| Season | 2022 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 18 April – 29 October 2022 |
| Champions | Breiðablik |
| Relegated | Leiknir ÍA |
| Champions League | Breiðablik |
| Europa Conference League | Víkingur Reykjavík KA |
| Matches played | 132 |
| Goals scored | 461 (3.49 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Nökkvi Þeyr Þórisson (17 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Víkingur Reykjavík 9–0 Leiknir (7 September 2022) |
| Biggest away win | Leiknir 1–7 Keflavík (22 October 2022) |
| Highest scoring | Fram 4–8 Keflavík (17 September 2022) |
| Longest winning run | 9 matches Breiðablik |
| Longest unbeaten run | 13 matches Víkingur Reykjavík |
| Longest winless run | 12 matches ÍBV |
| Longest losing run | 7 matches ÍA |
| ← 2021 2023 → All statistics correct as of 10 October 2022. | |
The 2022 Besta deild karla was the 111th season of top-flight Icelandic football. Twelve teams contested the league, including the defending champions Víkingur Reykjavík, who won their sixth league title in 2021. It was the first season of the league after it was rebranded as Besta deild karla.
Teams
ÍBVKA
Capital regionÍAKeflavík
Capital region clubs:Reykjavík:Fram
KR
Leiknir R.
Valur
Víkingur R. Kópavogur:Breiðablik
Hafnarfjörður:FH
Garðabær:Stjarnanclass=notpageimage| Locations of the 2022 Besta deild karla teams
The 2022 Besta deild karla is contested by twelve teams, ten of which played in the division the previous year and two teams promoted from 1. deild karla. The bottom two teams from the previous season, HK and Fylkir (both relegated after one year in the top flight), were relegated to the 2022 1. deild karla and were replaced by Knattspyrnufélagið Fram (promoted after a seven-year absence) and ÍBV (promoted after a two-year absence), champions and runners-up of the 2020 1. deild karla respectively.
Club information
| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breiðablik | Kópavogur | Kópavogsvöllur | 3,009 |
| FH | Hafnarfjörður | Kaplakriki | 6,450 |
| Fram | Reykjavík | Laugardalsvöllur | 9,800 |
| ÍA | Akranes | Norðurálsvöllurinn | 3,054 |
| ÍBV | Vestmannaeyjar | Hásteinsvöllur | 2,300 (534 seated) |
| KA | Akureyri | Akureyrarvöllur | 1,645 |
| Keflavík | Reykjanesbær | Keflavíkurvöllur | 5,200 |
| KR | Reykjavík | Alvogenvöllurinn | 3,333 |
| Leiknir | Reykjavík | Leiknisvöllur | 1,025 |
| Stjarnan | Garðabær | Samsung völlurinn | 1,440 |
| Valur | Reykjavík | Valsvöllur | 2,465 |
| Víkingur R. | Reykjavík | Víkingsvöllur | 2,023 |
- Notes
- Due to pitch issues, KA held home games at Dalvíkurvöllur in Dalvík.
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Breiðablik | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 55 | 23 | +32 | 51 | Qualification for the Championship Round |
| 2 | Víkingur Reykjavík | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 58 | 32 | +26 | 43 | |
| 3 | KA | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 45 | 26 | +19 | 43 | |
| 4 | Valur | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 38 | 32 | +6 | 32 | |
| 5 | KR | 22 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 37 | 34 | +3 | 31 | |
| 6 | Stjarnan | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 40 | 42 | −2 | 31 | |
| 7 | Keflavík | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 39 | 40 | −1 | 28 | Qualification for the Relegation Round |
| 8 | Fram | 22 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 44 | 51 | −7 | 25 | |
| 9 | ÍBV | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 33 | 44 | −11 | 20 | |
| 10 | Leiknir | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 49 | −28 | 20 | |
| 11 | FH | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 27 | 35 | −8 | 19 | |
| 12 | ÍA | 22 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 53 | −29 | 15 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Head-to-head away goals scored; 8) Play-off (only for deciding champion); 9) Draw.
