Fixtures
| Date | R | Hjemme vs Borte | - |
|---|---|---|---|
| 55' | 3 |
[11] Stjarnan vs Valur Reykjavik
[4] 
|
1-0 |
| 04/20 14:00 | 14 |
HK Kopavogur vs FH Hafnarfjordur
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| 04/20 16:15 | 3 |
KR Reykjavik vs Fram Reykjavik
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| 04/21 14:00 | 14 |
KA Akureyri vs IF Vestri
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| 04/21 17:00 | 3 |
IA Akranes vs Fylkir Reykjavik
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| 04/21 19:15 | 3 |
Vikingur Reykjavik vs Breidablik
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| 04/28 14:00 | 4 |
IA Akranes vs FH Hafnarfjordur
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| 04/28 14:00 | 4 |
IF Vestri vs HK Kopavogur
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| 04/28 16:15 | 4 |
Vikingur Reykjavik vs KA Akureyri
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| 04/28 18:30 | 4 |
KR Reykjavik vs Breidablik
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| 04/29 19:15 | 4 |
Fylkir Reykjavik vs Stjarnan
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| 04/29 19:15 | 4 |
Valur Reykjavik vs Fram Reykjavik
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Results
| Date | R | Hjemme vs Borte | - |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/15 19:15 | 2 |
[5] Fram Reykjavik vs Vikingur Reykjavik
[5]
|
0-1 |
| 04/14 19:15 | 2 |
[10] Fylkir Reykjavik vs Valur Reykjavik
[4]
|
0-0 |
| 04/14 17:00 | 2 |
[7] HK Kopavogur vs IA Akranes
[10]
|
0-4 |
| 04/13 15:00 | 2 |
[6] KA Akureyri vs FH Hafnarfjordur
[9]
|
2-3 |
| 04/13 14:00 | 2 |
[2] Breidablik vs IF Vestri
[9]
|
4-0 |
| 04/12 19:15 | 2 |
[9] Stjarnan vs KR Reykjavik
[5]
|
1-3 |
| 04/08 19:15 | 1 |
[7] Breidablik vs FH Hafnarfjordur
[7]
|
2-0 |
| 04/07 19:15 | 1 |
[5] Valur Reykjavik vs IA Akranes
[5]
|
2-0 |
| 04/07 19:15 | 1 |
[5] Fylkir Reykjavik vs KR Reykjavik
[5]
|
3-4 |
| 04/07 13:00 | 1 |
[2] KA Akureyri vs HK Kopavogur
[2]
|
1-1 |
| 04/07 13:00 | 1 |
[2] Fram Reykjavik vs IF Vestri
[2]
|
2-0 |
| 04/06 19:15 | 1 |
Vikingur Reykjavik vs Stjarnan
|
2-0 |
Teams
IBV Vestmannaeyjar
Keflavik
Fjolnir
Leiknir Reykjavik
Grindavik
Vikingur Olafsvik
Throttur Reykjavik
Thor Akureyri
Grotta Seltjarnarnes
Wikipedia - Besta deild karla
The Besta deild karla (lit. 'Men's Best Division') is the top level men's football league in Iceland. The competition was founded in 1912 as the Icelandic Championship. Because of the harsh winters in Iceland, it is generally played in the spring and summer (April to September). It is governed by the Football Association of Iceland (KSI) and has 12 teams. By end of season 2022–23, UEFA ranked the league No. 48 in Europe.
From 27 April 2009 to 2022, the league had an active agreement on the league's name rights with Ölgerðin, the Icelandic franchisee for Pepsi. From the 2019 season to the end of the 2021 season, the league was popularly referred to as Pepsi Max deildin (The Pepsi Max League). On 24 February 2022, the league was rebranded as Besta deild karla.
The clubs play each other home and away. At the end of each season, the two teams with the fewest points are relegated to 1. deild karla (First Division), from which two top point teams promote to the higher tier. The winner of the Úrvalsdeild enters the European national competition UEFA Champions League in the second qualifying round. The second, third and fourth placed teams qualify for the UEFA Europa League in the first qualifying round.
An effort by KSI to strengthen Icelandic football had only one team relegated in the 2007 season to the First Division and three clubs promoted to premier division, bringing the top flight to the number of clubs it contains currently.
Championship title counts are: KR with 27, Valur with 23, and ÍA and Fram Reykjavík each with 18. FH has 8 and Víkingur has 7. The 2023 title holder is Víkingur.
