2014 Breiðablik UBK season

Breiðablik
2014 season
Manager Ólafur Kristjánsson
(until 2. July 2014)
Guðmundur Benediktsson
(Interim head coach)
Stadium Kópavogsvöllur
Úrvalsdeild 7th
Borgunarbikarinn 16th-finals
Lengjubikarinn 2nd
Top goalscorer League:
Árni Vilhjálmsson (10)
All:
Árni Vilhjálmsson (17)
Football kit(Green with lighter green stripes; white shorts and white socks
Home colours
Football kit(All White)
Away colours
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The 2014 season was Breiðablik's 29th season in Úrvalsdeild and their 9th consecutive season in top-flight of Icelandic Football.

After 8 years as head coach of Breiðablik Ólafur Kristjánsson signed as manager of FC Nordsjælland on 2 July,[1] he left the club after the Stjarnan game on 2. June. He was replaced by his assistant coach Guðmundur Benediktsson 6 league games into the season.[2]

On 25. April Breiðablik finished 2nd in Lengjubikarinn, losing the final 4-1 to FH.[3]

Despite their good pre-season and finishing 2nd in Lengjubikarinn Breiðablik struggled in the league and went 9 league games without a victory. Their first league victory came on 2. July against Þór.[4] Breiðablik finished the season in 7th place, their lowest finish since 2008, with 12 draws in 22 games.

Breiðablik were eliminated in the quarter finals of Borgunarbikarinn on 6. July to eventual winners KR[5] after beating HK and Þór in the 32nd-finals and 16th-finals.

On 13. October former Breiðablik's player Arnar Grétarsson was confirmed as the new head coach of Breiðablik following the departure of Guðmundur Benediktsson.[6]

First Team

As of 18 October 2014. These players competed in Úrvalsdeild, Borgunarbikarinn, Lengjubikarinn[7]

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

No. Position Player
1 Iceland GK Gunnleifur Vignir Gunnleifsson (vice captain)
2 Iceland DF Gísli Páll Helgason
3 Iceland MF Oliver Sigurjónsson
4 Iceland DF Damir Muminovic
5 Iceland DF Elfar Freyr Helgason
6 Scotland DF Jordan Halsman
7 Iceland MF Stefán Gíslason
8 Iceland MF Finnur Orri Margeirsson (captain)
9 Iceland FW Elfar Árni Aðalsteinsson
10 Iceland MF Guðjón Pétur Lýðsson
11 Iceland MF Olgeir Sigurgeirsson
12 Iceland GK Arnór Bjarki Hafsteinsson
14 Iceland MF Höskuldur Gunnlaugsson
16 Iceland MF Ernir Bjarnason
No. Position Player
17 Iceland FW Elvar Páll Sigurðsson
19 Iceland FW Gunnlaugur Hlynur Birgisson
20 Iceland FW Stefán Þór Pálsson (Joined KA in May on loan)
21 Iceland DF Guðmundur Friðriksson (Joined Selfoss in July on loan)
21 Iceland DF Baldvin Sturluson
22 Iceland MF Ellert Hreinsson
23 Iceland FW Árni Vilhjálmsson
26 Iceland DF Páll Olgeir Þorsteinsson (Joined Víkingur in July on loan)
27 Iceland MF Tómas Óli Garðarsson
28 Iceland MF Davíð Kristján Ólafsson
29 Iceland DF Arnór Sveinn Aðalsteinsson
30 Iceland MF Andri Rafn Yeoman
33 Iceland MF Gísli Eyjólfsson (Joined Haukar in May on loan)
Iceland DF Ingiberg Ólafur Jónsson (Joined Fram in April)

Transfers in

Date Position No. Player From club Ref
6 Des 2013 DF 4 IcelandSlovenia Damir Muminovic Iceland Víkingur Ó [8]
13 Jan 2014 DF 29 Iceland Arnór Sveinn Aðalsteinsson Norway Hønefoss BK [9]
27 Jan 2014 DF 6 Scotland Jordan Halsman Iceland Fram [10]
31 Jan 2014 MF 7 Iceland Stefán Gíslason Belgium OH Leuven [11]
17 Jul 2014 FW 19 Iceland Gunnlaugur Hlynur Birgisson Belgium Club Brugge [12]
23 Jul 2014 MF 3 Iceland Oliver Sigurjónsson Denmark AGF [13]

