2017 Úrvalsdeild

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

Úrvalsdeild karla (Pepsi-deildin)

Season	2017
Dates	30 April – 30 September 2017
Champions	Valur
Relegated	Víkingur Ó. ÍA
Champions League	Valur
Europa League	ÍBV FH Stjarnan
Matches played	132
Goals scored	403 (3.05 per match)
Top goalscorer	Andri Rúnar Bjarnason (19 goals)
Biggest home win	Valur 6–0 ÍA (31 July 2017)
Biggest away win	Víkingur Ó. 0–3 ÍBV (21 May 2017) ÍBV 1–4 ÍA (27 May 2017) Víkingur Ó. 1–4 KA (6 June 2017) Víkingur R. 0–3 KR (23 July 2017) Víkingur Ó. 1–4 Breiðablik (20 August 2017)
Highest scoring	KA 6–3 ÍBV (16 July 2017)
← 2016 2018 → All statistics correct as of 30 September 2017.

The season began on 30 April 2017 and concluded 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

Locations of the 2017 Úrvalsdeild teams

The 2017 Úrvalsdeild was 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

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Breiðablik	Miloš Milojević	Gunnleifur Gunnleifsson	Jako	Vörður
FH	Heimir Guðjónsson	Davíð Þór Viðarsson	Adidas	Actavis
Fjölnir	Ágúst Gylfason	Þórður Ingason	Hummel	Bónus
Grindavík	Óli Stefán Flóventsson	Gunnar Þorsteinsson	Stanno	LYSI
ÍA	Jón Þór Hauksson	Arnar Már Guðjónsson	Errea	Norðurál
ÍBV	Kristján Guðmundsson	Sindri Snær Magnússon	Hummel	Bónus
KA	Srdjan Tufegdzic	Davíð Rúnar Bjarnason	Diadora	N1
KR	Willum Þór Þórsson	Pálmi Rafn Pálmason	Nike	Alvogen
Stjarnan	Rúnar Páll Sigmundsson	Baldur Sigurðsson	Uhlsport	Orkan
Valur	Ólafur Jóhannesson	Haukur Páll Sigurðsson	Macron	Íslandsbanki
Víkingur Ó.	Ejub Purisevic	Guðmundur Steinn Hafsteinsson	Jako	N1
Víkingur R.	Logi Ólafsson	Róbert Örn Óskarsson	Macron	TVG-Zimsen

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Breiðablik	Arnar Grétarsson	Sacked	9 May 2017[1]	10th	Miloš Milojević	22 May 2017[2]
Víkingur R.	Miloš Milojević	Resigned	19 May 2017[3]	10th	Logi Ólafsson	24 May 2017[4]
ÍA	Gunnlaugur Jónsson	Resigned	21 August 2017[5]	12th	Jón Þór Hauksson	21 August 2017[6]

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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[a]
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.^[7]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. ÍBV qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2017 Icelandic Cup.

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	—	1–2	2–1	0–0	2–0	3–2	1–3	1–3	1–3	1–2	2–1	1–2
FH	0–1	—	1–2	1–0	2–0	2–1	2–2	0–1	3–0	2–1	0–2	2–2
Fjölnir	1–0	2–1	—	4–0	2–2	2–1	2–2	2–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	3–1
Grindavík	4–3	1–1	2–1	—	3–2	3–1	2–1	2–2	2–2	1–0	1–3	1–2
ÍA	2–3	2–4	3–1	2–3	—	0–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	2–4	0–0	1–1
ÍBV	1–1	0–1	0–0	2–1	1–4	—	3–0	3–1	2–2	2–3	0–1	1–0
KA	2–4	0–0	2–0	2–1	0–0	6–3	—	2–3	1–1	1–1	5–0	2–2
KR	1–1	2–2	2–0	0–1	2–1	0–3	0–0	—	0–1	0–0	4–2	1–2
Stjarnan	2–0	1–1	4–0	5–0	2–2	5–0	2–1	2–0	—	1–2	3–0	1–2
Valur	1–0	1–1	4–1	2–0	6–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	—	2–0	4–3
Víkingur Ó.	0–3	1–1	4–4	2–1	1–0	0–3	1–4	1–2	2–1	1–2	—	1–3
Víkingur R.	2–3	2–4	2–1	1–2	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–3	2–2	0–1	2–0	—

Source: KSÍ (Football Association of Iceland) (in Icelandic)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

As of matches played on 30 September 2017.^[8]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Andri Rúnar Bjarnason	Grindavík	19
2	Steven Lennon	FH	15
3	Guðjón Baldvinsson	Stjarnan	12
4	Geoffrey Castillion	Víkingur R.	11
	Hólmbert Friðjónsson	Stjarnan
6	Gunnar Heiðar Þorvaldsson	ÍBV	10
	Hilmar Árni Halldórsson	Stjarnan
8	Emil Lyng	KA	9
	Tobias Thomsen	KR
	Elfar Árni Aðalsteinsson	KA