The 2014 season was FH's 30th season in Úrvalsdeild and their 14th consecutive season in top-flight of Icelandic Football.
Heimir Guðjónsson head coached the team for the 7th consecutive season and after a trophyless season in 2013 FH went into the season as one of the favorites for the title.
On 25 April FH won the Lengjubikarinn after a convincing win over Breiðablik 4–1
FH went through the 2014 league unbeaten until the last game where they met Stjarnan, who were also unbeaten, in a final for the title. FH lost the game on an injury time penalty and ended the season as runners-up in the league.
FH were defeated in the 32nd-finals of the Borgunarbikarinn by eventual winners KR on 28 May.
After a 2nd-place finish in 2013 FH earned a place in the Europa League Qualification. FH was drawn against Glenavon F.C. from N.Ireland in round 1. FH won the tie 6–2 and were drawn against FC Neman Grodno, from Belarus, in round 2. FH came on top with a 3–1 victory over the two legged tie. In the 3rd round FH were drawn against the Swedish team IF Elfsborg. FH lost the tie 5–3.
First team
Transfers in DatePositionNo.PlayerFrom clubRef17 October 2013 MF 6 Sam Hewson Fram1 November 2013GK12 Kristján Finnbogason Fylkir8 January 2014DF2 Sean Michael Reynolds VSI Tampa Bay8 January 2014FW- Steinar Aron Magnússon Höttur23 April 2014DF20 Kassim Doumbia Waasland-Beveren8 July 2014DF26 Jonathan Hendrickx Fortuna Sittard25 July 2014FW19 Steven Lennon Sandnes Ulf29 July 2014FW14 Indriði Áki Þorláksson Valur
Transfers out DatePositionNo.PlayerTo clubRef9 August 2013 MF 10 Björn Daníel Sverrisson Viking FK28 September 2013 DF 5 Freyr Bjarnason Retired1 October 2013 GK 12 Daði Lárusson Retired31 October 2013 DF 15 Guðmann Þórisson Mjällby AIF17 November 2013 MF 26 Viktor Örn Guðmundsson Fylkir19 December 2013 MF – Ingimar Elí Hlynsson ÍA24 February 2014 MF 24 Dominic Furness Ljungskile SK23 July 2014 FW 13 Kristján Gauti Emilsson NEC Nijmegen
Loans Out Start DateEnd DatePositionNo.PlayerTo ClubRef19 March 201429 July 2014 MF 18 Einar Karl Ingvarsson Fjölnir13 May 201416 October 2014 DF 26 Aron Lloyd Green Þróttur20 July 201416 October 2014 FW 14 Albert Brynjar Ingason Fylkir
Pre-season
Fótbolti.net Cup FH took part in Fótbolti.net Cup, a pre-season tournament for clubs outside of Reykjavík, in January. The team was drawn in Group 1 in A-deild with 3 other teams; Keflavik, Breiðablik and Grindavík. FH finished top of the group with 2 wins and 1 defeat. They played Stjarnan in the final which they lost 3–1.
DateRoundOpponentsStadiumResultF–AScorers10 January 2014Group stage GrindavíkReykjaneshöllin7–1Ingimundur Níels 9' Emil Páls 13' 17' Atli Guðna 54' Kristján Gauti 60' 71' 91'18 January 2014Group stage KeflavíkReykjaneshöllin1–3Davíð Þór 64'25 January 2014Group stage BreiðablikFífan3–0Guðjón Árni 65' Pétur Viðars 85' Ingimundur Níels 92'28 January 2014Final StjarnanKórinn1–3Emil Páls 69'
Atlantic Cup FH played in The Atlantic Cup, a pre-season friendly tournament held in Algarve, Portugal. The tournament was contested of 8 teams from 6 countries. FH played 3 games against Örebro SK, FC Spartak Moscow and SV Mattersburg and lost all three. FH ended in 8th and last place.
DateOpponentsStadiumResultF–AScorers5 February 2014 Örebro SKEstádio Algarve1–4Davíð Þór 44'9 February 2014 FC Spartak MoscowEstádio Albufeira1–3Atli Guðna 10'11 February 2014 SV MattersburgEstádio da Nora2–4Atli Viðar 34' Ingimundur Níels 35'
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts1 F.C. Copenhagen3300110+1192 Örebro SK330082+693 FC Spartak Moscow320157−264 Breiðablik UBK311134−155 SV Mattersburg311165+146 FC Slovan Liberec310227−537 FC Midtjylland300336−308 FH Hafnarfjarðar3003411-70
Lengjubikar Lengjubikarinn, the Icelandic league cup, was held from 14 February to 25 April. It was played in 3 groups and FH were drawn in Group 2 along with 7 other teams. FH came second in the group and went through to the quarter-finals where they won Stjarnan. In the semi-finals they defeated KR on penalties and in the finals they won Breiðablik 4–1, with a hattrick from Ingimundur Níels, thus becoming Lengjubikar champions. This was FH's 6th league cup.
