2010 Úrvalsdeild

Úrvalsdeild

Season	2010
Champions	Breiðablik 1st Title
Relegated	Haukar Selfoss
Champions League	Breiðablik
Europa League	FH ÍBV KR Reykjavík
Matches played	132
Goals scored	436 (3.3 per match)
Biggest home win	Breiðablik 5–0 Valur (4 August)
Biggest away win	Haukar 0–5 Stjarnan (16 August)
Highest scoring	FH 5–3 Keflavík (19 September)
Longest winning run	6 games by 2 teams FH (22 August–25 September) KR (25 July–26 August)
Longest unbeaten run	KR (8 games) (4 July–26 August)
Longest winless run	Haukar (16 games) (11 May–16 August)
Longest losing run	6 games by 2 teams Grindavík (11 May–6 June) Selfoss (31 May–5 July)
Average attendance	1205
← 2009 2011 →

The 2010 season of Úrvalsdeild was the 99th season of top-tier football in Iceland. It was also known as Pepsideild for sponsoring reasons. It began on 10 May 2010 and ended on 25 September 2010. Breiðablik won their first title, winning the championship on goal difference. Newly promoted sides Haukar and Selfoss were relegated back to 1. deild.

Teams and venues

Club	City	Stadium
Breiðablik UBK	Kópavogur	Kópavogsvöllur
FH Hafnarfjörður	Hafnarfjörður	Kaplakriki
Fram	Reykjavík	Laugardalsvöllur
Fylkir	Reykjavík	Fylkisvöllur
Haukar	Hafnarfjörður	Ásvellir / Vodafonevöllurinn
ÍBV Vestmannaeyjar	Vestmannaeyjar	Hásteinsvöllur
Keflavík Football Club	Keflavík	Keflavíkurvöllur
KR	Reykjavík	KR-völlur
Selfoss	Selfoss	Selfossvöllur
Stjarnan	Garðabær	Stjörnuvöllur
UMF Grindavik	Grindavik	Grindavíkurvöllur
Valur	Reykjavík	Vodafonevöllurinn

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Breiðablik (C)	22	13	5	4	47	23	+24	44	2011–12 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2	FH	22	13	5	4	48	31	+17	44	2011–12 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round ^1
3	ÍBV	22	13	3	6	36	27	+9	42	2011–12 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
4	KR	22	11	5	6	45	31	+14	38
5	Fram	22	9	5	8	35	35	0	32
6	Keflavík	22	8	6	8	30	32	−2	30
7	Valur	22	7	7	8	34	41	−7	28
8	Stjarnan	22	6	7	9	39	42	−3	25
9	Fylkir	22	7	3	12	36	42	−6	24
10	Grindavík	22	5	6	11	28	39	−11	21
11	Haukar (R)	22	4	8	10	29	45	−16	20	Relegation to 1. deild karla
12	Selfoss (R)	22	5	2	15	32	51	−19	17

Source: ksi.is (Icelandic)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹FH, winners of the 2010 VISA-bikar competition, will qualify for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Each team play every opponent once home and away for a total of 22 matches.

Home ╲ Away

BRE

FRA

FYL

GRI

FH

HAU

ÍBV

KEF

KR

SEL

STJ

VAL

Breiðablik

2–2

1–0

2–3

2–0

0–2

1–1

0–1

2–1

3–0

4–0

5–0

Fram

3–1

1–2

2–0

0–3

0–0

2–0

2–1

2–3

3–1

2–1

2–2

Fylkir

2–4

2–2

2–0

2–2

3–0

1–2

1–2

1–4

5–2

3–1

0–1

Grindavík

2–4

3–0

1–2

3–1

1–1

1–2

0–1

3–3

1–1

1–1

1–2

FH

1–1

4–1

4–2

2–1

3–1

2–3

5–3

3–2

2–1

1–3

1–1

Haukar

2–4

2–1

1–1

2–3

0–1

0–3

2–0

3–3

2–3

0–5

2–1

ÍBV

1–1

1–0

2–0

0–1

1–3

3–2

2–1

2–4

3–0

2–1

3–1

Keflavík

0–2

1–1

2–1

1–1

1–1

1–1

4–1

0–1

2–1

2–2

3–1

KR

1–3

2–1

3–0

1–0

0–1

2–2

1–0

0–0

1–2

3–1

1–2

Selfoss

1–3

1–2

1–3

5–2

0–2

3–0

0–2

3–2

0–3

2–2

2–3

Stjarnan

0–0

2–3

2–1

4–0

1–4

2–2

0–2

4–0

2–2

3–2

1–1

Valur

0–2

1–3

5–2

0–0

2–2

2–2

1–1

0–2

1–4

2–1

5–1

Source: ksi.is (Icelandic)
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

14 goals

• Atli Viðar Björnsson (FH)
• Alfreð Finnbogason (Breiðablik UBK)
• Gilles Daniel Mbang Ondo (Grindavík)

13 goals

• Halldór Orri Björnsson (Stjarnan)

12 goals

• Kristinn Steindórsson (Breiðablik)

10 goals

• Guðjón Baldvinsson (KR Reykjavík)

9 goals

• Tryggvi Guðmundsson (ÍBV Vestmannaeyjar)
• Jóhann Þórhallsson (Fylkir)

8 goals

• Ívar Björnsson (Fram Reykjavík)
• Kjartan Henry Finnbogason (KR Reykjavík)
• Arnar Gunnlaugsson (Haukar)
• Albert Brynjar Ingason (Fylkir)
• Almarr Ormarsson (Fram Reykjavík)

Source ksi.is (Icelandic)

Annual awards

As chosen by Úrvalsdeild players in 2010.^[1]

2010 Team of the Year Kale Hurst Helgason Fjóluson Jónsson Snorrason Elísabetarson Sigurðsson Steindórsson Finnbogason Björnsson

• Player of the year: Alfreð Finnbogason (Breiðablik)
• Young player of the year: Kristinn Steindórsson (Breiðablik)
• Manager of the year: Ólafur Helgi Kristjánsson (Breiðablik)
• Referee of the year: Gunnar Jarl Jónsson
• Fair play team of the year: Breiðablik
• Fair play player of the year: Fjalar Þorgeirsson
• Supporters of the year: Selfoss

Team of the Year

• Goalkeeper: Ingvar Þór Kale (Breiðablik)
• Defence: Kristinn Jónsson, Elfar Freyr Helgason (both Breiðablik), Jón Guðni Fjóluson ( Fram Reykjavík), James Hurst (ÍBV Vestmannaeyjar)
• Midfield: Ólafur Páll Snorrason (FH), Kristinn Steindórsson, Jökull Elísabetarson (both Breiðablik), Baldur Sigurðsson (KR Reykjavík)
• Attack: Alfreð Finnbogason (Breiðablik), Atli Viðar Björnsson (FH)

External links

• Official website (Icelandic)

References

1. "Dóra María og Alfreð kosin best" (in Icelandic). KSÍ. 2010-10-17. Retrieved 2010-10-17.