Transfers out

Date Position No. Player To Club Ref
26 Oct 2013 DF Iceland Ósvald Jarl Traustason Iceland Fram [14]
5. Nov 2013 MF 5 Iceland Sindri Snær Magnússon Iceland Keflavík [15]
6 Nov 2013 MF 17 Iceland Jökull I Elísabetarson Iceland ÍBV [16]
27 Nov 2013 FW 21 Iceland Atli Fannar Jónsson Iceland ÍBV [17]
10 Des 2013 DF 15 Iceland Sverrir Ingi Ingason Norway Viking FK [18]
23. Des 2013 GK Iceland Vignir Jóhannesson Iceland Selfoss [19]
31. Des 2013 FW 20 Denmark Nichlas Rohde Denmark FC Nordsjælland Loan Ends
16. Jan 2014 DF 4 Netherlands Renee G. Troost Netherlands Rijnsburgse Boys [20]
30. Jan 2014 DF 7 Iceland Þórður Steinar Hreiðarsson Switzerland FC Locarno [21]
1. Feb 2014 MF 18 Iceland Arnar Már Björgvinsson Iceland Stjarnan [22]
5. Apr 2014 MF 16 Iceland Viggó Kristjánsson Iceland Grótta [23]
10. Apr 2014 DF Iceland Ingiberg Ólafur Jónsson Iceland Fram [24]

Loans In

Start Date End Date Position No. Player From Club Ref
24. July 2014 16. Oct 2014 DF 21 Iceland Baldvin Sturluson Iceland Stjarnan [25]

Loans Out

Start Date End Date Position No. Player To Club Ref
1. Jan 2014 31. Des 2014 DF 19 Iceland Kristinn Jónsson Sweden IF Brommapojkarna [26]
9. May 2014 16. Oct 2014 MF 33 Iceland Gísli Eyjólfsson Iceland Haukar [27]
16. May 2014 16. Oct 2014 FW 20 Iceland Stefán Þór Pálsson Iceland KA [28]
25. July 2014 16. Oct 2014 DF 26 Iceland Páll Olgeir Þorsteinsson Iceland Víkingur [29]
30. July 2014 16. Oct 2014 DF 21 Iceland Guðmundur Friðriksson Iceland Selfoss [30]

Pre-Season

Fótbolti.net Cup

Breiðablik took part in Fótbolti.net Cup, a pre-season tournament for clubs outside of Reykjavík, in January. The team played in Group 1 with FH, Keflavík and Grindavík. Breiðablik played 4 games, won 2 and lost 2. The team won ÍBV in the game for 5th place.

Date Round Opponents Stadium Result
F–A		 Scorers
10. January 2014 Group Stage Keflavík Reykjaneshöllin 4-2 Árni Vill 29' 42' Davíð Kristján 33' Andri Rafn 77'
19. January 2014 Group Stage Grindavík Fífan 2-3 Árni Vill 58' Finnur Orri 72'
25. January 2014 Group Stage FH Fífan 0-3
31. January 2014 5th place final ÍBV Kórinn 3-1 Stefán Þór 12' Ellert Hreins 69' Guðjón Pétur 73' (pen.)

Atlantic Cup

Breiðablik took part, for the first time, in The Atlantic Cup held in Algarve, Portugal, a pre-season friendly tournament contested of 8 teams from 6 countries. The team played 3 games, 1 win 1 draw 1 loss, against SV Mattersburg, FC Midtjylland and F.C. Copenhagen and finished in 5th place.[31] FH were the other Icelandic team in the tournament.