Matches DateRoundOpponentsStadiumResultF–AScorers16 February 2014Group stage KAAkraneshöllin3–0Albert Brynjar 43' Ingimundur Níels 67' Emil Páls 82'21 February 2014Group stage FylkirEgilshöll3–1Emil Páls 46' Sam Tillen 62' Ingimundur Níels 78'3 April 2014Group stage FjölnirEgilshöll0–316 March 2014Group stage Leiknir REgilshöll3–1Kristján Gauti 20' 53' Ingimundur Níels 23'21 March 2014Group stage HKKórinn10–1Davíð Þór 6' Kristján Gauti 25' 29' 30' 74' Ingimundur Níels 36' 59' Atli Viðar 51' 77' Atli Guðna 88'28 March 2014Group stage Þróttur RGervigrasvöllur Laugardal1–0Atli Viðar 5'11 April 2014Group stage ÞórBoginn0–116 April 2014Quarter-finals StjarnanSamsung-völlur2–1Ingimundur Níels 66' Sam Hewson 69'21 April 2014Semi-finals KRKR-völlur1–1(4–2 pen)Emil Páls 6'25 April 2014Final BreiðablikSamsung-völlur4–1Ingimundur Níels 22' 64' 86' Hólmar Örn 90'
Borgunarbikar FH came into the Borgunarbikar, Icelandic cup, in the 3rd round (32nd finals) where they were drawn against KR. FH lost the game 1–0.
Matches DateRoundOpponentsStadiumResultF–AScorers28 May 201432nd-finals KRKR-völlur0–1
Úrvalsdeild After a good preseason and winning the Lengjubikar FH came into the season with good confidence. FH started the season with a home game against Breiðablik, ending in a draw 1–1. FH went through the season unbeaten until the last game of the season, where they met Stjarnan in a final for the title. Both team were unbeaten but FH needed just a draw to secure the title. Stjarnan took the lead on 40th minute through a controversial goal. FH came back and equalised on 64th minute through a goal from Steven Lennon. On 59th minute Veigar Páll got sent off for Stjarnan and FH took control of the game but missed some good chances. They were made to pay, in stoppage time Kassim Doumbia fouled Ólafur Karl of Stjarnan inside FH's penalty area and the referee pointed to the spot. Ólafur Karl scored from the penalty spot securing Stjarnan first ever Úrvalsdeild title.
Table
Matches
Results
Points breakdown Points at home: 24 Points away from home: 27 6 Points: Valur, Fylkir, Víkingur R, Fjölnir, Fram 4 Points: Breiðablik, Keflavík, Þór, KR, ÍBV 1 Points: Stjarnan
Europa League FH played in the Europa League qualification from 3 July to 7 August, they came into the tournament in the 1st round. They were drawn against the N.Ireland team Glenavon and they won the tie 6–2, 3–0 in the first leg at home and 3–2 in the second leg. In the 2nd round FH were drawn against Neman Grodno from Belarus. The tie ended 3–1 for FH, 1–1 away and 2–0 at home. FH then got eliminated in the 3rd round against the Swedish team Elfsborg 5–3, 2–1 at home and 1–4 away.
These 6 games took FH's total appearances in Europe to a total of 29. Atli Guðnason scored 4 goals in these games and he now has 10 goals in European cup games.
Matches DateRoundLegOpponentsStadiumResultF–AScorers3 July 2014Round 1Home GlenavonKaplakrikavöllur3–0Ingimundur Níels 82' Atli Guðna 90' 93'10 July 2014Round 1Away GlenavonMourneview Park3–2Ingimundur Níels 3' Emil Páls 37' 69'(pen)17 July 2014Round 2Away Neman GrodnoNeman Stadium1–1Kristján Gauti 55'24 July 2014Round 2Home Neman GrodnoKaplakrikavöllur2–0Atli Guðna 42' Atli Viðar 80'31 July 2014Round 3Away IF ElfsborgBorås Arena1–4Steven Lennon 61'7 August 2014Round 3Home IF ElfsborgKaplakrikavöllur2–1Atli Guðna 17' Kassim Doumbia 76'
Statistics
Appearances Includes all competitive matches; Úrvalsdeild, Borgunarbikar, Lengjubikar and Europa League.
