2019 Úrvalsdeild

The 2019 Úrvalsdeild karla, also known as Pepsi Max-deild karla for sponsorship reasons, was the 108th season of top-flight Icelandic football. Twelve teams contested the league, including the defending champions Valur, who won their 21st league title in 2018.^[1]

Úrvalsdeild karla (Pepsi max-deildin)

Season	2019
Dates	April – September 2019
Champions	KR
Relegated	Grindavík ÍBV
Champions League	KR
Europa League	Breiðablik FH Víkingur R.
Matches played	132
Goals scored	412 (3.12 per match)
Top goalscorer	Gary Martin (14 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Beitir Ólafsson
Biggest home win	Valur 5–1 ÍBV (15 June 2019) Stjarnan 5–1 Fylkir (23 June 2019) Breiðablik 4–0 KA (7 August 2019)
Biggest away win	ÍA 1-5 Víkingur R. (28 September 2019)
Highest scoring	FH 6-4 ÍBV (18 September 2019)
← 2018 2020 →

The season began in April 2019 and concluded on 28 September 2019.

Teams

Grindavík

ÍBV

KA

Capital region

ÍA

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

Locations of the 2019 Úrvalsdeild teams

The 2019 Úrvalsdeild is 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, Fjölnir and Keflavík, were relegated to the 2019 1. deild karla and were replaced by ÍA and HK, champions and runners-up of the 2018 1. deild karla respectively.

Club information

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Breiðablik	Kópavogur	Kópavogsvöllur	3,009[2]
FH	Hafnarfjörður	Kaplakriki	6,450[3]
Fylkir	Reykjavík	Floridana völlurinn	1,854[4]
Grindavík	Grindavík	Grindavíkurvöllur	1,750[5]
ÍBV	Vestmannaeyjar	Hásteinsvöllur	3,034[6]
KA	Akureyri	Akureyrarvöllur	1,645[7]
KR	Reykjavík	Alvogenvöllurinn	3,333[8]
HK	Kópavogur	Kórinn	1,452[9]
ÍA	Akranes	Norðurálsvöllurinn	3,054[10]
Stjarnan	Garðabær	Samsung völlurinn	1,440[7]
Valur	Reykjavík	Valsvöllur	2,465[11]
Víkingur R.	Reykjavík	Víkingsvöllur	1,848[12]

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Breiðablik	Ágúst Gylfason	Gunnleifur Gunnleifsson	Jako	Vörður
FH	Ólafur Kristjánsson	Davíð Viðarsson	Adidas	Actavis
Grindavík	Srdjan Tufegdzic	Gunnar Þorsteinsson	Stanno	LÝSI
Fylkir	Helgi Sigurðsson	Ásgeir Börkur Ásgeirsson	Jako	Wurth
HK	Brynjar Gunnarsson	Leifur Andri Leifsson	macron	N1
ÍA	Joey Guðjónsson	Arnar Már Guðjónsson	Erreà	Norðurál
ÍBV	Ian Jeffs	Sindri Snær Magnússon	Hummel	Bónus
KA	Óli Stefán Flóventsson	Guðmann Þórisson	Diadora	N1
KR	Rúnar Kristinsson	Pálmi Rafn Pálmason	Nike	Alvogen
Stjarnan	Rúnar Páll Sigmundsson	Baldur Sigurðsson	Uhlsport	Orkan
Valur	Ólafur Jóhannesson	Haukur Páll Sigurðsson	Macron	Munck
Víkingur R.	Arnar Gunnlaugsson	Sölvi Ottesen	Macron	TVG-Zimsen

