2021 Úrvalsdeild

Úrvalsdeild karla (Pepsi Max deild karla) 2021
Season information
Dates	30 April–25 September 2021
Winners	Víkingur Reykjavík
Relegated	HK Fylkir
Continental cup qualifiers
Champions League	Víkingur Reykjavík
Europa League	Breiðablik
Season statistics
Matches played	132
Goals scored	373
Top goalscorer	Nikolaj Hansen (16 goals)
Biggest home win	FH 5–0 Leiknir (15 August 2021) ÍA 5–0 Fylkir (19 September 2021)
Biggest away win	Fylkir 0–7 Breiðablik (29 August 2021)
Highest scoring	Fylkir 0–7 Breiðablik (29 August 2021)
← 2020	2022 →

The 2021 Úrvalsdeild karla, also known as Pepsi Max deild karla for sponsorship reasons, was the 110th season of top-flight Icelandic football. Twelve teams contested the league, including the defending champions Valur, who won their 23rd league title in 2020.

Teams

The 2021 Úrvalsdeild was contested by twelve teams, ten of which played in the division the previous year and two teams promoted from 1. deild karla. The bottom two teams from the previous season, Grótta and Fjölnir (both relegated after one year in the top flight), were relegated to the 2021 1. deild karla and were replaced by Keflavík (promoted after a two-year absence) and Leiknir (promoted after a five-year absence), champions and runners-up of the 2020 1. deild karla respectively.

Club information

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Breiðablik	Kópavogur	Kópavogsvöllur	3,009
FH	Hafnarfjörður	Kaplakriki	6,450
Fylkir	Reykjavík	Floridana völlurinn	1,854
HK	Kópavogur	Kórinn	1,452
ÍA	Akranes	Norðurálsvöllurinn	3,054
KA	Akureyri	Akureyrarvöllur	1,645
Keflavík	Reykjanesbær	Keflavíkurvöllur	5,200
KR	Reykjavík	Alvogenvöllurinn	3,333
Leiknir	Reykjavík	Leiknisvöllur	1,025
Stjarnan	Garðabær	Samsung völlurinn	1,440
Valur	Reykjavík	Valsvöllur	2,465
Víkingur R.	Reykjavík	Víkingsvöllur	2,023

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Breiðablik	Óskar Hrafn Þorvaldsson	Höskuldur Gunnlaugsson	Errea	Vörður
FH	Ólafur Jóhannesson	Matthías Vilhjálmsson	Nike	Auður
Fylkir	Atli Sveinn Þórarinsson Ólafur Stígsson	Ragnar Bragi Sveinsson	Macron	Eykt
HK	Brynjar Gunnarsson	Gudmundur Thór Júlíusson	Macron	MótX
ÍA	Joey Guðjónsson	Óttar Bjarni Gudmundsson	Errea	Norðurál
KA	Arnar Grétarsson	Ásgeir Sigurgeirsson	Errea	N1
Keflavík	Sigurður Ragnar Eyjólfsson Eysteinn Hauksson	Magnús Þór Magnússon	Nike	Geysir
KR	Rúnar Kristinsson	Óskar Örn Hauksson	Nike	Alvotech
Leiknir	Sigurdur Heidar Höskuldsson	Sævar Atli Magnússon	Errea	Víkurverk
Stjarnan	Þorvaldur Örlygsson	Daníel Laxdal	Uhlsport	Tryggingamiðstöðin
Valur	Heimir Guðjónsson	Haukur Páll Sigurðsson	Macron	Bose
Víkingur R.	Arnar Gunnlaugsson	Sölvi Ottesen	Macron	Grant Thornton

