2009 Úrvalsdeild

Úrvalsdeild

Season	2009
Dates	10 May – 26 September 2009
Champions	FH
Relegated	Þróttur Fjölnir
Champions League	FH
Europa League	KR Fylkir Breiðablik
Matches played	132
Goals scored	450 (3.41 per match)
Top goalscorer	Björgólfur Takefusa (16)
Biggest home win	Fram 5-0 Keflavík FH 5-0 ÍBV Keflavík 6-1 ÍBV
Biggest away win	Þróttur 0-6 Stjarnan
Highest scoring	KR 7-3 Stjarnan
← 2008 2010 →

The 2009 season of Úrvalsdeild karla was the 98th season of top-tier football in Iceland. It is also known as Pepsideild for sponsoring reasons. It began on 10 May 2009 and ended on 26 September 2009. Defending champions FH earned their second consecutive title. Stjarnan once again joined the elite division of Icelandic football after a 9-year absence, as well as ÍBV who return after a 2-year stint in the 1. deild karla.

Teams and venues

Club	City	Stadium
Breiðablik UBK	Kópavogur	Kópavogsvöllur
FH Hafnarfjörður	Hafnarfjörður	Kaplakriki
Fjölnir	Reykjavík	Fjölnisvöllur
Fram	Reykjavík	Laugardalsvöllur
Fylkir	Reykjavík	Fylkisvöllur
ÍBV Vestmannaeyjar	Vestmannaeyjar	Hásteinsvöllur
Keflavík Football Club	Keflavík	Keflavíkurvöllur
KR	Reykjavík	KR-völlur
Stjarnan	Garðabær	Stjörnuvöllur
UMF Grindavik	Grindavik	Grindavíkurvöllur
Valur	Reykjavík	Vodafonevöllurinn
Þróttur	Reykjavík	Valbjarnarvöllur

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	FH (C)	22	16	3	3	57	21	+36	51	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	KR	22	15	3	4	58	31	+27	48	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	Fylkir	22	13	4	5	41	26	+15	43
4	Fram	22	10	4	8	40	32	+8	34
5	Breiðablik	22	10	4	8	38	33	+5	34	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
6	Keflavík	22	8	9	5	38	37	+1	33
7	Stjarnan	22	7	5	10	45	44	+1	26
8	Valur	22	7	4	11	26	43	−17	25
9	Grindavík	22	6	4	12	34	44	−10	22
10	ÍBV	22	6	4	12	24	45	−21	22
11	Þróttur Reykjavík (R)	22	4	4	14	23	48	−25	16	Relegation to 1. deild karla
12	Fjölnir (R)	22	3	6	13	27	47	−20	15

Source: ksi.is (in Icelandic)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Results

Each team play every opponent once home and away for a total of 22 matches.

Home \ Away	BRE	FJÖ	FRA	FYL	GRI	FH	ÍBV	KEF	KR	STJ	VAL	ÞRÓ
Breiðablik		0–0	3–3	1–0	3–0	2–3	3–4	4–4	0–2	2–1	0–1	2–1
Fjölnir	0–2		1–2	1–3	3–2	1–4	1–3	3–3	1–2	3–1	2–0	1–3
Fram	1–1	3–1		0–0	4–3	0–2	2–0	5–0	3–0	3–2	1–2	0–1
Fylkir	3–1	2–2	2–1		2–3	1–1	3–0	2–0	2–2	2–1	1–0	2–0
Grindavík	0–1	1–1	1–3	2–3		0–3	1–1	1–1	0–4	4–2	3–1	2–1
FH	2–1	3–0	2–1	3–2	0–3		5–0	2–2	2–4	5–1	2–0	4–0
ÍBV	0–1	3–1	1–1	2–3	3–1	0–3		2–2	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–0
Keflavík	0–3	3–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	6–1		1–2	1–1	3–0	3–2
KR	3–2	2–1	3–1	2–4	2–0	1–2	3–0	4–1		7–3	3–4	0–0
Stjarnan	1–3	1–1	4–1	2–1	3–1	1–4	3–0	0–0	1–1		3–0	5–1
Valur	0–3	3–1	1–2	0–1	1–1	0–5	2–0	2–2	2–5	3–3		2–1
Þróttur Reykjavík	4–0	1–1	1–3	1–2	1–5	0–0	2–1	2–2	1–5	0–6	0–1

Source: ksi.is (in Icelandic)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Björgólfur Takefusa	KR	16
2	Atli Viðar Björnsson	FH	14
3	Alfreð Finnbogason	Breiðablik	13
4	Gilles Mbang Ondo	Grindavík	11
5	Atli Guðnason	FH	10
	Matthías Vilhjálmsson	FH
7	Arnar Már Björgvinsson	Stjarnan	9
	Albert Brynjar Ingason	Fylkir
9	Gunnar Örn Jónsson	KR	8
	Kristinn Steindórsson	Breiðablik

Source fotbolti.net (in Icelandic)

External links

• Official website (in Icelandic)