2014 Úrvalsdeild

The 2014 Úrvalsdeild karla, also known as Pepsi-deild karla for sponsorship reasons, was the 103rd season of top-flight Icelandic football. Twelve teams contested the league; the defending champions were KR, who won their twenty-sixth league title in 2013.[1]

Úrvalsdeild karla
Season2014
Dates4 May – 4 October 2014
ChampionsStjarnan (1st title)
RelegatedFram
Þór
Champions LeagueStjarnan
Europa LeagueFH
KR
Víkingur R.
Matches played132
Goals scored398 (3.02 per match)
Top goalscorerGary Martin (13)
2013
2015

On 4 October Stjarnan won their first Úrvalsdeild karla title. Stjarnan went through the season unbeaten in the league and equalled the point record of 52 points.[2]

Teams

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The 2014 Úrvalsdeild will be contested by twelve clubs, ten of which played in the division the previous year. The changes from the 2013 campaign are:

Club information

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TeamLocationStadium2013 season
BreiðablikKópavogurKópavogsvöllur4th
FHHafnarfjörðurKaplakrikavöllur2nd
FjölnirReykjavíkFjölnisvöllur1st, 1. deild
FramReykjavíkLaugardalsvöllur10th
FylkirReykjavíkFylkisvöllur7th
ÍBVVestmannaeyjarHásteinsvöllur6th
KeflavíkKeflavíkKeflavíkurvöllur8th
KRReykjavíkKR-völlur1st
StjarnanGarðabærStjörnuvöllur3rd
ÞórAkureyriÞórsvöllur9th
ValurReykjavíkHlíðarendi5h
VíkingurReykjavíkVíkin2nd, 1. deild

League table

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PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Stjarnan (C)2215704221+2152Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2FH2215614617+2951Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[a]
3KR2213454024+1643
4Víkingur Reykjavík2293102529−430
5Valur2284103136−528
6Fylkir2284103440−628
7Breiðablik2251253633+327
8Keflavík226792932−325
9Fjölnir225893336−323
10ÍBV2257102838−1022
11Fram (R)2263133048−1821Relegation to 1. deild karla
12Þór A. (R)2233162444−2012
Source: KSÍ
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Positions by round

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Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
Stjarnan4342222222222211222221
FH5431111111111122111112
KR9586666443334433333333
Víkingur Reykjavík12779777555443344444444
Valur3655544666665555655555
Fylkir101297888991091010998566666
Breiðablik58111011111010108788886877777
Keflavík221333333455666799101088
Fjölnir11244557778977710101199109
ÍBV5810111212121212111079101197888910
Fram5858999889111212111011111011111111
Þór A.11111212101011111112111112121212121212121212
Leader
2015–16 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round
Relegation to 1. deild karla
Source: KSÍ

Results

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Each team plays every opponent once home and away for a total of 22 matches per club, and 132 matches all together.

Home \ AwayBREFHFJÖFRAFYLÍBVKEFKRSTJÞÓRVALVÍK
Breiðablik2–42–23–02–21–14–41–21–13–23–04–1
FH1–14–04–23–01–02–01–11–21–12–11–0
Fjölnir1–10–11–43–33–01–11–10–04–11–13–0
Fram1–10–41–34–31–11–11–21–21–01–00–3
Fylkir1–10–22–12–03–12–40–41–34–12–01–1
ÍBV1–11–14–22–01–30–22–31–22–02–21–2
Keflavík2–01–11–12–40–11–20–12–23–11–22–0
KR1–10–11–03–21–03–32–02–34–11–22–0
Stjarnan2–22–22–14–01–02–02–02–12–11–10–0
Þór A.2–00–21–20–25–21–10–02–03–40–10–1
Valur1–21–44–35–31–03–00–11–41–22–01–2
Víkingur Reykjavík1–02–31–02–11–21–23–10–10–13–21–1
Source: KSÍ
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

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As of 4 October 2014[3]
RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Gary MartinKR13
2 Jonathan GlennÍBV12
3 Ólafur Karl FinsenStjarnan11
4 Árni VilhjálmssonBreiðablik10
Hörður SveinssonKeflavík
Atli GuðnasonFH
7 Atli Viðar BjörnssonFH8
Pape Mamadou FayeVíkingur R.
9 Guðjón Pétur LýðssonBreiðablik7
Jóhann Helgi HannessonÞór Akureyri

References

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  1. ^ "KR clinch 26th Icelandic title". UEFA. 23 September 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Stjarnan Íslandsmeistari í fyrsta sinn". Morgunblaðið. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
  3. ^ "Markahæstu menn Pepsi-deild karla". KSÍ.is. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
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