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Íþróttabandalag Akraness is an Iceland

Iceland

Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...

ic sports club

Sports club

A sports club or sport club, sometimes athletics club or sports association is a club for the purpose of playing one or more sports...

founded in 1946 and based in the town of Akranes

Akranes

Akranes is a port town and municipality located on the west coast of Iceland.It is the ninth most populous town in Iceland after Mosfellsbær and Árborg with a population of 6,623 people...

, west Iceland. Among the main sports its members can practice are basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

, football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

, golf

Golf

Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....

, horsemanship, gymnastics

Gymnastics

Gymnastics is a sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, and balance. Internationally, all of the gymnastic sports are governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique with each country having its own national governing body...

, volleyball

Volleyball

Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...

, bowling

Bowling

Bowling Bowling Bowling (1375–1425; late Middle English bowle, variant of boule Bowling (1375–1425; late Middle English bowle, variant of boule...

, karate

Karate

is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Islands in what is now Okinawa, Japan. It was developed from indigenous fighting methods called and Chinese kenpō. Karate is a striking art using punching, kicking, knee and elbow strikes, and open-handed techniques such as knife-hands. Grappling, locks,...

, badminton

Badminton

Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs , who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their...

, swimming

Swimming (sport)

Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...

and powerlifting

Powerlifting

Powerlifting is a strength sport. It resembles the sport of Olympic weightlifting, as both disciplines involve lifting weights in three attempts. Powerlifting evolved from a sport known as 'odd lifts' which followed the same three attempt format but used a wide variety of events akin to Strongman...

. The men's football team, the club's flagship, plays in yellow shirts and socks, and black shorts.

Honours

Icelandic Championships
Landsbankadeild
The Úrvalsdeild karla is the top tier of the Icelandic football pyramid. Because of the harsh winters in Iceland, it is generally played in the spring and summer . It is run by the Football Association of Iceland and is currently comprised by 12 clubs. UEFA currently ranks the league 37th in...

: 18
- 1951, 1953, 1954, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1970, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1983, 1984, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2001
  Úrvalsdeild 2001
  -League standings:-References:...
  
  (runner-up: 1952, 1955, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1969, 1978, 1979, 1985
  Úrvalsdeild 1985
  -League standings:-References:...
  
  , 1997
  Úrvalsdeild 1997
  -Overview:It was contested by 10 teams, and ÍBV won the championship.-League standings:-References:...
  
  )

Icelandic Cups
VISA-bikar
The Icelandic Cup is a knock-out football cup competition in Iceland. The final is played at Laugardalsvöllur at the end of the Icelandic season in October. The winners qualify for the UEFA Europa League.-Performance By Club:-Lost Finals By Club:...

: 9
- 1978, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1993, 1996, 2000, 2003
  (runner-up: 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1969, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1999)

Icelandic League Cups
Deildabikar
The Deildabikar, also known as the Icelandic League Cup is a pre-season professional football competition in Iceland. It is also considered the third most important competition in Icelandic football....

: 3
- 1996
  Deildabikar 1996
  The Deildabikar 1996 was the 1st staging of the Iceland League Cup. It featured 34 teams.The competition started on 14 March 1996 and concluded on 15 May 1996 with ÍA beating Breiðablik 3-1 in the final.-Details:...
  
  , 1999
  Deildabikar 1999
  The Deildabikar 1999 was the 4th staging of the Finnish League Cup. It featured 36 teams.The competition started on 11 March 1999 and concluded on 8 June 1999 with ÍA beating Fylkir 1-0 in the final.-Details:...
  
  , 2003

Icelandic Super Cup
Icelandic Super Cup
The Icelandic Super Cup is an annual football game between the reigning champions of the Icelandic League champions and the Icelandic Cup holders...

: 1
- 2003

Division one
1. deild karla
1. deild karla is a football league in Iceland. It is the second division in the Icelandic football league system. The league was founded in 1955 and current champions are ÍA....

: 3
- 1968, 1991, 2011

Current squad

Notable players

Árni Gautur Arason
Árni Gautur Arason
Árni Gautur Arason is an Icelandic football goalkeeper, who currently playing for Lierse SK in Belgium. Arason is also an educated lawyer from the University of Iceland.-Club career:...
- ÍA, Rosenborg
  Rosenborg B.K.
  Rosenborg Ballklub is a Norwegian football club from the city of Trondheim, currently playing in the Norwegian Premier League. With 22 league titles and nine Norwegian Cup titles, the club is the most successful in Norway and has dominated Norwegian football since the start of the 1990s...
  
