2018_1._deild_karla

2018 1. deild karla

Football league season

The 2018 1. deild karla (English: Men's First Division) is the 64th season of second-tier Icelandic football. Twelve teams contest in the league. The season began on 5 May and will conclude on 22 September.^[1]

Quick Facts Season, Champions ...

1. deild karla
Season	2018
Champions	ÍA
Promoted	ÍA HK
Relegated	Selfoss ÍR
Matches played	132
Goals scored	418 (3.17 per match)
Top goalscorer	22 goals Viktor Jónsson, Þróttur R.
← 2017 2019 → All statistics correct as of 29 September 2018.

Teams

The league is contested by twelve clubs. Eight remained in the division from the 2017 season, while four new clubs joined the 1. deild karla:

Víkingur Ó. and ÍA were relegated from the 2017 Úrvalsdeild, replacing Fylkir and Keflavík who were promoted to the 2018 Úrvalsdeild.
Njarðvík and Magni were promoted from the 2017 2. deild karla, in place of Leiknir F. and Grótta who were relegated to the 2018 2. deild karla.

Club information

Capital region

Capital region clubs:
Reykjavík:
Fram
ÍR
Leiknir R.
Þróttur R.
Hafnarfjörður:
Haukar
Kópavogur:
HK

Location of teams in the 2017 1. deild karla

More information Team, Manager ...

Team	Manager	Location	Stadium	2017 season
Fram	Kristján Árnason	Reykjavík	Laugardalsvöllur	9th
Haukar	Kristján Ómar Björnsson	Hafnarfjörður	Ásvellir	7th
HK	Brynjar Björn Gunnarsson	Kópavogur	Kórinn	4th
ÍA	Jóhannes Karl Guðjónsson	Akranes	Norðurálsvöllurinn	Úrvalsdeild, 12th
ÍR	Brynjar Þór Gestsson	Reykjavík	Hertz-völlurinn	10th
Leiknir R.	Kristófer Sigurgeirsson	Reykjavík	Leiknisvöllur	5th
Magni	Páll Viðar Gíslason	Grenivík	Grenivíkurvöllur	2. deild, 2nd
Njarðvík	Rafn Markús Vilbergsson	Reykjanesbær	Njarðtaksvöllurinn	2. deild, 1st
Selfoss	Gunnar Rafn Borgþórsson	Selfoss	JÁVERK-völlurinn	8th
Víkingur Ó.	Sigurgeir Snorrason	Ólafsvík	Ólafsvíkurvöllur	Úrvalsdeild, 11th
Þór	Lárus Sigurðsson	Akureyri	Þórsvöllur	6th
Þróttur R.	Bjarni Örlygsson	Reykjavík	Eimskipsvöllurinn	3rd

Managerial changes

More information Team, Outgoing manager ...

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Haukar	Stefán Gíslason	Resigned	23 September 2017^[2]	Pre-season	Kristján Ómar Björnsson	23 September 2017^[3]
ÍR	Arnar Þór Valsson		4 October 2017^[4]	Pre-season	Brynjar Þór Gestsson	4 October 2017^[5]
ÍA	Jón Þór Hauksson		11 October 2017^[6]	Pre-season	Jóhannes Karl Guðjónsson	12 October 2017^[7]
HK	Jóhannes Karl Guðjónsson		12 October 2017^[8]	Pre-season	Brynjar Björn Gunnarsson	18 October 2017^[9]

League table

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	ÍA (C, P)	22	14	6	2	42	16	+26	48	Promotion to 2019 Úrvalsdeild
2	HK (P)	22	14	6	2	38	13	+25	48	Promotion to 2019 Úrvalsdeild
3	Þór	22	13	4	5	46	37	+9	43
4	Víkingur Ó.	22	12	6	4	38	22	+16	42
5	Þróttur R.	22	11	3	8	52	40	+12	36
6	Njarðvík	22	7	6	9	24	34	−10	27
7	Leiknir R.	22	7	4	11	23	29	−6	25
8	Haukar	22	7	4	11	33	45	−12	25
9	Fram	22	6	6	10	37	38	−1	24
10	Magni	22	6	1	15	27	48	−21	19
11	ÍR (R)	22	5	3	14	23	48	−25	18	Relegation to 2019 2. deild karla
12	Selfoss (R)	22	4	3	15	35	48	−13	15	Relegation to 2019 2. deild karla

Updated to match(es) played on 22 September 2018. Source: ksí.is
Rules for classification: 1) Points won; 2) Total goal difference; 3) Total goals scored; 4) Points in head-to-head matches; 5) Goal difference in h-t-h matches; 6) Goals scored in h-t-h matches; 7) Away goals in h-t-h matches; 8) Draw.^[10]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results grid

Each team plays every opponent once home and away for a total of 22 matches per club, and 132 matches altogether.

