Íþróttabandalag Akraness


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Íþróttabandalag Akraness (abbreviated 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.

ÍA
Football kit (yellow jersey with two broad, black, vertical stripes; black shorts with side-stripes; and black socks).
Full nameÍþróttabandalag Akraness
Nickname(s)Skagamenn,
Short nameÍA
Founded1946; 78 years ago
GroundAkranesvöllur,
Akranes, Iceland
Capacity6,000 (852 seated)
ChairmanEggert Hjelm Herbertsson
ManagerJón Þór Hauksson
LeagueBesta deildin
20231. deild karla, 1st of 12 (promoted)
WebsiteClub website
Current season
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 4 August 2024

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

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

European competition

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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
As of 17 April 2022

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. 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]

  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.