2015 Valur season
# 2015 Valur season

The 2015 season was Valur's 95th season in Úrvalsdeild and their 11th consecutive season in top-flight of Icelandic Football.

Along with the Úrvalsdeild, the club competed in the Lengjubikarinn and Borgunarbikarinn.

Ólafur Jóhannesson head coached the team after signing a 3-year contract following the departure of Magnús Gylfason on 6 October. He was by former Valur player Sigurbjörn Hreiðarsson. Ólafur and Sigurbjörn coached Haukar in the 2014 season.

On 15 August Valur won the Borgunarbikarinn after beating KR in the final 2–0.

Valur ended the season in 5th place in the league. Patrick Pedersen won the golden boot with 13 goals in 20 games.

## First team

    As of 31 July 2015. These players competed in Úrvalsdeild, Borgunarbikarinn, Lengjubikarinn

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

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | GK | ISL | Ingvar Þór Kale |
| 2 | DF | DEN | Thomas Guldborg Christensen |
| 3 | MF | SCO | Iain James Williamson |
| 4 | MF | ISL | Einar Karl Ingvarsson |
| 5 | MF | ISL | Baldvin Sturluson |
| 7 | MF | ISL | Haukur Páll Sigurðsson (Captain) |
| 8 | FW | ISL | Kristinn Ingi Halldórsson |
| 9 | FW | DEN | Patrick Pedersen |
| 10 | MF | ISL | Kristinn Freyr Sigurðsson |
| 11 | FW | ISL | Sigurður Egill Lárusson |
| 12 | GK | ISL | Anton Ari Einarsson |
| 13 | DF | ISL | Darri Sigþórsson |
| 14 | DF | ISL | Gunnar Gunnarsson |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | MF | ISL | Tómas Óli Garðarsson |
| 17 | MF | ISL | Andri Adolphsson |
| 18 | FW | ISL | Haukur Ásberg Hilmarsson |
| 19 | FW | ISL | Emil Atlason |
| 20 | DF | ISL | Orri Sigurður Ómarsson |
| 21 | DF | ISL | Bjarni Ólafur Eiríksson |
| 22 | MF | DEN | Mathias Schlie |
| 23 | MF | ISL | Andri Fannar Stefánsson |
| — | MF | ISL | Marteinn Högni Elíasson |
| — | MF | ISL | Páll Magnús Pálsson |
| — | MF | ISL | Jón Örn Gunnarsson |
| — | FW | ISL | Bjarki Steinar Björnsson |

## Transfers and loans

### Transfers In

| Date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Other |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 16 October 2014 | MF | 23 | Andri Fannar Stefánsson | Leiknir R | Back from Loan |
| 16 October 2014 | MF | 11 | Arnar Sveinn Geirsson | KH | Back from Loan |
| 16 October 2014 | MF | 4 | Einar Karl Ingvarsson | Grindavík | Back from Loan |
| 16 October 2014 | DF | 13 | Matarr Jobe | Víkingur Ó | Back from Loan |
| 16 October 2014 | FW | 29 | Ragnar Þór Gunnarsson | Selfoss | Back from Loan |
| 6 November 2014 | DF | 5 | Baldvin Sturluson | Stjarnan | |
| 8 December 2014 | GK | 1 | Ingvar Þór Kale | Víkingur R | |
| 30 December 2014 | DF | 20 | Orri Sigurður Ómarsson | AGF | |
| 30 January 2015 | MF | 17 | Andri Adolphsson | ÍA | |
| 1 February 2015 | MF | 16 | Tómas Óli Garðarsson | Breiðablik | |
| 19 March 2015 | MF | | Hilmar Þór Hilmarsson | Stjarnan | |
| 7 May 2015 | DF | 2 | Thomas Guldborg Christensen | Hammarby IF | |
| 21 July 2015 | FW | 19 | Emil Atlason | KR | On loan |

