2012 Úrvalsdeild Explained

Competition:Úrvalsdeild
Season:2012
Dates:6 May – 29 September 2012
Winners:FH
Relegated:Grindavík
Selfoss
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:FH
Continentalcup2:Europa League
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:KR
Breiðablik
ÍBV
Biggest Home Win:FH 8–0 Fylkir
Biggest Away Win:ÍA 2–7 FH
Highest Scoring:ÍA 2–7 FH
Matches:132
Total Goals:425
League Topscorer:Atli Guðnason (12)
Highest Attendance:3,054 (ÍA 3–2 KR, 10 May 2012)[1]
Lowest Attendance:202 (Grindavík 2–2 KR, 20 September 2012)
Average Attendance:1,034
Prevseason:2011
Nextseason:2013

The 2012 Úrvalsdeild (also known as the "Pepsi-deild" for sponsorship reasons) is the 101st season of top-tier football in Iceland. The season began on 6 May 2012 and concluded 29 September 2012.[2] The league was won by FH, the club's sixth Icelandic league title, while defending champions KR finished as runners-up, some 13 points behind FH. At the other end of the table, Grindavík and Selfoss ended the campaign in the bottom two and were thereby relegated to the 2013 1. deild karla.

Teams

A total of twelve teams will contest the league, including ten sides from the 2011 season and two promoted teams from the 1. deild karla.

Þór Akureyri and Víkingur R. were relegated from 2011 Úrvalsdeild after finishing the season in the bottom two places of the league table. Both teams were relegated having just achieved promotion the season before.

2011 1. deild karla champions ÍA Akranes and runners-up Selfoss secured direct promotion to the Úrvalsdeild. ÍA returned to the Úrvalsdeild after a three-year absence while Selfoss return immediately to the top league after a one-year absence.

TeamLocationStadiumStadium capacity
BreiðablikKópavogurKópavogsvöllur
FHHafnarfjörðurKaplakriki
FramReykjavíkLaugardalsvöllur
FylkirReykjavíkFylkisvöllur
GrindavikGrindavikGrindavíkurvöllur
ÍAAkranesAkranesvöllur
ÍBVVestmannaeyjarHásteinsvöllur
KeflavíkKeflavíkNettóvöllurinn
KRReykjavíkKR-völlur
SelfossSelfossSelfossvöllur
StjarnanGarðabærStjörnuvöllur
ValurReykjavíkVodafonevöllurinn

League table

Positions by round

Results

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

Top goalscorers

Source ksi.is

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Atli GuðnasonFH12
2 Kristinn Ingi HalldórssonFram11
3 Ingimundur Níels ÓskarssonFylkir10
4 Björn Daníel SverrissonFH9
Christian OlsenÍBV
Garðar GunnlaugssonÍA
7 Kjartan FinnbogasonKR8
Garðar JóhannssonStjarnan

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1.034 áhorfendur mættu að meðaltali á leikina í Pepsi-deild karla. KSÍ.is. 4 December 2012. 4 December 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121204164906/http://www.ksi.is/mot/nr/10497. dead.
  2. Web site: Ísalndsmót – Pepsi-deild karla 2012. KSÍ.is. 26 November 2012.