Football league season
Úrvalsdeild karla (Pepsi max-deildin)Season 2019 Dates April – September 2019 Champions KR Relegated Grindavík ÍBV Champions League KR Europa League Breiðablik FH Víkingur R. Matches played 132 Goals scored 412 (3.12 per match) Top goalscorer Gary Martin (14 goals)Best goalkeeper Beitir Ólafsson Biggest home win Valur 5–1 ÍBV (15 June 2019) Stjarnan 5–1 Fylkir (23 June 2019) Breiðablik 4–0 KA (7 August 2019) Biggest away win ÍA 1-5 Víkingur R. (28 September 2019) Highest scoring FH 6-4 ÍBV (18 September 2019)
The 2019 Úrvalsdeild karla , also known as Pepsi Max -deild karla for sponsorship reasons, was the 108th season of top-flight Icelandic football . Twelve teams contested the league, including the defending champions Valur , who won their 21st league title in 2018 .[ 1]
The season began in April 2019 and concluded on 28 September 2019.
Teams
Locations of the
2019 Úrvalsdeild teams
The 2019 Úrvalsdeild is contested by twelve teams, ten of which played in the division the previous year and two teams promoted from 1. deild karla . The bottom two teams from the previous season, Fjölnir and Keflavík , were relegated to the 2019 1. deild karla and were replaced by ÍA and HK , champions and runners-up of the 2018 1. deild karla respectively.
Team
Location
Stadium
Capacity
Breiðablik
Kópavogur
Kópavogsvöllur
3,009[ 2]
FH
Hafnarfjörður
Kaplakriki
6,450[ 3]
Fylkir
Reykjavík
Floridana völlurinn
1,854[ 4]
Grindavík
Grindavík
Grindavíkurvöllur
1,750[ 5]
ÍBV
Vestmannaeyjar
Hásteinsvöllur
3,034[ 6]
KA
Akureyri
Akureyrarvöllur
1,645[ 7]
KR
Reykjavík
Alvogenvöllurinn
3,333[ 8]
HK
Kópavogur
Kórinn
1,452[ 9]
ÍA
Akranes
Norðurálsvöllurinn
3,054[ 10]
Stjarnan
Garðabær
Samsung völlurinn
1,440[ 7]
Valur
Reykjavík
Valsvöllur
2,465[ 11]
Víkingur R.
Reykjavík
Víkingsvöllur
1,848[ 12]
Personnel and kits
Managerial changes
League table
Source:
KSÍ (in Icelandic) ,
Soccerway Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Head-to-head away goals scored; 8) Play-off (only for deciding champion); 9) Draw.
[ 23] (C) Champions;
(R) Relegated
Notes:
Results
Each team played home and away once against every other team for a total of 22 games each.[ 24]
Source:
[1] (in Icelandic) Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Positions by round
Team ╲ Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 KR 7 2 5 6 4 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Breiðablik 3 4 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 FH 3 5 3 4 3 4 4 6 4 5 6 5 6 7 6 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 Stjarnan 7 8 6 3 5 7 5 7 7 4 3 4 4 4 3 5 4 3 4 4 4 4 KA 9 6 7 10 7 5 8 5 6 7 9 11 11 11 11 10 9 10 10 10 5 5 Valur 5 9 10 8 9 10 12 9 11 11 7 6 7 5 4 6 6 5 5 8 9 6 Víkingur 5 7 8 11 11 11 11 10 9 9 8 10 10 10 10 9 10 9 7 9 10 7 Fylkir 1 1 4 5 8 8 7 4 5 6 5 7 5 6 8 8 8 8 9 5 6 8 HK 10 10 11 9 10 9 9 11 10 8 11 8 8 8 7 4 5 6 6 6 7 9 ÍA 2 3 2 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 5 7 7 7 8 7 8 10 Grindavík 10 11 9 7 6 6 6 8 8 10 10 9 9 9 9 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 ÍBV 12 12 12 12 12 12 10 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
Top goalscorers
References
External links
2019 in Icelandic football
Domestic leagues Domestic cups Annual tournaments European competitions
UEFA Champions League
UEFA Europa League
UEFA Youth League
Related to national team Club seasons
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