The quarter finals of the Iceland Cup were played over the weekend. 02/07/11 Thor A. - Grindavik 2-1 aet 03/07/11 BI/Bolungarvik - Throttur R. 3-2 03/07/11 Fjolnir - IBV 1-2 03/07/11 KR - Keflavik 3-2 The biggest shock in the cup this year has been BI/Bolungarvik reaching the semi finals. It the furthest they have ever reached in the competition, also they are playing in the second tier of Icelandic football for the first ever time. Coach is Gujdon Thordarson.
Draw was made today for the Iceland Cup Semi - Finals BI/Bolungarvik will play KR, and Thor A. v IBV Both games to be played 28 July.
It certainly looks like KR will be too strong for everyone this year. It would be nice to see Gudjon Thordarson take little BI/Bolungarvik to the cup final though. Must also mention that they are doing okay in league too around mid-table in 1.deild
PEPSI Deildin (Round 9) 06/07/11 FH - Grindavik 7-2 06/07/11 Vikingur R. - Breidablik 2-2 06/07/11 Thor A. - Valur 0-3 06/07/11 Keflavik - Fram 1-0 06/07/11 Stjarnan - Fylkir 4-1 21/07/11 KR - IBV Valur went top of the league with a 3-0 win against Thor in Akureyri. Goals from Jon Vilhelm Akason, Haukur Pall Sigurdsson and Runar Mar Sigurjonsson moves Valur ahead of KR. FH were the big winners of the round with a 7-2 home win against Grindavik. Atli Vidar Bjornsson scored a hatrick, Olafur Pall Snorasson got two, Matthias Vilhjalmsson and Holmar Orn Runnarsson got the other goals for FH. Vikingur and Breidablik drew 2-2. Dylan McCallister gave Breidablik the lead but Vikingur fought back with goals from Baldur Adalsteinsson and Viktor Jonsson. Gudmundur Kristjansson levelled for Breidablik in the second half. Fram are still bottom with just 2 points and will surely be relegated come September unless they have a big improvemnet, they went down 1-0 away to Keflavik. Fylkir were leading 1-0 at Stjarnan at half time, but the home team had a great second half and won 4-1. KR - IBV will be played on 21 July as they are both playing in Europa League tonight.
Fram is a real disaster this year ... I'm happy for Keflavik is a team I like. But it will be strange not to see Fram in the rankings. To me, they are already in the second division.
Yes Fram have had a terrible season so far, they have missed one of their best players goalkeeper Hannes Þor Halldorsson who moved to KR during the winter. I would be surprised if coach Þorvaldur Orlygsson survives the season. Fram could have a good chance of picking up their first win on Monday, they have home game against Grindavik who are also struggling. In fact Grindavik lost the last game 7-2 away to FH.
If anyone is interested about the 1.deild (the second tier of Iceland football). ÍA lead the table after 10 games with 28 points, they have only dropped 2 points all year so far. They lead Selfoss by 6 points. ÍA have been the best team by far this year and it looks like promotion back to the top division after a 3 year absence. In the 10 games they have scored 29 goals and conceded just 4. http://www.freewebs.com/iauk for all the ÍA news on my website.
PEPSI Deildin (Round 10) 09/07/11 Breidablik - Thor A. 4-1 10/07/11 IBV - FH 3-1 10/07/11 Fylkir - KR 0-3 11/07/11 Valur - Stjarnan 1-1 11/07/11 Fram - Grindavik 1-1 11/07/11 Keflavik - Vikingur R. 2-1 KR are back on top of the league table after a 3-0 win away to Reykjavik neighbours Fylkir. Gudjon Baldvinsson scored a first half hatrick for KR. Valur slipped back into second place after being held to a 1-1 draw at home to Stjarnan. Valur had taken a first half lead with a goal from Jon Vilhelm Akason but Stjarnan levelled with a 63rd minute goal from Halldor Orri Bjornsson. Fram are still without a win. Tomas Leifsson gave them the lead after 24 minutes but Robbie Winters equalized for Grindavik.
KR were fantastic I am told last night. Coach was bit dissapointed they never scored a few more. Good result for FH too, 1-1 against Nacional of Portugal.
But for FH, the return match will be difficult to qualify. I wanted Rennes faces one of two clubs to go see them but this is not the case. Too bad!
PEPSI Deildin (Round 11) 16/07/11 Stjarnan - Breidablik 3-2 17/07/11 Grindavik - IBV 2-0 17/07/11 KR - Valur 1-1 17/07/11 FH - Fylkir 2-2 18/07/11 Thor A. - Keflavik 2-1 18/07/11 Vikingur R. - Fram 0-1 The top two sides KR and Valur drew 1-1 at the KR-vollur in front of a crowd of 2911. KR took the lead in the 87th minute when Valur's Halldor Kristinn Halldorsson scored an own goal but Pol Justinussen equalized in the 90th mniute. FH led 2-0 at half time against Fylkir, but goals from Albert Brynjar Ingason and Kjartan Breidal earnt Fylkir a 2-2 draw. Grindavik won 2-0 against IBV, who had goalkeeper Albert Saevarsson sent off in the first half. Fram got their first win of the season away to fellow strugglers Vikingur. Steven Lennon on his debut scored the only goal after 43 minutes.
