2024 Besta deild karla

The 2024 Besta deild karla was the 113th season of top-flight Icelandic Football. It was the third season following the league's rebrand as Besta deild karla.[1]

Besta deild karla
Season2024
Dates6 April – 27 October 2024
ChampionsBreiðablik
RelegatedFylkir
HK
Champions LeagueBreiðablik
Conference LeagueKA
Valur
Víkingur Reykjavík
Matches played159
Goals scored576 (3.62 per match)
Top goalscorerBenoný Breki Andrésson (21 goals)
Biggest home winÍA 8-0 HK (6 July 2024)
Biggest away winFylkir 0-6 Víkingur Reykjavík (17 September 2024)
Highest scoringÍA 8-0 HK (6 July 2024)
KR 3-5 Valur (4 June 2024)
2023
2025
All statistics correct as of 27 October 2024.

Teams

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The league consisted of twelve teams: the top ten teams from the previous season, and two teams promoted from the 1. deild karla. Víkingur Reykjavík entered the season as defending champions after winning their seventh title during the previous season.[2]

The promoted teams were 2023 1. deild karla champions ÍA (promoted after a single season absence), and play-off winners Vestri (promoted for the first time in their history). They replaced the 2023 Besta deild karla bottom two teams, ÍBV and Keflavík.

Stadia and locations

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Team Location Stadium
Breiðablik Kópavogur Kópavogsvöllur
FH Hafnarfjörður Kaplakriki
Fram Reykjavík Laugardalsvöllur
Fylkir Reykjavík Floridana völlurinn
HK Kópavogur Kórinn
ÍA Akranes Norðurálsvöllurinn
KA Akureyri Akureyrarvöllur
KR Reykjavík Alvogenvöllurinn
Stjarnan Garðabær Samsung völlurinn
Valur Reykjavík Valsvöllur
Vestri Ísafjörður Olísvöllurinn
Víkingur Reykjavík Reykjavík Víkingsvöllur

Regular season

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Víkingur Reykjavík 22 15 4 3 56 23 +33 49 Qualification for the Championship Round
2 Breiðablik 22 15 4 3 53 28 +25 49
3 Valur 22 11 5 6 53 33 +20 38
4 ÍA 22 10 4 8 41 31 +10 34
5 Stjarnan 22 10 4 8 40 35 +5 34
6 FH 22 9 6 7 39 38 +1 33
7 Fram 22 7 6 9 31 32 −1 27 Qualification for the Relegation Round
8 KA 22 7 6 9 32 38 −6 27
9 KR 22 5 6 11 35 46 −11 21
10 HK 22 6 2 14 26 56 −30 20
11 Vestri 22 4 6 12 22 43 −21 18
12 Fylkir 22 4 5 13 26 51 −25 17
Source: KSI (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.[3]

Results

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Each team was originally scheduled to play home and away once against every other team for a total of 22 games each.[4]

Home \ Away BRE FH FRA FYL HK ÍA KA KR STJ VAL VES VÍK
Breiðablik 2–0 3–1 3–0 5–3 1–1 2–1 4–2 2–1 2–3 4–0 1–1
FH 1–0 3–3 3–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–3 2–2 3–2 2–3
Fram 1–4 3–3 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–2 1–0 2–1 4–1 2–0 0–1
Fylkir 0–3 2–3 0–0 3–1 3–0 1–1 3–4 0–1 0–0 3–2 0–6
HK 0–2 0–2 1–0 0–2 0–4 1–2 3–2 4–3 1–2 1–1 3–1
ÍA 1–2 1–2 1–0 5–1 8–0 1–0 2–1 1–3 3–2 3–0 0–1
KA 2–3 2–3 3–2 4–2 1–1 2–3 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–0
KR 2–3 1–0 0–1 2–2 1–2 4–2 2–2 1–1 3–5 2–2 0–3
Stjarnan 2–2 4–2 1–1 2–0 2–0 4–1 5–0 1–3 1–0 1–0 0–4
Valur 0–2 2–2 1–1 4–0 5–1 2–0 3–1 4–1 5–1 3–1 2–2
Vestri 2–2 0–2 1–3 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–2 2–0 4–2 1–5 1–4
Víkingur Reykjavík 4–1 2–0 2–1 5–2 5–1 1–2 4–2 1–1 2–0 3–2 1–1
Source: KSI (in Icelandic), Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship Round

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Breiðablik (C) 27 19 5 3 63 31 +32 62 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Víkingur Reykjavík 27 18 5 4 68 33 +35 59 Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round
3 Valur 27 12 8 7 66 42 +24 44
4 Stjarnan 27 12 6 9 51 43 +8 42
5 ÍA 27 11 4 12 49 47 +2 37
6 FH 27 9 7 11 43 50 −7 34
Source: KSI (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.[5]
(C) Champions


Results

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Each team plays each other once (5 matches), either at home or away.

