2023 1. deild karla

The 2023 1. deild karla (English: Men's First Division) was the 69th season of second-tier Icelandic football. The season began on 5 May 2023 and finished on 16 September 2023.

1. deild karla

Season	2023
Champions	ÍA
Promoted	ÍA Vestri
Relegated	Ægir Selfoss
← 2022 2024 →

Twelve teams contested the league. The champions (ÍA) and play-off winners (Vestri) were promoted to the 2024 Besta deild karla. The bottom two teams (Ægir and Selfoss) were relegated to the 2024 2. deild karla.^[1][2][3]

Teams

Team changes

Dissolved	Promoted from 2022 2. deild karla	Promoted to 2023 Besta deild karla	Relegated from 2022 Besta deild karla	Relegated to 2023 2. deild karla
Kórdrengir	Ægir Njarðvík Þróttur Reykjavík	Fylkir HK	ÍA Leiknir Reykjavík	KV Þróttur Vogum

Stadia and locations

Team	Location
Ægir	Þorlákshöfn
Afturelding	Mosfellsbær
Fjölnir	Reykjavík
Grindavík	Grindavík
Grótta	Seltjarnarnes
ÍA	Akranes
Leiknir Reykjavík	Reykjavík
Njarðvík	Njarðvík
Selfoss	Selfoss
Vestri	Ísafjörður
Þór	Akureyri
Þróttur Reykjavík	Reykjavík

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	ÍA (C, P)	22	15	4	3	54	31	+23	49	Promotion to Besta deild karla
2	Afturelding	22	13	4	5	60	33	+27	43	Qualification for 1. deild karla play-offs
3	Fjölnir	22	12	6	4	55	32	+23	42
4	Vestri (O, P)	22	11	6	5	37	26	+11	39
5	Leiknir Reykjavík	22	11	2	9	47	37	+10	35
6	Grindavík	22	8	4	10	27	38	−11	28
7	Þór	22	8	3	11	27	39	−12	27
8	Þróttur Reykjavík	22	7	5	10	45	46	−1	26
9	Grótta	22	6	8	8	34	37	−3	26
10	Njarðvík	22	6	5	11	36	47	−11	23
11	Selfoss (R)	22	7	2	13	37	49	−12	23	Relegation to 2. deild karla
12	Ægir (R)	22	2	3	17	23	67	−44	9

Source: ksí.is
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.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Each team played each other twice (22 matches each), once at home and once away.

Home \ Away	ÆGI	AFT	FJÓ	GRI	GRÓ	ÍA	LER	NJA	SEL	VES	ÞÓR	ÞRÓ
Ægir	—	1–4	0–1	1–3	2–2	0–1	0–5	1–0	1–3	0–5	2–3	2–2
Afturelding	5–0	—	4–3	1–2	1–1	2–5	0–2	7–2	9–0	3–1	1–0	1–0
Fjölnir	5–1	4–2	—	5–1	2–2	0–1	4–1	4–0	2–4	1–1	6–0	3–3
Grindavík	7–2	0–3	0–1	—	0–0	0–2	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–2
Grótta	2–1	2–3	3–3	2–0	—	1–3	5–1	1–1	1–0	2–2	1–0	2–2
ÍA	4–0	1–1	1–2	0–2	4–1	—	1–5	2–1	1–0	1–1	4–0	6–3
Leiknir Reykjavík	3–2	2–2	1–2	2–2	2–1	2–3	—	3–0	2–3	1–2	1–0	3–2
Njarðvík	2–2	1–2	1–1	4–1	1–3	2–4	2–4	—	1–1	2–0	2–2	3–1
Selfoss	3–1	1–3	1–2	2–0	1–0	3–4	2–4	2–3	—	1–2	2–2	2–1
Vestri	1–2	2–2	3–1	0–2	3–0	2–2	1–0	2–0	2–1	—	1–0	2–1
Þór	3–1	1–3	0–1	3–0	3–1	2–3	1–0	0–3	2–1	2–1	—	2–1
Þróttur Reykjavík	3–1	2–1	2–2	5–0	2–1	1–1	1–3	3–5	4–3	1–2	3–0	—

Source: ksí.is
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

1. deild karla play-offs

Teams placed 2nd-5th qualified for the play-offs, with the winners earning promotion to the 2024 Besta deild karla.

Semi-finals

First leg

Leiknir Reykjavík (5th) v Afturelding (2nd)

20 September 2023	Leiknir Reykjavík (5th)	1–2	Afturelding (2nd)	Leiknisvöllur, Reykjavík
17:30 BST	Sowe 85'		Christiansen 13' Marteinsson 76'

Vestri (4th) v Fjölnir (3rd)

20 September 2023	Vestri (4th)	1–0	Fjölnir (3rd)	Olísvöllurinn, Ísafjörður
17:30 BST	Songani 29'

Second leg

Afturelding (2nd) v Leiknir Reykjavík (5th)

24 September 2023	Afturelding (2nd)	3–0 (5–1 agg.)	Leiknir Reykjavík (5th)	Varmárvollur, Mosfellsbær
15:00 BST	Ragnarsson 17' Jensen 19' Braz 25'

Fjölnir (3rd) v Vestri (4th)

24 September 2023	Fjölnir (3rd)	1–1 (1–2 agg.)	Vestri (4th)	Fjölnisvöllur, Reykjavík
15:00 BST	Guðmundsson 49'		Tufegdžić 38'

Final

Vestri (4th) v Afturelding (2nd)

30 September 2023	Vestri (4th)	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Afturelding (2nd)	Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík
17:00 BST	Hernández 103'