Date Opponents Stadium Result
F–A		 Scorers
4. February 2014 SV Mattersburg Estádio Albufeira 1-1 Guðjón Pétur 23'(pen.)
7. February 2014 FC Midtjylland Estádio da Nora 2-1 Árni Vill 50' Elfar Árni 59'
10. February F.C. Copenhagen Estádio Algarve 0-2
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Denmark F.C. Copenhagen 3300110+119
2 Sweden Örebro SK 330082+69
3 Russia FC Spartak Moscow 320157-26
4 Iceland Breiðablik UBK 311134-15
5 Austria SV Mattersburg 311165+14
6 Czech Republic FC Slovan Liberec 310227-53
7 Denmark FC Midtjylland 300336-30
8 Iceland FH Hafnarfjarðar 3003411-70

Lengjubikarinn

Lengjubikarinn, the Icelandic league cup, was held from 14. February to 25. April. It was played in 3 groups and Breiðablik were drawn in Group 1 along with 7 other teams.[32] Breiðablik finished in 2nd place in the group and went on to play in the quarter-finals where they beat Víkingur. In the semi-finals they beat Þór but lost in the finals to FH thus getting the silver.

Matches

Date Round Opponents Stadium Result
F–A		 Scorers
18. February 2014 Group Stage Grindavík Kórinn 2-1 Páll Olgeir 34' Tómas Óli 81'
22. February 2014 Group Stage BÍ/Bolungarvík Fífan 1-1 Árni Vill 20'
8. March 2014 Group Stage Fram Fífan 4-3 Finnur Orri 5' 79' Tómas Óli 17' 40'
15. March 2014 Group Stage Keflavík Reykjaneshöllin 2-1 Guðjón Pétur 16' (pen.) Stefán Gísla 50'
22. March 2014 Group Stage KR Fífan 0-0
29. March 2014 Group Stage ÍA Akraneshöllin 2-2 Guðjón Pétur 19' (pen.) Finnur Orri 26'
12. April 2014 Group Stage Afturelding Fífan 4-0 Árni Vill 32' 52' 54' Elvar Páll 86'
16. April 2014 Quarter Finals Víkingur Fífan 1-0 Elfar Árni 76'
21. April 2014 Semi Finals Þór Boginn 2-1 Guðjón Pétur 10' Árni Vill 27'
25. April 2014 Finals FH Samsung-völlurinn 1-4 Gísli Eyjólfsson '79

Úrvalsdeild

Breiðablik started the season on 5. May with a game against FH. The game ended with a 1-1 draw and from their Breiðablik started too struggle. They only took 6 points from their first 9 games, 6 draws and 3 defeats. Ólafur Kristjánsson's last game in charge was against Stjarnan on 2. June, game that ended with a 1-1 draw and Ólafur left Breiðablik without a league win in 2014 season.[33] There first win came on 2. July against Þór, that was Guðmundur Benediktsson first league win as head coach of Breiðablik.[34] After collecting 12 points in the first half of the season from 11 games (2 wins, 6 draws, 3 defeats), the team improved slightly in the second half off the season and only lost 2 games of the last 13, but too many draws, 12 in total, left the team only securing safety in the 20th round.[35] Breiðablik finished the season in 7th place only 3 points shy of 4th place which gave Europa League Qualification after KR's win in Borgunarbikarinn.

Table

Pos
Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Stjarnan (C) 22 15 7 0 42 21+21 52 2015–16 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2 FH (Q) 22 15 6 1 46 17+29 51 2015–16 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
3 KR (Q) 22 13 4 5 40 24+16 43
4 Víkingur Reykjavík (Q) 22 9 3 10 25 29−4 30
5 Valur 22 8 4 10 31 36−5 28
6 Fylkir 22 8 4 10 34 40−6 28
7 Breiðablik 22 5 12 5 36 33+3 27
8 Keflavík 22 6 7 9 29 32−3 25
10 Fjölnir 22 5 8 9 33 36−3 23
9 ÍBV 22 5 7 10 28 38−10 22
11 Fram (R) 22 6 3 13 30 48−18 21 Relegation to 2015 1. deild karla
12 Þór A. (R) 22 3 3 16 24 44−20 12

Updated to games played on 4 October 2014.
Source: KSÍ
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
The 2014 Icelandic Cup winner, KR, qualifies for 2015–16 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming fixture

Summary of results

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
22 5 12 5 36 33  +3 27 4 5 2 26 19  +7 1 7 3 10 14  −4

