2022 Besta-deild karla

Besta-deild karla 2022
Season information
Dates	18 April–29 October 2022
Winners	Breiðablik
Relegated	Leiknir ÍA
Continental cup qualifiers
Champions League	Breiðablik
Europa Conference League	Víkingur Reykjavík KA
Season statistics
Matches played	132
Goals scored	461
Top goalscorer	Nökkvi Þeyr Þórisson (17 goals)
Biggest home win	Víkingur Reykjavík 9–0 Leiknir (7 September 2022)
Biggest away win	Leiknir 1–7 Keflavík (22 October 2022)
Highest scoring	Fram 4–8 Keflavík (17 September 2022)
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The 2022 Besta-deild karla was the 111th season of top-flight Icelandic football. Twelve teams contested the league, including the defending champions Víkingur R., who won their first league title in 2021. It was the first season of the league after it was rebranded as Besta-deild karla.

Teams

The 2022 Besta-deild karla is 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, HK and Fylkir (both relegated after one year in the top flight), were relegated to the 2022 1. deild karla and were replaced by Knattspyrnufélagið Fram and ÍBV, 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
Fram	Reykjavík	Laugardalsvöllur	9,800
ÍA	Akranes	Norðurálsvöllurinn	3,054
ÍBV	Vestmannaeyjar	Hásteinsvöllur	2,300 (534 seated)
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

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Breiðablik	22	16	3	3	55	23	+32	51	Qualification for the Championship Round
2	Víkingur Reykjavík	22	12	7	3	58	32	+26	43
3	KA	22	13	4	5	45	26	+19	43
4	Valur	22	9	5	8	38	32	+6	32
5	KR	22	7	10	5	37	34	+3	31
6	Stjarnan	22	8	7	7	40	42	−2	31
7	Keflavík	22	8	4	10	39	40	−1	28	Qualification for the Relegation Round
8	Fram	22	5	10	7	44	51	−7	25
9	ÍBV	22	4	8	10	33	44	−11	20
10	Leiknir	22	5	5	12	21	49	−28	20
11	FH	22	4	7	11	27	35	−8	19
12	ÍA	22	3	6	13	24	53	−29	15

Source: Flashscore, KSI (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.

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	FRA	ÍA	ÍBV	KA	KEF	KR	LEI	STJ	VAL	VÍK
Breiðablik	—	3–0	4–3	3–1	3–0	4–1	4–1	4–0	4–0	3–2	1–0	1–1
FH	0–0	—	4–2	6–1	2–0	0–3	3–0	2–3	2–2	1–1	2–2	0–3
Fram	0–2	1–0	—	1–1	3–3	2–2	4–8	1–4	4–1	2–2	3–2	3–3
ÍA	1–5	1–1	0–4	—	2–1	0–3	0–2	4–4	1–2	0–3	1–2	3–0
ÍBV	0–0	4–1	2–2	0–0	—	0–3	2–2	1–2	1–1	3–1	3–2	0–3
KA	2–1	1–0	2–2	3–0	4–3	—	3–2	0–1	1–0	0–2	1–1	2–3
Keflavík	2–3	2–1	3–1	0–1	3–3	1–3	—	0–0	3–0	2–2	0–1	0–3
KR	0–1	0–0	1–1	3–3	4–0	0–0	1–0	—	1–1	3–1	3–3	0–3
Leiknir	1–2	0–0	1–2	1–0	1–4	0–5	1–2	4–3	—	0–3	1–0	0–0
Stjarnan	5–2	2–1	1–1	2–2	1–0	2–4	0–2	1–1	0–3	—	1–0	2–2
Valur	3–2	2–0	1–1	4–0	2–1	0–1	0–3	2–1	2–1	6–1	—	1–3
Víkingur R	0–3	2–1	4–1	3–2	2–2	2–1	4–1	2–2	9–0	4–5	2–2	—

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

Championship round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BRE	KA	VÍK	KR	STJ	VAL
1	Breiðablik (C)	27	20	3	4	66	27	+39	63	Qualification for the Champions League preliminary round		—	—	1–0	0–1	3–0	—
2	KA	27	16	5	6	54	30	+24	53	Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round		1–2	—	—	1–0	—	2–0
3	Víkingur Reykjavík	27	13	9	5	66	41	+25	48			—	2–2	—	2–2	—	3–2
4	KR	27	9	11	7	42	40	+2	38			—	—	—	—	0–2	2–1
5	Stjarnan	27	10	7	10	44	52	−8	37			—	0–3	2–1	—	—	—
6	Valur	27	10	5	12	46	44	+2	35			2–5	—	—	—	3–0	—

Source: 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 away goals scored; 7) Play-off
(Note: Play-off is only played if need to decide champion, teams for relegation or UEFA competition and will be played on a neutral ground).
(C) Champion

Relegation round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		KEF	ÍBV	FRA	FH	ÍA	LEI
7	Keflavík	27	11	4	12	56	48	+8	37			—	—	4–0	2–3	3–2	—
8	ÍBV	27	8	8	11	43	50	−7	32			2–1	—	—	2–1	—	1–0
9	Fram	27	7	10	10	53	63	−10	31			—	1–3	—	3–0	—	3–2
10	FH	27	6	7	14	36	46	−10	25			—	—	—	—	1–2	4–2
11	ÍA (R)	27	6	7	14	36	63	−27	25	Relegation to 1. delid karla		—	3–2	3–2	—	—	—
12	Leiknir (R)	27	5	6	16	28	66	−38	21			1–7	—	—	—	2–2	—

Source: 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 away goals scored; 7) Play-off
(Note: Play-off is only played if need to decide champion, teams for relegation or UEFA competition and will be played on a neutral ground).
(R) Relegated

Top scorers

As of 29 October 2022

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Nökkvi Þeyr Þórisson	KA	17
2	Guðmundur Magnússon	Fram
3	Ísak Snær Þorvaldsson	Breiðablik	14
4	Patrik Johannesen	Keflavík	12
5	Jason Daði Svanþórsson	Breiðablik	11
	Emil Atlason	Stjarnan
7	Andri Rúnar Bjarnason	ÍBV	10
8	Dagur Dan Þórhallsson	Breiðablik	9
	Helgi Guðjónsson	Víkingur Reykjavík
	Matthías Vilhjálmsson	FH
	Eyþór Aron Wöhler	ÍA
	Hallgrímur Mar Steingrímsson	KA

External links

• Official website

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