Íþróttabandalag Akraness (ÍA) competed in Úrvalsdeild in the 2015 season after finishing in 2nd place in 1. deild karla in 2014.
The 2015 season was ÍA's 63rd season in the top-flight of Icelandic football.
Gunnlaugur Jónsson head coached the team for the second season running. He was assisted by Jón Þór Hauksson.
ÍA finished the season in 7th place in the league. Garðar Gunnlaugsson took home the bronze shoe with 9 goals in 17 games.
First team
Transfers and loans
Transfers in DatePositionNo.PlayerFrom clubOtherRef1 December 2014 MF 23 Ásgeir Marteinsson Fram 25 January 2015 FW 13 Arsenij Buinickij KA 25 January 2015 MF 31 Marko Andelkovic FC Viitorul Constanța 21 February 2015 DF 24 Árni Þór Árnason Kári Back from Loan 27 March 2015 GK 30 Marteinn Örn Halldórsson Reynir Sandgerði
Transfers out DatePositionNo.PlayerTo clubOtherRef9 January 2015 MF 17 Wentzel Steinarr R Kamban Afturelding 29 January 2015 MF 7 Andri Adolphsson Valur 13 February 2015 MF 21 Jón Björgvin Kristjánsson Grótta 21 February 2015 MF Atli Albertsson Afturelding 20 March 2015 FW 18 Hjörtur Júlíus Hjartarson Augnablik
Loans in Start DateEnd DatePositionNo.PlayerFrom ClubRef30 July 201516 October 2015 FW Ragnar Már Lárusson Brighton & Hove Albion
Loans out Start DateEnd DatePositionNo.PlayerTo ClubRef1 April 201520 May 2015 DF 3 Sindri Snæfells Kristinsson Kári18 April 20153 June 2015 MF 14 Ólafur Valur Valdimarsson Kári13 March 201516 October 2015 DF Guðlaugur Þór Brandsson Kári2 April 201516 October 2015 DF Sverrir Mar Smárason Kári24 July 201516 October 2015 DF 3 Sindri Snæfells Kristinsson Kári
Pre-season
Fótbolti.net Cup ÍA took part in the 2015 Fótbolti.net Cup, a pre-season tournament for clubs outside of Reykjavík. The team played in Group 1 along with Breiðablik, FH and Þróttur R. ÍA finished third in the group and played ÍBV in the 5th place final. The game ended 2–2 and went to penalties where ÍA won 4–1.
DateRoundOpponentsStadiumResultF–AScorers10 January 2015Group stage Þróttur RAkraneshöllin3–1Albert Hafsteins 26' Arnar Már 60' Garðar Gunnl. 87'17 January 2015Group stage BreiðablikFífan0–324 January 2015Group stage FHAkraneshöllin1–2Garðar Gunnl. ?'1 February 20155th place final ÍBVAkraneshöllin2–2 (4–1)Hallur Flosa. 75' Garðar Gunnl. 83'
Lengjubikarinn ÍA were drawn in group 3 in the Icelandic league cup, Lengjubikarinn, along with Valur, Stjarnan, Keflavík, Grindavík, Haukar, Fjarðabyggð and Þór. ÍA won their first four games against Haukar, Stjarnan, Þór, and Grindavík but eventually lost in the fifth round 3–1 to Valur. On 21 March ÍA secured their place in the quarter-finals by defeating Keflavík 2–1. ÍA secured the 1st place in the group on 29 March by defeating Fjarðabyggð 4–3, with a hat trick from Arsenij Buinickij.
ÍA defeated Fjölnir in the quarter-finals 5–1, with Arsenij Buinickij scoring his second hat trick of the competition. Garðar scored the other two goals while former ÍA player Ragnar Leósson scored Fjölnir's only goal.
On 19 April ÍA lost in the semi-finals to KA after a penalty shootout. The game had ended 1–1 after 90 min with Jón Vilhelm scoring ÍA's only goal.
