| Season | 2018 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Afturelding |
| Matches played | 132 |
| Goals scored | 439 (3.33 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Andri Freyr Jónasson (21 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Leiknir F. 8-0 Tindastóll (2 September 2018) |
| Biggest away win | Þróttur V. 1-6 Afturelding (29 June 2018) Höttur 0-5 Vestri (28 July 2018) |
| Highest scoring | Afturelding 7-2 Tindastóll (12 May 2018) |
← 2017 2019 → All statistics correct as of 22 September 2018. | |
The 2018 2. deild karla was the 53rd season of third-tier football in Iceland. Twelve teams contested the league. Play began on 5 May and conclude on 22 September. [1]
The league will be contested by twelve clubs, eight of which played in the division during the 2017 season. There are four new clubs from the previous campaign:
| Team | Location | Stadium | 2017 season |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afturelding | Mosfellsbær | Varmárvöllur | 4th |
| Fjarðabyggð | Reyðarfjörður | Fjarðabyggðarhöllin | 8th |
| Grótta | Seltjarnarnes | Vivaldivöllurinn | 12th in 1. deild |
| Huginn | Seyðisfjörður | Seyðisfjarðarvöllur | 5th |
| Höttur | Egilsstaðir | Vilhjálmsvöllur | 10th |
| Kári | Akranes | Akraneshöllin | 1st in 3. deild |
| Leiknir F. | Reyðarfjörður | Fjarðabyggðarhöllin | 11th in 1. deild |
| Tindastóll | Sauðárkrókur | Sauðárkróksvöllur | 6th |
| Vestri | Ísafjörður | Torfnesvöllur | 9th |
| Víðir | Garður | Nesfisk-völlurinn | 3rd |
| Völsungur | Húsavík | Húsavíkurvöllur | 7th |
| Þróttur V. | Vogar | Vogabæjarvöllur | 2nd in 3. deild |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afturelding (C, P) | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 58 | 27 | +31 | 45 | Promotion to 2019 1. deild karla |
| 2 | Grótta (P) | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 54 | 25 | +29 | 45 | |
| 3 | Vestri | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 42 | 17 | +25 | 44 | |
| 4 | Völsungur | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 45 | 31 | +14 | 40 | |
| 5 | Kári | 22 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 46 | 44 | +2 | 38 | |
| 6 | Þróttur V. | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 36 | 31 | +5 | 33 | |
| 7 | Fjarðabyggð | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 27 | 32 | −5 | 28 | |
| 8 | Tindastóll | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 28 | 53 | −25 | 24 | |
| 9 | Víðir | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 28 | 36 | −8 | 23 | |
| 10 | Leiknir F. | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 31 | 36 | −5 | 22 | |
| 11 | Höttur (R) | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 31 | 49 | −18 | 21 | Relegation to 2019 3. deild karla |
| 12 | Huginn (R) | 22 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 55 | −42 | 6 |
Each team plays every opponent once home and away for a total of 22 matches per club, and 132 matches altogether.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | Afturelding | 21 |
| 2 | | Kári | 14 |
| | Vestri | ||
| 4 | | Völsungur | 11 |
| | Grótta | ||
| | Tindastóll |