Íþróttabandalag Akraness Explained

Clubname:ÍA
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Fullname:Íþróttabandalag Akraness
Nickname:Skagamenn,
Short Name:ÍA
Current:2024 Íþróttabandalag Akraness season
Ground:Akranesvöllur,
Akranes, Iceland
Capacity:6,000 (852 seated)
Chairman:Eggert Hjelm Herbertsson
Manager:Jón Þór Hauksson
League:Besta deildin
Season:2023
Position:1. deild karla, 1st of 12 (promoted)
Website:https://ia.is/
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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.

Men's football

Honours

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

1978, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1993, 1996, 2000, 2003

Runner-up: 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1969, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1999, 2021

3

1996, 1999, 2003

1

2003

5

1968, 1991, 2011, 2018, 2023

Players

Managers

European competition

SeasonCompetitionRoundClubHomeAwayAggregate
1970–71Inter-Cities Fairs Cup1R Sparta Rotterdam0–60–90-15
1971–72European Cup1R Sliema Wanderers0–40–00-4
1975–76European Cup1R Omonia4–01–25–2
2R Dynamo Kyiv0–20–30-5
1976–77European Cup1R Trabzonspor1–32–33-6
1977–78UEFA Cup Winners' Cup1R Brann0–40–10-5
1978–79European Cup1R Köln1-11–42-5
1979–80UEFA Cup Winners' Cup1R Barcelona0–10–50-6
1980–81UEFA Cup1R Köln0–40–60-10
1983–84UEFA Cup Winners' Cup1R Aberdeen1–21-12-3
1984–85European Cup1R Beveren2-20–52-7
1985–86European Cup1R Aberdeen1–31–42-7
1986–87UEFA Cup1R Sporting0–90–60-15
1987–88UEFA Cup Winners' Cup1R Kalmar0-00-1 (aet)0-1
1988–89UEFA Cup1R Újpest0-01–21-2
1989–90UEFA Cup1R RFC Liège0–21–41-6
1993–94UEFA Champions LeaguePR Partizani3–00-03–0
1R Feyenoord1–00–31-3
1994–95UEFA CupPR Bangor City2–02–14–1
1R Kaiserslautern0–41–41-8
1995–96UEFA CupPR Shelbourne3–03–06–0
1R Raith Rovers1–01–32-3
1996–97UEFA CupPR Sileks2–00–12–1
QR CSKA Moscow0–21–41-6
1997–98UEFA Champions League1R Košice0–10–30-4
1998–99UEFA Cup1QR Žalgiris Vilnius3–20–13-3 (a)
1999UEFA Intertoto Cup1R Teuta Durrës5–11–26–3
2R Lokeren1–31–32-6
2000-01UEFA CupQR Gent0–32–32-6
2001-02UEFA CupQR Club Brugge1–60–41-10
2002-03UEFA Champions League1QR Željezničar0–10–30-4
2004-05UEFA Cup1QR TVMK4–22–16–3
2QR Hammarby1–20–21-4
2005UEFA Intertoto Cup1R Inter Turku0–40–00-4
2006-07UEFA Cup1QR Randers2–10–12-2 (a)
2008-09UEFA Cup1QR Honka2–10–32-4

Women's football

Honours

3

1984, 1985, 1987

Runner-up: 1981, 1988, 1989, 1992

4

1989, 1991, 1992, 1993

Basketball

See main article: Körfuknattleiksfélag ÍA. 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]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Þjálfarasaga úrvalsdeildar karla í körfubolta. kki.is. 24 May 2018. Icelandic. 11 May 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180511021023/http://gamli.kki.is/greinar.asp?adgerd=ein&id=103. live.
  2. Web site: Þjálfarasaga úrvalsdeildar kvenna í körfubolta. kki.is. 24 May 2018. Icelandic. 11 May 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180511020552/http://gamli.kki.is/greinar.asp?adgerd=ein&id=134. live.