2011 Úrvalsdeild

The 2011 Úrvalsdeild (also known as the "Pepsi deild" for sponsorship reasons) is the 100th season of top-tier football in Iceland.The season began on 2 May 2011 and concluded on 1 October 2011. Breiðablik are the defending champions, having won their first league championship.

Úrvalsdeild
Season2011
Dates2 May – 1 October 2011
ChampionsKR Reykjavík
25th title
RelegatedÞór Akureyri
Víkingur R.
Champions LeagueKR Reykjavík
Europa LeagueFH
ÍBV
Þór Akureyri
Matches played132
Goals scored401 (3.04 per match)
Top goalscorerGarðar Jóhannsson (15)
Biggest home winFH 7–2 Grindavik
Þór 6–1 Víkingur R.
Stjarnan 5–0 Valur
Biggest away winBreiðablik 2–6 Víkingur R.
Highest scoringFH 7–2 Grindavik
Longest winning runFH, Valur
(5 goals each)[1]
Longest unbeaten runKR
(16 games)[1]
Longest winless runVíkingur R.
(18 games)[1]
Longest losing runFylkir, Keflavík
(4 games each)[1]
2010
2012

Teams

A total of twelve teams will contest the league, including ten sides from the 2010 season and two promoted teams from the 1. deild karla.

Haukar and Selfoss were relegated from 2010 Úrvalsdeild after finishing the season in the bottom two places of the league table. Both teams were relegated having just achieved promotion the season before.

2010 1. deild karla champions Víkingur R. and runners-up Þór Akureyri secured direct promotion to the Úrvalsdeild.Víkingur returned to the Úrvalsdeild after a three-year absence while Þór return to the top league after an eight-year absence.

TeamLocationStadiumStadium capacity
BreiðablikKópavogurKópavogsvöllur5,501
FHHafnarfjörðurKaplakriki6,738
FramReykjavíkLaugardalsvöllur15,427
FylkirReykjavíkFylkisvöllur2,872
GrindavikGrindavikGrindavíkurvöllur1,750
ÍBVVestmannaeyjarHásteinsvöllur2,834
KeflavíkKeflavíkNettóvöllurinn4,957
KRReykjavíkKR-völlur3,333
StjarnanGarðabærStjörnuvöllur1,292
ValurReykjavíkVodafonevöllurinn3,000
Víkingur R.ReykjavíkVíkin1,249
ÞórAkureyriÞórsvöllur1,550

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1KR (C)2213814422+2247Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2FH2213544831+1744Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3ÍBV2212463727+1040
4Stjarnan2210755135+1637
5Valur2210662823+536
6Breiðablik227693442−827
7Fylkir2274113444−1025
8Keflavík2273122732−524
9Fram2266102028−824
10Grindavík225892637−1123
11Þór Akureyri[a] (R)2263132841−1321Europa League qualifying and relegation to 1. deild karla
12Víkingur Reykjavík (R)2236132439−1515Relegation to 1. deild karla
Source: ksi.is (in Icelandic)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
KR3411111111111111111111
FH9557856544544333333322
ÍBV5735223333332222222233
Stjarnan111083475655455555555544
Valur5126332222223444444455
Breiðablik712119698776689997788876
Fylkir7664744468766666666667
Keflavík12425678878777781077788
Fram91112121212121212121212121211111111111199
Grindavík38910108910119910101010109910101110
Þór A.129101110111099101098889810991011
Víkingur Reykjavík237891011111011111111111212121212121212
Leader
2012–13 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round
Relegation to 1. deild karla
Source: ksi.is

Results

Each team play every opponent once home and away for a total of 22 matches.

Home \ AwayBREFRAFYLGRIFHÍBVKEFKRSTJVALVÍKÞÓR
Breiðablik1–13–12–10–11–22–12–34–31–12–64–1
Fram1–00–01–11–20–21–01–22–53–12–10–1
Fylkir1–20–02–33–51–32–10–32–32–12–11–1
Grindavík1–11–21–41–32–00–20–32–20–20–04–1
FH4–11–12–27–24–21–02–13–03–21–12–0
ÍBV1–11–01–20–23–12–11–12–11–12–03–1
Keflavík1–11–01–21–21–10–22–34–20–22–12–1
KR4–02–13–21–12–02–21–11–11–13–23–1
Stjarnan3–22–24–12–14–03–22–31–15–00–05–1
Valur2–01–03–11–11–00–10–10–01–12–12–1
Víkingur Reykjavík2–20–11–30–01–31–32–10–21–10–12–0
Þór A.1–23–02–00–02–22–12–11–20–10–36–1
Source: ksi.is (in Icelandic)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Source ksi.net Archived 6 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine (in Icelandic)

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Garðar JóhannssonStjarnan15
2 Atli Viðar BjörnssonFH13
3 Halldór Orri BjörnssonStjarnan12
Kjartan FinnbogasonKR12
5 Kristinn SteindórssonBreiðablik11
6 Matthías VilhjálmssonFH10
Tryggvi GuðmundssonÍBV10
8 Albert Brynjar IngasonFylkir9
9 Guðjón BaldvinssonKR8
Guðjón Pétur LýðssonValur8
Sveinn Elías JónssonÞór8

References