2017 Úrvalsdeild

Úrvalsdeild (Pepsi-deildin)

Season	2017
Dates	30 April – 30 September 2017
Matches played	30
Goals scored	100 (3.33 per match)
Top goalscorer	Steven Lennon Andri Rúnar Bjarnason (5 goals)
Biggest home win	Stjarnan 5–0 ÍBV (21 May 2017)
Biggest away win	Víkingur Ó. 0–3 ÍBV (30 April 2017) ÍBV 1–4 ÍA (27 May 2017)
Highest scoring	ÍA 2–4 FH (30 April 2017) ÍA 2–4 Valur (8 May 2017)
← 2016 2018 → All statistics correct as of 28 May 2017.

The 2017 Úrvalsdeild karla, also known as Pepsi-deild karla for sponsorship reasons, is the 106th season of top-flight Icelandic football. Twelve teams contest the league, including the defending champions FH, who won their eighth league title in 2016.

The season began on 30 April 2017 and is scheduled to end on 30 September 2017.

Teams

Grindavík

ÍBV

ÍA

KA

Víkingur Ó.

Capital region

Capital region clubs:
Reykjavík:
Fjölnir
KR
Valur
Víkingur R.
Kópavogur:
Breiðablik
Garðabær:
Stjarnan
Hafnarfjörður:
FH

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Locations of the 2017 Úrvalsdeild teams

The 2017 Úrvalsdeild will be contested by twelve teams, ten of which played in the division the previous year and two teams promoted from 1. deild karla. The bottom two teams from the previous season, Fylkir and Þróttur Reykjavík, were relegated to the 2017 1. deild karla and were replaced by KA and Grindavík, champions and runners-up of the 2016 1. deild karla respectively.

Club Information

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Breiðablik	Kópavogur	Kópavogsvöllur	5,501
FH	Hafnarfjörður	Kaplakriki	6,738
Fjölnir	Reykjavík	Extra völlurinn	2,000
Grindavík	Grindavík	Grindavíkurvöllur	1,750
ÍA	Akranes	Norðurálsvöllurinn	3,054
ÍBV	Vestmannaeyjar	Hásteinsvöllur	3,034
KA	Akureyri	Akureyrarvöllur	1,770
KR	Reykjavík	Alvogenvöllurinn	3,333
Stjarnan	Garðabær	Samsung völlurinn	2,300
Valur	Reykjavík	Valsvöllur	2,465
Víkingur Ó.	Ólafsvík	Ólafsvíkurvöllur	900
Víkingur R.	Reykjavík	Víkin	1,613

Source: Scoresway

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Valur (C)	22	15	5	2	43	20	+23	50	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Stjarnan	22	10	8	4	46	25	+21	38	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	FH	22	9	8	5	33	25	+8	35
4	KR	22	8	7	7	31	29	+2	31
5	Grindavík	22	9	4	9	31	39	−8	31
6	Breiðablik	22	9	3	10	34	35	−1	30
7	KA	22	7	8	7	37	31	+6	29
8	Víkingur R.	22	7	6	9	32	36	−4	27
9	ÍBV	22	7	4	11	32	38	−6	25	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
10	Fjölnir	22	6	7	9	32	40	−8	25
11	Víkingur Ó. (R)	22	6	4	12	24	44	−20	22	Relegation to 1. deild karla
12	ÍA (R)	22	3	8	11	28	41	−13	17

Source: KSÍ (in Icelandic), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Head-to-head away goals scored; 8) Play-off (only for deciding champion); 9) Draw.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Results

Each team will play home and away once against every other team for a total of 22 games played each.

Home \ Away	BRE	FH	FJÖ	GRI	ÍA	ÍBV	KA	KR	STJ	VAL	VOL	VIR
Breiðablik	—						1–3		1–3		2–1
FH		—	1–2				2–2
Fjölnir	1–0		—						1–3
Grindavík				—					2–2	1–0	1–3
ÍA		2–4		2–3	—					2–4
ÍBV			0–0		1–4	—						1–0
KA			2–0				—					2–2
KR		2–2			2–1			—				1–2
Stjarnan						5–0	2–1		—
Valur		1–1						2–1		—	2–0
Víkingur Ó.						0–3		1–2			—
Víkingur R.	2–3			1–2								—

Updated to match(es) played on 28 May 2017. Source: KSÍ (Football Association of Iceland) Template:Is icon
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

As of matches played on 28 May 2017.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Steven Lennon	FH	5
	Andri Rúnar Bjarnason	Grindavík
2	Guðjón Baldvinsson	Stjarnan	4
	Ásgeir Sigurgeirsson	KA
	Hólmbert Aron Friðjónsson	Stjarnan
3	Tryggvi Hrafn Haraldsson	ÍA	3
	Kristján Flóki Finnbogason	FH
	Sigurður Egill Lárusson	Valur

External links

• Official website Template:Is icon