2008 Úrvalsdeild

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The 2008 season of Úrvalsdeild was the 97th season of top-tier football in Iceland. The league, also known as Landsbankadeild for sponsoring reasons, has been expanded from 10 teams to 12 teams in 2008.

Úrvalsdeild
Season2008
Dates10 May – 27 September 2008
ChampionsFH
RelegatedHK
ÍA
Champions LeagueFH
Europa LeagueKeflavík
Fram
KR
Matches played132
Goals scored412 (3.12 per match)
Top goalscorerGuðmundur Steinarsson (16)
2007
2009

Teams and venues

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Team Location Venue Capacity
FH Hafnarfjörður Kaplakriki 6,000
Keflavík Reykjanesbær Keflavíkurvöllur 4,000
Fram Reykjavík Laugardalsvöllur 9,800
KR Reykjavík Reykjavík KR-völlur 6,000
Valur Reykjavík Vodafonevöllurinn 3,000
Fjölnir Reykjavík Fjölnisvöllur 1,000
Grindavík Grindavík Grindavíkurvöllur 1,500
Breiðablik Kópavogur Kópavogsvöllur 5,000
Fylkir Reykjavík Fylkisvöllur 4,000
Þróttur Reykjavík Valbjarnarvöllur 2,500
HK Kópavogs Kópavogur Kópavogsvöllur 5,000
ÍA Akranes Akranes Akranesvöllur 850

Promotion and relegation

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Víkingur Reykjavík were relegated from Úrvalsdeild after finishing in 10th place the previous season. Their place was taken by 1. deild champions UMF Grindavík. Due to expansion from 10 to 12 teams, 2nd placed Þróttur Reykjavík and 3rd placed Fjölnir Reykjavík were also promoted.

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FH (C) 22 15 2 5 50 25 +25 47 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Keflavík 22 14 4 4 54 31 +23 46 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3 Fram 22 13 1 8 31 21 +10 40
4 KR 22 12 3 7 38 23 +15 39 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[a]
5 Valur 22 11 2 9 34 28 +6 35
6 Fjölnir 22 10 1 11 39 33 +6 31
7 Grindavík 22 9 4 9 29 36 −7 31
8 Breiðablik 22 8 6 8 41 36 +5 30
9 Fylkir 22 6 4 12 24 40 −16 22
10 Þróttur Reykjavík 22 5 7 10 28 46 −18 22
11 HK (R) 22 5 3 14 26 47 −21 18 Relegation to 1. deild karla
12 ÍA (R) 22 2 7 13 18 46 −28 13
Source: ksi.is (in Icelandic)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ KR Reykjavík won VISA-bikar 2008 and thereby qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.

Results

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Each team played every opponent once home and away for a total of 22 matches.

Home \ Away BRE FJÖ FRA FYL GRI FH HK ÍA KEF KR VAL ÞRÓ
Breiðablik 4–1 3–0 2–3 3–6 4–1 2–1 6–1 2–2 1–1 0–2 0–0
Fjölnir 1–2 0–1 1–0 0–1 3–3 3–1 2–0 1–2 2–1 2–3 3–4
Fram 2–1 3–1 3–0 0–1 4–1 2–0 2–0 0–2 0–2 2–1 1–0
Fylkir 0–2 0–3 0–3 0–1 0–2 2–1 2–2 3–3 0–2 2–0 2–3
Grindavík 2–2 0–1 0–2 1–3 0–3 2–2 1–1 0–1 2–1 3–5 2–2
FH 3–0 2–0 2–1 1–2 0–1 4–0 2–0 3–2 2–0 3–0 2–0
HK 2–1 1–6 0–2 1–1 0–2 0–4 1–1 1–2 0–3 4–2 4–0
ÍA 1–1 0–3 1–0 2–3 1–2 2–5 1–2 1–4 0–0 0–0 1–1
Keflavík 3–1 1–2 1–2 2–1 3–0 1–0 3–2 3–1 4–2 5–3 5–0
KR 1–2 2–0 2–0 3–0 3–1 1–2 2–1 2–0 2–2 1–2 5–2
Valur 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 3–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 2–0
Þróttur Reykjavík 2–2 0–3 1–1 0–0 0–1 4–4 2–1 4–1 3–2 0–1 0–3
Source: ksi.is (in Icelandic)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

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Source: ksi.is Archived 2011-05-26 at the Wayback Machine (in Icelandic)

Rank Player Club Goals
1   Guðmundur Steinarsson Keflavík 16
2   Björgólfur Hideaki Takefusa KR 14
3   Tryggvi Guðmundsson FH 12
4   Atli Viðar Björnsson FH 11
5   Gunnar Már Guðmundsson Fjölnir 10
  Helgi Sigurðsson Valur
7   Guðjón Baldvinsson KR 9
  Pétur Georg Markann Fjölnir
  Nenad Živanović Breiðablik
10   Ívar Björnsson Fram 8
  Hjörtur Júlíus Hjartarson Þróttur
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