2008 Úrvalsdeild

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

TeamLocationVenueCapacity
FHHafnarfjörðurKaplakriki6,000
KeflavíkReykjanesbærKeflavíkurvöllur4,000
FramReykjavíkLaugardalsvöllur9,800
KR ReykjavíkReykjavíkKR-völlur6,000
ValurReykjavíkVodafonevöllurinn3,000
FjölnirReykjavíkFjölnisvöllur1,000
GrindavíkGrindavíkGrindavíkurvöllur1,500
BreiðablikKópavogurKópavogsvöllur5,000
FylkirReykjavíkFylkisvöllur4,000
ÞrótturReykjavíkValbjarnarvöllur2,500
HK KópavogsKópavogurKópavogsvöllur5,000
ÍA AkranesAkranesAkranesvöllur850

Promotion and relegation

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

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1FH (C)2215255025+2547Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2Keflavík2214445431+2346Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3Fram2213183121+1040
4KR2212373823+1539Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[a]
5Valur2211293428+635
6Fjölnir22101113933+631
7Grindavík229492936−731
8Breiðablik228684136+530
9Fylkir2264122440−1622
10Þróttur Reykjavík2257102846−1822
11HK (R)2253142647−2118Relegation to 1. deild karla
12ÍA (R)2227131846−2813
Source: ksi.is (in Icelandic)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Results

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

Home \ AwayBREFJÖFRAFYLGRIFHHKÍAKEFKRVALÞRÓ
Breiðablik4–13–02–33–64–12–16–12–21–10–20–0
Fjölnir1–20–11–00–13–33–12–01–22–12–33–4
Fram2–13–13–00–14–12–02–00–20–22–11–0
Fylkir0–20–30–30–10–22–12–23–30–22–02–3
Grindavík2–20–10–21–30–32–21–10–12–13–52–2
FH3–02–02–11–20–14–02–03–22–03–02–0
HK2–11–60–21–10–20–41–11–20–34–24–0
ÍA1–10–31–02–31–22–51–21–40–00–01–1
Keflavík3–11–21–22–13–01–03–23–14–25–35–0
KR1–22–02–03–03–11–22–12–02–21–25–2
Valur1–02–12–02–03–00–10–10–11–10–12–0
Þróttur Reykjavík2–20–31–10–00–14–42–14–13–20–10–3
Source: ksi.is (in Icelandic)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

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

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Guðmundur SteinarssonKeflavík16
2 Björgólfur Hideaki TakefusaKR14
3 Tryggvi GuðmundssonFH12
4 Atli Viðar BjörnssonFH11
5 Gunnar Már GuðmundssonFjölnir10
Helgi SigurðssonValur
7 Guðjón BaldvinssonKR9
Pétur Georg MarkannFjölnir
Nenad ŽivanovićBreiðablik
10 Ívar BjörnssonFram8
Hjörtur Júlíus HjartarsonÞróttur

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