  , Man City, Vålerenga
  Vålerenga
  Vålerenga is a neighbourhood in the city of Oslo, Norway, belonging to the borough of Gamle Oslo. Vålerenga is located between the neighbourhoods of Gamlebyen, Jordal, Ensjø, Etterstad and Lodalen. Vålerenga is in particular known for its traditional, small wooden houses, and for its football and...
Joey Guðjónsson
Jóhannes Karl Guðjónsson
Jóhannes "Joey" Karl Guðjónsson commonly known as Joey Guðjónsson is an Icelandic professional footballer who currently plays for Huddersfield Town as a midfielder, and has 34 caps for the Iceland national team....
- ÍA, Genk
  K.R.C. Genk
  Koninklijke Racing Club Genk , usually referred to as Racing Genk or simply Genk, is a Belgian professional football club based in the city of Genk in Belgian Limburg. Racing Genk plays in the Belgian Pro League and they have won 3 Belgian champion titles in 1998–99, in 2001–02 and in 2010–11 as...
  
  , RKC Waalwijk
  RKC Waalwijk
  RKC Waalwijk is a football club currently playing in the Eredivisie. Its name is derived from 'Rooms Katholieke Combinatie' and was a fusion club of HEC, WVB and Hercules.-History:...
  
  , Real Betis
  Real Betis
  Real Betis Balompié S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Seville, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded on 12 September 1907, it currently plays in La Liga, holding home games at Estadio Benito Villamarín....
  
  , Aston Villa, Wolves, Leicester City
  Leicester City F.C.
  Leicester City Football Club , also known as The Foxes, is an English professional football club based at the King Power Stadium in Leicester...
  
  , AZ Alkmaar, Burnley
  Burnley F.C.
  Burnley Football Club are a professional English Football League club based in Burnley, Lancashire. Nicknamed the Clarets, due to the dominant colour of their home shirts, they were founder members of the Football League in 1888...
  
  , Huddersfield Town
  Huddersfield Town F.C.
  Huddersfield Town Football Club is an English football club formed in 1908 and based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. They currently play in League One...
Þórður Guðjónsson
Þórður Guðjónsson
Þórður Guðjónsson, also known as Doddi Gudjonsson, is a retired Icelandic footballer.Although Þórður is his proper name, he is often known as Þórður Guðjónsson.-Club career:...
- ÍA, VfL Bochum
  VfL Bochum
  Verein für Leibesübungen Bochum 1848 Fußballgemeinschaft, commonly referred to as simply VfL Bochum, is a German association football club based in the city of Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia.-Founding to World War II:...
  
  , Genk
  K.R.C. Genk
  Koninklijke Racing Club Genk , usually referred to as Racing Genk or simply Genk, is a Belgian professional football club based in the city of Genk in Belgian Limburg. Racing Genk plays in the Belgian Pro League and they have won 3 Belgian champion titles in 1998–99, in 2001–02 and in 2010–11 as...
  
  , Las Palmas
  UD Las Palmas
  Unión Deportiva Las Palmas, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, in the autonomous community of Canary Islands...
  
  , Derby County
  Derby County F.C.
  Derby County Football Club is an English football based in Derby. the club play in the Football League Championship and is notable as being one of the twelve founder members of the Football League in 1888 and is, therefore, one of only ten clubs to have competed in every season of the English...
  
  , Stoke City
  Stoke City F.C.
  Stoke City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire that plays in the Premier League. Founded in 1863, it is the oldest club in the Premier League, and considered to be the second oldest professional football club in the world, after Notts...
Bjarni Guðjónsson
Bjarni Guðjónsson
Bjarni Eggerts Guðjónsson is an Icelandic footballer who currently plays for KR Reykjavík. His position is midfielder. He has two brothers who have also played professional football, Þórður and Jóhannes. All three played together at Genk...
- ÍA, Newcastle United
  Newcastle United F.C.
  Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger...
  
  , Genk
  K.R.C. Genk
  Koninklijke Racing Club Genk , usually referred to as Racing Genk or simply Genk, is a Belgian professional football club based in the city of Genk in Belgian Limburg. Racing Genk plays in the Belgian Pro League and they have won 3 Belgian champion titles in 1998–99, in 2001–02 and in 2010–11 as...
  
  , Stoke City
  Stoke City F.C.
  Stoke City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire that plays in the Premier League. Founded in 1863, it is the oldest club in the Premier League, and considered to be the second oldest professional football club in the world, after Notts...
  
  , Coventry City
  Coventry City F.C.
  Coventry City Football Club, otherwise known as the Sky Blues owing to the traditional colour of their strip, are a professional English Football league club based in Coventry...
  
