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

Transfers in DatePositionNo.PlayerFrom clubRef6 December 2013 DF 4 Damir Muminovic Víkingur Ó13 January 2014 DF 29 Arnór Sveinn Aðalsteinsson Hønefoss BK27 January 2014 DF 6 Jordan Halsman Fram31 January 2014 MF 7 Stefán Gíslason OH Leuven17 July 2014 FW 19 Gunnlaugur Hlynur Birgisson Club Brugge23 July 2014 MF 3 Oliver Sigurjónsson AGF

Transfers out DatePositionNo.PlayerTo ClubRef26 October 2013 DF Ósvald Jarl Traustason Fram5 November 2013 MF 5 Sindri Snær Magnússon Keflavík6 November 2013 MF 17 Jökull I Elísabetarson ÍBV27 November 2013 FW 21 Atli Fannar Jónsson ÍBV10 December 2013 DF 15 Sverrir Ingi Ingason Viking FK23 December 2013 GK Vignir Jóhannesson Selfoss31 December 2013 FW 20 Nichlas Rohde FC NordsjællandLoan Ends16 January 2014 DF 4 Renee G. Troost Rijnsburgse Boys30 January 2014 DF 7 Þórður Steinar Hreiðarsson FC Locarno1 February 2014 MF 18 Arnar Már Björgvinsson Stjarnan5 April 2014 MF 16 Viggó Kristjánsson Grótta10 April 2014 DF Ingiberg Ólafur Jónsson Fram

Loans in Start DateEnd DatePositionNo.PlayerFrom ClubRef24 July 201416 October 2014 DF 21 Baldvin Sturluson Stjarnan

Loans out Start DateEnd DatePositionNo.PlayerTo ClubRef1 January 201431 December 2014 DF 19 Kristinn Jónsson IF Brommapojkarna9 May 201416 October 2014 MF 33 Gísli Eyjólfsson Haukar16 May 201416 October 2014 FW 20 Stefán Þór Pálsson KA25 July 201416 October 2014 DF 26 Páll Olgeir Þorsteinsson Víkingur30 July 201416 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.

DateRoundOpponentsStadiumResultF–AScorers10 January 2014Group stage KeflavíkReykjaneshöllin4–2Árni Vill 29' 42' Davíð Kristján 33' Andri Rafn 77'19 January 2014Group stageGrindavíkFífan2–3Árni Vill 58' Finnur Orri 72'25 January 2014Group stageFHFífan0–331 January 20145th place finalÍBVKórinn3–1Stefán 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.

DateOpponentsStadiumResultF–AScorers4 February 2014SV MattersburgEstádio Albufeira1–1Guðjón Pétur 23'(pen.)7 February 2014FC MidtjyllandEstádio da Nora2–1Árni Vill 50' Elfar Árni 59'10 FebruaryF.C. CopenhagenEstádio Algarve0–2

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts1 F.C. Copenhagen3300110+1192 Örebro SK330082+693 FC Spartak Moscow320157−264 Breiðablik UBK311134-155 SV Mattersburg311165+146 FC Slovan Liberec310227−537 FC Midtjylland300336−308 FH Hafnarfjarðar3003411−70

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 DateRoundOpponentsStadiumResultF–AScorers18 February 2014Group stage GrindavíkKórinn2–1Páll Olgeir 34' Tómas Óli 81'22 February 2014Group stageBÍ/Bolungarvík Fífan1–1Árni Vill 20'8 March 2014Group stageFram Fífan4–3Finnur Orri 5' 79' Tómas Óli 17' 40'15 March 2014Group stageKeflavík Reykjaneshöllin2–1Guðjón Pétur 16' (pen.) Stefán Gísla 50'22 March 2014Group stageKR Fífan0–029 March 2014Group stageÍA Akraneshöllin2–2Guðjón Pétur 19' (pen.) Finnur Orri 26'12 April 2014Group stageAfturelding Fífan4–0Árni Vill 32' 52' 54' Elvar Páll 86'16 April 2014Quarter-finalsVíkingur Fífan1–0Elfar Árni 76'21 April 2014Semi-finalsÞór Boginn2–1Guðjón Pétur 10' Árni Vill 27'25 April 2014FinalsFH Samsung-völlurinn1–4Gísli 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

Matches

Results

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 DateRoundOpponentsStadiumResultF–AScorers26 May 2014Round 3HKKórinn2–1Árni Vill 65' Jordan Halsman 80'19 June 2014Round 4ÞórKópavogsvöllur3–1 (ext)Guðjón Pétur 63' Elfar Árni 99' Andri Rafn 115'6 July 2014Round 5KRKópavogsvöllur0–2

Squad information

Players' statistics

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.PlayerPos.ÚrvalsdeildBorgunarbikarLengjubikarTotalAppsAppsAppsApps1Gunnleifur Gunnleifsson GK 22 3 9 34 2Gísli Páll Helgason DF 9 2 2 3+2 16 2 3Oliver Sigurjónsson DF 1+4 5 4Damir Muminovic DF 15 2 6 2 1 8 2 1 25 2 8 1 5Elfar Freyr Helgason DF 21+1 1 3 3 1 8+2 1 35 2 4 6Jordan Halsman DF 4+3 1 1 1 9 3 1 17 1 3 1 7Stefán Gíslason MF 10+3 1 2 1+1 4 1 1 19 2 3 8Finnur Orri Margeirsson MF 21 2 3 8 3 1 32 3 3 9Elfar Árni Aðalsteinsson FW 12+7 5 3 3 1 9+1 1 2 32 6 5 10Guðjón Pétur Lýðsson MF 18+1 7 2 3 1 8+1 3 1 31 11 3 11Olgeir Sigurgeirsson MF 2+9 2 2+1 2+6 22 2 12Arnór Bjarki Hafsteinsson GK 1 1 14Höskuldur Gunnlaugsson MF 14+1 1 1+1 2+3 22 1 16Ernir Bjarnason MF +1 1+2 4 17Elvar Páll Sigurðsson FW 10+5 2 2 +6 1 1 23 3 1 19Gunnlaugur Hlynur Birgisson FW +1 1 20Stefán Þór Pálsson FW 1+1 2 21Guðmundur Friðriksson DF 3 +1 4+3 11 21Baldvin Sturluson DF 5+3 1 1 8 1 1 22Ellert Hreinsson FW 7+8 3 2 +1 1+5 22 3 2 23Árni Vilhjálmsson FW 19+1 10 4 1 3 2 7 5 1 30 17 6 1 26Páll Olgeir Þorsteinsson DF 4+2 8 1 14 1 27Tómas Óli Garðarsson MF 7+2 1 1 +2 4+4 3 19 4 1 28Davíð Kristján Ólafsson MF 4+5 1 +1 4+6 1 20 1 1 29Arnór Sveinn Aðalsteinsson DF 16+1 1 4 1+1 19 1 4 30Andri Rafn Yeoman MF 18+2 1 2 1 7 3 29 4 33Gísli Eyjólfsson FW 2+2 1 4 1 Ingiberg Ólafur Jónsson DF +1 1

References

External links Breiðablik Official Site Blikar.is – Breiðablik Fan Site