The 2020 Úrvalsdeild karla, also known as Pepsi-deild karla for sponsorship reasons, was the 109th season of top-flight Icelandic football. Twelve teams contested the league, including the defending champions KR, who won their 27th league title in 2019.
The season was scheduled to begin on 22 April 2020 and conclude on 26 September 2020, however this was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The competition was suspended on 7 October and abandoned on 30 October 2020. The standings based on the average number of points per matches played for each team were considered final and used to determine the champions, European spots and relegation.
Teams
The 2020 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, Grindavík and ÍBV, were relegated to the 2020 1. deild karla and were replaced by Grótta and Fjölnir, champions and runners-up of the 2019 1. deild karla respectively.
Club information Team Location Stadium CapacityBreiðablikKópavogurKópavogsvöllur3,009FHHafnarfjörðurKaplakriki6,450FjölnirReykjavík (Grafarvogur)Extra völlurinn1,030FylkirReykjavíkFloridana völlurinn1,854GróttaSeltjarnarnesVivaldivöllurinn1,050KAAkureyriAkureyrarvöllur1,645KRReykjavíkAlvogenvöllurinn3,333HK KópavogurKórinn1,452ÍAAkranesNorðurálsvöllurinn3,054StjarnanGarðabærSamsung völlurinn1,440ValurReykjavíkValsvöllur2,465http://gamli.ksi.is/mannvirki/knattspyrnuvellir/?vollur=39Víkingur R.ReykjavíkVíkingsvöllur1,848
Personnel and kits
Team Manager Assistant Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor Bose
Managerial changes
TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointmentValur Ólafur JóhannessonEnd of contract28 September 2019Pre-season Heimir Guðjónsson2 October 2019Fylkir Helgi SigurðssonResigned28 September 2019 Atli Sveinn Þórarinsson & Ólafur Stígsson15 October 2019Breiðablik Ágúst GylfasonSacked28 September 2019 Óskar Hrafn Þorvaldsson5 October 2019Grótta Óskar Hrafn ÞorvaldssonLeft for Breiðablik5 October 2019 Ágúst Gylfason17 October 2019Stjarnan Rúnar Páll SigmundssonCo-manager hired6 November 2019 Rúnar Páll Sigmundsson & Ólafur Jóhannesson6 November 2019KA Óli Stefán FlóventssonSacked15 July 202011th Arnar Grétarsson15 July 2020FH Ólafur KristjánssonLeft for Esbjerg fB16 July 20208th Logi Ólafsson & Eiður Smári Guðjohnsen16 July 2020
League table
Results Each team was originally scheduled to play home and away once against every other team for a total of 22 games each.
Top goalscorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Steven Lennon FH172 Patrick Pedersen Valur143 Thomas Mikkelsen Breiðablik134 Tryggvi Hrafn Haraldsson ÍA125 Óttar Magnús Karlsson Víkingur Reykjavik96 Valdimar Þór Ingimundarson Fylkir8 Stefán Teitur Þórðarson ÍA8 Aron Bjarnason Valur7 Hilmar Árni Halldórsson Stjarnan Sigurður Egill Lárusson Valur Pablo Punyed Víkingur Reykjavík
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