2014 Breiðablik UBK season

First Team

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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.

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. FH were the other Icelandic team in the tournament.

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. 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.

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. There first win came on 2. July against Þór, that was Guðmundur Benediktsson first league win as head coach of Breiðablik. 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. 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

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

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. In the 4th round(16th finals) Breiðablik defeated Þór 3-1 after extra time. Breiðablik then lost in the 5th round 2-0 to eventual winners KR in a disappointing game.

Players Statistics

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.