KR made it into the Europa League 3rd qualifying round despite losing 2-0 away to MSK Zilina. 3-2 to KR on aggregate. Not so good for FH though. They lost 2-0 away to Nacional with the Portugese winning 3-1 on agg. In the Champions League, Breidablik won 2-0 at home to Rosenborg but the Norwegians go through 5-2 on agg.
PEPSI Deildin (Round 12) 24/07/11 Thor A. - Vikingur R. 6-1 24/07/11 Grindavik - Fylkir 1-4 24/07/11 Stjarnan - Keflavik 2-3 24/07/11 KR - Breidablik 4-0 24/07/11 Fram - IBV 0-2 25/07/11 FH - Valur 3-2 KR moved 4 points clear of second placed Valur with a convincing 4-0 win against Breidablik. Gudjon Baldvinsson gave KR the lead after 2 minutes. Further goals from Skuli Jon Fridgeirsson and Oskar Orn Hauksson gave KR a 3-0 half time lead. Kjartan Henry Finnbogason scored a 71st minute penalty to make it 4-0. Valur lost 3-2 away to FH. Valur led 2-1 at half time but second half goals from Matthias Vihjalmsson and Atli Gudnason gave FH the points. IBV are third, after a 2-0 win at bottom placed Fram. Andri Olafsson scored a penalty and Thorarinn Ingi Valdimarsson were the IBV scorers. Thor won 6-1 at home to Vikingur, it was not a good start for Vikingur's new coach Bjarnolfur Larusson. Grindavik led 1-0 at home to Fylkir at half time, but 4 second half goals for the away team meant Fylkir won 4-1. Hilmar Geir Eidsson scored the winning goal for Keflavik in a 3-2 win away to Stjarnan.
The Semi finals of the Iceland Cup were played over the weekend. First to play were Thor A - IBV, with the home team winning 2-0. BI/Bolungarvik played KR today, with KR winning 4-1. The final will be played at Laugardalsvollur in Reykjavik on 13th August Thor A. - KR
Other news from Iceland, the 2014 World Cup draw was made and Iceland are in Group E. Group E is as follows: Norway Slovenia Switzerland Albania Cyprus ICELAND
Iceland play Hungary in an international friendly in Budapest next week. Olafur Johannesson has named the following squad for the game. Goalkeepers Stefan Logi Magnusson (Lillestrom SK, Nor) 6 app/ 0 gls Hannes Thor Halldorsson (KR) 0/0 Haraldur Bjornsson (Valur) 0/0 Defenders Hermann Hreidarsson (Portsmouth, Eng) 88/5 Indridi Sigurdsson (Viking FK, Nor) 59/2 Birkir Mar Saevarsson (SK Brann, Nor) 23/0 Solvi Geir Ottesen (FC Kobenhaven, Den) 14/0 Arnor Sveinn Adalsteinsson (Breidablik) 9/0 Jon Gudni Fjoluson (Germinal Beerschot, Bel) 4/0 Gudmundur Reynir Gunnarsson (KR) 3/0 Midfielders Aron Einar Gunnarsson (Cardiff City, Eng) 23/0 Rurik Gislason (OB Odense, Den) 10/1 Johann Berg Gudmundsson (AZ, Hol) 10/0 Eggert Jonsson (Hearts, Sco) 9/0 Gylfi Thor Sigurdsson (TSG Hoffenheim, Ger) 5/0 Birkir Bjarnason (Viking FK, Nor) 5/0 Forwards Eidur Smari Gudjohnsen (AEK Athens, Gre) 64/24 Heidar Helguson (QPR, Eng) 54/12 Kolbeinn Sigthorsson (Ajax Amsterdam, Hol) 6/3 Alfred Finnbogason (KSC Lokeren, Bel) 4/1
PEPSI Deildin (Round 13) 03/08/11 Fylkir - IBV 1-3 03/08/11 Thor A. - Fram 3-0 03/08/11 Breidablik - FH 0-1 03/08/11 Valur - Grindavik 1-1 03/08/11 Vikingur R. - Stjarnan 1-1 22/09/11 Keflavik - KR IBV moved into second place in the league after a 3-1 win away to Fylkir. Golas from Thorarinn Ingi Valdimarsson and Tryggvvi Gudmundsson (2) gave IBV a 3-0 lead at half time. Valur were held to a 1-1 draw at home to Grindavik. Magnus Bjorgvinsson gave Grindavik the lead after 40 minutes, Matthias Gudmundsson levelled for Valur on 51 minutes. Thor won 3-0 at home to bottom placed Fram in Akureyri. Gunnar Mar Gudmundsson gave Thor a 6th minute lead. Second half goals from subs Sigurdur Marino Kristjansson and Johann Helgi Hannesson made it 3-0. Emil Palsson scored the only goal after 30 minutes for FH in a 1-0 win away to Breidablik. Bjorgolfur Takefusa rescued a point for Vikingur with a last minute equalizer against Stjarnan. An own goal from Gunnar Einarsson had given Stjarnan the lead on 65 minutes. Keflavik v KR was postponed as KR play in the Europa League on Thursday. KR are still leading the table with two games in hand.
