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
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 goals)
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.

Team Location Stadium Stadium capacity
Breiðablik Kópavogur Kópavogsvöllur 5,501
FH Hafnarfjörður Kaplakriki 6,738
Fram Reykjavík Laugardalsvöllur 15,427
Fylkir Reykjavík Fylkisvöllur 2,872
Grindavik Grindavik Grindavíkurvöllur 1,750
ÍBV Vestmannaeyjar Hásteinsvöllur 2,834
Keflavík Keflavík Nettóvöllurinn 4,957
KR Reykjavík KR-völlur 3,333
Stjarnan Garðabær Stjörnuvöllur 1,292
Valur Reykjavík Vodafonevöllurinn 3,000
Víkingur R. Reykjavík Víkin 1,249
Þór Akureyri Þórsvöllur 1,550

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 KR (C) 22 13 8 1 44 22 +22 47 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 FH 22 13 5 4 48 31 +17 44 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3 ÍBV 22 12 4 6 37 27 +10 40
4 Stjarnan 22 10 7 5 51 35 +16 37
5 Valur 22 10 6 6 28 23 +5 36
6 Breiðablik 22 7 6 9 34 42 −8 27
7 Fylkir 22 7 4 11 34 44 −10 25
8 Keflavík 22 7 3 12 27 32 −5 24
9 Fram 22 6 6 10 20 28 −8 24
10 Grindavík 22 5 8 9 26 37 −11 23
11 Þór Akureyri[lower-alpha 1] (R) 22 6 3 13 28 41 −13 21 Europa League qualifying and relegation to 1. deild karla
12 Víkingur Reykjavík (R) 22 3 6 13 24 39 −15 15 Relegation 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:
  1. Þór qualified for the first qualifying round of UEFA Europa League as losing finalists of the 2011 VISA-bikar competition to Champions League-qualified KR.

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 \ Away BRE FRA FYL GRI FH ÍBV KEF KR STJ VAL VÍK ÞÓR
Breiðablik 1–1 3–1 2–1 0–1 1–2 2–1 2–3 4–3 1–1 2–6 4–1
Fram 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–2 0–2 1–0 1–2 2–5 3–1 2–1 0–1
Fylkir 1–2 0–0 2–3 3–5 1–3 2–1 0–3 2–3 2–1 2–1 1–1
Grindavík 1–1 1–2 1–4 1–3 2–0 0–2 0–3 2–2 0–2 0–0 4–1
FH 4–1 1–1 2–2 7–2 4–2 1–0 2–1 3–0 3–2 1–1 2–0
ÍBV 1–1 1–0 1–2 0–2 3–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 3–1
Keflavík 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–2 1–1 0–2 2–3 4–2 0–2 2–1 2–1
KR 4–0 2–1 3–2 1–1 2–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–2 3–1
Stjarnan 3–2 2–2 4–1 2–1 4–0 3–2 2–3 1–1 5–0 0–0 5–1
Valur 2–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–1
Víkingur Reykjavík 2–2 0–1 1–3 0–0 1–3 1–3 2–1 0–2 1–1 0–1 2–0
Þór A. 1–2 3–0 2–0 0–0 2–2 2–1 2–1 1–2 0–1 0–3 6–1
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)

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Iceland Garðar Jóhannsson Stjarnan 15
2 Iceland Atli Viðar Björnsson FH 13
3 Iceland Halldór Orri Björnsson Stjarnan 12
Iceland Kjartan Finnbogason KR 12
5 Iceland Kristinn Steindórsson Breiðablik 11
6 Iceland Matthías Vilhjálmsson FH 10
Iceland Tryggvi Guðmundsson ÍBV 10
8 Iceland Albert Brynjar Ingason Fylkir 9
9 Iceland Guðjón Baldvinsson KR 8
Iceland Guðjón Pétur Lýðsson Valur 8
Iceland Sveinn Elías Jónsson Þór 8

References
  1. "Landsbankadeildin - 2011". WhoScored.com. WhoScored.com. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
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