Besta deild karla

Landsbankadeildin
Landsbankadeild 2007
File:Landsbankadeild.jpg
Founded
1912
Nation
Iceland
Relegation To
1. deild karla
Number of Teams
10
Level on Pyramid
Level 1
Cups
VISA-bikar Deildabikar
Current Champions (2006)
FH
Website
Official

The Úrvalsdeild Karla is the premier division football league in Iceland. Because of the harsh winters in Iceland, it is generally played in the spring and summer. It is run by the Football Association of Iceland and is currently comprised by 10 clubs. UEFA currently ranks the league 39th in Europe.

The top division consists of 10 clubs. Each club faces every other club twice during the season, once at home and once away. At the end of each season, the bottom two clubs are automatically relegated to the second level of the Icelandic league system, the 1. deild karla (First Division), with the top two clubs of the 1. deild karla automatically promoted to the Úrvalsdeild.

KR has won the most titles, 24. Valur is next with 19, and ÍA and Fram follow with 18 each. The current champions of Iceland are FH.

Current clubs

(Club - City based)

• Breiðablik - Kópavogur
• FH - Hafnarfjörður
• Fram - Reykjavík
• Fylkir - Reykjavík
• HK - Kópavogur
• ÍA - Akranes
• Keflavík - Keflavík

• KR - Reykjavík
• Valur - Reykjavík
• Víkingur - Reykjavík

History

Seasons

1912-2007, 1912, 1919, 1955, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007.

Championship History

Only 9 teams in 96 years have accomplished to win the Icelandic league title. FH are the most recent to join the list, winning their first title in 2004. KR has won the most titles. They have been Iceland's champions 24 times.

• 1912 KR (Reykjavík)
• 1913 Fram (Reykjavík)
• 1914 Fram (Reykjavík)
• 1915 Fram (Reykjavík)
• 1916 Fram (Reykjavík)
• 1917 Fram (Reykjavík)
• 1918 Fram (Reykjavík)
• 1919 KR (Reykjavík)
• 1920 Víkingur (Reykjavík)
• 1921 Fram (Reykjavík)
• 1922 Fram (Reykjavík)
• 1923 Fram (Reykjavík)
• 1924 Víkingur (Reykjavík)
• 1925 Fram (Reykjavík)
• 1926 KR (Reykjavík)
• 1927 KR (Reykjavík)
• 1928 KR (Reykjavík)
• 1929 KR (Reykjavík)
• 1930 Valur (Reykjavík)
• 1931 KR (Reykjavík)
• 1932 KR (Reykjavík)
• 1933 Valur (Reykjavík)
• 1934 KR (Reykjavík)
• 1935 Valur (Reykjavík)
• 1936 Valur (Reykjavík)
• 1937 Valur (Reykjavík)
• 1938 Valur (Reykjavík)
• 1939 Fram (Reykjavík)
• 1940 Valur (Reykjavík)
• 1941 KR (Reykjavík)
• 1942 Valur (Reykjavík)
• 1943 Valur (Reykjavík)
• 1944 Valur (Reykjavík)
• 1945 Valur (Reykjavík)
• 1946 Fram (Reykjavík)
• 1947 Fram (Reykjavík)
• 1948 KR (Reykjavík)
• 1949 KR (Reykjavík)
• 1950 KR (Reykjavík)
• 1951 ÍA (Akranes)
• 1952 KR (Reykjavík)
• 1953 ÍA (Akranes)
• 1954 ÍA (Akranes)
• 1955 KR (Reykjavík)
• 1956 Valur (Reykjavík)
• 1957 ÍA (Akranes)
• 1958 ÍA (Akranes)
• 1959 KR (Reykjavík)
• 1960 ÍA (Akranes)
• 1961 KR (Reykjavík)
• 1962 Fram (Reykjavík)
• 1963 KR (Reykjavík)
• 1964 ÍBK (Keflavík)
• 1965 KR (Reykjavík)
• 1966 Valur (Reykjavík)
• 1967 Valur (Reykjavík)
• 1968 KR (Reykjavík)
• 1969 ÍBK (Keflavík)
• 1970 ÍA (Akranes)
• 1971 ÍBK (Keflavík)
• 1972 Fram (Reykjavík)
• 1973 ÍBK (Keflavík)
• 1974 ÍA (Akranes)
• 1975 ÍA (Akranes)
• 1976 Valur (Reykjavík)
• 1977 ÍA (Akranes)
• 1978 Valur (Reykjavík)
• 1979 ÍBV (Vestmannaeyjar)
• 1980 Valur (Reykjavík)
• 1981 Víkingur (Reykjavík)
• 1982 Víkingur (Reykjavík)
• 1983 ÍA (Akranes)
• 1984 ÍA (Akranes)
• 1985 Valur (Reykjavík)
• 1986 Fram (Reykjavík)
• 1987 Valur (Reykjavík)
• 1988 Fram (Reykjavík)
• 1989 KA (Akureyri)
• 1990 Fram (Reykjavík)
• 1991 Víkingur (Reykjavík)
• 1992 ÍA (Akranes)
• 1993 ÍA (Akranes)
• 1994 ÍA (Akranes)
• 1995 ÍA (Akranes)
• 1996 ÍA (Akranes)
• 1997 ÍBV (Vestmannaeyjar)
• 1998 ÍBV (Vestmannaeyjar)
• 1999 KR (Reykjavík)
• 2000 KR (Reykjavík)
• 2001 ÍA (Akranes)
• 2002 KR (Reykjavík)
• 2003 KR (Reykjavík)
• 2004 FH (Hafnarfjörður)
• 2005 FH (Hafnarfjörður)
• 2006 FH (Hafnarfjörður)

