2024 Besta deild karla

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

KA Capital region ÍA Vestri Capital region clubs: Reykjavík:Fram Fylkir KR Valur Víkingur Reykjavík Kópavogur:Breiðablik HK Hafnarfjörður:FH Garðabær:Stjarnan Locations of the 2024 Besta deild karla teams Team Location Stadium Breiðablik Kópavogur Kópavogsvöllur FH Hafnarfjörður Kaplakriki Fram Reykjavík Laugardalsvöllur Fylkir Reykjavík Floridana völlurinn HK Kópavogur Kórinn ÍA Akranes Norðurálsvöllurinn KA Akureyri Akureyrarvöllur KR Reykjavík Alvogenvöllurinn Stjarnan Garðabær Samsung völlurinn Valur Reykjavík Valsvöllur Vestri Ísafjörður Olísvöllurinn Víkingur Reykjavík Reykjavík Víkingsvöllur League table Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Víkingur Reykjavík 9 7 1 1 20 8 +12 22 Qualification for the Championship Round 2 Breiðablik 9 6 1 2 22 12 +10 19 3 Valur 9 5 3 1 18 9 +9 18 4 Stjarnan 9 4 1 4 15 14 +1 13 5 FH 8 4 1 3 13 13 0 13 6 Fram 8 3 3 2 9 9 0 12 7 KR 8 3 2 3 15 14 +1 11 Qualification for the Relegation Round 8 ÍA 8 3 1 4 15 11 +4 10 9 HK 8 2 1 5 8 15 −7 7 10 Vestri 8 2 1 5 7 18 −11 7 11 KA 8 1 2 5 11 20 −9 5 12 Fylkir 8 1 1 6 10 20 −10 4 Updated to match(es) played on 31 May 2024. Source: KSI (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.[3] 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.[4] Home \ Away BRE FH FRA FYL HK ÍA KA KR STJ VAL VES VÍK Breiðablik — 2–0 2–1 2–3 4–0 1–1 FH — 1–2 3–2 Fram 1–4 — 2–1 1–1 2–0 0–1 Fylkir 0–3 — 3–1 3–4 0–1 0–0 HK 0–2 — 0–4 1–2 3–1 ÍA 1–2 5–1 — 3–0 0–1 KA 2–3 4–2 1–1 — 1–1 0–1 KR 2–3 0–1 1–2 — 2–2 Stjarnan 1–1 4–1 5–0 1–3 — 1–0 Valur 2–2 1–1 2–0 3–1 5–1 — Vestri 1–0 — 1–4 Víkingur Reykjavík 4–1 2–0 4–2 2–0 — Updated to match(es) played on 31 May 2024. Source: KSI (in Icelandic), Soccerway Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win. Season statistics Top scorers As of match played 6 May 2024 Rank Player Club Goals[5] 1 Viktor Jónsson ÍA 5 2 Danijel Djuric Víkingur 3 Sigurður Bjartur Hallsson FH Gylfi Sigurðsson Valur Patrick Pedersen Valur Atli Sigurjónsson KR 7 Gudmundur Nokkvason Stjarnan 2 Ari Sigurpálsson Víkingur Andri Rúnar Bjarnason Vestri Atli Þór Jónasson HK Ásgeir Sigurgeirsson KA Jason Daði Svanþórsson Breiðablik Benóný Breki Andrésson KR Kjartan Kári Halldórsson FH Nikolaj Hansen Víkingur Hinrik Hardarson ÍA Halldor Thordarson Fylkir Aron Elís Þrándarson Víkingur Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Ref Viktor Jónsson ÍA HK 0–4 (A) 14 April 2024 [6] Own goals Fatai Gbadamosi - for Breiðablik vs Vestri (13 April 2024) Clean sheets As of match played 6 May 2024 Rank Player Club Clean sheets 1 Anton Ari Einarsson Breiðablik 2 Ingvar Jónsson Víkingur Ólafur Ólafsson Fram Frederik Schram Valur Árni Snær Ólafsson Stjarnan William Eskelinen Vestri 7 Árni Marinó Einarsson ÍA 1 Ólafur Kristófer Helgason Fylkir Sindri Kristinn Ólafsson FH Discipline Red cards As of match played 6 May 2024 Elvar Baldvinsson - Breiðablik vs Vestri (13 April 2024) Thorsteinn Antonsson - HK vs ÍA (14 April 2024) Bjarni Mark Antonsson - Stjarnan vs Valur (19 April 2024) Atli Hrafn Andrason - HK vs FH (20 April 2024) Orri Sveinn Stefánsson - ÍA vs Fylkir (21 April 2024) Oliver Stefánsson - ÍA vs Fylkir (28 April 2024) Ísak Ólafsson - ÍA vs Fylkir (28 April 2024) Guy Smit - KA vs KR (5 May 2024) Adam Ægir Pálsson - Breiðablik vs Valur (6 May 2024) References ^ Helga Margrét Höskuldsdóttir (24 February 2022). "Nýtt vörumerki með rætur íslenskri knattspyrnusögu". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 4 December 2022. ^ Viktor Pálsson (24 September 2023). "Víkingur er Íslandsmeistari 2023 – Keflavík vann sinn annan sigur á tímabilinu" (in Icelandic). Retrieved 20 November 2023. ^ "Besta-deild karla 2022 – Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 24 January 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2018. ^ "Úrvalsdeild 2020". voetbal.com. ^ "VBET Premier League – Top Scorers". soccer24.com. Soccer24. Retrieved 28 May 2022. ^ "HK 0-4 ÍA". soccer24.com. Soccer24. 14 April 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.

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