### Transfers Out

| Date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Other |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 11 October 2014 | FW | 9 | Kolbeinn Kárason | Leiknir R | |
| 16 October 2014 | DF | 13 | Matarr Jobe | Released | |
| 16 October 2014 | GK | 25 | Ásgeir Þór Magnússon | Released | |
| 5 November 2014 | DF | 2 | Billy Berntsson | Qormi F.C. | |
| 5 November 2014 | MF | 20 | Tonny Mawejje | Haugesund | Was on Loan |
| 22 November 2014 | MF | 16 | Halldór Hermann Jónsson | KA | |
| 28 November 2014 | MF | 5 | Magnús Már Lúðvíksson | Fram | |
| 1 December 2014 | GK | 1 | Fjalar Þorgeirsson | Retired | |
| 23 March 2015 | MF | 11 | Arnar Sveinn Geirsson | Víkingur Ó | |
| 17 July 2015 | DF | 15 | Þórður Steinar Hreiðarsson | Þór | |

### Loans in

| Start Date | End Date | Position | No. | Player | From Club | Ref |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 27 July 2015 | 16 October 2015 | MF | 22 | Mathias Schlie | Hobro IK | |

### Loans out

| Start Date | End Date | Position | No. | Player | To Club |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8 May 2015 | 16 October 2015 | FW | 29 | Ragnar Þór Gunnarsson | Tindastóll |
| 13 May 2015 | 16 October 2015 | MF | | Hilmar Þór Hilmarsson | Grótta |
| 31 July 2015 | 16 October 2015 | MF | 6 | Daði Bergsson | Leiknir R |

## Pre-season

### Reykjavík Cup

Valur took part in the 2015 Reykjavík Cup, a pre-season tournament for clubs from Reykjavík.

The team played in group B along with Leiknir R, Víkingur R, ÍR and Þróttur R. Valur finished second in the group behind Leiknir R with 7 points, 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. Kristinn Freyr was the highest goalscorer in the group with 6 goals.

In the semi-final game against Fjölnir, Sigurður Egill scored the only goal to put Valur through to the finals.

On 9 February Valur won Leiknir R in the final 3–0. Sigurður Egill scored the first goal on the 8th minute and Kristinn Freyr doubled the scoring on the 27th minute from the penalty spot. On the 37th minute Sigurður Egill was sent off after getting his second yellow card for a dive. Valur held on and managed to score their third goal through Þórður Steinar following a corner.

| Date | Round | Opponents | Stadium | Result F–A | Scorers |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 9 January 2015 | Group stage | ÍR | Egilshöll | 9–1 | Sigurður Egill 6' Þórður Steinar 23' Gunnar G. 25' Haukur Páll 30' 34' Einar Karl 44' Kristinn Freyr 57' 76' Ragnar Þór 64' |
| 15 January 2015 | Group stage | Víkingur R | Egilshöll | 4–0 | Haukur Ásberg 7' Ragnar Þór 22' Gunnar G. 25' Kristinn Freyr 64' |
| 25 January 2015 | Group stage | Leiknir R | Egilshöll | 2–3 | Kristinn Freyr 7' 29'(p.) |
| 30 January 2015 | Group stage | Þróttur R | Egilshöll | 2–2 | Kristinn Freyr 45' Haukur Páll 56' |
| 5 February 2015 | Semi-finals | Fjölnir | Egilshöll | 1–0 | Sigurður Egill 33' |
| 9 February 2015 | Final | Leiknir R | Egilshöll | 3–0 | Sigurður Egill 8' Kristinn Freyr 27'(p.) Þórður Steinar 82' |

## Lengjubikarinn

Valur were drawn in group 3 in the Icelandic league cup, Lengjubikarinn, along with ÍA, Stjarnan, Keflavík, Grindavík, Haukar, Fjarðabyggð and Þór.

Valur finished second in the group behind ÍA with 5 wins and 2 draws, 17 points. Patrick Pedersen was their highest goalscorer with 6 goals in 6 games.

