2013 Úrvalsdeild

Úrvalsdeild

Season	2013
Champions	KR (26th title)
Relegated	ÍA Víkingur Ó.
UEFA Champions League	KR
UEFA Europa League	Fram (via Icelandic Cup) FH Stjarnan
Matches played	132
Goals scored	412 (3.12 per match)
Top goalscorer	13 goals: Atli Viðar Björnsson (FH) Viðar Örn Kjartansson (Fylkir) Gary John Martin (KR)
Biggest home win	Valur 4–0 Keflavík FH 4–0 Stjarnan
Biggest away win	ÍA 0–5 Víkingur Ó. Víkingur Ó. 0–5 Valur
Highest scoring	10 goals: Valur 6–4 ÍA
Longest winning run	7 matches: KR (28 July – 16 September)
Longest unbeaten run	12 matches: Breiðablik (28 May – 25 August)
Longest winless run	11 matches: Fylkir (6 May – 15 July)
Longest losing run	6 matches: ÍA (26 May – 3 July)
Highest attendance	3,034 ÍBV 1–2 FH (3 August)[1]
Lowest attendance	315 Víkingur Ó. 0–5 Valur (28 September)[2]
Average attendance	1,057
← 2012 2014 →

The 2013 Úrvalsdeild karla (English: Men's Premier League), also known as the Pepsi-deild for sponsorship reasons, is the 102nd season of top-flight Icelandic football. Twelve teams will contest the league; the defending champions are FH, who won their sixth league title in 2012.

The fixtures for the 2013 campaign were released by the KSÍ on 10 November 2012,^[3] while the season is scheduled to run from 5 May until 28 September.^[4]

Teams

The 2013 Úrvalsdeild will be contested by twelve clubs, ten of which played in the division the previous season. The changes from the 2012 campaign are:

• Grindavík and Selfoss were relegated from the 2012 Úrvalsdeild to the 2013 1. deild karla.
• Þór A. and Víkingur Ó. were promoted from the 2012 1. deild karla to the 2013 Úrvalsdeild.

Club information

Team	Location	Stadium	Turf	2012 season
Breiðablik	Kópavogur	Kópavogsvöllur	Natural	2nd
FH	Hafnarfjörður	Kaplakrikavöllur	Natural	1st
Fram	Reykjavík	Laugardalsvöllur	Natural	10th
Fylkir	Reykjavík	Fylkisvöllur	Natural	7th
ÍA	Akranes	Akranesvöllur	Natural	6th
ÍBV	Vestmannaeyjar	Hásteinsvöllur	Natural	3rd
Keflavík	Keflavík	Keflavíkurvöllur	Natural	9th
KR	Reykjavík	KR-völlur	Natural	4th
Stjarnan	Garðabær	Stjörnuvöllur	Artificial	5th
Valur	Reykjavík	Hlíðarendi	Natural	8th
Víkingur Ó.	Ólafsvík	Ólafsvíkurvöllur	Natural	1. deild, 2nd
Þór A.	Akureyri	Þórsvöllur	Natural	1. deild, 1st

Iceland Map

Reykjavík

Reykjavík:
Breiðablik
FH
Fram
Fylkir
KR
Stjarnan
Valur

Víkingur Ó.

ÍA

ÍBV

Keflavík

Þór A.

Location of teams in the 2013 Úrvalsdeild

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	KR (C) (Q)	22	17	1	4	50	27	+23	52	2014–15 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2	FH (Q)	22	14	5	3	47	22	+25	47	2014–15 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
3	Stjarnan (Q)	22	13	4	5	34	25	+9	43
4	Breiðablik	22	11	6	5	37	27	+10	39
5	Valur	22	8	9	5	45	31	+14	33
6	ÍBV	22	8	5	9	26	28	−2	29
7	Fylkir	22	7	5	10	33	33	0	26
8	Keflavík	22	7	3	12	33	47	−14	24
9	Þór A.	22	6	6	10	31	44	−13	24
10	Fram (Q)	22	6	4	12	26	37	−11	22	2014–15 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round ^1
11	Víkingur Ólafsvík (R)	22	3	8	11	21	35	−14	17	Relegation to 2014 1. deild karla
12	ÍA (R)	22	3	2	17	29	56	−27	11

Updated to games played on 28 September 2013.
Source: ^[5]
1Fram Reykjavík qualified for the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2013 Icelandic Cup.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(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 plays every opponent once home and away for a total of 22 matches per club, and 132 matches altogether.

Home ╲ Away

BRE

FRA

FYL

FH

ÍA

ÍBV

KEF

KR

STJ

VAL

VÓL

ÞÓR

Breiðablik

1–2

1–4

0–1

4–1

3–1

3–2

3–0

2–1

1–0

2–0

4–1

Fram

1–1

1–1

0–2

1–0

0–1

2–3

2–1

0–1

0–4

3–4

4–1

Fylkir

0–1

3–0

0–1

1–1

0–1

3–0

2–3

0–1

1–2

2–1

1–4

FH

0–0

2–1

2–1

2–0

1–1

2–1

2–4

4–0

3–3

2–2

1–0

ÍA

2–2

2–0

1–3

2–6

2–1

2–3

3–1

1–3

1–3

0–5

1–2

ÍBV

4–1

1–0

3–1

1–2

1–0

1–1

0–2

1–0

0–2

1–1

1–2

Keflavík

1–2

1–2

2–2

0–4

5–4

4–2

0–2

0–2

2–0

2–0

1–3

KR

1–1

2–1

4–1

3–1

4–2

3–1

3–0

2–1

3–1

2–1

3–0

Stjarnan

3–2

3–2

1–2

2–1

1–0

1–0

1–0

3–1

1–1

3–2

3–1

Valur

1–1

1–1

1–3

1–1

6–4

1–1

4–0

1–2

1–1

0–0

2–2

Víkingur Ólafsvík

0–0

1–2

0–0

0–4

1–0

0–0

1–3

0–1

1–1

0–5

1–1

Þór A.

1–2

1–1

2–2

0–3

1–0

1–3

2–2

1–3

1–1

3–5

1–0

Updated to games played on 28 September 2013.
Source: ^[4]
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

As of 28 September 2013.^[6]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Atli Viðar Björnsson	FH	13
	Viðar Örn Kjartansson	Fylkir
	Gary John Martin	KR
4	Chukwudi Chijindu	Þór	10
	Hólmbert Aron Friðjónsson	Fram
6	Halldór Orri Björnsson	Stjarnan	9
	Björn Daníel Sverrisson	FH
	Árni Vilhjálmsson	Breiðablik
	Hörður Sveinsson	Keflavík

References

1. "ÍBV 1–2 FH". KSÍ.is. 3 August 2013. Retrieved 23 August 2013.
2. "Víkingur Ó. 0–5 Valur". KSÍ.is. 28 September 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
3. Elvar Geir Magnússon (10 November 2012). "Töfluröðun í Pepsi-deild karla: FH-ingar byrja gegn Keflavík" (in Icelandic). Fótbolti.net. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
4. "2013 Pespi-deild karla fixtures, results and league standings". KSÍ.is. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
5. "2013 Pepsi-deild karla complete league table". KSÍ.is. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
6. "Markahæstu menn Pepsi-deild karla". KSÍ.is. Retrieved 28 September 2013.