More information Home \ Away, FRA ...

Home \ Away	FRA	HAU	HKÓ	ÍA	ÍÞR	LER	MAG	NJA	SEL	VÓL	ÞÓR	ÞRÓ
Fram	—	3–1	1–4	0–1	1–2	3–0	3–1	0–0	2–2	1–2	3–3	2–2
Haukar	2–1	—	2–0	1–3	1–1	0–2	3–1	1–2	5–3	0–1	2–2	2–5
HK	1–0	3–0	—	0–0	3–0	2–1	3–0	1–0	3–1	1–1	4–1	0–1
ÍA	2–0	3–1	0–0	—	3–0	1–0	5–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	5–0	1–1
ÍR	2–3	0–4	1–1	0–2	—	1–0	2–3	1–2	3–2	0–2	0–1	1–3
Leiknir R.	2–2	0–0	0–2	0–0	3–1	—	3–1	2–3	1–1	1–2	0–1	2–1
Magni	2–1	2–1	0–1	2–3	0–1	0–1	—	2–0	3–1	1–0	1–2	1–4
Njarðvík	2–2	1–2	0–2	1–2	1–1	1–0	2–1	—	2–1	1–1	0–1	1–1
Selfoss	1–3	5–0	1–2	1–3	0–2	1–2	2–1	4–1	—	2–1	3–5	0–1
Víkingur Ó.	2–1	2–2	0–0	2–1	2–1	3–0	4–1	1–2	1–1	—	2–0	3–4
Þór	3–2	4–1	2–2	0–1	5–2	3–1	1–1	3–0	2–1	0–2	—	3–1
Þróttur R.	1–3	1–2	1–3	4–1	6–1	0–2	5–3	3–0	3–2	1–3	3–4	—

Updated to match(es) played on 22 September 2018. Source: ksí.is
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

As of matches played on 22 september 2018^[11]

More information Rank, Player ...

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Viktor Jónsson	Þróttur R.	22
2	Guðmundur Magnússon	Fram	18
3	Álvaro Calleja	Þór	16
4	Kwame Quee	Víkingur Ó.	11
5	Brynjar Jónasson	HK	10
	Sólon Breki Leifsson	Leiknir R.
	Gonzalo Zamorano	Víkingur Ó.
	Stefán Teitur Þórðarson	ÍA
9	Arnar Aðalgeirsson	Haukar	9
	Sævar Atli Magnússon	Leiknir R.
	Gunnar Örvar Stefánsson	Magni
12	Daði Bergsson	Þróttur R.	7
	Bjarni Gunnarsson	HK
	Hrvoje Tokić	Selfoss
15	Nacho Gil	Þór	6

References

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"2018 1. deild karla fixtures, results and league standings". ksí.is. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
[2]
"Stefán Gísla hættir með Hauka eftir tímabil". Fótbolti.net. 18 September 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
[3]
"Kristján Ómar tekur við Haukum (Staðfest)". Fótbolti.net. 18 September 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
[4]
"Binni Gests ráðinn þjálfari ÍR (Staðfest)". Fótbolti.net. 4 October 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
[5]
"Binni Gests ráðinn þjálfari ÍR (Staðfest)". Fótbolti.net. 4 October 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
[6]
"Jón Þór ekki áfram með ÍA - Jói Kalli að taka við?". Fótbolti.net. 11 October 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
[7]
"Jói Kalli tekur við ÍA (Staðfest) - Siggi Jóns aðstoðar". Fótbolti.net. 12 October 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
[8]
"Jói Kalli tekur við ÍA (Staðfest) - Siggi Jóns aðstoðar". Fótbolti.net. 12 October 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
[9]
"Brynjar Björn tekur við HK (Staðfest)". Fótbolti.net. 18 October 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
[10]
"1. deild karla 2018 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
[11]
"Markahæstu menn". www.ksi.is. Knattspyrnusamband Íslands. Retrieved 29 January 2018.

External links

Fixtures at ksí.is

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