2020 Úrvalsdeild

The 2020 Úrvalsdeild karla, also known as Pepsi-deild karla for sponsorship reasons, was the 109th season of top-flight Icelandic football. Twelve teams contested the league, including the defending champions KR, who won their 27th league title in 2019.^[1]

Úrvalsdeild karla (Pepsi-deildin)

Season	2020
Dates	13 June – 31 October 2020
Champions	Valur
Relegated	Grótta Fjölnir
Champions League	Valur
Europa Conference League	FH Stjarnan Breiðablik
Matches played	107
Top goalscorer	Steven Lennon (17 goals)
Biggest home win	Valur 6–0 Grótta (4 Oct 2020)
Biggest away win	Víkingur Reykjavík 1–5 Valur (8 July 2020) Stjarnan 1–5 Valur (21 Sept 2020)
Highest scoring	KR 4–5 Valur (26 August 2020)
Longest winning run	10 matches Valur
Longest unbeaten run	14 matches Valur
Longest winless run	18 matches Fjölnir
Longest losing run	4 matches Fjölnir
← 2019 2021 →

The season was scheduled to begin on 22 April 2020 and conclude on 26 September 2020, however this was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The competition was suspended on 7 October and abandoned on 30 October 2020.^[2] The standings based on the average number of points per matches played for each team were considered final and used to determine the champions, European spots and relegation.^[3]

Teams

KA

Capital region

ÍA

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

Locations of the 2020 Úrvalsdeild teams

The 2020 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, Grindavík and ÍBV, were relegated to the 2020 1. deild karla and were replaced by Grótta and Fjölnir, champions and runners-up of the 2019 1. deild karla respectively.

Club information

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Breiðablik	Kópavogur	Kópavogsvöllur	3,009[4]
FH	Hafnarfjörður	Kaplakriki	6,450[5]
Fjölnir	Reykjavík (Grafarvogur)	Extra völlurinn	1,030
Fylkir	Reykjavík	Floridana völlurinn	1,854[6]
Grótta	Seltjarnarnes	Vivaldivöllurinn	1,050
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

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Team	Manager	Assistant Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Breiðablik	Óskar Hrafn Þorvaldsson	Halldór Árnason	Höskuldur Gunnlaugsson	Errea	Vörður
FH	Logi Ólafsson Eiður Smári Guðjohnsen	Guðlaugur Baldursson	Björn Daníel Sverrisson	Nike	Actavis
Fjölnir	Ásmundur Arnarsson	Gunnar Már Guðmundsson	Hans Viktor Guðmundsson	Hummel	vita
Fylkir	Atli Sveinn Þórarinsson Ólafur Stígsson	Ólafur Ingi Skúlason	Ragnar Bragi Sveinsson	Macron	Wurth Eykt
Grótta	Ágúst Gylfason	Guðmundur Steinarsson	Sigurvin Reynisson	Errea	Hyundai
HK	Brynjar Björn Gunnarsson	Viktor Bjarki Arnarsson	Leifur Andri Leifsson	Macron	MótX
ÍA	Jóhannes Karl Guðjónsson	Arnar Snær Guðmundsson Ingimar Elí Hlynsson	Árni Snær Ólafsson	Errea	Norðurál
KA	Arnar Grétarsson	Pétur Heiðar Kristjánsson Hallgrímur Jónasson	Almarr Ormarsson	Errea	N1
KR	Rúnar Kristinsson	Bjarni Guðjónsson	Óskar Örn Hauksson	Nike	Alvogen
Stjarnan	Rúnar Páll Sigmundsson Ólafur Jóhannesson	None	Alex Þór Hauksson	Uhlsport	Tryggingamiðstöðin
Valur	Heimir Guðjónsson	Srdjan Tufegdzic	Haukur Páll Sigurðsson	Macron	Bose
Víkingur R.	Arnar Gunnlaugsson	Hajrudin Cardaklija Einar Guðnason	Sölvi Ottesen	Macron	TVG-Zimsen

