2019 1. deild karla

The 2019 1. deild karla (English: Men's First Division) was the 65th season of second-tier Icelandic football. Twelve teams contested the league. The season began on 4 May and concluded on 21 September.^[1]

1. deild karla

Season	2019
Champions	Grótta
Promoted	Grótta Fjölnir
Relegated	Haukar Njarðvík
Matches	132
Goals	401 (3.04 per match)
Top goalscorer	15 goals Helgi Guðjónsson, Fram Pétur Theódór Árnason, Grótta
← 2018 2020 → All statistics correct as of 21 September 2019.

Teams

The league was contested by twelve clubs. Eight remained in the division from the 2018 season, while four new clubs joined the 1. deild karla:

• Fjölnir and Keflavík were relegated from the 2018 Úrvalsdeild, replacing ÍA and HK who were promoted to the 2019 Úrvalsdeild.
• Afturelding and Grótta were promoted from the 2018 2. deild karla, in place of ÍR and Selfoss who were relegated to the 2019 2. deild karla.

Club information

Capital region

Capital region clubs:
Reykjavík:
Fram
Fjölnir
Leiknir R.
Þróttur R.
Hafnarfjörður:
Haukar
Mosfellsbær:
Afturelding
Seltjarnarnes:
Grótta

Þór

Magni

Njarðvík

Víkingur Ó.

Keflavík

Location of teams in the 2019 1. deild karla

Team	Location
Afturelding	Mosfellsbær
Fjölnir	Reykjavík
Fram	Reykjavík
Grótta	Seltjarnarnes
Haukar	Hafnarfjörður
Keflavík	Keflavík
Leiknir R.	Reykjavík
Magni	Grenivík
Njarðvík	Njarðvík
Víkingur Ó.	Ólafsvík
Þór	Akureyri
Þróttur R.	Reykjavík

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Grótta (C, P)	22	12	7	3	45	31	+14	43	Promotion to 2020 Úrvalsdeild
2	Fjölnir (P)	22	12	6	4	49	22	+27	42
3	Leiknir R.	22	12	4	6	37	28	+9	40
4	Víkingur Ó.	22	9	7	6	28	20	+8	34
5	Keflavík	22	10	4	8	31	27	+4	34
6	Þór	22	9	7	6	31	30	+1	34
7	Fram	22	10	3	9	33	32	+1	33
8	Afturelding	22	6	5	11	30	37	−7	23
9	Magni	22	6	5	11	27	49	−22	23
10	Þróttur R.	22	6	4	12	36	40	−4	22
11	Haukar (R)	22	5	7	10	31	41	−10	22	Relegation to 2020 2. deild karla
12	Njarðvík (R)	22	4	3	15	23	44	−21	15

Updated to match(es) played on 21 September 2019. 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.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Top goalscorers

As of matches played on 21 September 2019^[2]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Pétur Theódór Árnason	Grótta	15
	Helgi Guðjónsson	Fram
3	Rafael Victor	Þróttur R.	12
4	Harley Willard	Víkingur Ó.	11
5	Álvaro Montejo	Þór	10