1997 2. deild karla

The 1997 season of 2. deild karla was the 32nd season of third-tier football in Iceland.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	HK (C, P)	18	13	2	3	51	29	+22	41	Promoted to 1998 1. deild karla
2	KVA (P)	18	12	3	3	52	30	+22	39
3	Selfoss	18	12	3	3	45	31	+14	39
4	Víðir	18	10	2	6	44	33	+11	32
5	Leiknir R.	18	7	6	5	42	25	+17	27
6	Völsungur	18	8	2	8	38	37	+1	26
7	Ægir	18	5	4	9	38	48	−10	19
8	Fjölnir	18	4	2	12	31	58	−27	14
9	Þróttur N. (R)	18	4	1	13	35	51	−16	13	Relegated to 1998 3. deild karla
10	Sindri (R)	18	2	1	15	30	64	−34	7

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Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Top scorers

Scorer	Goals	Team
Sævar Þór Gíslason	19	Selfoss
Jón Þorgrímur Stefánsson	17	HK
Arngrímur Arnarson	16	Völsungur
Steindór Elísson	16	HK
Kári Jónsson	15	KVA
Hlynur Jóhannsson	14	Víðir
Sigurður Andrés Þorvarðarson	10	Selfoss

References

• Sigurðsson, Víðir (1997). Íslensk knattspyrna 1997[Icelandic football 1997] (in Icelandic) (1st ed.).