Úrvalsdeild

Countries	Iceland
Confederation	UEFA
Founded	1912
Number of teams	12
Relegation to	1. deild karla
Level on pyramid	Level 1
Domestic cup(s)	Visa bikarinn
International cup(s)	Champions League Europa League
Current champions	Fimleikafélag Hafnafjarðar
Most championships	Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur
TV partners	Sport Five, Stöð2 Sport
Website	http://www.ksi.is
2010 season starts in May 2010

The Úrvalsdeild karla is the premier division football league in Iceland. Because of the harsh winters in Iceland, it is generally played in the spring and summer (May to September). It is run by the Football Association of Iceland and is currently comprised by 12 clubs. UEFA currently ranks the league 37th in Europe.^[1]. As of 27 April 2009 the Úrvalsdeild will be known as Pepsi-deildin (e. "The Pepsi League") after KSÍ and Ölgerðin (The producers of Pepsi in Iceland) signed a three year sponsorship contract^[2].

The top division consists of 12 clubs. Each club faces every other club twice during the season, once at home and once away. At the end of each season, the bottom two clubs are automatically relegated to the second level of the Icelandic league system, the 1. deild karla (First Division), with the top two clubs of the 1. deild karla automatically promoted to the Úrvalsdeild.

For the first time in the competition's history, the 2008 season saw 12 teams compete in the premier division, a part of KSI Football Association of Iceland attempt to strengthen Icelandic football. Therefore only one team were relegated in the 2007 season and three clubs were promoted from the 1. deild karla (First Division)

KR hold the most titles, 24. Valur is next with 20, and ÍA and Fram follow with 18 each. The current champions of Iceland are FH.

[edit] Current clubs (2010)

• Breiðablik - Kópavogur
• FH - Hafnarfjörður
• Fram - Reykjavík
• Fylkir - Reykjavík
• ÍBV - Vestmannaeyjar
• Stjarnan - Garðabær
• Keflavík - Keflavík
• KR - Reykjavík
• Valur - Reykjavík
• UMF Selfoss - Selfoss
• Grindavík - Grindavík
• Haukar - Hafnarfjörður

[edit] History

[edit] Championship History

Only 9 teams in 96 years have accomplished to win the Icelandic league title. FH are the most recent to join the list, winning their first title in 2004. KR has won the most titles. They have been Iceland's champions 24 times.

[edit] Champions by number of titles

[edit] Season by season records

[edit] Top scorers

SEASON	TOP SCORER'S NAME	GOALS	CLUB
1990	Hörður Magnússon	13	FH
1991	Hörður Magnússon Guðmundur Steinsson	13	FH Víkingur
1992	Arnar Gunnlaugsson	15	ÍA
1993	Þórður Guðjónsson	19	ÍA
1994	Mihajilo Bibercic	14	ÍA
1995	Arnar Gunnlaugsson	15	ÍA
1996	Ríkharður Daðason	14	KR
1997	Tryggvi Guðmundsson	19	ÍBV
1998	Steingrímur Jóhannesson	16	ÍBV
1999	Steingrímur Jóhannesson	12	ÍBV
2000	Guðmundur Steinarsson Andri Sigþórsson	14	Keflavík KR
2001	Hjörtur Hjartarson	15	ÍA
2002	Grétar Hjartarson	13	Grindavík
2003	Björgólfur Takefusa	10	Þróttur Reykjavík
2004	Gunnar Heiðar Þorvaldsson	12	ÍBV
2005	Tryggvi Guðmundsson	16	FH
2006	Marel Baldvinsson	11	Breiðablik
2007	Jónas Grani Garðarsson	13	Fram
2008	Guðmundur Steinarsson	16	Keflavík
2009	Björgólfur Takefusa	16	KR Reykjavik

[edit] Player of the year

SEASON	PLAYER OF THE YEAR	CLUB
1984	Bjarni Sigurðsson	ÍA
1985	Guðmundur Þorbjörnsson	Valur
1986	Guðmundur Torfason	Fram
1987	Pétur Ormslev	Fram
1988	Sigurjón Kristjánsson	Valur
1989	Þorvaldur Örlygsson	KA
1990	Sævar Jónsson	Valur
1991	Guðmundur Steinsson	Víkingur
1992	Lúkas Kostic	ÍA
1993	Sigurður Jónsson	ÍA
1994	Sigursteinn Gíslason	ÍA
1995	Ólafur Þórðarson	ÍA
1996	Gunnar Oddsson	Leiftur
1997	Tryggvi Guðmundsson	ÍBV
1998	David Winnie	KR
1999	Guðmundur Benediktsson	KR
2000	Hlynur Stefánsson	ÍBV
2001	Gunnlaugur Jónsson	ÍA
2002	Finnur Kolbeinsson	Fylkir
2003	Allan Borgvardt	FH
2004	Heimir Guðjónsson	FH
2005	Allan Borgvardt	FH
2006	Viktor Bjarki Arnarsson	Víkingur
2007	Helgi Sigurðsson	Valur
2008	Guðmundur Steinarsson	Keflavík
2009	Atli Guðnason	FH

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official website