Íþróttabandalag Akraness

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Full name	Íþróttabandalag Akraness
Nickname(s)	Skagamenn ,Gulir og Glaðir (The Yellow Ones)
Founded	1946
Ground	Akranesvöllur,; Akranes, Iceland; (Capacity: 6,000 (852 seated)
Chairman	Gísli Gíslason
Manager	Þórður Þórðarson
League	Úrvalsdeild
2011	1. deild karla, 1st (promoted)
Home colours	Away colours

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

[edit] Football

Icelandic Championships: 18
- 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)

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

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Páll Gísli Jónsson
2	DF	Aron Ýmir Pétursson
3	DF	Guðjón Heiðar Sveinsson
4	DF	Árni Thor Guðmundsson
5	DF	Heimir Einarsson (captain)
6	MF	Andri Adolphsson
7	FW	Gary Martin
8	MF	Joey Guðjónsson
9	FW	Hjörtur Hjartarson
10	MF	Ragnar Leósson
11	MF	Arnar Már Guðjónsson
12	GK	Árni Snær Ólafsson
13	FW	Hrannar Hallgrímsson
14	MF	Ólafur Valur Valdimarsson
15	DF	Guðmundur Böðvar Guðjónsson

Árni Gautur Arason (ÍA, Rosenborg, Man City, Vålerenga)
Joey Guðjónsson (ÍA, Genk, RKC Waalwijk, Real Betis, Aston Villa, Wolves, Leicester City, AZ Alkmaar, Burnley, Huddersfield Town)
Þórður Guðjónsson (ÍA, VfL Bochum, Genk, Las Palmas, Derby County, Stoke City)
Bjarni Guðjónsson (ÍA, Newcastle United, Genk, Stoke City, Coventry City, Plymouth Argyle)
Arnar Gunnlaugsson (ÍA, Feyenoord, 1. FC Nuremberg, Sochaux, Bolton Wanderers, Leicester City, Dundee United, KR, FH, Fram Reykjavik)
Bjarki Gunnlaugsson (ÍA, Feyenoord, 1. FC Nuremberg, VfR Mannheim, Molde, Preston, KR, FH)
Garðar Gunnlaugsson (ÍA, Norrköping, Valur, CSKA Sofia)
Sigurður Jónsson (ÍA, Sheffield Wednesday, Arsenal, Örebro, Dundee Utd, Djurgårdens IF (Manager))
Petur Petursson (ÍA, Feyenoord, Anderlecht, Hércules, KR)
Guðjón Þórðarson (Former Manager of Crewe, Stoke City, Barnsley and Notts County in England)
Ríkharður Jónsson (Played 33 games for the Icelandic national team, scoring 17 goals)
Ólafur Þórðarson (ÍA, Brann)
Teitur Thordarson (ÍA, Lens, Yverdon, Jönköpings Södra IF, Östers IF & Former Manager of Estonian National team)
Karl Þórðarson (ÍA, La Louvière, Laval)
Grétar Steinsson (ÍA, BSC Young Boys, AZ Alkmaar, Bolton Wanderers)