On 16 April Valur lost to Breiðablik in the quarter-finals 5–1. Patrick Pedersen scored Valur's only goal from the spot on the 42nd minute to level the score 1–1. Breiðablik than took all control of the game and scored 4 more goals.

| Date | Round | Opponents | Stadium | Result F–A | Scorers |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 13 February 2015 | Group stage | Stjarnan | Egilshöll | 1–1 | Haukur Ásberg 49' |
| 21 February 2015 | Group stage | Grindavík | Egilshöll | 3–2 | Patrick Pedersen 72' Kristinn Freyr 83'(p.) Bjarni Ólafur 90' |
| 4 March 2015 | Group stage | Keflavík | Reykjaneshöllin | 3–3 | Haukur Páll 33' Andri Fannar 38' Andri A. 60' |
| 12 March 2015 | Group stage | ÍA | Egilshöll | 3–1 | Patrick Pedersen 26' 28' Kristinn Freyr 45' |
| 21 March 2015 | Group stage | Fjarðabyggð | Fjarðabyggðarhöllin | 2–0 | Orri Sigurður 51' Ragnar Þór 80' |
| 28 March 2015 | Group stage | Þór A | Egilshöll | 3–2 | Patrik Pedersen 1' Andri A. 6' Haukur Ásberg 46' |
| 10 April 2015 | Group stage | Haukar | Egilshöll | 2–1 | Patrick Pedersen 38' 52' |
| 16 April 2015 | Quarter-finals | Breiðablik | Fífan | 1–5 | Patrick Pedersen 42'(p.) |

## Úrvalsdeild

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 | KR | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 36 | 21 | +15 | 42 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Stjarnan | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 32 | 24 | +8 | 33 | |
| 5 | Valur | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 38 | 31 | +7 | 33 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 6 | Fjölnir | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 36 | 35 | +1 | 33 | |
| 7 | ÍA | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 29 | |

* ↑ Valur qualified for the UEFA Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2015 Icelandic Cup.

### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Upcoming fixture

### Summary of results

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

Last updated: 3 October 2015. Source: KSÍ

### Points breakdown

* Points at home: 17
* Points away from home: 16
* 6 Points: Fylkir, Keflavík
* 4 Points: KR
* 3 Points: Leiknir R, FH, ÍA, Stjarnan
* 2 Points: Fjölnir, ÍBV
* 1 Point: Víkingur R
* 0 Points: Breiðablik

## Borgunarbikarinn

Valur came into the Icelandic cup, Borgunarbikarinn, in the 32nd-finals and were drawn against Selfoss. Valur won the game comfortably 4–0, with a hat trick from Patrick Pedersen.

In the 16th-finals the team was drawn against Fjarðabyggð. Valur won the game 4–0.

In the quarter-finals Valur was drawn against Víkingur R. Valur won the game 2–1 with Iain Williamson scoring the winning goal in the 80th minute.

On 7 July Valur was drawn against KA in the semi-finals. Valur won the tie on penalties after the game had ended 1–1. Valur had controlled most of the game but only managed to score one goal, an equaliser through Orri Sigurður after Elfar Árni had put KA ahead on the 6th minute.

Valur became Borgunarbikarinn champions on 15 August after defeating KR 2–0 in the final. Bjarni Ólafur opened the scoring on the 72nd minute with a header following a corner and Kristinn Ingi secured the win on the 87th minute. This was Valur's 10th Cup win with the last one coming in 2005.

Win  Draw  Loss  Upcoming fixture

## Squad statistics

### Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches.

    As of match played 3 October 2015

| Rank | Pos. | No. | Player | Úrvalsdeild | Borgunarbikar | Lengjubikar | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | FW | 9 | Patrick Pedersen | 13 | 4 | 7 | 24 |
| 2 | MF | 10 | Kristinn Freyr Sigurðsson | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | FW | 8 | Kristinn Ingi Halldórsson | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | FW | 11 | Sigurður Egill Lárusson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | FW | 18 | Haukur Ásberg Hilmarsson | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | DF | 21 | Bjarni Ólafur Eiríksson | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | MF | 17 | Andri Adolphsson | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | 23 | Andri Fannar Stefánsson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | DF | 20 | Orri Sigurður Ómarsson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | 4 | Einar Karl Ingvarsson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | FW | 19 | Emil Atlason | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | MF | 7 | Haukur Páll Sigurðsson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | FW | 29 | Ragnar Þór Gunnarsson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | 5 | Baldvin Sturluson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | 16 | Tómas Óli Garðarsson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | 6 | Daði Bergsson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | 3 | Iain James Williamson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |

