The Úrvalsdeild karla ( icelandic pronunciation : [ ˈurvalsˌteilt ˈkʰartla ], Men’s Select Division ) is the highest men ‘s football league in Iceland. [ 2 ] It has been played since 1912. [ 3 ] Because of the harsh winters in Iceland, it is by and large played in the give and summer ( May to September ). It is governed by the Football Association of Iceland ( KSI ) and has 12 teams. By end of season 2015–2016, UEFA ranked the league No. 35 in Europe. [ 4 ] From 27 April 2009, the league has had an active agreement on the league ‘s name rights with Ölgerðin, the Icelandic franchisee for Pepsi. From the 2019 temper onwards, the league is popularly referred to as Pepsi Max deildin ( The Pepsi Max League ). [ 5 ] [ 6 ] The clubs play each other home and aside. At the end of each season, the two teams with the fewest points are relegated to 1. deild karla ( First Division ), from which two top charge teams promote to the higher grade. The achiever of the Úrvalsdeild enters the european national rival UEFA Champions League in the second modification round. The second, one-third and fourthly placed teams qualify for the UEFA Europa League in the foremost modification polish. [ 7 ] An campaign by KSI to strengthen Icelandic football had only one team relegated in the 2007 season to the First Division and three clubs promoted to premier division, bringing the acme flight to the total of clubs it contains presently.
Reading: Úrvalsdeild karla (football)
Championship title counts are : KR with 27, Valur with 23, and ÍA and Fram Reykjavík each with 18. FH has 8 and Víkingur has 6. The 2021 title holder is Vikingur. [ 8 ] [ 9 ]
current clubs ( 2021 ) [edit ]
Club
Location
Position
in 2020
Position
in 2021
First season in
Úrvalsdeild
Seasons
in
Úrvalsdeild
First season of
current spell in
Úrvalsdeild
Úrvalsdeild
titles
First
Úrvalsdeild
title
Last
Úrvalsdeild
title
Breiðablik
Kópavogur
4th
2nd
1971
36
2006
1
2010
2010
FH
Hafnarfjörður
2nd
6th
1975
37
2001
8
2004
2016
Fylkir
Reykjavík (Árbær)
6th
12th
1989
24
2018
0
–
–
HK
Kópavogur
9th
11th
2007
5
2019
0
–
–
ÍA
Akranes
8th
9th
1946
68
2019
18
1951
2001
KA
Akureyri
7th
4th
1978
19
2017
1
1989
1989
Keflavík
Reykjanesbær (Keflavík)
1st, 1. deild karla
10th
1958
53
2021
4
1964
1973
KR
Reykjavík (Vesturbær)
5th
3rd
1912
107
1979
27
1912
2019
Leiknir
Reykjavík (Breiðholt)
2nd, 1. deild karla
8th
2015
2
2021
0
–
–
Stjarnan
Garðabær
3rd
7th
1990
19
2009
1
2014
2014
Valur
Reykjavík (Hlíðar/Miðborg)
1st (Champions)
5th
1915
101
2005
23
1930
2020
Víkingur
Reykjavík
(Fossvogur, Háaleiti og Bústaðir)
10th
1st (Champions)
1918
70
2014
6
1920
2021
reference : [ 10 ]
history [edit ]
Championship history [edit ]
The Icelandic league style has been won in its over 100 years being by 11 teams. KR has the most titles, with 27. Stjarnan are the end team to join the list, winning their first title in 2014. [ citation needed ] The league has been dominated by teams from the Capital Region which contains about two thirds of Iceland ‘s population. entirely four teams from outside the GRA have always won the league : ( Keflavík, ÍA, ÍBV, and KA ). ÍBV and KA have won four titles amongst themselves, are located more than an hour ‘s drive from Reykjavík, and the teams of the longest distance from the capital to title. [ citation needed ]
Single Round
- 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)
Double Round
- 1959: KR (Reykjavík)
- 1960: ÍA (Akranes)
- 1961: KR (Reykjavík)
- 1962: Fram (Reykjavík)
- 1963: KR (Reykjavík)
- 1964: Keflavík (Keflavík)
- 1965: KR (Reykjavík)
- 1966: Valur (Reykjavík)
- 1967: Valur (Reykjavík)
- 1968: KR (Reykjavík)
- 1969: Keflavík (Keflavík)
- 1970: ÍA (Akranes)
- 1971: Keflavík (Keflavík)
- 1972: Fram (Reykjavík)
- 1973: Keflavík (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)
- 2007: Valur (Reykjavík)
- 2008: FH (Hafnarfjörður)
- 2009: FH (Hafnarfjörður)
- 2010: Breiðablik (Kópavogur)
- 2011: KR (Reykjavík)
- 2012: FH (Hafnarfjörður)
- 2013: KR (Reykjavík)
- 2014: Stjarnan (Garðabær)
- 2015: FH (Hafnarfjörður)
- 2016: FH (Hafnarfjörður)
- 2017: Valur (Reykjavík)
- 2018: Valur (Reykjavík)
- 2019: KR (Reykjavík)
- 2020: Valur (Reykjavík)**
- 2021: Víkingur (Reykjavík)
*There was no competition in 1913 and 1914, and Fram was awarded the title. **In 2020 the contest got cut short-change ascribable to the COVID-19 pandemic and Valur was awarded the title because they were at the top of the postpone when the season ended .
