The 2018 Úrvalsdeild karla, also known as Pepsi-deild karla for sponsorship reasons, was the 107th season of top-flight Icelandic football. Twelve teams contested the league, including the defending champions Valur, who won their 21st league title in 2017.
The season began on 27 April 2018 and concluded on 29 September 2018.
Teams
The 2018 Úrvalsdeild was 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, Víkingur Ó. and ÍA, were relegated to the 2018 1. deild karla and were replaced by Fylkir and Keflavík, champions and runners-up of the 2017 1. deild karla respectively.
Club information Team Location Stadium CapacityBreiðablikKópavogurKópavogsvöllur5,501FHHafnarfjörðurKaplakriki6,738FjölnirReykjavík (Grafarvogur)Extra völlurinn2,000FylkirReykjavík (Árbær)Floridana völlurinn5,000GrindavíkGrindavíkGrindavíkurvöllur1,750ÍBVVestmannaeyjarHásteinsvöllur3,034KAAkureyriAkureyrarvöllur1,770KeflavíkReykjanesbær (Keflavík)Keflavíkurvöllur5,200KRReykjavík (Vesturbær)Alvogenvöllurinn3,333StjarnanGarðabærSamsung völlurinn2,300ValurReykjavík (Hlíðar/Miðborg)Valsvöllur2,465Víkingur R.Reykjavík (Fossvogur)Víkingsvöllur1,613 Source: Keflavík ÍF: Fixtures, Squad & Results
Personnel and kits Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner ofdepartureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate ofappointment Breiðablik Resigned 3 October 2017 Pre-season 6 October 2017 Fjölnir Resigned 6 October 2017 Pre-season 11 October 2017 FH Sacked 6 October 2017 Pre-season 14 October 2017
League table
Positions by round
Results Each team will play home and away once against every other team for a total of 22 games each.
Top goalscorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Patrick PedersenValur172 Hilmar Árni HalldórssonStjarnan163 Pálmi Rafn PálmasonKR114 Ásgeir SigurgeirssonKA10 Thomas MikkelsenBreiðablik6 Steven LennonFH97 Gunnar Heiðar ÞorvaldssonÍBV88 Kennie ChopartKR7 Gísli EyjólfssonBreiðablik Guðmundur Steinn HafsteinssonStjarnan Brandur OlsenFH12 Geoffrey CastillionVikingur6 Nikolaj HansenVikingur Kristinn Freyr SigurðssonValur15 Elfar Árni AðalsteinssonKA5
Attendances
# Club Average 1 Breiðablik 1,249 2 Valur 1,207 3 FH 1,069 4 Stjarnan 1,026 5 KR 977 6 Fylkir 848 7 Víkingur 827 8 Fjölnir 796 9 KA 691 10 ÍBV 598 11 Keflavík 531 12 Grindavík 523Source:
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