2006 Úrvalsdeild Explained

Competition:Úrvalsdeild
Season:2006
Dates:14 May – 23 September 2006
Winners:FH
Relegated:ÍBV
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:FH
Continentalcup2:UEFA Cup
Continentalcup3:Intertoto Cup
Continentalcup3 Qualifiers:Valur
League Topscorer:Marel Baldvinsson (11)
Matches:90
Total Goals:250
Prevseason:2005
Nextseason:2007

The 2006 season of Úrvalsdeild was the 95th season of league football in Iceland. FH defended their title making them the fifth club in Icelandic football history to win the championship three years running. ÍBV were relegated for the first time in 16 years and Grindavík suffered relegation for the first time in the club's history. An attendance record was set this season as 98,026 people saw the 90 matches, an average of 1,089.17 people per match.

Results

Each team played every opponent once home and away for a total of 18 matches.

Top goalscorers

The player who has scored the most goals at the end of each tournament receives the Icelandic Golden Boot.

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Marel BaldvinssonBreiðablik11
2 Björgólfur Hideaki Takefusa10
Jóhann ÞórhallssonGrindavík
4 Viktor Bjarki ArnarssonVíkingur R.8
Tryggvi GuðmundssonFH
6 Stefán Örn ArnarsonKeflavík6
Sævar Þór GíslasonFylkir
Guðmundur SteinarssonKeflavík
Pálmi Rafn PálmasonValur

Promoted teams

These two teams were promoted from 1. deild karla at the start of the season:

These two teams will be promoted from 1. deild karla at the start of next season:

Relegated teams

These two teams were relegated to 1. deild karla at the end of the season: