2008 Úrvalsdeild

Úrvalsdeild 2008 10 May – 27 September 2008 FH HKÍA Champions League FH Europa League Keflavík<br/ >FramKR Guðmundur Steinarsson (16) 132 412 2007 2009 The 2008 season of Úrvalsdeild was the 97th season of top-tier football in Iceland. The league, also known as Landsbankadeild for sponsoring reasons, has been expanded from 10 teams to 12 teams in 2008. Teams and venues Team Location Venue Capacity FH Hafnarfjörður Kaplakriki 6,000 Keflavík Reykjanesbær Keflavíkurvöllur 4,000 Fram Reykjavík Laugardalsvöllur 9,800 KR Reykjavík Reykjavík KR-völlur 6,000 Valur Reykjavík Vodafonevöllurinn 3,000 Fjölnir Reykjavík Fjölnisvöllur 1,000 Grindavík Grindavík Grindavíkurvöllur 1,500 Breiðablik Kópavogur Kópavogsvöllur 5,000 Fylkir Reykjavík Fylkisvöllur 4,000 Þróttur Reykjavík Valbjarnarvöllur 2,500 HK Kópavogs Kópavogur Kópavogsvöllur 5,000 ÍA Akranes Akranes Akranesvöllur 850 Promotion and relegation Víkingur Reykjavík were relegated from Úrvalsdeild after finishing in 10th place the previous season. Their place was taken by 1. deild champions UMF Grindavík. Due to expansion from 10 to 12 teams, 2nd placed Þróttur Reykjavík and 3rd placed Fjölnir Reykjavík were also promoted. League table main WDL QR FH FH KEF Keflavík FRA Fram KR KR VAL Valur FJÖ Fjölnir GRI Grindavík BRE Breiðablik FYL Fylkir ÞRÓ Þróttur Reykjavík HK HK ÍA ÍA 15 2 5 50 25 C 14 4 4 54 31 13 1 8 31 21 12 3 7 38 23 11 2 9 34 28 10 1 11 39 33 9 4 9 29 36 8 6 8 41 36 6 4 12 24 40 5 7 10 28 46 5 3 14 26 47 R 2 7 13 18 46 R green1 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round CL2 blue2 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round EL1 EL1 blue1 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round KR Reykjavík won VISA-bikar 2008 and thereby qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League. EL2 red1 Relegation to 1. deild karla R R 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete ksi.is is Results Each team played every opponent once home and away for a total of 22 matches. main FBR grey BRE FJÖ FRA FYL GRI FH HK ÍA KEF KR VAL ÞRÓ Breiðablik 4–1 3–0 2–3 3–6 4–1 2–1 6–1 2–2 1–1 0–2 0–0 Fjölnir 1–2 0–1 1–0 0–1 3–3 3–1 2–0 1–2 2–1 2–3 3–4 Fram 2–1 3–1 3–0 0–1 4–1 2–0 2–0 0–2 0–2 2–1 1–0 Fylkir 0–2 0–3 0–3 0–1 0–2 2–1 2–2 3–3 0–2 2–0 2–3 Grindavík 2–2 0–1 0–2 1–3 0–3 2–2 1–1 0–1 2–1 3–5 2–2 FH 3–0 2–0 2–1 1–2 0–1 4–0 2–0 3–2 2–0 3–0 2–0 HK 2–1 1–6 0–2 1–1 0–2 0–4 1–1 1–2 0–3 4–2 4–0 ÍA 1–1 0–3 1–0 2–3 1–2 2–5 1–2 1–4 0–0 0–0 1–1 Keflavík 3–1 1–2 1–2 2–1 3–0 1–0 3–2 3–1 4–2 5–3 5–0 KR 1–2 2–0 2–0 3–0 3–1 1–2 2–1 2–0 2–2 1–2 5–2 Valur 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 3–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 Þróttur Reykjavík 2–2 0–3 1–1 0–0 0–1 4–4 2–1 4–1 3–2 0–1 0–3 complete ksi.is is Top goalscorers Source: ksi.is https://web.archive.org/web/20110526115520/http://www.ksi.is/mot/motalisti/markahaestu-leikmenn/?Mot=16788 2011-05-26 is Rank Player Club Goals1ISL Guðmundur SteinarssonKeflavík162ISL Björgólfur Hideaki TakefusaKR143ISL Tryggvi GuðmundssonFH124ISL Atli Viðar BjörnssonFH115ISL Gunnar Már GuðmundssonFjölnir10ISL Helgi SigurðssonValur7ISL Guðjón BaldvinssonKR9ISL Pétur Georg MarkannFjölnirSRB Nenad ŽivanovićBreiðablik10ISL Ívar BjörnssonFram8ISL Hjörtur Júlíus HjartarsonÞróttur External links Official website is Category:Besta deild karla seasons 1 Iceland