### Appearances

Includes all competitive matches. Numbers in parentheses are sub appearances

    As of match played 3 October 2015

| No. | Pos. | Player | Úrvalsdeild | Borgunarbikar | Lengjubikar | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | GK | Ingvar Þór Kale | 19 | 4 | 5 | 28 |
| 2 | DF | Thomas Guldborg Christensen | 13 | 4 | 0 | 17 |
| 3 | MF | Iain James Williamson | 8 (8) | 2 (2) | 1 (1) | 22 |
| 4 | MF | Einar Karl Ingvarsson | 7 (6) | 1 (3) | 7 (1) | 25 |
| 5 | DF | Baldvin Sturluson | 11 (4) | 2 | 2 (1) | 20 |
| 6 | MF | Daði Bergsson | 1 (6) | (1) | 3 (2) | 13 |
| 7 | MF | Haukur Páll Sigurðsson | 17 | 4 | 5 | 26 |
| 8 | FW | Kristinn Ingi Halldórsson | 14 (2) | 5 | (2) | 23 |
| 9 | FW | Patrick Pedersen | 19 (1) | 5 | 7 | 32 |
| 10 | MF | Kristinn Freyr Sigurðsson | 20 | 5 | 5 (1) | 31 |
| 11 | FW | Sigurður Egill Lárusson | 20 | 5 | 5 (2) | 32 |
| 12 | GK | Anton Ari Einarsson | 3 (1) | 1 | 3 (1) | 9 |
| 13 | DF | Darri Sigþórsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Gunnar Gunnarsson | 8 | 1 | 4 (2) | 15 |
| 15 | DF | Þórður Steinar Hreiðarsson | 1 (1) | 0 | 7 | 9 |
| 16 | MF | Tómas Óli Garðarsson | 1 (9) | (2) | (1) | 13 |
| 17 | MF | Andri Adolphsson | 6 (4) | (1) | 7 | 18 |
| 18 | FW | Haukur Ásberg Hilmarsson | (8) | (3) | 4 (4) | 19 |
| 19 | FW | Emil Atlason | 5 (3) | (1) | 0 | 9 |
| 20 | DF | Orri Sigurður Ómarsson | 22 | 5 | 5 | 32 |
| 21 | DF | Bjarni Ólafur Eiríksson | 19 | 5 | 7 | 31 |
| 22 | MF | Mathias Schlie | 8 | 1 (1) | 0 | 10 |
| 23 | MF | Andri Fannar Stefánsson | 19 | 5 | 8 | 32 |
| 29 | FW | Ragnar Þór Gunnarsson | 0 | 0 | 1 (5) | 6 |
| | MF | Marteinn Högni Elíasson | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 2 |
| | MF | Hilmar Þór Hilmarsson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | MF | Páll Magnús Pálsson | 0 | 0 | (1) | 1 |
| | MF | Jón Örn Gunnarsson | 0 | 0 | (1) | 1 |
| | FW | Bjarki Steinar Björnsson | 0 | 0 | (1) | 1 |

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

    As of match played 3 October 2015

| No. | Pos. | Player | Úrvalsdeild | Úrvalsdeild | Úrvalsdeild | Borgunarbikar | Borgunarbikar | Borgunarbikar | Lengjubikar | Lengjubikar | Lengjubikar | Total | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | GK | Ingvar Þór Kale | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Thomas Guldborg Christensen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | Iain James Williamson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Einar Karl Ingvarsson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Baldvin Sturluson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Haukur Páll Sigurðsson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | Kristinn Ingi Halldórsson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Patrick Pedersen | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Kristinn Freyr Sigurðsson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | Sigurður Egill Lárusson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Gunnar Gunnarsson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Þórður Steinar Hreiðarsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Haukur Ásberg Hilmarsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Emil Atlason | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Orri Sigurður Ómarsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Bjarni Ólafur Eiríksson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Mathias Schlie | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Andri Fannar Stefánsson | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | Ragnar Þór Gunnarsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