Home \ Away BRE FH ÍA STJ VAL VÍK
Breiðablik 2–0 2–1 2–2
FH 0–1 1–1
ÍA 4–1 3–4
Stjarnan 3–2 3–0
Valur 6–1 2–2 2–3
Víkingur Reykjavík 0–3 3–0 2–2
Source: KSI (in Icelandic), Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation Round

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 KA 27 10 7 10 44 48 −4 37 Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round[a]
2 KR 27 9 7 11 56 49 +7 34
3 Fram 27 8 6 13 38 49 −11 30
4 Vestri 27 6 7 14 32 53 −21 25
5 HK (R) 27 7 4 16 34 71 −37 25 Relegation to 1. deild karla
6 Fylkir (R) 27 5 6 16 32 60 −28 21
Source: KSI (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.[6]
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ KA qualified for the Conference League first qualifying round by winning the 2024 Icelandic Cup.


Results

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Each team plays each other once (5 matches), either at home or away.

Home \ Away FRA FYL HK KA KR VES
Fram 2–0 1–4 2–4
Fylkir 1–3 0–1
HK 2–1 2–2
KA 3–3 0–4 2–1
KR 7–1 7–0 2–2
Vestri 1–3 2–1
Source: KSI (in Icelandic), Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

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Top scorers

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As of match played 6 May 2024
Rank Player Club Goals[7]
1   Viktor Jónsson ÍA 5
2   Danijel Djuric Víkingur 3
  Sigurður Bjartur Hallsson FH
  Gylfi Sigurðsson Valur
  Patrick Pedersen Valur
  Atli Sigurjónsson KR
7   Gudmundur Nokkvason Stjarnan 2
  Ari Sigurpálsson Víkingur
  Andri Rúnar Bjarnason Vestri
  Atli Þór Jónasson HK
  Ásgeir Sigurgeirsson KA
  Jason Daði Svanþórsson Breiðablik
  Benóný Breki Andrésson KR
  Kjartan Kári Halldórsson FH
  Nikolaj Hansen Víkingur
  Hinrik Hardarson ÍA
  Halldor Thordarson Fylkir
  Aron Elís Þrándarson Víkingur

Hat-tricks

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Player For Against Result Date Ref
  Viktor Jónsson ÍA HK 0–4 (A) 14 April 2024 [8]

Own goals

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Clean sheets

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As of match played 6 May 2024
Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1   Anton Ari Einarsson Breiðablik 2
  Ingvar Jónsson Víkingur
  Ólafur Ólafsson Fram
  Frederik Schram Valur
  Árni Snær Ólafsson Stjarnan
  William Eskelinen Vestri
7   Árni Marinó Einarsson ÍA 1
  Ólafur Kristófer Helgason Fylkir
  Sindri Kristinn Ólafsson FH

Discipline

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Red cards

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As of match played 6 May 2024

Attendances

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# Football club Average attendance[9]
1 Breiðablik 1,224
2 KR 1,125
3 Víkingur 1,097
4 Valur 977
5 Fram 866
6 Fylkir 859
7 FH 845
8 Stjarnan 803
9 HK 695
10 ÍA 618
11 KA 568
12 Vestri 373

References

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  1. ^ Helga Margrét Höskuldsdóttir (24 February 2022). "Nýtt vörumerki með rætur íslenskri knattspyrnusögu". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  2. ^ Viktor Pálsson (24 September 2023). "Víkingur er Íslandsmeistari 2023 – Keflavík vann sinn annan sigur á tímabilinu" (in Icelandic). Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Besta-deild karla 2022 – Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 24 January 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Úrvalsdeild 2020". voetbal.com.
  5. ^ "Besta-deild karla 2022 – Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 24 January 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  6. ^ "Besta-deild karla 2022 – Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 24 January 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  7. ^ "VBET Premier League – Top Scorers". soccer24.com. Soccer24. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  8. ^ "HK 0-4 ÍA". soccer24.com. Soccer24. 14 April 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  9. ^ https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/aveisl.htm