  , Plymouth Argyle
  Plymouth Argyle F.C.
  Plymouth Argyle Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Plymouth, Devon, that plays in Football League Two.Since becoming professional in 1903, the club has won five Football League titles, five Southern League titles and one Western League title. The 2009–10 season was the...
Arnar Gunnlaugsson
Arnar Gunnlaugsson
Arnar Bergmann Gunnlaugsson is an Icelandic professional footballer playing for Fram Reykjavik. His position is forward. His twin brother is Bjarki Gunnlaugsson.-Club career:...
- ÍA, Feyenoord, 1. FC Nuremberg, Sochaux
  FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
  Football Club Sochaux-Montbéliard is a French association football club based in the city of Montbéliard. The club was founded in 1928 and currently plays in Ligue 1, the top tier of French football. Sochaux plays its home matches at the Stade Auguste Bonal located within the city...
  
  , Bolton Wanderers
  Bolton Wanderers F.C.
  Bolton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the area of Horwich in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester. They began their current spell in the Premier League in 2001....
  
  , Leicester City
  Leicester City F.C.
  Leicester City Football Club , also known as The Foxes, is an English professional football club based at the King Power Stadium in Leicester...
  
  , Dundee United, KR, FH
  Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar
  Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar, commonly referred to as FH, is Icelandic football club based in Hafnarfjörður.- Overview :The team are perhaps best known outside Iceland for beating Scottish side Dunfermline in the qualifying rounds of the 2004/05 UEFA Cup 4–3 on aggregate...
  
  , Fram Reykjavik
Bjarki Gunnlaugsson
Bjarki Gunnlaugsson
Bjarki Bergmann Gunnlaugsson is an Icelandic professional footballer who currently plays for FH-Club career:After a period in English football at Preston North End FC, Bjarki joined up with his brother Arnar and they played together at KR Reykjavík when they came back home, played with the team...
- ÍA, Feyenoord, 1. FC Nuremberg, VfR Mannheim
  VfR Mannheim
  VfR Mannheim is a German association football club based in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg formed in 1911 out of the fusion of Mannheimer FG 1896, Mannheimer FG 1897 Union, and FC Viktoria 1897 Mannheim...
  
  , Molde
  Molde F.K.
  Molde Fotballklubb is a football club from Molde, Norway. It was founded on 19 June 1911.They currently play in Tippeligaen, the Norwegian top division. Molde's home matches are played at Aker Stadion , which holds a record attendance of 13,308 . Aker Stadion's maximum capacity now is 11,800...
  
  , Preston, KR, FH
  Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar
  Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar, commonly referred to as FH, is Icelandic football club based in Hafnarfjörður.- Overview :The team are perhaps best known outside Iceland for beating Scottish side Dunfermline in the qualifying rounds of the 2004/05 UEFA Cup 4–3 on aggregate...
Garðar Gunnlaugsson
Garðar Gunnlaugsson
Garðar Bergmann Gunnlaugsson is an Icelandic footballer. He is the younger brother of Arnar Gunnlaugsson and Bjarki Gunnlaugsson.-Club career:...
- ÍA, Norrköping
  IFK Norrköping
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  , Valur
  Valur
  Knattspyrnufélagið Valur is an Icelandic athletic club based in Reykjavík, Iceland. One of Iceland's most prolific clubs it celebrates its 100th birthday in 2011. The club is situated close to the city centre, in the traditional east side of town, at the old farmgrounds of Hlíðarendi...
  
  , CSKA Sofia
Sigurður Jónsson
Sigurður Jónsson
Sigurður Jónsson , also known as Siggi Jónsson, is a retired Icelandic footballer and former coach of Swedish club Djurgårdens IF.-Club career:...
- ÍA, Sheffield Wednesday, Arsenal
  Arsenal F.C.
  Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups...
  
  , Örebro
  Örebro SK
  Örebro SK, also known as ÖSK or just Örebro, is a Swedish football club based in Örebro. The club, formed on 28 October 1908, is currently playing in the highest Swedish league, Allsvenskan.-The first years:...
  
  , Dundee Utd, Djurgårdens IF (Manager)
Petur Petursson
Pétur Pétursson
Pétur Gudlaugur Pétursson is a retired Icelandic footballer who was active as a forward. He is the assistant manager of KR and the Icelandic national team.-Club career:...
- ÍA, Feyenoord, Anderlecht, Hércules
  Hércules CF
  Hércules Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Alicante, in the autonomous community of Valencia. Founded in 1922, it currently plays in the Spanish second division, and holds home games at the Estadio José Rico Pérez, which seats 30,000 spectators.-History:After first...
  