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Grindavík	Óli Stefán Flóventsson	Resigned	3 September 2018[13]	Pre-season	Srdjan Tufegdzic	6 October 2018[14]
KA	Srdjan Tufegdzic	Resigned	13 September 2018[15]	Pre-season	Óli Stefán Flóventsson	1 October 2018[16]
ÍBV	Kristján Guðmundsson	Resigned	26 September 2018[17]	Pre-season	Pedro Hipólito	29 September 2018[18]
Víkingur R.	Logi Ólafsson	Resigned	3 October 2018[19]	Pre-season	Arnar Gunnlaugsson	6 October 2018[20]
ÍBV	Pedro Hipólito	Resigned	30 June 2019[21]	12th	Ian Jeffs	11 July 2019[22]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	KR (C)	22	16	4	2	44	23	+21	52	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Breiðablik	22	11	5	6	45	31	+14	38	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	FH	22	11	4	7	40	36	+4	37
4	Stjarnan	22	9	8	5	40	34	+6	35
5	KA	22	9	4	9	34	34	0	31
6	Valur	22	8	5	9	38	34	+4	29
7	Víkingur	22	7	7	8	37	35	+2	28	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[a]
8	Fylkir	22	8	4	10	38	44	−6	28
9	HK	22	7	6	9	29	29	0	27
10	ÍA	22	7	6	9	27	32	−5	27
11	Grindavík (R)	22	3	11	8	17	28	−11	20	Relegation to 1. deild karla
12	ÍBV (R)	22	2	4	16	23	52	−29	10

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.^[23]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Víkingur qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2019 Icelandic Cup.

Results

Each team played home and away once against every other team for a total of 22 games each.^[24]

Home \ Away	BRE	FH	FYL	GRI	HK	ÍA	ÍBV	KA	KR	STJ	VAL	VIK
Breiðablik	—	4–1	4–3	0–0	1–2	0–1	3–1	4–0	1–2	1–1	3–3	3–1
FH	2–4	—	2–1	3–0	2–0	1–0	6–4	3–2	1–2	2–2	3–2	1–0
Fylkir	4–3	2–2	—	2–1	3–2	2–2	3–0	3–2	1–4	1–4	0–1	3–1
Grindavík	0–2	0–0	1–0	—	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–2	2–1	1–1	2–2	0–0
HK	2–2	2–0	1–2	0–0	—	1–1	2–0	2–1	4–1	1–1	1–2	1–3
ÍA	1–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	0–2	—	2–1	3–1	1–3	2–0	1–2	1–5
ÍBV	1–1	1–2	0–3	2–2	0–1	3–2	—	1–1	1–2	0–2	2–1	1–1
KA	0–1	1–0	4–2	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	—	0–0	4–2	1–0	3–4
KR	2–0	3–2	1–1	5–2	3–2	2–0	3–0	1–0	—	2–2	3–2	1–0
Stjarnan	1–3	1–3	5–1	0–0	1–0	3–1	3–2	0–2	1–1	—	2–1	2–1
Valur	0–1	2–3	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–2	5–1	3–1	0–1	2–2	—	3–3
Víkingur R.	3–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	3–1	2–3	0–1	3–4	2–2	—

Source: (in Icelandic)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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
KR	7	2	5	6	4	3	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Breiðablik	3	4	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
FH	3	5	3	4	3	4	4	6	4	5	6	5	6	7	6	3	3	4	3	3	3	3
Stjarnan	7	8	6	3	5	7	5	7	7	4	3	4	4	4	3	5	4	3	4	4	4	4
KA	9	6	7	10	7	5	8	5	6	7	9	11	11	11	11	10	9	10	10	10	5	5
Valur	5	9	10	8	9	10	12	9	11	11	7	6	7	5	4	6	6	5	5	8	9	6
Víkingur	5	7	8	11	11	11	11	10	9	9	8	10	10	10	10	9	10	9	7	9	10	7
Fylkir	1	1	4	5	8	8	7	4	5	6	5	7	5	6	8	8	8	8	9	5	6	8
HK	10	10	11	9	10	9	9	11	10	8	11	8	8	8	7	4	5	6	6	6	7	9
ÍA	2	3	2	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	5	7	7	7	8	7	8	10
Grindavík	10	11	9	7	6	6	6	8	8	10	10	9	9	9	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
ÍBV	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

	Leader
	2020–21 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round
	Relegation to 1. deild karla

Source: ksi.is

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Gary Martin	Valur/ÍBV	14
2	Steven Lennon	FH	13
	Thomas Mikkelsen	Breiðablik
	Elfar Árni Aðalsteinsson	KA
	Hilmar Árni Halldórsson	Stjarnan
6	Geoffrey Castillion	Fylkir	10
	Hallgrímur Mar Steingrímsson	KA
8	Patrick Pedersen	Valur	8
	Pálmi Rafn Pálmason	KR
	Morten Beck Guldsmed	FH