The 2025 Besta deild karla was the 114th season of top-flight Icelandic Football. It was the fourth season following the league's rebrand as Besta deild karla.
Teams The league consisted of twelve teams: the top ten teams from the previous season, and two teams promoted from the 1. deild karla. Breiðablik entered the season as defending champions after winning their seventh title during the previous season.
The promoted teams were the 2024 1. deild karla champions ÍBV (promoted after a single-season absence), and play-off winners Afturelding (promoted to the top division for the first time in their history). They replaced the 2024 Besta deild karla bottom two teams, HK and Fylkir.
Changes from the previous season
Promoted to the Besta deild ÍBV Afturelding
Relegated to the 1. deild HK Fylkir
Personnel and kits TeamManagerCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor (chest)Afturelding Magnús Már Einarsson Aron Elí Sævarsson JakoKaleoBreiðablik Ólafur Ingi Skúlason Höskuldur Gunnlaugsson NikeVörðurFH Heimir Guðjónsson Björn Daníel Sverrisson NikeAuðurFram Rúnar Kristinsson Kennie Chopart ErreàMichelsen 1909ÍA Lárus Orri Sigurðsson Rúnar Már Sigurjónsson PumaNorðurálÍBV Þorlákur Már Árnason Alex Freyr Hilmarsson NikeN1KA Hallgrímur Jónasson Ívar Örn Árnason MacronN1KR Óskar Hrafn Þorvaldsson Aron Sigurðarson MacronAlvotechStjarnan Jökull I Elísabetarson Guðmundur Kristjánsson PumaTMValur Srdjan Tufegdžić Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson MacronSaltverkVestri Jón Þór Hauksson Elmar Atli Garðarsson JakoKerecisVíkingur Sölvi Geir Ottesen Jónsson Oliver Ekroth MacronHúsasmiðjan
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in the tableIncoming managerDate of appointmentÍA Jón Þór HaukssonSacked16 June 202512th Lárus Orri Sigurðsson21 June 2025Vestri Davíð Smári LamudeSacked29 September 202510th Jón Þór Hauksson30 September 2025Breiðablik Halldór ÁrnasonSacked20 October 20254th Ólafur Ingi Skúlason20 October 2025
Stadia and locations
Team Location StadiumAftureldingMosfellsbærMalbikstöðin að VarmáBreiðablikKópavogurKópavogsvöllurFHHafnarfjörðurKaplakrikiFramReykjavíkLambhagavöllurÍAAkranesELKEM völlurinnÍBVVestmannaeyjarHásteinsvöllurKAAkureyriGreifavöllurinnKRReykjavíkMeistaravellirStjarnanGarðabærSamsung völlurinnValurReykjavíkN1 VöllurinnVestriÍsafjörðurKerecisvöllurinnVíkingur ReykjavíkReykjavíkVíkingsvöllur
Regular season League table
Results Team played each other twice (once at home and once away) for a total of 22 games each.
Championship Round League table
Results Teams play each other once for the third time (either at home or away) for a total of 5 games each.
Relegation Round League table
Results Teams play each other once for the third time (either at home or away) for a total of 5 games each.
Season statistics Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Patrick PedersenValur182 Sigurður Bjartur HallssonFH163 Aron SigurðarsonKR14 Örvar EggertssonStjarnan Eiður Gauti SæbjörnssonKR6 Hallgrímur Mar SteingrímssonKA137 Andri Rúnar BjarnasonStjarnan12 Hrannar Snær Magnússon Afturelding9 Tryggvi Hrafn Haraldsson Valur1110 Viktor Jónsson ÍA10 Nicolaj Hansen Víkingur Tobias Thomsen Breiðablik
Hat-tricks
Player For Against Result Date Kristófer Ingi KristinssonBreiðablikStjarnan4–1 (A)27 June 2025 Valdimar Þór IngimundarsonVíkingurKR7–0 (A)14 September 2025 Hermann Þór RagnarssonÍBVVestri5–0 (A)28 September 2025 Sigurður Bjartur HallssonFHValur4–4 (A)19 October 2025Fram3–4 (H)25 October 2025
Clean sheets RankPlayerClubCleansheets1 Ingvar JónssonVíkingur8 Árni Marinó EinarssonÍA3 Marcel ZapytowskiÍBV74 Guy SmitVestri6 Mathias RosenørnFH Viktor Freyr SigurðssonFram7 Steinþór Már AuðunssonKA5 Anton Ari EinarssonBreiðablik9 Jökull AndréssonAfturelding410 Frederik SchramValur3 Árni Snær ÓlafssonStjarnan
Discipline
Player Most yellow cards: 10 Tómas Orri Róbertsson (FH) Aron Þórður Albertsson (KR) Birgir Baldvinsson (KA) Most red cards: 1 22 players (Various)
Club Most yellow cards: 75 Vestri Most red cards: 4 FH
Attendances
# Club Averagehttps://www.worldfootball.net/competition/co57/iceland-urvalsdeild/se85631/2025/attendance/ 1 KR 1,443 2 Víkingur 1,351 3 Breiðablik 1,111 4 ÍA 890 5 Stjarnan 881 6 FH 862 7 Fram 833 8 Valur 782 9 Afturelding 738 10 KA 565 11 ÍB 459 12 Vestri 354
References