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Valur	Ólafur Jóhannesson	End of contract	28 September 2019	Pre-season	Heimir Guðjónsson	2 October 2019
Fylkir	Helgi Sigurðsson	Resigned	28 September 2019		Atli Sveinn Þórarinsson & Ólafur Stígsson	15 October 2019
Breiðablik	Ágúst Gylfason	Sacked	28 September 2019		Óskar Hrafn Þorvaldsson	5 October 2019
Grótta	Óskar Hrafn Þorvaldsson	Left for Breiðablik	5 October 2019		Ágúst Gylfason	17 October 2019
Stjarnan	Rúnar Páll Sigmundsson	Co-manager hired	6 November 2019		Rúnar Páll Sigmundsson & Ólafur Jóhannesson	6 November 2019
KA	Óli Stefán Flóventsson	Sacked	15 July 2020	11th	Arnar Grétarsson	15 July 2020
FH	Ólafur Kristjánsson	Left for Esbjerg fB	16 July 2020	8th	Logi Ólafsson & Eiður Smári Guðjohnsen	16 July 2020

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Víkingur Reykjavík (C)	22	14	6	2	38	21	+17	48	Qualification for the Champions League preliminary round
2	Breiðablik	22	15	2	5	55	21	+34	47	Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round
3	KR	22	12	5	5	35	19	+16	41
4	KA	22	12	4	6	36	20	+16	40
5	Valur	22	12	3	7	37	26	+11	39
6	FH	22	9	6	7	39	26	+13	33
7	Stjarnan	22	6	4	12	24	36	−12	22
8	Leiknir	22	6	4	12	18	32	−14	22
9	ÍA	22	6	3	13	29	44	−15	21
10	Keflavík	22	6	3	13	23	38	−15	21
11	HK (R)	22	5	5	12	21	39	−18	20	Relegation to 1. deild karla
12	Fylkir (R)	22	3	7	12	18	51	−33	16

Source: Flashscore KSI (in Icelandic)
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.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated

Fixtures and results

Each team was originally scheduled to play home and away once against every other team for a total of 22 games each.

Home \ Away	BRE	FH	FYL	HK	ÍA	KA	KEF	KR	LEI	STJ	VAL	VÍK
Breiðablik	—	4–0	2–0	3–0	2–1	2–0	4–0	0–2	4–0	4–0	3–0	4–0
FH	1–0	—	1–0	2–4	5–1	1–1	0–0	0–2	5–0	1–1	1–1	1–2
Fylkir	0–7	0–2	—	1–2	3–1	2–1	4–2	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–6	0–3
HK	2–3	1–3	2–2	—	1–3	0–0	1–0	0–1	2–1	1–0	0–3	0–0
ÍA	2–3	0–3	5–0	4–1	—	0–2	2–2	0–2	3–1	0–0	2–1	1–1
KA	0–2	2–2	2–0	2–0	3–0	—	2–1	1–2	3–0	2–1	0–1	0–1
Keflavík	2–0	0–5	1–1	2–0	2–3	1–4	—	0–2	1–0	2–0	1–2	1–2
KR	1–1	1–1	4–0	1–1	3–1	1–3	1–0	—	2–1	1–2	2–3	1–2
Leiknir	3–3	2–1	3–0	0–0	2–0	0–1	0–1	0–2	—	2–0	1–0	2–1
Stjarnan	1–3	0–4	2–0	2–1	4–0	0–1	2–3	0–2	0–0	—	2–1	2–3
Valur	3–1	2–0	1–1	3–2	2–0	1–4	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–2	—	1–1
Víkingur Reykjavík	3–0	2–0	2–2	3–0	1–0	2–2	1–0	1–1	2–0	3–2	2–1	—

Source: KSÍ
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

As of 25 September 2021

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Nikolaj Hansen	Víkingur Reykjavik	16
2	Hallgrímur Mar Steingrímsson	KA	11
	Árni Vilhjálmsson	Breiðablik
4	Sævar Atli Magnússon	Leiknir	10
	Joey Gibbs	Keflavík
6	Steven Lennon	FH	9
	Patrick Pedersen	Valur
	Kristinn Steindórsson	Breiðablik
9	Matthías Vilhjálmsson	Stjarnan	7
	Ásgeir Sigurgeirsson	KA
	Kjartan Finnbogason	KR

External links

• Official website

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