Numbers in parentheses are sub appearances. No.Pos.NationNameÚrvalsdeildIcelandic CupLeague CupEuropa LeagueTotal 1 GK Róbert Örn Óskarsson 22 1 8 637 2 DF Sean Reynolds 7 (3) 1 5 (3) 1 (1)21 3 DF Guðjón Árni Antoníusson 3 (3) 0 2 (3) 011 4 DF Sam Tillen 0 0 4 04 5 DF Pétur Viðarsson 20 0 8 533 6 MF Sam Hewson 12 (8) 1 7 (2) 4 (1)35 7 MF Ingimundur Níels Óskarsson 14 (6) 1 8 (2) 1 (4)36 8 MF Emil Pálsson 12 (9) 1 6 (2) 4 (2)36 10 MF Davíð Þór Viðarsson 18 (2) 1 9 535 11 FW Atli Guðnason 18 (4) (1) 4 (6) 5 (1)39 12 GK Kristján Finnbogason 0 0 2 (1) 03 13 FW Kristján Gauti Emilsson 7 (2) 0 3 (2) 317 14 FW Albert Brynjar Ingason 2 (3) 1 4 (2) (1)13 16 DF Jón Ragnar Jónsson 18 (2) 1 10 637 17 FW Atli Viðar Björnsson 8 (10) (1) 5 (3) 1 (1)29 18 MF Einar Karl Ingvarsson 0 0 (1) 01 19 FW Steven Lennon 9 (1) 0 0 212 20 DF Kassim Doumbia 18 0 0 624 21 DF Böðvar Böðvarsson 10 (1) 1 4 (3) 322 22 MF Ólafur Páll Snorrason 17 (3) 1 9 636 23 DF Brynjar Ásgeir Guðmundsson 2 (2) 0 0 (1)5 24 DF Ási Þórhallsson 0 0 (1) 01 25 MF Hólmar Örn Rúnarsson 14 (6) 1 10 5 (1)37 26 DF Jonathan Hendrickx 11 0 0 314 26 DF Aron Lloyd Green 0 0 2 (3) 05 28 MF Sigurður Gísli Snorrason 0 0 (4) 04 – MF Steinar Aron Magnússon 0 0 (1) 01
Squad Stats Includes all competitive matches; Úrvalsdeild, Borgunarbikar, Lengjubikar and Europa League. {|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- ! ! style="width:70px;"|Úrvalsdeild ! style="width:70px;"|Borgunarbikar ! style="width:70px;"|Lengjubikar ! style="width:70px;"|Europa League ! style="width:70px;"|Total |- |align=left|Games played ||22 || 1 || 10 || 6 || 39 |- |align=left|Games won ||15 || 0 || 8 || 4 || 27 |- |align=left|Games drawn || 6 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 7 |- |align=left|Games lost || 1 || 1 || 2 || 1 || 5 |- |align=left|Goals scored || 46 || 0 || 30 || 12 || 88 |- |align=left|Goals conceded || 17 || 1 || 10 || 8 || 36 |- |align=left|Clean sheets || 10 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 14 |- |align=left|Yellow cards || 34 || 4 || 15 || 9 || 62 |- |align=left|Red cards || 4 || 1 || 2 || 1 || 8
Goal scorers Includes all competitive matches; Úrvalsdeild, Borgunarbikar, Lengjubikar and Europa League. {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align: center;" |- !width="7%"|No. !width="7%"|Pos. !width="7%"|Nation !width="20%"|Name !Úrvalsdeild !Borgunarbikar !Lengjubikar !Europa League !Total |- | 7 | MF | | Ingimundur Níels Óskarsson | 4 | 0 | 9 | 2 |15 |- | 11 | FW | | Atli Guðnason | 10 | 0 | 1 | 4 |15 |- | 13 | FW | | Kristján Gauti Emilsson | 5 | 0 | 7 | 3 |15 |- | 17 | FW | | Atli Viðar Björnsson | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 |12 |- | 8 | MF | | Emil Pálsson | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |7 |- | 19 | FW | | Steven Lennon | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 |7 |- | 20 | DF | | Kassim Doumbia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |5 |- | 6 | MF | | Sam Hewson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |2 |- | 25 | MF | | Hólmar Örn Rúnarsson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |2 |- | 2 | DF | | Sam Tillen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |1 |- | 10 | MF | | Davíð Þór Viðarsson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |1 |- | 14 | FW | | Albert Brynjar Ingason | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |1 |- | 16 | DF | | Jón Ragnar Jónsson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |1 |- | colspan=4 | Own Goals | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |4 |- |- bgcolor="F1F1F1" | colspan=4 | TOTAL | 46 | 0 | 30 | 12 |88
Disciplinary record Includes all competitive matches; Úrvalsdeild, Borgunarbikar, Lengjubikar and Europa League.
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