Managerial changes

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Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Valur	Ólafur Jóhannesson	End of contract	28 September 2019	Pre-season	Heimir Guðjónsson	2 October 2019
Fylkir	Helgi Sigurðsson	Resigned	28 September 2019		Atli Sveinn Þórarinsson & Ólafur Stígsson	15 October 2019
Breiðablik	Ágúst Gylfason	Sacked	28 September 2019		Óskar Hrafn Þorvaldsson	5 October 2019
Grótta	Óskar Hrafn Þorvaldsson	Left for Breiðablik	5 October 2019		Ágúst Gylfason	17 October 2019
Stjarnan	Rúnar Páll Sigmundsson	Co-manager hired	6 November 2019		Rúnar Páll Sigmundsson & Ólafur Jóhannesson	6 November 2019
KA	Óli Stefán Flóventsson	Sacked	15 July 2020	11th	Arnar Grétarsson	15 July 2020
FH	Ólafur Kristjánsson	Left for Esbjerg fB	16 July 2020	8th	Logi Ólafsson & Eiður Smári Guðjohnsen	16 July 2020

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG	Qualification or relegation
1	Valur (C)	18	14	2	2	50	17	+33	44	2.44	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	FH	18	11	3	4	37	23	+14	36	2.00	Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round
3	Stjarnan	17	8	7	2	27	20	+7	31	1.82
4	Breiðablik	18	9	4	5	37	27	+10	31	1.72
5	KR	17	8	4	5	30	21	+9	28	1.65
6	Fylkir	18	9	1	8	27	30	−3	28	1.56	Closure working
7	KA	18	3	12	3	20	21	−1	21	1.17
8	ÍA	18	6	3	9	39	43	−4	21	1.17
9	HK	18	5	5	8	29	36	−7	20	1.11
10	Víkingur Reykjavík	18	3	8	7	25	30	−5	17	0.94
11	Grótta (R)	18	1	5	12	15	43	−28	8	0.44	Relegation to 1. deild karla
12	Fjölnir (R)	18	0	6	12	15	40	−25	6	0.33

Source: KSÍ (in Icelandic), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points per game; 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.^[14]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Each team was originally scheduled to play home and away once against every other team for a total of 22 games each.^[15]

Home \ Away	BRE	FH	FJO	FYL	GRÓ	HK	ÍA	KA	KR	STJ	VAL	VIK
Breiðablik	—	3–3	3–1	4–1	3–0	—	5–3	1–1	0–2	2–1	1–2	—
FH	3–1	—	1–0	1–2	2–1	4–0	2–1	0–0	—	1–2	1–4	1–0
Fjölnir	1–4	0–3	—	1–2	0–3	—	1–3	1–1	—	1–4	1–3	1–1
Fylkir	0–1	1–4	2–0	—	2–0	3–2	—	4–1	0–3	1–1	—	2–1
Grótta	0–1	—	2–2	0–2	—	4–4	0–4	2–4	—	—	0–3	1–1
HK	1–0	2–3	3–1	—	3–0	—	3–2	—	1–1	2–3	0–4	0–2
ÍA	—	0–4	—	3–2	3–0	2–2	—	3–1	1–2	1–2	2–4	2–2
KA	2–2	—	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–2	—	0–0	0–0	—	0–0
KR	3–1	1–2	2–2	1–2	1–1	0–3	4–1	—	—	1–2	4–5	2–0
Stjarnan	—	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	4–1	—	1–1	—	—	1–5	1–1
Valur	1–1	—	—	3–0	6–0	1–0	1–4	1–0	0–1	0–0	—	2–0
Víkingur Reykjavík	2–4	4–1	1–1	—	—	1–1	6–2	2–2	0–2	—	1–5	—

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

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[16]
1	Steven Lennon	FH	17
2	Patrick Pedersen	Valur	14
3	Thomas Mikkelsen	Breiðablik	13
4	Tryggvi Hrafn Haraldsson	ÍA	12
5	Óttar Magnús Karlsson	Víkingur Reykjavik	9
6	Valdimar Þór Ingimundarson	Fylkir	8
	Stefán Teitur Þórðarson	ÍA
8	Aron Bjarnason	Valur	7
	Hilmar Árni Halldórsson	Stjarnan
	Sigurður Egill Lárusson	Valur
	Pablo Punyed	Víkingur Reykjavík