2014 Úrvalsdeild
Appearance
Season | 2014 |
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Dates | 4 May – 4 October 2014 |
Champions | Stjarnan (1st title) |
Relegated | Fram Þór |
Champions League | Stjarnan |
Europa League | FH KR Víkingur R. |
Matches played | 132 |
Goals scored | 398 (3.02 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Gary Martin (13) |
← 2013 2015 → |
The 2014 Úrvalsdeild karla, also known as Pepsi-deild karla for sponsorship reasons, was the 103rd season of top-flight Icelandic football. Twelve teams contested the league; the defending champions were KR, who won their twenty-sixth league title in 2013.[1]
On 4 October Stjarnan won their first Úrvalsdeild karla title. Stjarnan went through the season unbeaten in the league and equalled the point record of 52 points.[2]
Teams
[edit]The 2014 Úrvalsdeild will be contested by twelve clubs, ten of which played in the division the previous year. The changes from the 2013 campaign are:
- Víkingur Ó. and ÍA were relegated from the 2013 Úrvalsdeild to the 2014 1. deild karla.
- Fjölnir and Víkingur R. were promoted from the 2013 1. deild karla to the 2014 Úrvalsdeild.
Club information
[edit]Team | Location | Stadium | 2013 season |
---|---|---|---|
Breiðablik | Kópavogur | Kópavogsvöllur | 4th |
FH | Hafnarfjörður | Kaplakrikavöllur | 2nd |
Fjölnir | Reykjavík | Fjölnisvöllur | 1st, 1. deild |
Fram | Reykjavík | Laugardalsvöllur | 10th |
Fylkir | Reykjavík | Fylkisvöllur | 7th |
ÍBV | Vestmannaeyjar | Hásteinsvöllur | 6th |
Keflavík | Keflavík | Keflavíkurvöllur | 8th |
KR | Reykjavík | KR-völlur | 1st |
Stjarnan | Garðabær | Stjörnuvöllur | 3rd |
Þór | Akureyri | Þórsvöllur | 9th |
Valur | Reykjavík | Hlíðarendi | 5h |
Víkingur | Reykjavík | Víkin | 2nd, 1. deild |
League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Stjarnan (C) | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 42 | 21 | 21 | 52 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
2 | FH | 22 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 46 | 17 | 29 | 51 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[a] |
3 | KR | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 40 | 24 | 16 | 43 | |
4 | Víkingur Reykjavík | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 25 | 29 | −4 | 30 | |
5 | Valur | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 31 | 36 | −5 | 28 | |
6 | Fylkir | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 34 | 40 | −6 | 28 | |
7 | Breiðablik | 22 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 36 | 33 | 3 | 27 | |
8 | Keflavík | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 29 | 32 | −3 | 25 | |
9 | Fjölnir | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 33 | 36 | −3 | 23 | |
10 | ÍBV | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 28 | 38 | −10 | 22 | |
11 | Fram (R) | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 30 | 48 | −18 | 21 | Relegation to 1. deild karla |
12 | Þór A. (R) | 22 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 24 | 44 | −20 | 12 |
Source: KSÍ
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ The 2014 Icelandic Cup winner, KR, qualifies for 2015–16 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round.
Positions by round
[edit]Leader | |
2015–16 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round | |
Relegation to 1. deild karla |
Source: KSÍ
Results
[edit]Each team plays every opponent once home and away for a total of 22 matches per club, and 132 matches all together.
Top goalscorers
[edit]- As of 4 October 2014.[3]
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Gary Martin | KR | 13 |
2 | Jonathan Glenn | ÍBV | 12 |
3 | Ólafur Karl Finsen | Stjarnan | 11 |
4 | Árni Vilhjálmsson | Breiðablik | 10 |
Hörður Sveinsson | Keflavík | ||
Atli Guðnason | FH | ||
7 | Atli Viðar Björnsson | FH | 8 |
Pape Mamadou Faye | Víkingur R. | ||
9 | Guðjón Pétur Lýðsson | Breiðablik | 7 |
Jóhann Helgi Hannesson | Þór Akureyri |
References
[edit]- ^ "KR clinch 26th Icelandic title". UEFA. 23 September 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
- ^ "Stjarnan Íslandsmeistari í fyrsta sinn". Morgunblaðið. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
- ^ "Markahæstu menn Pepsi-deild karla". KSÍ.is. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2014.