2014 Úrvalsdeild

Úrvalsdeild karla

Season	2014
Dates	4 May – 4 October 2014
Champions	Stjarnan (1st title)
Relegated	Fram Þór
Champions League	Stjarnan
Europa League	FH KR Víkingur R.
Matches played	132
Goals scored	398 (3.02 per match)
Top goalscorer	Gary Martin (13)
← 2013 2015 →

The 2014 Úrvalsdeild karla, also known as Pepsi-deild karla for sponsorship reasons, was the 103rd season of top-flight Icelandic football. Twelve teams contested the league; the defending champions were KR, who won their twenty-sixth league title in 2013.^[1]

On 4 October Stjarnan won their first Úrvalsdeild karla title. Stjarnan went through the season unbeaten in the league and equalled the point record of 52 points.^[2]

Teams

ÍBV

Keflavík

Þór

Reykjavík

Reykjavík clubs:
Breiðablik
Fjölnir
Fram
Fylkir
Hafnarfjörður
KR
Stjarnan
Valur
Víkingur

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Location of teams in the 2013 Úrvalsdeild

The 2014 Úrvalsdeild will be contested by twelve clubs, ten of which played in the division the previous year. The changes from the 2013 campaign are:

• Víkingur Ó. and ÍA were relegated from the 2013 Úrvalsdeild to the 2014 1. deild karla.
• Fjölnir and Víkingur R. were promoted from the 2013 1. deild karla to the 2014 Úrvalsdeild.

Club information

Team	Location	Stadium	2013 season
Breiðablik	Kópavogur	Kópavogsvöllur	4th
FH	Hafnarfjörður	Kaplakrikavöllur	2nd
Fjölnir	Reykjavík	Fjölnisvöllur	1st, 1. deild
Fram	Reykjavík	Laugardalsvöllur	10th
Fylkir	Reykjavík	Fylkisvöllur	7th
ÍBV	Vestmannaeyjar	Hásteinsvöllur	6th
Keflavík	Keflavík	Keflavíkurvöllur	8th
KR	Reykjavík	KR-völlur	1st
Stjarnan	Garðabær	Stjörnuvöllur	3rd
Þór	Akureyri	Þórsvöllur	9th
Valur	Reykjavík	Hlíðarendi	5h
Víkingur	Reykjavík	Víkin	2nd, 1. deild

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Stjarnan (C)	22	15	7	0	42	21	+21	52	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	FH	22	15	6	1	46	17	+29	51	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[a]
3	KR	22	13	4	5	40	24	+16	43
4	Víkingur Reykjavík	22	9	3	10	25	29	−4	30
5	Valur	22	8	4	10	31	36	−5	28
6	Fylkir	22	8	4	10	34	40	−6	28
7	Breiðablik	22	5	12	5	36	33	+3	27
8	Keflavík	22	6	7	9	29	32	−3	25
9	Fjölnir	22	5	8	9	33	36	−3	23
10	ÍBV	22	5	7	10	28	38	−10	22
11	Fram (R)	22	6	3	13	30	48	−18	21	Relegation to 1. deild karla
12	Þór A. (R)	22	3	3	16	24	44	−20	12

Source: KSÍ
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. The 2014 Icelandic Cup winner, KR, qualifies for 2015–16 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Stjarnan	4	3	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1
FH	5	4	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2
KR	9	5	8	6	6	6	6	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Víkingur Reykjavík	12	7	7	9	7	7	7	5	5	5	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Valur	3	6	5	5	5	4	4	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	5
Fylkir	10	12	9	7	8	8	8	9	9	10	9	10	10	9	9	8	5	6	6	6	6	6
Breiðablik	5	8	11	10	11	11	10	10	10	8	7	8	8	8	8	6	8	7	7	7	7	7
Keflavík	2	2	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	5	5	6	6	6	7	9	9	10	10	8	8
Fjölnir	1	1	2	4	4	5	5	7	7	7	8	9	7	7	7	10	10	11	9	9	10	9
ÍBV	5	8	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	10	7	9	10	11	9	7	8	8	8	9	10
Fram	5	8	5	8	9	9	9	8	8	9	11	12	12	11	10	11	11	10	11	11	11	11
Þór A.	11	11	12	12	10	10	11	11	11	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

	Leader
	2015–16 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round
	Relegation to 1. deild karla

Source: KSÍ

Results

Each team plays every opponent once home and away for a total of 22 matches per club, and 132 matches all together.

Home \ Away	BRE	FH	FJÖ	FRA	FYL	ÍBV	KEF	KR	STJ	ÞÓR	VAL	VÍK
Breiðablik		2–4	2–2	3–0	2–2	1–1	4–4	1–2	1–1	3–2	3–0	4–1
FH	1–1		4–0	4–2	3–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–2	1–1	2–1	1–0
Fjölnir	1–1	0–1		1–4	3–3	3–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	4–1	1–1	3–0
Fram	1–1	0–4	1–3		4–3	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–2	1–0	1–0	0–3
Fylkir	1–1	0–2	2–1	2–0		3–1	2–4	0–4	1–3	4–1	2–0	1–1
ÍBV	1–1	1–1	4–2	2–0	1–3		0–2	2–3	1–2	2–0	2–2	1–2
Keflavík	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–4	0–1	1–2		0–1	2–2	3–1	1–2	2–0
KR	1–1	0–1	1–0	3–2	1–0	3–3	2–0		2–3	4–1	1–2	2–0
Stjarnan	2–2	2–2	2–1	4–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	2–1		2–1	1–1	0–0
Þór A.	2–0	0–2	1–2	0–2	5–2	1–1	0–0	2–0	3–4		0–1	0–1
Valur	1–2	1–4	4–3	5–3	1–0	3–0	0–1	1–4	1–2	2–0		1–2
Víkingur Reykjavík	1–0	2–3	1–0	2–1	1–2	1–2	3–1	0–1	0–1	3–2	1–1

Source: KSÍ
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

As of 4 October 2014.^[3]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Gary Martin	KR	13
2	Jonathan Glenn	ÍBV	12
3	Ólafur Karl Finsen	Stjarnan	11
4	Árni Vilhjálmsson	Breiðablik	10
	Hörður Sveinsson	Keflavík
	Atli Guðnason	FH
7	Atli Viðar Björnsson	FH	8
	Pape Mamadou Faye	Víkingur R.
9	Guðjón Pétur Lýðsson	Breiðablik	7
	Jóhann Helgi Hannesson	Þór Akureyri

References

1. "KR clinch 26th Icelandic title". UEFA. 23 September 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
2. "Stjarnan Íslandsmeistari í fyrsta sinn". Morgunblaðið. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
3. "Markahæstu menn Pepsi-deild karla". KSÍ.is. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2014.

External links

• Pepsi-deild karla at KSÍ