2022 Besta deild karla

Football league season
Besta deild karla
Season2022
Dates18 April – 29 October 2022
ChampionsBreiðablik
RelegatedLeiknir
ÍA
Champions LeagueBreiðablik
Europa Conference LeagueVíkingur Reykjavík
KA
Matches played132
Goals scored461 (3.49 per match)
Top goalscorerNökkvi Þeyr Þórisson
(17 goals)
Biggest home winVíkingur Reykjavík 9–0 Leiknir
(7 September 2022)
Biggest away winLeiknir 1–7 Keflavík
(22 October 2022)
Highest scoringFram 4–8 Keflavík
(17 September 2022)
Longest winning run9 matches
Breiðablik
Longest unbeaten run13 matches
Víkingur Reykjavík
Longest winless run12 matches
ÍBV
Longest losing run7 matches
ÍA
← 2021
2023 →
All statistics correct as of 10 October 2022.

The 2022 Besta deild karla was the 111th season of top-flight Icelandic football. Twelve teams contested the league, including the defending champions Víkingur Reykjavík, who won their sixth league title in 2021.[1] It was the first season of the league after it was rebranded as Besta deild karla.[2]

Teams

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Locations of the 2022 Besta deild karla teams

The 2022 Besta deild karla is contested by twelve teams, ten of which played in the division the previous year and two teams promoted from 1. deild karla. The bottom two teams from the previous season, HK and Fylkir (both relegated after one year in the top flight), were relegated to the 2022 1. deild karla and were replaced by Knattspyrnufélagið Fram (promoted after a seven-year absence) and ÍBV (promoted after a two-year absence), champions and runners-up of the 2020 1. deild karla respectively.

Club information

Team Location Stadium Capacity
Breiðablik Kópavogur Kópavogsvöllur 3,009[3]
FH Hafnarfjörður Kaplakriki 6,450[4]
Fram Reykjavík Laugardalsvöllur 9,800
ÍA Akranes Norðurálsvöllurinn 3,054[5]
ÍBV Vestmannaeyjar Hásteinsvöllur 2,300 (534 seated)
KA Akureyri Akureyrarvöllur[a] 1,645[6]
Keflavík Reykjanesbær Keflavíkurvöllur 5,200
KR Reykjavík Alvogenvöllurinn 3,333[7]
Leiknir Reykjavík Leiknisvöllur 1,025
Stjarnan Garðabær Samsung völlurinn 1,440
Valur Reykjavík Valsvöllur 2,465[8]
Víkingur R. Reykjavík Víkingsvöllur 2,023[9]
Notes
  1. ^ Due to pitch issues, KA held home games at Dalvíkurvöllur in Dalvík.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Breiðablik 22 16 3 3 55 23 +32 51 Qualification for the Championship Round
2 Víkingur Reykjavík 22 12 7 3 58 32 +26 43
3 KA 22 13 4 5 45 26 +19 43
4 Valur 22 9 5 8 38 32 +6 32
5 KR 22 7 10 5 37 34 +3 31
6 Stjarnan 22 8 7 7 40 42 −2 31
7 Keflavík 22 8 4 10 39 40 −1 28 Qualification for the Relegation Round
8 Fram 22 5 10 7 44 51 −7 25
9 ÍBV 22 4 8 10 33 44 −11 20
10 Leiknir 22 5 5 12 21 49 −28 20
11 FH 22 4 7 11 27 35 −8 19
12 ÍA 22 3 6 13 24 53 −29 15
Source: Flashscore, 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.[10]

Fixtures and results

Each team was originally scheduled to play home and away once against every other team for a total of 22 games each.[11]

Home \ Away BRE FH FRA ÍA ÍBV KA KEF KR LEI STJ VAL VÍK
Breiðablik — 3–0 4–3 3–1 3–0 4–1 4–1 4–0 4–0 3–2 1–0 1–1
FH 0–0 — 4–2 6–1 2–0 0–3 3–0 2–3 2–2 1–1 2–2 0–3
Fram 0–2 1–0 — 1–1 3–3 2–2 4–8 1–4 4–1 2–2 3–2 3–3
ÍA 1–5 1–1 0–4 — 2–1 0–3 0–2 4–4 1–2 0–3 1–2 3–0
ÍBV 0–0 4–1 2–2 0–0 — 0–3 2–2 1–2 1–1 3–1 3–2 0–3
KA 2–1 1–0 2–2 3–0 4–3 — 3–2 0–1 1–0 0–2 1–1 2–3
Keflavík 2–3 2–1 3–1 0–1 3–3 1–3 — 0–0 3–0 2–2 0–1 0–3
KR 0–1 0–0 1–1 3–3 4–0 0–0 1–0 — 1–1 3–1 3–3 0–3
Leiknir 1–2 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–4 0–5 1–2 4–3 — 0–3 1–0 0–0
Stjarnan 5–2 2–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 2–4 0–2 1–1 0–3 — 1–0 2–2
Valur 3–2 2–0 1–1 4–0 2–1 0–1 0–3 2–1 2–1 6–1 — 1–3
Víkingur R 0–3 2–1 4–1 3–2 2–2 2–1 4–1 2–2 9–0 4–5 2–2 —
Source: KSÍ (in Icelandic), Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship round

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BRE KA VÍK KR STJ VAL
1 Breiðablik (C) 27 20 3 4 66 27 +39 63 Qualification for the Champions League preliminary round — — 1–0 0–1 3–0 —
2 KA 27 16 5 6 54 30 +24 53 Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round[a] 1–2 — — 1–0 — 2–0
3 Víkingur Reykjavík 27 13 9 5 66 41 +25 48 — 2–2 — 2–2 — 3–2
4 KR 27 9 11 7 42 40 +2 38 — — — — 0–2 2–1
5 Stjarnan 27 10 7 10 44 52 −8 37 — 0–3 2–1 — — —
6 Valur 27 10 5 12 46 44 +2 35 2–5 — — — 3–0 —
Source: 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 away goals scored; 7) Play-off
(Note: Play-off is only played if need to decide champion, teams for relegation or UEFA competition and will be played on a neutral ground).
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Víkingur Reykjavík entered the Europa Conference League first qualifying round as 2022 Icelandic Cup winners.


Relegation round

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification KEF ÍBV FRA FH ÍA LEI
7 Keflavík 27 11 4 12 56 48 +8 37 — — 4–0 2–3 3–2 —
8 ÍBV 27 8 8 11 43 50 −7 32 2–1 — — 2–1 — 1–0
9 Fram 27 7 10 10 53 63 −10 31 — 1–3 — 3–0 — 3–2
10 FH 27 6 7 14 36 46 −10 25 — — — — 1–2 4–2
11 ÍA (R) 27 6 7 14 36 63 −27 25 Relegation to 1. delid karla — 3–2 3–2 — — —
12 Leiknir (R) 27 5 6 16 28 66 −38 21 1–7 — — — 2–2 —
Source: 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 away goals scored; 7) Play-off
(Note: Play-off is only played if need to decide champion, teams for relegation or UEFA competition and will be played on a neutral ground).
(R) Relegated


Top scorers

As of 29 October 2022[12]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Iceland Nökkvi Þeyr Þórisson[a] KA 17
2 Iceland Guðmundur Magnússon Fram
3 Iceland Ísak Snær Þorvaldsson Breiðablik 14
4 Faroe Islands Patrik Johannesen Keflavík 12
5 Iceland Jason Daði Svanþórsson Breiðablik 11
Iceland Emil Atlason Stjarnan
7 Iceland Andri Rúnar Bjarnason ÍBV 10
8 Iceland Dagur Dan Þórhallsson Breiðablik 9
Iceland Helgi Guðjónsson Víkingur Reykjavík
Iceland Matthías Vilhjálmsson FH
Iceland Eyþór Aron Wöhler ÍA
Iceland Hallgrímur Mar Steingrímsson KA
Notes
  1. ^ Nökkvi Þeyr Þórisson was awarded the top scorer award as he played fewer games than Guðmundur Magnússon.

References

  1. ^ "Íslandsmót KSÍ - Besta-deild karla 2022". kki.is (in Icelandic). Football Association of Iceland. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  2. ^ Helga Margrét Höskuldsdóttir (24 February 2022). "Nýtt vörumerki með rætur íslenskri knattspyrnusögu". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 24 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Kópavogsvöllur | Knattspyrnusamband Íslands". Archived from the original on 2018-05-19. Retrieved 2022-05-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ^ "Kaplakrikavöllur | Knattspyrnusamband Íslands". Archived from the original on 2018-05-19. Retrieved 2022-05-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ^ "Akranesvöllur – Knattspyrnusamband Íslands". www.ksi.is.
  6. ^ "Akureyrarvöllur – Knattspyrnusamband Íslands". www.ksi.is.
  7. ^ "Meistaravellir – Knattspyrnusamband Íslands". www.ksi.is.
  8. ^ http://gamli.ksi.is/mannvirki/knattspyrnuvellir/?vollur=39[permanent dead link]
  9. ^ "Leikskýrsla: Víkingur R. – Leiknir – Knattspyrnusamband Íslands". www.ksi.is.
  10. ^ "Besta-deild karla 2022 – Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 24 January 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  11. ^ "Úrvalsdeild 2020". voetbal.com.
  12. ^ Flashscore, Soccerway

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