History
Championship history
The Icelandic league title has been won in its over 100 years existence by 11 teams. KR has the most titles, with 27. Stjarnan are the latest team to join the list, winning their first title in 2014.[]
The league has been dominated by teams from the Capital Region which contains nearly two thirds of Iceland's population. Only four teams from outside the GRA have ever won the league: (Keflavík, ÍA, ÍBV, and KA). ÍBV and KA have won four titles amongst themselves, are located more than an hour's drive from Reykjavík, and the teams of the longest distance from the capital to title.[]
Single Round
- 1912: KR (Reykjavík)
- 1913: Fram (Reykjavík)*
- 1914: Fram (Reykjavík)*
- 1915: Fram (Reykjavík)
- 1916: Fram (Reykjavík)
- 1917: Fram (Reykjavík)
- 1918: Fram (Reykjavík)
- 1919: KR (Reykjavík)
- 1920: Víkingur (Reykjavík)
- 1921: Fram (Reykjavík)
- 1922: Fram (Reykjavík)
- 1923: Fram (Reykjavík)
- 1924: Víkingur (Reykjavík)
- 1925: Fram (Reykjavík)
- 1926: KR (Reykjavík)
- 1927: KR (Reykjavík)
- 1928: KR (Reykjavík)
- 1929: KR (Reykjavík)
- 1930: Valur (Reykjavík)
- 1931: KR (Reykjavík)
- 1932: KR (Reykjavík)
- 1933: Valur (Reykjavík)
- 1934: KR (Reykjavík)
- 1935: Valur (Reykjavík)
- 1936: Valur (Reykjavík)
- 1937: Valur (Reykjavík)
- 1938: Valur (Reykjavík)
- 1939: Fram (Reykjavík)
- 1940: Valur (Reykjavík)
- 1941: KR (Reykjavík)
- 1942: Valur (Reykjavík)
- 1943: Valur (Reykjavík)
- 1944: Valur (Reykjavík)
- 1945: Valur (Reykjavík)
- 1946: Fram (Reykjavík)
- 1947: Fram (Reykjavík)
- 1948: KR (Reykjavík)
- 1949: KR (Reykjavík)
- 1950: KR (Reykjavík)
- 1951: ÍA (Akranes)
- 1952: KR (Reykjavík)
- 1953: ÍA (Akranes)
- 1954: ÍA (Akranes)
- 1955: KR (Reykjavík)
- 1956: Valur (Reykjavík)
- 1957: ÍA (Akranes)
- 1958: ÍA (Akranes)
Double Round
- 1959: KR (Reykjavík)
- 1960: ÍA (Akranes)
- 1961: KR (Reykjavík)
- 1962: Fram (Reykjavík)
- 1963: KR (Reykjavík)
- 1964: Keflavík (Keflavík)
- 1965: KR (Reykjavík)
- 1966: Valur (Reykjavík)
- 1967: Valur (Reykjavík)
- 1968: KR (Reykjavík)
- 1969: Keflavík (Keflavík)
- 1970: ÍA (Akranes)
- 1971: Keflavík (Keflavík)
- 1972: Fram (Reykjavík)
- 1973: Keflavík (Keflavík)
- 1974: ÍA (Akranes)
- 1975: ÍA (Akranes)
- 1976: Valur (Reykjavík)
- 1977: ÍA (Akranes)
- 1978: Valur (Reykjavík)
- 1979: ÍBV (Vestmannaeyjar)
- 1980: Valur (Reykjavík)
- 1981: Víkingur (Reykjavík)
- 1982: Víkingur (Reykjavík)
- 1983: ÍA (Akranes)
- 1984: ÍA (Akranes)
- 1985: Valur (Reykjavík)
- 1986: Fram (Reykjavík)
- 1987: Valur (Reykjavík)
- 1988: Fram (Reykjavík)
- 1989: KA (Akureyri)
- 1990: Fram (Reykjavík)
- 1991: Víkingur (Reykjavík)
- 1992: ÍA (Akranes)
- 1993: ÍA (Akranes)
- 1994: ÍA (Akranes)
- 1995: ÍA (Akranes)
- 1996: ÍA (Akranes)
- 1997: ÍBV (Vestmannaeyjar)
- 1998: ÍBV (Vestmannaeyjar)
- 1999: KR (Reykjavík)
- 2000: KR (Reykjavík)
- 2001: ÍA (Akranes)
- 2002: KR (Reykjavík)
- 2003: KR (Reykjavík)
- 2004: FH (Hafnarfjörður)
- 2005: FH (Hafnarfjörður)
- 2006: FH (Hafnarfjörður)
- 2007: Valur (Reykjavík)
- 2008: FH (Hafnarfjörður)
- 2009: FH (Hafnarfjörður)
- 2010: Breiðablik (Kópavogur)
- 2011: KR (Reykjavík)
- 2012: FH (Hafnarfjörður)
- 2013: KR (Reykjavík)
- 2014: Stjarnan (Garðabær)
- 2015: FH (Hafnarfjörður)
- 2016: FH (Hafnarfjörður)
- 2017: Valur (Reykjavík)
- 2018: Valur (Reykjavík)
- 2019: KR (Reykjavík)
- 2020: Valur (Reykjavík)**
- 2021: Víkingur (Reykjavík)
- 2022: Breiðablik (Kópavogur)
- 2023: Víkingur (Reykjavík)
*There was no competition in 1913 and 1914, and Fram was awarded the title. **In 2020 the competition got cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic and Valur was awarded the title because they were at the top of the table when the season ended.
Island - Premier League er øverste nivå av islandsk fotball. Ligaen ble etablert i 1912 og består av 12 lag. Lagene spiller 22 kamper hver, og de to nederste lagene rykker ned til 1. deild karla.
De mest suksessrike lagene i Island - Premier League er KR Reykjavík, med 27 titler, og Valur Reykjavík, med 22 titler. Nåværende mester er Breiðablik.
Island - Premier League er en av de sterkeste ligaene på Island, og den har produsert flere spillere som har spilt på landslaget. Ligaen er også kjent for sin høye tilskuertall og lidenskapelige fans.