The 2019 Úrvalsdeild karla, also known as Pepsi Max-deild karla for sponsorship reasons, was the 108th season of top-flight Icelandic football. Twelve teams contested the league, including the defending champions Valur, who won their 21st league title in 2018.
The season began in April 2019 and concluded on 28 September 2019.
Teams
The 2019 Úrvalsdeild is 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, Fjölnir and Keflavík, were relegated to the 2019 1. deild karla and were replaced by ÍA and HK, champions and runners-up of the 2018 1. deild karla respectively.
Club information Team Location Stadium CapacityBreiðablikKópavogurKópavogsvöllur3,009FHHafnarfjörðurKaplakriki6,450FylkirReykjavíkFloridana völlurinn1,854GrindavíkGrindavíkGrindavíkurvöllur1,750ÍBVVestmannaeyjarHásteinsvöllur3,034KAAkureyriAkureyrarvöllur1,645KRReykjavíkAlvogenvöllurinn3,333HK KópavogurKórinn1,452ÍAAkranesNorðurálsvöllurinn3,054StjarnanGarðabærSamsung völlurinn1,440ValurReykjavíkValsvöllur2,465Víkingur R.ReykjavíkVíkingsvöllur1,848
Personnel and kits Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner ofdepartureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate ofappointment Grindavík Resigned 3 September 2018 Pre-season 6 October 2018 KA Resigned 13 September 2018 Pre-season 1 October 2018 ÍBV Resigned 26 September 2018 Pre-season 29 September 2018 Víkingur R. Resigned 3 October 2018 Pre-season 6 October 2018 ÍBV Resigned 30 June 2019 12th 11 July 2019
League table
Results Each team played home and away once against every other team for a total of 22 games each.
Positions by round
Top goalscorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Gary MartinValur/ÍBV142 Steven LennonFH13 Thomas MikkelsenBreiðablik Elfar Árni AðalsteinssonKA Hilmar Árni HalldórssonStjarnan6 Geoffrey CastillionFylkir10 Hallgrímur Mar SteingrímssonKA8 Patrick PedersenValur8 Pálmi Rafn PálmasonKR Morten Beck GuldsmedFH
Attendances
# Club Average 1 KR 1,623 2 Breiðablik 1,318 3 FH 1,206 4 Fylkir 1,141 5 Valur 1,110 6 ÍA 1,057 7 Stjarnan 1,026 8 Víkingur 982 9 HK 874 10 KA 819 11 Grindavík 579 12 ÍBV 479Source:
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