2015 1. deild karla

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1. deild karla
Season2015
Champions Víkingur Ólafsvík (1st title)
Promoted Víkingur Ólafsvík
Þróttur Reykjavík
Relegated BÍ/Bolungarvík
Grótta
Matches played132
Goals scored400 (3.03 per match)
Top goalscorerBjörgvin Stefánsson
(20 goals)
Biggest home win Þróttur Reykjavík 5–0 BÍ/Bolungarvík )
(16 May 2015)
Þór 6–1 BÍ/Bolungarvík )
(29 July 2015)
Grindavík 5–0 Selfoss )
(6 August 2015)
Grindavík 7–2 Fram )
(19 September 2015)
Biggest away win Grindavík 2–7 Víkingur Ólafsvík )
(1 September 2015)
Highest scoring Grindavík 2–7 Víkingur Ólafsvík )
(1 September 2015)
Grindavík 7–2 Fram )
(19 September 2015)
2014
2016

The 2015 1. deild karla (English: Men's First Division) was the 61st season of second-tier Icelandic football. Twelve teams contested the league which began on 8 May and concluded on 19 September. [1]

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Teams

The league was contested by twelve clubs. Eight remained in the division from the 2014 season, while four new clubs joined the 1. deild karla:

Club information

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Reykjavík
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KF
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KA
Location of teams in the 2016 1. deild karla
TeamLocationStadium2014 season
BÍ/Bolungarvík Ísafjörður/Bolungarvík Torfnesvöllur 10th
Fjarðabyggð Fjarðabyggð Eskjuvöllur2. deild, 1st
Fram Reykjavík Framvöllur - ÚlfarsárdalÚrvalsdeild, 11th
Grindavík Grindavík Grindavíkurvöllur 5th
Grótta Seltjarnarnes Gróttuvöllur2. deild, 2nd
Haukar Hafnarfjörður Schenkervöllurinn7th
HK Kópavogur Kópavogsvöllur6th
KA Akureyri Akureyrarvöllur 8th
Selfoss Selfoss Selfossvöllur9th
Víkingur Ó. Ólafsvík Ólafsvíkurvöllur4th
Þór Akureyri Þórsvöllur Úrvalsdeild, 12th
Þróttur R. Reykjavík Valbjarnarvöllur 3rd

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1 Víkingur Ó. (C, P)2217325314+3954Promotion to the 2016 Úrvalsdeild
2 Þróttur R. (P)2214264521+2444
3 KA 2212554222+2041
4 Þór 2212284034+638
5 Grindavík 2211384130+1136
6 Haukar 2210483228+434
7 Fjarðabyggð 229493537231
8 HK 22101112633731
9 Fram 22561134451121
10 Selfoss 22551220381820
11 Grótta (R)22431510392915Relegation to the 2016 2. deild karla
12 BÍ/Bolungarvík (R)22241622593710
Updated to match(es) played on 19 September 2015. Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results grid

Each team plays every opponent once home and away for a total of 22 matches per club; 132 matches altogether.

Home \ Away BÍB KFF FRA GRI GRÓ HAU HK KAK SEL VÓL ÞÓR ÞRÓ
BÍ/Bolungarvík 2–21–21–32–12–22–10–42–21–51–31–4
Fjarðabyggð 3–03–30–32–32–00–40–12–01–02–21–0
Fram 3–10–11–14–13–01–21–11–20–42–31–0
Grindavík 1–01–37–22–02–22–02–15–02–71–20–1
Grótta 2–10–30–01–01–30–20–10–00–00–10–5
Haukar 2–23–12–11–04–02–02–13–00–21–01–2
Handknattleiksfélag Kópavogs 2–11–31–00–21–02–03–24–00–22–30–3
KA 2–02–13–31–31–03–13–02–21–11–04–1
Selfoss 2–02–22–11–12–00–10–10–40–22–32–0
Víkingur Ólafsvík 2–16–24–02–04–01–03–00–01–02–13–2
Þór A. 6–12–04–32–30–12–10–00–32–11–22–1
Þróttur Reykjavík 5–02–12–22–01–01–14–02–11–02–04–1
Updated to match(es) played on 19 September 2015. Source: [1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

As of 8 March 2016 [3]
RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Flag of Iceland.svg Björgvin Stefánsson Haukar 20
2 Flag of Iceland.svg Viktor Jónsson Þróttur R. 19
3 Flag of Iceland.svg Guðmundur Atli Steinþórsson HK 14
4 Flag of Croatia.svg Hrvoje Tokić Víkingur Ó. 12
Flag of Iceland.svg Elfar Árni Aðalsteinsson KA
Flag of Iceland.svg Alfreð Már Hjaltalín Víkingur Ó.
7 Flag of Iceland.svg Jóhann Helgi Hannesson Þór 11
8 Flag of Iceland.svg Ævar Ingi Jóhannesson KA 9
Flag of Iceland.svg Brynjar Jónasson Fjarðabyggð
10 Flag of Brazil.svg William Dominguez da Silva Víkingur Ó. 8

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References

  1. 1 2 "2015 1. deild karla fixtures, results and league standings". KSÍ.is. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  2. "2015 Iceland 1 deild table and fixtures". fctables.com.
  3. "Markahæstu menn". KSÍ.is. Retrieved 8 March 2016.