  , KR
Guðjón Þórðarson
Guðjón Þórðarson
Guðjón Þórðarson is an Icelandic former footballer and the current manager of Grindavík....
- Former Manager of Crewe
  Crewe Alexandra F.C.
  Crewe Alexandra Football Club is an English professional football club based in Crewe, Cheshire. Nicknamed The Railwaymen due to the town's links with the rail industry, they currently play in Football League Two, the fourth tier of English football, and are based at the Alexandra Stadium.The club...
  
  , Stoke City
  Stoke City F.C.
  Stoke City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire that plays in the Premier League. Founded in 1863, it is the oldest club in the Premier League, and considered to be the second oldest professional football club in the world, after Notts...
  
  , Barnsley
  Barnsley F.C.
  Barnsley Football Club are a professional English football club based in the town of Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Nicknamed the Tykes, they were founded in 1887 under the name Barnsley St. Peter's...
  
  and Notts County
  Notts County F.C.
  Notts County Football Club are an English professional football club based in Nottingham. They are the oldest of all the clubs in the world that are now professional, having been formed in 1862. They currently play in League One of The Football League, the third tier of the English football system...
  
  in England
  England
  England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
Ríkharður Jónsson
Ríkharður Jónsson
Ríkharður Jónsson is a former Icelandic footballer.He made his debut for the Icelandic national team in 1947, and got 33 caps and 17 goals until 1965....
- Played 33 games for the Icelandic national team
  Iceland national football team
  The Iceland national football team is the national football team of Iceland and is controlled by the Football Association of Iceland. It has never advanced to the finals of any major international competition....
  
  , scoring 17 goals.
Ólafur Þórðarson
Ólafur Þórðarson (footballer)
Ólafur Þórðarson is a former Icelandic footballer, who played as a midfielder. He is currently manager of Fylkir.He is the younger brother of Teitur Thordarson, who was manager of Estonia when Ólafur played against them with Iceland in April 1996.-Club career:Þórðarson started his career at IA...
- ÍA, Brann
  S.K. Brann
  SK Brann is a Norwegian football club, founded September 26, 1908, from Bergen. Brann has been in the Norwegian Premier League Tippeligaen since 1987 and play their home matches at Brann Stadion where they had a record-breaking 17,310 in average attendance in the 2007 season...
Teitur Thordarson
- ÍA, Lens
  RC Lens
  Racing Club de Lens is a French association football club based in the northern city of Lens in the Pas-de-Calais department. Its nickname, sang et or , comes from its traditional colours of red and gold. Their primary rivals are their northern neighbors Lille OSC, whom they contest the Derby du...
  
  , Yverdon
  Yverdon-Sport FC
  Yverdon-Sport FC is a Swiss football team from the town of Yverdon-les-Bains. The club plays in an all-white strip, and are currently in the Swiss 1. Liga, the third tier of Swiss football...
  
  , Jönköpings Södra IF
  Jönköpings Södra IF
  Jönköpings Södra IF is a Swedish football club based in Jönköping. The club, founded on December 9, 1922, plays in Superettan, the second highest league in Sweden...
  
  , Östers IF
  Östers IF
  Östers IF is a Swedish football club located in Växjö. The club, formed 20 April 1930 , is currently playing in the second Swedish league called Superettan. In 1968, Öster won Allsvenskan as newcomers. The club is affiliated to the Smålands Fotbollförbund...
  
  & Former Manager of Estonian National team
  Estonia national football team
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Karl Þórðarson
- ÍA, La Louvière
  R.A.A. Louviéroise
  R.A.A. Louviéroise, sometimes referred to as La Louvière or RAAL, was a Belgian football club located in the city of La Louvière, in the province of Hainaut. It had been playing its latest run in the Belgian First Division from 2000-01 to 2005-06 included...
  
  , Laval
Grétar Steinsson
Grétar Steinsson
Grétar Rafn Steinsson is an Icelandic footballer who plays for Bolton Wanderers.-Club career:He started his career with local team KS in Siglufjörður and later played for ÍA Akranes before going abroad to play professionally for Swiss club BSC Young Boys.On 2 July 2007, AZ Alkmaar announced they...
- ÍA, BSC Young Boys
  BSC Young Boys
  Berner Sport Club Young Boys 1898 is a Swiss sporting club based in the capital city of Bern. The name is often abbreviated to YB . Abroad, YB is often referred to as Young Boys Bern. The club's colors are yellow and black....
  
  , AZ Alkmaar, Bolton Wanderers
  Bolton Wanderers F.C.
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