Champions by number of titles [edit ]
Team
Titles
First title
Last title
KR
27
1912
2019
Valur
23
1930
2020
Fram
18
1913
1990
ÍA
18
1951
2001
FH
8
2004
2016
Víkingur
6
1920
2021
Keflavík
4
1964
1973
ÍBV
3
1979
1998
KA
1
1989
1989
Breiðablik
1
2010
2010
Stjarnan
1
2014
2014
season by season records [edit ]
all-time top scorers [edit ]
top scorers [edit ]
musician of the class [edit ]
Young Player of the year [edit ]
Caps correct as of 8 September 2021
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entire seasons in Úrvalsdeild by cabaret [edit ]
A full of 30 teams have played at least one season in peak division. Teams in bold toy in 2022 temper. Seasons counted up to and including the 2022 season
Club
Location
First season in
Úrvalsdeild
Last season in
in
Úrvalsdeild
Seasons
in
Úrvalsdeild
Best result in
Úrvalsdeild
Úrvalsdeild
titles
First
Úrvalsdeild
title
Last
Úrvalsdeild
title
Breiðablik
Kópavogur
1971
2022
37
1st
1
2010
2010
FH 2
Hafnarfjörður
1975
2022
38
1st
8
2004
2016
Fjölnir
Reykjavík (Grafarvogur)
2008
2020
8
4th
0
–
–
Fram
Reykjavík (Grafarholt)
1912
2022
99
1st
18
1913
1990
Fylkir
Reykjavík (Árbær)
1989
2021
24
2nd
0
–
–
Grindavík
Grindavík
1995
2019
20
3rd
0
–
–
Grótta
Seltjarnarnes
2020
2020
1
11th
0
–
–
Haukar 2
Hafnarfjörður
1979
2010
2
10th
0
–
–
HK
Kópavogur
2007
2021
5
9th
0
–
–
ÍA
Akranes
1946
2022
69
1st
18
1951
2001
ÍBA1
Akureyri
1929
1974
20
3rd
0
–
–
ÍBH 2
Hafnarfjörður
1957
1961
3
4th
0
–
–
ÍBÍ 3
Ísafjörður
1962
1983
3
6th
0
–
–
ÍBV
Vestmannaeyjar
1912
2022
52
1st
3
1979
1998
ÍR
Reykjavík (Breiðholt)
1998
1998
1
10th
0
–
–
KA 1
Akureyri
1978
2022
20
1st
1
1989
1989
Keflavík
Reykjanesbær (Keflavík)
1958
2022
54
1st
3
1964
1973
KR
Reykjavík (Vesturbær)
1912
2022
108
1st
27
1912
2019
Leiftur 4
Ólafsfjörður
1988
2000
7
3rd
0
–
–
Leiknir
Reykjavík (Breiðholt)
2015
2022
3
8th
0
–
–
Selfoss
Selfoss
2010
2012
2
11th
0
–
–
Skallagrímur
Borgarnes
1997
1997
1
9th
0
–
–
Stjarnan
Garðabær
1990
2022
20
1st
1
2014
2014
Valur
Reykjavík (Hlíðar/Miðborg)
1915
2022
102
1st
23
1930
2020
Víðir
Garður
1985
1991
4
7th
0
–
–
Víkingur
Ólafsvík
2013
2017
3
10th
0
–
–
Víkingur
Reykjavík
(Fossvogur, Háaleiti og Bústaðir)
1918
2022
71
1st
6
1920
2021
Völsungur
Húsavík
1987
1988
2
8th
0
–
–
Þór 1
Akureyri
1977
2014
17
3rd
0
–
–
Þróttur
Reykjavík (Laugardalur)
1953
2016
19
5th
0
–
–
1 ÍBA stand for “ Sports Association of Akureyri ”, composed of KA and Þór. Disbanded after the 1974 season with KA and Þór fielding their own teams starting from the 1975 season.
2 ÍBH stood for “ Sports Association of Hafnarfjörður ”, composed of FH and Haukar. Disbanded after the 1963 season with FH and Haukar fielding their own teams starting from the 1964 season.
3 ÍBÍ ran into fiscal worry and folded after the 1987 season. Most of the players transferred to BÍ which took over as the main football clubhouse in Ísafjörður. BÍ is nowadays known as Vestri.
4 Leiftur ran into fiscal trouble and finally merged with KS from Siglufjörður before the 2006 season. The teams were disbanded before the 2010 season in favor of forming a new football club for both towns, the new club being called KF .