2024 Besta deild karla

Besta deild karla

Season	2024
Dates	6 April – 27 October 2024
Champions	Breiðablik
Relegated	Fylkir HK
Champions League	Breiðablik
Conference League	KA Valur Víkingur Reykjavík
Matches played	159
Goals scored	576 (3.62 per match)
Top goalscorer	Benoný Breki Andrésson (21 goals)
Biggest home win	ÍA 8-0 HK (6 July 2024)
Biggest away win	Fylkir 0-6 Víkingur Reykjavík (17 September 2024)
Highest scoring	ÍA 8-0 HK (6 July 2024) KR 3-5 Valur (4 June 2024)
← 2023 2025 → All statistics correct as of 27 October 2024.

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]

Teams

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

KA

Capital region

ÍA

Vestri

Capital region  clubs:
Reykjavík :Fram
Fylkir
KR
Valur
Víkingur Reykjavík Kópavogur :Breiðablik
HK
Hafnarfjörður :FH
Garðabær :Stjarnan

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Locations of the 2024 Besta deild karla teams

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

League table

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

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

League table

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

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

League table

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

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

Top scorers

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

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

Own goals

• Fatai Gbadamosi - for Breiðablik vs Vestri (13 April 2024)

Clean sheets

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

Red cards

As of match played 6 May 2024

• Elvar Baldvinsson - Breiðablik vs Vestri (13 April 2024)
• Thorsteinn Antonsson - HK vs ÍA (14 April 2024)
• Bjarni Mark Antonsson - Stjarnan vs Valur (19 April 2024)
• Atli Hrafn Andrason - HK vs FH (20 April 2024)
• Orri Sveinn Stefánsson - ÍA vs Fylkir (21 April 2024)
• Oliver Stefánsson - ÍA vs Fylkir (28 April 2024)
• Ísak Ólafsson - ÍA vs Fylkir (28 April 2024)
• Guy Smit - KA vs KR (5 May 2024)
• Adam Ægir Pálsson - Breiðablik vs Valur (6 May 2024)

Attendances

#	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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9. https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/aveisl.htm