The 2016 2. deild karla (English: Men's Second Division) was the 51st season of third-tier football in Iceland. Twelve teams contest the league. Play began on 6 May and concluded on 24 September.
Teams The league is contested by twelve clubs, eight of which played in the division during the 2015 season. There were four new clubs from the previous campaign: Grótta and Vestri were relegated from the 2015 1. deild karla, replacing Huginn and Leiknir F. who were promoted to the 2016 1. deild karla Magni and Völsungur were promoted from the 2015 3. deild karla, in place of Tindastóll and Dalvík/Reynir who were relegated to the 2016 3. deild karla
Club information
Team Location Stadium 2015 season Afturelding Mosfellsbær N1-völlurinn Varmá 6th Grótta Seltjarnarnes Vivaldivöllurinn 11th in 1. deild Höttur Egilsstaðir Vilhjálmsvöllur 5th ÍR Reykjavík Hertz völlurinn 3rd KF Fjallabyggð Ólafsfjarðarvöllur 7th KV Reykjavík KR-völlur 4th Magni Grenivík Grenivíkurvöllur 1st in 3. deild Njarðvík Njarðvík Njarðtaksvöllurinn 10th Sindri Höfn Sindravellir 8th Vestri Ísafjörður Torfnesvöllur 12th in 1. deild Völsungur Húsavík Húsavíkurvöllur 2nd in 3. deild Ægir Þorlákshöfn Þorlákshafnarvöllur 9th
League table
Results Each team plays every opponent once home and away for a total of 22 matches per club, and 132 matches altogether.
References