Last updated: 21 October 2014.
Source: KSÍ

Points breakdown

Borgunarbikar

Breiðablik entered the Borgunarbikarinn in the 3rd round(32nd-finals) with the other teams from Úrvalsdeild where they were drawn against local rivals HK. Breiðablik won the game 2-1 and the win was their first win of the 2014 summer season.[36] In the 4th round(16th finals) Breiðablik defeated Þór 3-1 after extra time.[37] Breiðablik then lost in the 5th round 2-0 to eventual winners KR in a disappointing game.[38]

Matches

Date Round Opponents Stadium Result
F–A		 Scorers
26 May 2014 Round 3 HK Kórinn 2-1 Árni Vill 65' Jordan Halsman 80'
19. June 2014 Round 4 Þór Kópavogsvöllur 3-1 (ext) Guðjón Pétur 63' Elfar Árni 99' Andri Rafn 115'
6. July 2014 Round 5 KR Kópavogsvöllur 0-2

Squad Information

Players Statistics

As of 21. October 2014

Appearances (Apps.) numbers are for appearances in competitive games only(Úrvalsdeild, Borgunarbikar and Lengjubikar). Right side of + are sub appearances
Red card numbers denote: Numbers in parentheses represent red cards overturned for wrongful dismissal.

No. Nat. Player Pos. Úrvalsdeild Borgunarbikar Lengjubikar Total
Apps Red card Apps Red card Apps Red card Apps Red card
1IcelandGunnleifur Gunnleifsson GK 22 3 9 34
2IcelandGísli Páll Helgason DF 9 2 2 3+2 16 2
3IcelandOliver Sigurjónsson DF 1+4 5
4IcelandSloveniaDamir Muminovic DF 15 2 6 2 1 8 2 1 25 2 8 1
5IcelandElfar Freyr Helgason DF 21+1 1 3 3 1 8+2 1 35 2 4
6ScotlandJordan Halsman DF 4+3 1 1 1 9 3 1 17 1 3 1
7IcelandStefán Gíslason MF 10+3 1 2 1+1 4 1 1 19 2 3
8IcelandFinnur Orri Margeirsson MF 21 2 3 8 3 1 32 3 3
9IcelandElfar Árni Aðalsteinsson FW 12+7 5 3 3 1 9+1 1 2 32 6 5
10IcelandGuðjón Pétur Lýðsson MF 18+1 7 2 3 1 8+1 3 1 31 11 3
11IcelandOlgeir Sigurgeirsson MF 2+9 2 2+1 2+6 22 2
12IcelandArnór Bjarki Hafsteinsson GK 1 1
14IcelandHöskuldur Gunnlaugsson MF 14+1 1 1+1 2+3 22 1
16IcelandErnir Bjarnason MF +1 1+2 4
17IcelandElvar Páll Sigurðsson FW 10+5 2 2 +6 1 1 23 3 1
19IcelandGunnlaugur Hlynur Birgisson FW +1 1
20IcelandStefán Þór Pálsson FW 1+1 2
21IcelandGuðmundur Friðriksson DF 3 +1 4+3 11
21IcelandBaldvin Sturluson DF 5+3 1 1 8 1 1
22IcelandEllert Hreinsson FW 7+8 3 2 +1 1+5 22 3 2
23IcelandÁrni Vilhjálmsson FW 19+1 10 4 1 3 2 7 5 1 30 17 6 1
26IcelandPáll Olgeir Þorsteinsson DF 4+2 8 1 14 1
27IcelandTómas Óli Garðarsson MF 7+2 1 1 +2 4+4 3 19 4 1
28IcelandDavíð Kristján Ólafsson MF 4+5 1 +1 4+6 1 20 1 1
29IcelandArnór Sveinn Aðalsteinsson DF 16+1 1 4 1+1 19 1 4
30IcelandAndri Rafn Yeoman MF 18+2 1 2 1 7 3 29 4
33IcelandGísli Eyjólfsson FW 2+2 1 4 1
IcelandIngiberg Ólafur Jónsson DF +1 1

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