2024 Besta deild karla explained

Competition:Besta deild karla
Season:2024
Dates:6 April – September/October 2024
Prevseason:2023
Nextseason:2025

The 2024 Besta deild karla is the 113th season of top-flight Icelandic Football. It is the third season following the league's rebrand as Besta deild karla.[1]

Teams

The league consisted of twelve teams; the top ten teams from the previous season, and two teams promoted from the 1. deild karla. The promoted teams were 2023 1. deild karla champions ÍA (promoted after a single season absence), and play-off winners Vestri (promoted for the first time in their history). They replaced the 2023 Besta deild karla bottom two teams, ÍBV and Keflavík. Víkingur Reykjavík entered the season as defending champions after winning their seventh title during the previous season.[2]

Stadia and locations

Team Location Stadium
BreiðablikKópavogurKópavogsvöllur
FHHafnarfjörðurKaplakriki
FramReykjavíkLaugardalsvöllur
FylkirReykjavíkFloridana völlurinn
HKKópavogurKórinn
ÍAAkranesNorðurálsvöllurinn
KAAkureyriAkureyrarvöllur
KRReykjavíkAlvogenvöllurinn
StjarnanGarðabærSamsung völlurinn
ValurReykjavíkValsvöllur
VestriÍsafjörðurOlísvöllurinn
Víkingur ReykjavíkReykjavíkVíkingsvöllur

Fixtures and results

Each team was originally scheduled to play home and away once against every other team for a total of 22 games each.[3]

Season statistics

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals[4]
1 Viktor JónssonÍA5
2 Danijel DjuricVíkingur3
Sigurður Bjartur HallssonFH
Gylfi SigurðssonValur
Patrick PedersenValur
Atli SigurjónssonKR
7 Gudmundur NokkvasonStjarnan2
Ari SigurpálssonVíkingur
Andri Rúnar BjarnasonVestri
Atli Þór JónassonHK
Ásgeir SigurgeirssonKA
Jason Daði SvanþórssonBreiðablik
Benóný Breki AndréssonKR
Kjartan Kári HalldórssonFH
Nikolaj HansenVíkingur
Hinrik HardarsonÍA
Halldor ThordarsonFylkir
Aron Elís ÞrándarsonVíkingur

Clean sheets

RankPlayerClubClean sheets
1 Anton Ari EinarssonBreiðablik2
Ingvar JónssonVíkingur
Ólafur ÓlafssonFram
Frederik SchramValur
Árni Snær ÓlafssonStjarnan
William EskelinenVestri
7 Árni Marinó EinarssonÍA1
Ólafur Kristófer HelgasonFylkir
Sindri Kristinn ÓlafssonFH

Discipline

Red cards

Notes and References

  1. News: Helga Margrét Höskuldsdóttir . Nýtt vörumerki með rætur íslenskri knattspyrnusögu . 4 December 2022 . . 24 February 2022 . Icelandic.
  2. News: Viktor Pálsson . Víkingur er Íslandsmeistari 2023 – Keflavík vann sinn annan sigur á tímabilinu . 20 November 2023 . 24 September 2023 . Icelandic.
  3. Web site: Úrvalsdeild 2020. voetbal.com.
  4. Web site: VBET Premier League – Top Scorers . soccer24.com . Soccer24 . 28 May 2022.
  5. Web site: HK 0-4 ÍA. soccer24.com . Soccer24 . 3 May 2024 . 14 April 2024.