Mike Ferguson (1976)
England George Kirby (1977–78)
Germany Klaus Hilpert (1979)
England George Kirby (1980)
England Steve Fleet (1981)
England George Kirby (1982)
Iceland Hörður Helgason (1983–85)
England Jim Barron (1986)
Iceland Guðjón Þórðarson (1987)
Iceland Sigurður Lárusson (1988–89)
England George Kirby (1990)
Iceland Guðjón Þórðarson (1991–93)
Iceland Hörður Helgason (1994)
Iceland Logi Ólafsson (1995)
Iceland Guðjón Þórðarson (1996)
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ivan Golac (1997)
Iceland Logi Ólafsson (1997–99)
Iceland Ólafur Þórðarson (1999–2006)
Iceland Arnar Gunnlaugsson (2006)
Iceland Bjarki Gunnlaugsson (2006)
Iceland Guðjón Þórðarson (July 1, 2007 – July 21, 2008)
Iceland Arnar Gunnlaugsson (July 2008 – July 9)
Iceland Bjarki Gunnlaugsson (July 2008 – July 9)
Iceland Þórður Þórðarson (July 16, 2009 – June 18, 2013)
Iceland Þorvaldur Örlygsson (June 19, 2013 – Sept 28, 2013)
Iceland Gunnlaugur Jónsson (Oct 10, 2013 - Aug 21, 2017)
Iceland Jón Þór Hauksson (Aug 21, 2017 - Oct 1, 2017)
Iceland Joey Guðjónsson (Oct 12, 2017 - Feb 1, 2022)
Iceland Jón Þór Hauksson (Feb 1, 2022-)
European competition [ edit ]
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.
1984, 1985, 1987
Runner-up: 1981, 1988, 1989, 1992
1989, 1991, 1992, 1993
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]