| Competition: | 1. deild karla |
| Season: | 2013 |
| Winners: | Fjölnir |
| Promoted: | Fjölnir Víkingur R. |
| Relegated: | KF Völsungur |
| Biggest Home Win: | Víkingur R. 16–0 Völsungur |
| Biggest Away Win: | KF 0–7 Grindavík Völsungur 0–7 Haukar |
| Highest Scoring: | 16 goals: Víkingur R. 16–0 Völsungur |
| Matches: | 132 |
| Total Goals: | 454 |
| League Topscorer: | 14 goals: Aron Elís Þrándarson (Víkingur R.) |
| Longest Wins: | 6 matches: Grindavík (17 May – 22 June) |
| Longest Unbeaten: | 10 matches: Víkingur R. (24 May – 19 July) |
| Longest Winless: | 22 matches: Völsungur (whole season) |
| Longest Losses: | 16 matches: Völsungur (22 June – 21 September) |
| Prevseason: | 2012 |
| Nextseason: | 2014 |
The 2013 1. deild karla (English: Men's First Division) was the 59th season of second-tier Icelandic football. Twelve teams were due to contest the league. The fixtures for the 2013 campaign were released by the KSÍ on 10 November 2012.[1] Play began on 9 May and was scheduled to conclude on 21 September.[2]
The league was to be contested by twelve clubs, eight of which had played in the 2012 season. There were four new clubs from the previous campaign:
| Team | Location | Stadium | 2012 season | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BÍ/Bolungarvík | Ísafjörður/Bolungarvík | Torfnesvöllur | 9th | |
| Fjölnir | Reykjavík | Fjölnisvöllur | 7th | |
| Grindavík | Grindavík | Grindavíkurvöllur | Úrvalsdeild, 12th | |
| Haukar | Hafnarfjörður | Schenkervöllurinn | 5th | |
| KA | Akureyri | Akureyrarvöllur | 4th | |
| KF | Fjallabyggð | Ólafsfjarðarvöllur | 2. deild, 2nd | |
| Leiknir R. | Reykjavík | Leiknisvöllur | 10th | |
| Selfoss | Selfoss | Selfossvöllur | Úrvalsdeild, 11th | |
| Tindastóll | Sauðárkrókur | Sauðárkróksvöllur | 8th | |
| Víkingur R. | Reykjavík | Víkin | 6th | |
| Völsungur | Húsavík | Húsavíkurvöllur | 2. deild, 1st | |
| Þróttur R. | Reykjavík | Valbjarnarvöllur | 3rd |
Each team plays every opponent once home and away for a total of 22 matches per club, and 132 matches altogether.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals | Matches | Ratio | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center rowspan="2" | 1 | Aron Elís Þrándarson | Víkingur R. | align=center rowspan="2" | 10 | 12 | 0.83 |
| Stefán Þór Pálsson | Grindavík | 19 | 0.53 | ||||
| align=center rowspan="3" | 3 | Ben Everson | BÍ/Bolungarvík | align=center rowspan="3" | 9 | 16 | 0.56 |
| Hilmar Árni Halldórsson | Leiknir R. | 19 | 0.47 | ||||
| Aron Sigurðarson | Fjölnir | 19 | 0.47 | ||||
| 6 | Javi Zurbano | Selfoss | 8 | 19 | 0.42 |