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
Results Each team played every opponent once home and away for a total of 22 matches.
Top goalscorers Source: ksi.is
Rank Player Club Goals1 Guðmundur SteinarssonKeflavík162 Björgólfur Hideaki TakefusaKR143 Tryggvi GuðmundssonFH124 Atli Viðar BjörnssonFH115 Gunnar Már GuðmundssonFjölnir10 Helgi SigurðssonValur7 Guðjón BaldvinssonKR9 Pétur Georg MarkannFjölnir Nenad ŽivanovićBreiðablik10 Ívar BjörnssonFram8 Hjörtur Júlíus HjartarsonÞróttur
External links Official website