The 2018 2. deild karla was the 53rd season of third-tier football in Iceland. Twelve teams contested the league. Play began on 5 May and conclude on 22 September.[1]

2. deild karla
Season2018
ChampionsAfturelding
Matches played132
Goals scored439 (3.33 per match)
Top goalscorerAndri Freyr Jónasson
(21 goals)
Biggest home winLeiknir F. 8-0 Tindastóll
(2 September 2018)
Biggest away winÞróttur V. 1-6 Afturelding
(29 June 2018)
Höttur 0-5 Vestri
(28 July 2018)
Highest scoringAfturelding 7-2 Tindastóll
(12 May 2018)
2017
2019 →
All statistics correct as of 22 September 2018.

Teams

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The league will be contested by twelve clubs, eight of which played in the division during the 2017 season. There are four new clubs from the previous campaign:

Club information

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Team Location Stadium 2017 season
Afturelding Mosfellsbær Varmárvöllur 4th
Fjarðabyggð Reyðarfjörður Fjarðabyggðarhöllin 8th
Grótta Seltjarnarnes Vivaldivöllurinn 12th in 1. deild
Huginn Seyðisfjörður Seyðisfjarðarvöllur 5th
Höttur Egilsstaðir Vilhjálmsvöllur 10th
Kári Akranes Akraneshöllin 1st in 3. deild
Leiknir F. Reyðarfjörður Fjarðabyggðarhöllin 11th in 1. deild
Tindastóll Sauðárkrókur Sauðárkróksvöllur 6th
Vestri Ísafjörður Torfnesvöllur 9th
Víðir Garður Nesfisk-völlurinn 3rd
Völsungur Húsavík Húsavíkurvöllur 7th
Þróttur V. Vogar Vogabæjarvöllur 2nd in 3. deild

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Afturelding (C, P) 22 13 6 3 58 27 +31 45 Promotion to 2019 1. deild karla
2 Grótta (P) 22 14 3 5 54 25 +29 45
3 Vestri 22 13 5 4 42 17 +25 44
4 Völsungur 22 12 4 6 45 31 +14 40
5 Kári 22 12 2 8 46 44 +2 38
6 Þróttur V. 22 9 6 7 36 31 +5 33
7 Fjarðabyggð 22 8 4 10 27 32 −5 28
8 Tindastóll 22 7 3 12 28 53 −25 24
9 Víðir 22 6 5 11 28 36 −8 23
10 Leiknir F. 22 5 7 10 31 36 −5 22
11 Höttur (R) 22 5 6 11 31 49 −18 21 Relegation to 2019 3. deild karla
12 Huginn (R) 22 1 3 18 13 55 −42 6
Updated to match(es) played on 22 September 2018. Source: KSÍ (in Icelandic), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Head-to-head away goals scored; 8) Play-off (only for deciding champion); 9) Draw.[2]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

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 altogether.

Home \ Away AFT KFF GRÓ HUG HÖT KÁR LEF TIN VES VIÐ VÖL ÞRÓ
Afturelding 1–0 2–2 4–0 2–2 5–1 4–1 7–2 0–0 2–1 1–2 1–2
Fjarðabyggð 0–3 1–2 2–0 4–3 3–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–2 2–2
Grótta 1–2 6–0 4–0 5–0 4–1 3–0 5–2 3–2 4–2 2–1 1–2
Huginn 1–3 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–3 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–2 0–3 1–1
Höttur 1–3 1–1 1–1 4–2 4–1 2–0 3–1 0–5 0–0 1–1 1–3
Kári 2–3 1–5 1–0 4–1 2–2 3–2 5–2 1–2 3–2 4–2 3–1
Leiknir F. 2–2 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 8–0 2–2 3–0 2–2 1–3
Tindastóll 3–2 1–0 0–4 5–1 1–0 1–2 2–2 2–0 1–3 3–2 0–0
Vestri 1–3 1–0 6–0 1–0 5–0 2–2 3–0 1–1 3–1 2–0 2–0
Víðir 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 3–1 2–3 1–0 2–0 0–0 2–3 1–2
Völsungur 1–1 1–1 2–3 6–2 2–3 1–0 4–1 1–0 2–1 3–0 2–1
Þróttur V. 1–6 3–1 0–0 5–1 5–2 0–2 0–0 4–0 0–1 1–1 0–2
Updated to match(es) played on 22 September 2018. Source: [1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

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As of matches played on[3]
Rank Player Club Goals
1   Andri Freyr Jónasson Afturelding 21
2   Andri Júlíusson Kári 14
  Pétur Bjarnason Vestri
4   Guðmundur Óli Steingrímsson Völsungur 11
  Óliver Dagur Thorlacius Grótta
  Stefan Lamanna Tindastóll

References

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  1. ^ a b "2018 2. deild karla fixtures, results and league standings". KSÍ.is. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  2. ^ "2. deild 2018 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Markahæstu menn". www.ksi.is. Knattspyrnusamband Íslands. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
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