2012 Úrvalsdeild

The 2012 Úrvalsdeild (also known as the "Pepsi-deild" for sponsorship reasons) is the 101st season of top-tier football in Iceland. The season began on 6 May 2012 and concluded 29 September 2012.[2] The league was won by FH, the club's sixth Icelandic league title, while defending champions KR finished as runners-up, some 13 points behind FH. At the other end of the table, Grindavík and Selfoss ended the campaign in the bottom two and were thereby relegated to the 2013 1. deild karla.

Úrvalsdeild
Season2012
ChampionsFH
RelegatedGrindavík
Selfoss
Champions LeagueFH
Europa LeagueKR
Breiðablik
ÍBV
Matches played132
Goals scored425 (3.22 per match)
Top goalscorerAtli Guðnason (12)
Biggest home winFH 8–0 Fylkir
Biggest away winÍA 2–7 FH
Highest scoringÍA 2–7 FH
Highest attendance3,054 (ÍA 3–2 KR, 10 May 2012)[1]
Lowest attendance202 (Grindavík 2–2 KR, 20 September 2012)[1]
Average attendance1,034[1]
← 2011
2013 →

Teams

A total of twelve teams will contest the league, including ten sides from the 2011 season and two promoted teams from the 1. deild karla.

Þór Akureyri and Víkingur R. were relegated from 2011 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.

2011 1. deild karla champions ÍA Akranes and runners-up Selfoss secured direct promotion to the Úrvalsdeild. ÍA returned to the Úrvalsdeild after a three-year absence while Selfoss return immediately to the top league after a one-year absence.

Location of teams in the 2012 Úrvalsdeild
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
ÍA Akranes Akranesvöllur 4,850
ÍBV Vestmannaeyjar Hásteinsvöllur 2,834
Keflavík Keflavík Nettóvöllurinn 4,957
KR Reykjavík KR-völlur 3,333
Selfoss Selfoss Selfossvöllur 2,000
Stjarnan Garðabær Stjörnuvöllur 1,292
Valur Reykjavík Vodafonevöllurinn 3,000

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FH (C) 22 15 4 3 51 23 +28 49 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Breiðablik 22 10 6 6 32 27 +5 36 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3 ÍBV 22 10 5 7 36 21 +15 35
4 KR 22 10 5 7 39 32 +7 35 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
5 Stjarnan 22 8 10 4 44 38 +6 34
6 ÍA 22 9 5 8 32 36 −4 32
7 Fylkir 22 8 7 7 30 39 −9 31
8 Valur 22 9 1 12 34 34 0 28
9 Keflavík 22 8 3 11 35 38 −3 27
10 Fram 22 8 3 11 31 36 −5 27
11 Selfoss (R) 22 6 3 13 30 44 −14 21 Relegation to 1. deild karla
12 Grindavík (R) 22 2 6 14 31 57 −26 12
Source: ksi.is (in Icelandic)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. KR, winners of the 2012 Icelandic Cup, will qualify for the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.

Positions by round
Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
FH8422321111111111111111
Breiðablik1110781085556976568965542
ÍBV109111111118844444333342223
KR4864232222222222223354
Stjarnan5643454433333454534435
ÍA2211113367569746456676
Fylkir67109797778655897898867
Valur3135946689898989679988
Keflavík9357569995787675787799
Fram121281081011111110101010101010101010101010
Selfoss15966710101011111111111111111111111111
Grindavík7111212121212121212121212121212121212121212
Leader
2013–14 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 ÍA ÍBV KEF KR SEL STJ VAL
Breiðablik 0–2 1–1 2–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 0–4 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–0
Fram 3–2 4–0 4–3 0–1 2–0 2–1 0–2 1–2 0–2 1–1 0–1
Fylkir 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 0–1 0–4 1–1 3–2 2–0 3–3 3–1
Grindavík 2–4 2–2 2–2 0–1 2–2 1–3 0–4 2–2 0–4 1–4 2–0
FH 3–0 1–0 8–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 3–0 1–3 5–2 2–2 2–1
ÍA 1–1 0–1 2–1 2–1 2–7 0–4 3–2 3–2 4–0 1–2 1–1
ÍBV 0–0 3–2 1–1 2–1 2–2 0–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 4–1 2–0
Keflavík 2–3 5–0 0–2 2–1 2–4 2–3 1–0 1–1 2–2 0–1 0–4
KR 0–4 1–1 2–1 4–1 2–0 2–0 3–2 3–0 3–1 2–2 2–3
Selfoss 0–2 4–2 1–2 3–3 0–1 1–3 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–3 0–1
Stjarnan 1–1 4–2 2–2 3–4 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–3 1–1 4–2 3–2
Valur 3–4 0–2 1–2 4–1 3–1 2–1 0–3 4–0 0–1 3–1 0–2
Source: ksi.is (in Icelandic)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Source ksi.is Archived 4 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine (in Icelandic)

As of 29 September 2012
Rank Player Club Goals
1 IcelandAtli Guðnason FH 12
2 IcelandKristinn Ingi Halldórsson Fram 11
3 IcelandIngimundur Níels Óskarsson Fylkir 10
4 IcelandBjörn Daníel Sverrisson FH 9
DenmarkChristian Olsen ÍBV
IcelandGarðar Gunnlaugsson ÍA
7 IcelandKjartan Finnbogason KR 8
IcelandGarðar Jóhannsson Stjarnan

References
  1. "1.034 áhorfendur mættu að meðaltali á leikina í Pepsi-deild karla". KSÍ.is. Archived from the original on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
  2. "Ísalndsmót – Pepsi-deild karla 2012". KSÍ.is. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
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