Game #4978
Aston Villa
Thursday, 14 August 2008


Won
2nd Qualifying
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩
UEFA Cup
Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar
Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík
Attendance: 2,200
🟩 14 Aug 2008, Villa 4-1 Hafnarfjordur, Laugardalsvöllur
Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar
1-4

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Ashley Young | 4' | 64' |
🟩 14 Aug 2008, Villa 4-1 Hafnarfjordur, Laugardalsvöllur


MATCH TIMELINE
Thursday, 14 August 2008
🟢 | 1’ Debut, Brad Friedel, Nicky Shorey
⚽ | 4’ Goal, 1-0, Gareth Barry, Assist by Ashley Young
⚽ | 6’ Goal, 2-0, Ashley Young
⚽ | 38’ Goal, 3-0, Gabriel Agbonlahor
🥅 | 45’ Goal, 3-1, (Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar), Matthías Gudmundsson
🕒 | HT Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar 1-3 Aston Villa
🟨 | 55’ Booking, Gareth Barry
⚽ | 64’ Goal, 4-1, Martin Laursen, Assist by Ashley Young
🔁 | 66’ Sub off, Stiliyan Petrov, Sub on, Moustapha Salifou
🔁 | 71’ Sub off, Ashley Young, Sub on, Wayne Routledge
🔁 | 76’ Sub off, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Sub on, Nathan Delfouneso 🟢
🕒 | FT Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar 1-4 Aston Villa
Match Statistics
Not recorded
Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution
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ON THIS DAY
Thursday, 14 August 2008
Villa face Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar for the first time in competitive football, Hafnarfjarðar become the 152nd team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football, Villa’s 35th continental European opponents and their second from Iceland after their meeting with Valur Reykavik in their 1981-82 European Cup winning campaign.
Goalkeeper Brad Friedel, 37, makes his Villa debut after joining from Blackburn Rovers for £2,250,000 in July 2008 to become the 808th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
Left back Nicky Shorey, 27, makes his Villa debut after joining from Reading for a fee of £3,960,000 earlier this monthto become the 809th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
Forward Nathan Delfouneso, 17, makes his Villa debut as a substitute after coming through the ranks as a schoolboy before signing professional forms in July 2008 to become the 810th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
Craig Gardner makes his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt (33 Starts) to make it W20 D13 L17, 5 Goals, 1 Assist and 7 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
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DEBUT APPEARANCES
🟢 GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 | #808 | £2,250,000 signing from Blackburn
🟢 LB Nicky Shorey | 🏴 | #809 | £3,960,000 signing from Reading
🟢 F Nathan Delfouneso | 🏴 | #810 | Youth Team Promotiion
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
Icelandic Champions: 🏆🏆🏆
Icelandic Cup Winners: 🏆
Icelandic League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 2007
🟩 14 Aug 2008, Villa 4-1 Hafnarfjordur, Laugardalsvöllur
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 2008-09 |
Matchday | #3 |
Manager Game | #86 |
Thursday, 14 August 2008
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🟩 14 Aug 2008, Villa 4-1 Hafnarfjordur, Laugardalsvöllur
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Martin O’Neill | 🇬🇧 | County Londonderry, 2006-2010
Referee: Radek Matějek | 🇨🇿 | 2008
Kick off: 7.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 3-1
FT Score: 🟩 4-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010
🕒 86 | 🟩 | 32 🟨 | 30 🟥 24 | 1.47
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
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MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Radek Matějek | 🇨🇿 | 2008
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Antonín Kordula, Martin Wilczek
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Gareth Barry
CARDS

🟨 Tommy Nielsen
🟨 Björn Daníel Sverisson
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 14 Aug 2008, Villa 4-1 Hafnarfjordur, Laugardalsvöllur

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Martin O'Neill hands debuts to Brad Friedel and Nicky Shorey, and hands first starts of the season to Marlon Harewood, Gareth Barry and Curtis Davies. Stuart Taylor, Wilfred Bouma, Zat Knight and Steve Sidwell drop out.
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.93 |
Oldest Player |
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 | 37.27 |
Youngest Player |
M Craig Gardner | 🏴 | 21.73 |
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MANAGER
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010

Aston Villa
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 | 🟢 |
LB Nicky Shorey | 🏴 | 🟢 |
CB Curtis Davies | 🏴 |
CB Martin Laursen | 🇩🇰 | ⚽ |
M Craig Gardner | 🏴 |
W Ashley Young | 🏴 | 🔥 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🔁 |
M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 | 🔁 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴 |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Marlon Harewood | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Heimir Guðjónsson | 🇮🇸 |

Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar
GK Gunnar Sigurðsson | 🇮🇸 |
LB Hjörtur Logi Valgarðsson | 🇮🇸 |
D Höskuldur Eiríksson | 🇮🇸 | 🔁 |
CB Dennis Slim | 🇩🇰 |
M Tommy Nielsen | 🇩🇰 | 🟨 |
M Matthías Guðmundsson | 🇮🇸 | ⚽ |
M Davíd Thór Viðarsson | 🇮🇸 | 🔁 |
M Björn Daníel Sverisson | 🇮🇸 | 🟨 |
W Atli Guðnason | 🇮🇸 | 🔁 |
CF Tryggvi Guðmundsson | 🇮🇸 |
CF Matthías Vilhjálmsson | 🇮🇸 |
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SUBSTITUTES

🔁 M Moustapha Salifou | 🇹🇬 | for M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 | 66’ |
🔁 W Wayne Routledge | 🏴 | for W Ashley Young | 🏴 | 71’ |
🔁 F Nathan Delfouneso | 🏴 | 🟢 | for F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | 76’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | D Höskuldur Eiríksson | 🇮🇸 | (D Gudmundur Sævarsson | 🇮🇸 |)
🔁 | M Davíd Thór Viðarsson | 🇮🇸 | (M Ásgeir Gunnar Ásgeirsson | 🇮🇸 |)
🔁 | W Atli Guðnason | 🇮🇸 | (CF Jónas Grani Garðarsson | 🇮🇸 |)

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Stuart Taylor | 🏴 |
CB Zat Knight | 🏴 |
CB Nathan Baker | 🏴 |
M Isaiah Osbourne | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Dathi Larusson | 🇮🇸 |
CB Freyr Bjarnason | 🇮🇸 |
CB Birkir Sverrisson | 🇮🇸 |
M Hakon Hallfredsson | 🇮🇸 |
Player Positions:
GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half
M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward
Match Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
🟩 14 Aug 2008, Villa 4-1 Hafnarfjordur, Laugardalsvöllur

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M Moustapha Salifou | 🇹🇬 | | 5 | 5* | 0 | 0 | 3* | 0 | 2 | - | - | 0 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Stuart Taylor | 🏴 | | 108* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
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SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Homegrown: 3/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 14/18
Homegrown: 6/18
SQUAD STATS

Home Nation 🇮🇸 : 12/14
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MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE


MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟩 14 Aug 2008, Villa 4-1 Hafnarfjordur, Laugardalsvöllur


MATCH QUOTES
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MATCH REPORTS






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