Champions by number of titles

Team	Titles	First title	Last title
KR	24	1912	2003
Valur	19	1930	1987
ÍA	18	1951	2001
Fram	18	1913	1990
Víkingur	5	1920	1991
Keflavík	4	1964	1973
ÍBV	3	1979	1998
FH	3	2004	2006
KA	1	1989	1989

Player records

Top scorers

SEASON	TOP SCORER'S NAME	GOALS	CLUB
1990	Hörður Magnússon	13	FH
1991	Hörður Magnússon Guðmundur Steinsson	13	FH Víkingur
1992	Arnar Gunnlaugsson	15	ÍA
1993	Þórður Guðjónsson	19	ÍA
1994	Mihajilo Bibercic	14	ÍA
1995	Arnar Gunnlaugsson	15	ÍA
1996	Ríkharður Daðason	14	KR
1997	Tryggvi Guðmundsson	19	ÍBV
1998	Steingrímur Jóhannesson	16	ÍBV
1999	Steingrímur Jóhannesson	12	ÍBV
2000	Guðmundur Steinarsson Andri Sigþórsson	14	Keflavík KR
2001	Hjörtur Hjartarson	15	ÍA
2002	Grétar Hjartarson	13	Grindavík
2003	Björgólfur Takefusa	10	Þróttur Reykjavík
2004	Gunnar Heiðar Þorvaldsson	12	ÍBV
2005	Tryggvi Guðmundsson	16	FH
2006	Marel Baldvinsson	11	Breiðablik

Player of the year

SEASON	PLAYER OF THE YEAR	CLUB
1984	Bjarni Sigurðsson	ÍA
1985	Guðmundur Þorbjörnsson	Valur
1986	Guðmundur Torfason	Fram
1987	Pétur Ormslev	Fram
1988	Sigurjón Kristjánsson	Valur
1989	Þorvaldur Örlygsson	KA
1990	Sævar Jónsson	Valur
1991	Guðmundur Steinarsson	Víkingur
1992	Lúkas Kostic	ÍA
1993	Sigurður Jónsson	ÍA
1994	Sigursteinn Gíslason	ÍA
1995	Ólafur Þórðarson	ÍA
1996	Gunnar Oddsson	Leiftur
1997	Tryggvi Guðmundsson	ÍBV
1998	David Winnie	KR
1999	Guðmundur Benediktsson	KR
2000	Hlynur Stefánsson	ÍBV
2001	Gunnlaugur Jónsson	ÍA
2002	Finnur Kolbeinsson	Fylkir
2003	Allan Borgvardt	FH
2004	Heimir Guðjónsson	FH
2005	Allan Borgvardt	FH
2006	Viktor Bjarki Arnarson	Víkingur

See also

• 1. deild karla
• VISA-Bikarinn
• Deildabikarinn
• Icelandic football league system
• Iceland national football team