2025 Besta deild karla

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Besta deild karla
Season2025
Dates5 April – TBD 2025
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The 2025 Besta deild karla is the 114th season of top-flight Icelandic Football. It is the fourth season following the league's rebrand as Besta deild karla. [1]

Contents

Teams

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

The promoted teams were 2024 1. deild karla champions ÍBV (promoted after a single-season absence), and play-off winners Afturelding (promoted to the top division for the first time in their history). They replaced the 2024 Besta deild karla bottom two teams, HK and Fylkir.

Stadia and locations

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Locations of the 2025 Besta deild karla teams
TeamLocationStadium
Afturelding Mosfellsbær Varmárvöllur
Breiðablik Kópavogur Kópavogsvöllur
FH Hafnarfjörður Kaplakriki
Fram Reykjavík Laugardalsvöllur
ÍA Akranes Norðurálsvöllurinn
ÍBV Vestmannaeyjar Hásteinsvöllur
KA Akureyri Akureyrarvöllur
KR Reykjavík Alvogenvöllurinn
Stjarnan Garðabær Samsung völlurinn
Valur Reykjavík Valsvöllur
Vestri Ísafjörður Olísvöllurinn
Víkingur Reykjavík Reykjavík Víkingsvöllur

Regular season

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Valur (Q)2112455233+1940Qualification for the Championship Round
2 Víkingur Reykjavík (Q)2111644027+1339
3 Stjarnan (Q)2111464134+737
4 Breiðablik (Q)209653631+533
5 FH 218583933+629
6 Fram 218493029+128
7 ÍBV 218492327−428Qualification for the Relegation Round
8 Vestri 2183102224−227
9 KA 217592538−1326
10 KR (Q)216694244−224
11 Afturelding (Q)2156102836−821
12 ÍA (Q)2051142042−2216
Updated to match(es) played on 31 August 2025. 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]
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

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 AFT BRE FH FRA ÍA ÍBV KA KR STJ VAL VES VÍK
Afturelding —2–21–21–14–10–03–34–33–00–21–11–0
Breiðablik 2–0—4–51–11–414 SEP1–13–32–12–11–03–1
FH 0–02–0—14 SEP3–21–15–02–21–13–02–02–2
Fram 3–04–22–0—0–12–01–20–11–12–11–02–2
ÍA 14 SEP11 SEP1–30–1—0–33–01–00–32–20–20–1
ÍBV 1–20–22–13–12–0—0–02–11–04–10–20–0
KA 1–00–13–22–02–01–0—2–21–12–514 SEP0–2
KR 2–11–13–22–35–04–11–2—1–23–32–114 SEP
Stjarnan 4–11–42–12–02–12–33–24–2—3–22–12–2
Valur 4–32–13–12–16–13–03–16–114 SEP—1–11–1
Vestri 2–00–11–03–20–22–01–01–13–10–2—0–1
Víkingur Reykjavík 2–12–23–13–22–12–04–03–22–41–24–1—
Updated to match(es) played on 31 August 2025. Source: KSI (in Icelandic), Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship Round

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Valur 2112455233+1940Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Víkingur Reykjavík 2111644027+1339Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round [a]
3 Stjarnan 2111464134+737Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round
4 Breiðablik 209653631+533
5TBD00000000
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First match(es) will be played: unknown. 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]
Notes:
  1. ↑ Vestri qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2025 Icelandic Men's Football Cup. If they finish first, the Europa League spot will be passed to the second-placed team.

Relegation Round

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 KR 216694244−224
2 Afturelding 2156102836−821
3 ÍA 2051142042−2216
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5TBD00000000Relegation to the 1. deild karla
6TBD00000000
First match(es) will be played: unknown. 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]

Season statistics

Hat-tricks

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Discipline

Player

  • Most yellow cards:
  • Most red cards:

Club

  • Most yellow cards:
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References

  1. ↑ "2025 Besta deild karla". Soccerway. 16 February 2025. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
  2. ↑ "2025 Besta deild karla". UEFA. 16 February 2025. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
  3. ↑ "Besta-deild karla 2022 – Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 24 January 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  4. ↑ "2025 Besta deild karla". voetbal. 16 February 2025. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
  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.
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