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Icelandic Úrvalsdeild karla



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Established
1912 (113 years old)

First Recorded Event
2020-06-13

Current Season
2025

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Icelandic 1 deild karla

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Iceland

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tiny league badge icon 15 Jun Vestri tiny home badge icon 2:00pm tiny away badge icon KA Akurey
tiny league badge icon 15 Jun ÍBV Vest tiny home badge icon 4:00pm tiny away badge icon Breiðabl
tiny league badge icon 15 Jun Fram Reyk tiny home badge icon 7:15pm tiny away badge icon FH Hafnar
tiny league badge icon 15 Jun Aftureldi tiny home badge icon 7:15pm tiny away badge icon ÍA Akran
tiny league badge icon 16 Jun Víkingur tiny home badge icon 7:15pm tiny away badge icon KR Reykja
tiny league badge icon 22 Jun FH Hafnar tiny home badge icon 2:00pm tiny away badge icon Vestri
tiny league badge icon 22 Jun KA Akurey tiny home badge icon 7:15pm tiny away badge icon Víkingur
tiny league badge icon 22 Jun ÍA Akran tiny home badge icon 7:15pm tiny away badge icon Stjarnan
tiny league badge icon 22 Jun Breiðabl tiny home badge icon 7:15pm tiny away badge icon Fram Reyk
tiny league badge icon 23 Jun ÍBV Vest tiny home badge icon 6:00pm tiny away badge icon Aftureldi

Results
tiny league badge icon 14 Jun Stjarnan tiny home badge icon 3 - 2 tiny away badge icon Valur
tiny league badge icon 02 Jun Valur tiny home badge icon 2 - 1 tiny away badge icon Fram Reyk
tiny league badge icon 01 Jun KR Reykja tiny home badge icon 2 - 1 tiny away badge icon Vestri
tiny league badge icon 01 Jun ÍA Akran tiny home badge icon 0 - 3 tiny away badge icon ÍBV Vest
tiny league badge icon 01 Jun Breiðabl tiny home badge icon 3 - 1 tiny away badge icon Víkingur
tiny league badge icon 01 Jun FH Hafnar tiny home badge icon 0 - 0 tiny away badge icon Aftureldi
tiny league badge icon 01 Jun KA Akurey tiny home badge icon 1 - 1 tiny away badge icon Stjarnan
tiny league badge icon 29 May ÍBV Vest tiny home badge icon 2 - 1 tiny away badge icon FH Hafnar
tiny league badge icon 29 May Aftureldi tiny home badge icon 0 - 2 tiny away badge icon Valur
tiny league badge icon 29 May Vestri tiny home badge icon 0 - 1 tiny away badge icon Víkingur

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The Besta deild karla (lit. 'Men's Best Division') is the top level men's football league in Iceland. The competition was founded in 1912 as the Icelandic Championship. Because of the harsh winters in Iceland, it is generally played in the spring and summer (April to September). It is governed by the Football Association of Iceland (KSÍ) and has 12 teams. By the end of the 2022–23 season, UEFA ranked the league No. 48 in Europe.

From 27 April 2009 to 2022, the league had an active agreement on the league's name rights with Ölgerðin, the Icelandic franchisee for Pepsi. From the 2019 season to the end of the 2021 season, the league was popularly referred to as Pepsi Max deildin (The Pepsi Max League). On 24 February 2022, the league was rebranded as Besta deild karla.

The clubs play each other home and away. At the end of each season, the two teams with the fewest points are relegated to 1. deild karla (First Division), from which two top point teams promote to the higher tier. The winner of the league enters the European national competition UEFA Champions League in the second qualifying round. The second, third and fourth placed teams qualify for the UEFA Europa League in the first qualifying round.

An effort by KSÍ to strengthen Icelandic football had only one team relegated in the 2007 season to the First Division and three clubs promoted to the premier division, bringing the top flight to the number of clubs it contains currently.

Championship title counts are: KR with 27, Valur with 23, and ÍA and Fram Reykjavík each with 18. FH has 8 and Víkingur has 7. The 2023 title holder is Víkingur.
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2025
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2024
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2023
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2022

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Afturelding
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Breiðablik
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FH Hafnarfjordu
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Fram Reykjavík
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ÍA Akranes
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ÍBV Vestmannae
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KA Akureyri
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KR Reykjavík
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Stjarnan
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Valur
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Vestri
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Víkingur Reykj
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Last 5 winners
trophy icon Breiðablik (2024)
trophy icon Víkingur Reykjavik (2023)
trophy icon Breidablik (2022)
trophy icon Víkingur Reykjavik (2021)
trophy icon Valur (2020)

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