Fixtures and results
Each team was originally scheduled to play home and away once against every other team for a total of 22 games each.
| Home \ Away | BRE | FH | FRA | ÍA | ÍBV | KA | KEF | KR | LEI | STJ | VAL | VÍK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breiðablik | — | 3–0 | 4–3 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| FH | 0–0 | — | 4–2 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 |
| Fram | 0–2 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 4–8 | 1–4 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 3–3 |
| ÍA | 1–5 | 1–1 | 0–4 | — | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 4–4 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–0 |
| ÍBV | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | — | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 0–3 |
| KA | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 4–3 | — | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 |
| Keflavík | 2–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 1–3 | — | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 |
| KR | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 0–3 |
| Leiknir | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 0–5 | 1–2 | 4–3 | — | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Stjarnan | 5–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | — | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Valur | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 6–1 | — | 1–3 |
| Víkingur R | 0–3 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 9–0 | 4–5 | 2–2 | — |
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Championship round
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BRE | KA | VÍK | KR | STJ | VAL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Breiðablik (C) | 27 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 66 | 27 | +39 | 63 | Qualification for the Champions League preliminary round | — | — | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | — | |
| 2 | KA | 27 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 54 | 30 | +24 | 53 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round | 1–2 | — | — | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | |
| 3 | Víkingur Reykjavík | 27 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 66 | 41 | +25 | 48 | — | 2–2 | — | 2–2 | — | 3–2 | ||
| 4 | KR | 27 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 42 | 40 | +2 | 38 | — | — | — | — | 0–2 | 2–1 | ||
| 5 | Stjarnan | 27 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 44 | 52 | −8 | 37 | — | 0–3 | 2–1 | — | — | — | ||
| 6 | Valur | 27 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 46 | 44 | +2 | 35 | 2–5 | — | — | — | 3–0 | — |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off
(Note: Play-off is only played if need to decide champion, teams for relegation or UEFA competition and will be played on a neutral ground).
(C) Champions
Notes:
- Víkingur Reykjavík entered the Europa Conference League first qualifying round as 2022 Icelandic Cup winners.
Relegation round
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | KEF | ÍBV | FRA | FH | ÍA | LEI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Keflavík | 27 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 56 | 48 | +8 | 37 | — | — | 4–0 | 2–3 | 3–2 | — | ||
| 8 | ÍBV | 27 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 43 | 50 | −7 | 32 | 2–1 | — | — | 2–1 | — | 1–0 | ||
| 9 | Fram | 27 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 53 | 63 | −10 | 31 | — | 1–3 | — | 3–0 | — | 3–2 | ||
| 10 | FH | 27 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 36 | 46 | −10 | 25 | — | — | — | — | 1–2 | 4–2 | ||
| 11 | ÍA (R) | 27 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 36 | 63 | −27 | 25 | Relegation to 1. delid karla | — | 3–2 | 3–2 | — | — | — | |
| 12 | Leiknir (R) | 27 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 28 | 66 | −38 | 21 | 1–7 | — | — | — | 2–2 | — |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off
(Note: Play-off is only played if need to decide champion, teams for relegation or UEFA competition and will be played on a neutral ground).
(R) Relegated
Top scorers
- As of 29 October 2022
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Nökkvi Þeyr Þórisson
|
KA | 17 |
| 2 | Guðmundur Magnússon
|
Fram | |
| 3 | Ísak Snær Þorvaldsson
|
Breiðablik | 14 |
| 4 |  Patrik Johannesen
|
Keflavík | 12 |
| 5 | Jason Daði Svanþórsson
|
Breiðablik | 11 |
| Emil Atlason
|
Stjarnan | ||
| 7 | Andri Rúnar Bjarnason
|
ÍBV | 10 |
| 8 | Dagur Dan Þórhallsson
|
Breiðablik | 9 |
| Helgi Guðjónsson
|
Víkingur Reykjavík | ||
| Matthías Vilhjálmsson
|
FH | ||
| Eyþór Aron Wöhler
|
ÍA | ||
| Hallgrímur Mar Steingrímsson
|
KA |
- Notes
- Nökkvi Þeyr Þórisson was awarded the top scorer award as he played fewer games than Guðmundur Magnússon.
References
- "Íslandsmót KSÍ - Besta-deild karla 2022". kki.is (in Icelandic). Football Association of Iceland. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
- Helga Margrét Höskuldsdóttir (24 February 2022). "Nýtt vörumerki með rætur íslenskri knattspyrnusögu". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 24 February 2022.
- "Kópavogsvöllur | Knattspyrnusamband Íslands". Retrieved 2022-05-16.
- "Kaplakrikavöllur | Knattspyrnusamband Íslands". Retrieved 2022-05-16.
- "Akranesvöllur – Knattspyrnusamband Íslands". www.ksi.is.
- "Akureyrarvöllur – Knattspyrnusamband Íslands". www.ksi.is.
- "Meistaravellir – Knattspyrnusamband Íslands". www.ksi.is.
- http://gamli.ksi.is/mannvirki/knattspyrnuvellir/?vollur=39
- "Leikskýrsla: Víkingur R. – Leiknir – Knattspyrnusamband Íslands". www.ksi.is.
- "Besta-deild karla 2022 – Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 24 January 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
- "Úrvalsdeild 2020". voetbal.com.
- Flashscore, Soccerway
External links
- Official website (in Icelandic)
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