DateRoundOpponentsStadiumResultF–AScorers14 February 2015Group stage HaukarAkraneshöllin4–3Jón Vilhelm 23' 42' OG 49' Arnar Már 67'21 February 2015Group stage StjarnanAkraneshöllin2–0Ásgeir Marteins. 4' Arnar Már 73'26 February 2015Group stage ÞórBoginn2–1Garðar Gunnl. 24' Arnar Már 62'7 March 2015Group stage GrindavíkAkraneshöllin3–2Arnar Már 9' Garðar Gunnl. 52' Darren Lough 76'12 March 2015Group stage ValurEgilshöll1–3Albert Hafsteinsson 66'21 March 2015Group stage KeflavíkAkraneshöllin2–1Arsenij Buinickij 6' Garðar Gunnl. 12'29 March 2015Group stage FjarðabyggðAkraneshöllin4–3Arsenij Buinickij 52' 63' 84' Marko Andelkovic 68'16 April 2015Quarter-finals FjölnirAkraneshöllin5–1Arsenij Buinickij 7' 48' 79' Garðar Gunnl. 27' 44'19 April 2015Semi-finals KAKA-völlur1–1 (2–4p.)Jón Vilhelm 30'
Úrvalsdeild
League table
Matches
Results
Points breakdown Points at home: 16 Points away from home: 13 6 Points: Leiknir R, Keflavík, ÍBV 4 Points: 3 Points: Valur 2 Points: Víkingur R, KR, Fylkir 1 Points: Stjarnan, Fjölnir 0 Points: FH, Breiðablik
Borgunarbikarinn ÍA came into the Icelandic cup, Borgunarbikarinn, in the 32nd finals and were drawn against Fjölnir. ÍA lost the game 0–3.
Squad statistics
Goalscorers Includes all competitive matches.
PlayerÚrvalsdeildBorgunarbikarLengjubikarTotal1FW9 Garðar Gunnlaugsson905142FW13 Arsenij Buinickij407113MF11 Arnar Már Guðjónsson40484MF10 Jón Vilhelm Ákason30365MF23 Ásgeir Marteinsson20136DF18 Albert Hafsteinsson20137MF31 Marko Andelkovic10128MF8 Hallur Flosason20029DF27 Darren Lough101210FW19 Eggert Kári Karlsson100111DF16 Þórður Þorsteinn Þórðarsson1001
Appearances Includes all competitive matches. Numbers in parentheses are sub-appearances.
PlayerÚrvalsdeildBorgunarbikarLengjubikarTotal1GK Páll Gísli Jónsson11023FW Ragnar Már Lárusson(1)0014DF Arnór Snær Guðmundsson1617245DF Ármann Smári Björnsson2218316MF Ingimar Elí Hlynsson7 (4)03 (4)188MF Hallur Flosason8 (7)14 (1)219FW Garðar Gunnlaugsson15 (2)07 (2)2610MF Jón Vilhelm Ákason18 (3)06 (2)2911MF Arnar Már Guðjónsson16 (3)14 (3)2712GK Árni Snær Ólafsson21082913FW Arsenij Buinickij11 (3)162114MF Ólafur Valur Valdimarsson9 (3)(1)(1)1415DF Teitur Pétursson4 (1)(1)4 (1)1116MF Þórður Þorsteinn Þórðarsson2216 (3)3217FW Tryggvi Hrafn Haraldsson1 (3)00418MF Albert Hafsteinsson20 (1)17 (1)3019FW Eggert Kári Karlsson2 (8)161720DF Gylfi Veigar Gylfason8 (4)04 (3)1921MF Arnór Sigurðsson(1)001922MF Steinar Þorsteinsson(1)01 (3)523MF Ásgeir Marteinsson16 (6)(1)5 (3)3124DF Árni Þór Árnason00(1)127DF Darren Lough18 (1)17 (1)2830GK Marteinn Örn Halldórsson001131MF Marko Andelkovic7 (9)1522
Disciplinary record Includes all competitive matches.
PlayerÚrvalsdeildBorgunarbikarLengjubikarTotal4DF Arnór Snær Guðmundsson2000000002005DF Ármann Smári Björnsson0001000001006MF Ingimar Elí Hlynsson3000001004008MF Hallur Flosason00010010020010MF Jón Vilhelm Ákason40000020060011MF Arnar Már Guðjónsson41000010051012GK Árni Snær Ólafsson30000000030013MF Arsenij Buinickij00010010020014MF Ólafur Valur Valdimarsson10000000010015DF Teitur Pétursson10000000010016DF Þórður Þorsteinn Þórðarsson20000010030018MF Albert Hafsteinsson31000000031019FW Eggert Kári Karlsson10000000010023MF Ásgeir Marteinsson30000010040027DF Darren Lough50000010060031MF Marko Andelkovic401100300801
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