2018 3. deild karla

The 2018 3. deild karla (English: Men's Third Division) was the 6th season of fourth-tier Icelandic football in its ten team league format. The league began on 11 May and concluded on 15 September.^[1]

3. deild karla

Season	2018
Champions	Dalvík/Reynir
Promoted	Dalvík/Reynir KFG
Relegated	Ægir Sindri
Matches played	90
Goals scored	322 (3.58 per match)
Top goalscorer	15 goals Jóhann Ólafur Jóhannsson, KFG
Biggest home win	KFG 6–0 Augnablik (18 June 2018) Vængir Júpiters 7-1 Sindri (15 September 2018)
Biggest away win	Sindri 1-7 Vængir Júpiters (7 July 2018)
← 2017 2019 → All statistics correct as of 29 September 2018.

Teams

The league was contested by ten clubs. Six remained in the division from the 2017 season, while four new clubs joined the 3. deild karla:

• Sindri and KV were relegated from the 2017 2. deild karla, replacing Kári and Þróttur Vogum who were promoted to the 2018 2. deild karla
• Augnablik and KH were promoted from the 2017 4. deild karla, in place of Reynir Sandgerði and Berserkir who were relegated to the 2018 4. deild karla

2018 Member Clubs

Team	Location	Stadium	2017 season
Augnablik	Kópavogur	Fagrilundur	4. deild karla, 2nd
Dalvík/Reynir	Dalvík	Dalvíkurvöllur	8th
Einherji	Vopnafjörður	Vopnafjarðarvöllur	6th
KH	Reykjavík (Hlíðar)	Valsvöllur	4. deild karla, 1st
KF	Fjallabyggð	Ólafsfjarðarvöllur	5th
KFG	Garðabær	Samsung völlurinn	3rd
KV	Reykjavík (Vesturbær)	KR-völlur	2. deild karla, 11th
Sindri	Höfn	Sindravellir	2. deild karla, 12th
Vængir Júpiters	Reykjavík (Grafarvogur)	Fjölnisvöllur	4th
Ægir	Þorlákshöfn	Þorlákshafnarvöllur	7th

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dalvík/Reynir (C, P)	18	9	5	4	27	16	+11	32	Promotion to 2019 2 deild karla
2	KFG (P)	18	10	2	6	43	34	+9	32
3	KF	18	10	1	7	29	23	+6	31
4	Vængir Júpiters	18	9	3	6	34	25	+9	30
5	KH	18	8	4	6	33	24	+9	28
6	Einherji	18	9	1	8	33	32	+1	28
7	KV	18	6	5	7	31	29	+2	23
8	Augnablik	18	6	3	9	27	45	−18	21
9	Sindri (R)	18	6	1	11	27	42	−15	19	Relegation to 2019 4. deild karla
10	Ægir (R)	18	3	3	12	20	34	−14	12

Updated to match(es) played on 29 September 2018. Source: ksí.is
Rules for classification: 1) Points won; 2) Total goal difference; 3) Total goals scored; 4) Points in head-to-head matches; 5) Goal difference in h-t-h matches; 6) Goals scored in h-t-h matches; 7) Away goals in h-t-h matches; 8) Draw.^[2]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results grid

Each team plays every opponent once home and away for a total of 18 matches per club, and 90 matches altogether.

Home \ Away	AUG	DAL	EIN	KFG	KFJ	KHL	KVE	SIN	VÆN	ÆGI
Augnablik	—	3–1	2–0	2–3	4–3	2–2	1–0	3–2	1–1	2–2
Dalvík/Reynir	3–2	—	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	3–1	3–0
Einherji	3–1	0–3	—	1–3	2–0	2–1	2–1	3–2	2–0	2–1
KFG	6–0	0–0	3–2	—	1–0	1–2	3–2	2–3	3–0	4–1
KF	2–0	2–1	3–1	6–2	—	4–2	2–0	0–3	2–0	2–0
KH	5–0	0–1	3–2	1–1	3–1	—	1–2	3–1	0–2	2–0
KV	2–3	3–2	3–0	2–3	2–0	2–2	—	4–1	0–0	3–3
Sindri	3–0	2–3	3–2	2–1	0–1	0–1	3–1	—	1–7	0–0
Vængir Júpiters	2–1	1–0	2–1	2–4	2–0	2–1	2–2	7–1	—	1–3
Ægir	5–0	0–1	0–3	2–3	0–1	0–3	1–2	2–0	0–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on 29 September 2018. Source: ksí.is
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

As of matches played on 29 September 2018.^[3]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Jóhann Ólafur Jóhannsson	KFG	15
2	Númi Kárason	Einherji	11
3	Nökkvi Þeyr Þórisson	Dalvík/Reynir	10
	Ingólfur Sigurðsson	KH
5	Magnús Björgvinsson	KFG	9
	Daníel Rögnvaldsson	Vængir Júpiters