2017 2. deild karla
# 2017 2. deild karla

The Icelandic men's second division 2017 football season was the 52nd season of third-tier football in Iceland. Twelve teams contested the league. Play began on 6 May and concluded on 23 September.

## Teams

The league was contested by twelve clubs, eight of which played in the division during the 2016 season. There were four new clubs from the previous campaign:

* Huginn and Fjarðabyggð were relegated from the 2016 1. deild karla, replacing ÍR and Grótta who were promoted to the 2017 1. deild karla
* Tindastóll and Víðir were promoted from the 2016 3. deild karla, in place of Ægir and KF who were relegated to the 2017 3. deild karla

### Club information

| Team | Location | Stadium | 2016 season |
| - | - | - | - |
| Afturelding | Mosfellsbær | Varmárvöllur | 3rd |
| Fjarðabyggð | Reyðarfjörður | Fjarðabyggðarhöllin | 12th in 1. deild |
| Huginn | Seyðisfjörður | Seyðisfjarðarvöllur | 11th in 1. deild |
| Höttur | Egilsstaðir | Vilhjálmsvöllur | 7th |
| KV | Reykjavík | KR-völlur | 10th |
| Magni | Grenivík | Grenivíkurvöllur | 5th |
| Njarðvík | Njarðvík | Njarðtaksvöllurinn | 8th |
| Sindri | Höfn | Sindravellir | 4th |
| Tindastóll | Sauðárkrókur | Sauðárkróksvöllur | 1st in 3. deild |
| Vestri | Ísafjörður | Torfnesvöllur | 6th |
| Víðir | Garður | Nesfisk-völlurinn | 2nd in 3. deild |
| Völsungur | Húsavík | Húsavíkurvöllur | 9th |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Njarðvík (C, P) | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 51 | 29 | +22 | 50 | Promotion to the 2018 1. deild karla |
| 2 | Magni (P) | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 52 | 41 | +11 | 39 | Promotion to the 2018 1. deild karla |
| 3 | Víðir | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 51 | 45 | +6 | 37 | |
| 4 | Afturelding | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 50 | 37 | +13 | 34 | |
| 5 | Huginn | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 41 | 28 | +13 | 34 | |
| 6 | Tindastóll | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 47 | 42 | +5 | 34 | |
| 7 | Völsungur | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 55 | 47 | +8 | 30 | |
| 8 | Fjarðabyggð | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 28 | 41 | −13 | 28 | |
| 9 | Vestri | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 34 | 35 | −1 | 27 | |
| 10 | Höttur | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 39 | 54 | −15 | 26 | |
| 11 | KV (R) | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 37 | 57 | −20 | 21 | Relegation to the 2018 3. deild karla |
| 12 | Sindri (R) | 22 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 35 | 64 | −29 | 9 | Relegation to the 2018 3. deild karla |

## Results

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 | HUG | HÖT | KV | MAG | NJA | SIH | TIN | VES | VIÐ | VÖL |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Afturelding | | 0–1 | 3–2 | 6–2 | 1–2 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 3–1 |
| Fjarðabyggð | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–7 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 |
| Huginn | 2–2 | 5–0 | | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Höttur | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 2–2 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–4 | 4–2 |
| Knattspyrnufélag Vesturbæjar | 2–4 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | | 1–3 | 4–6 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–3 |
| Magni | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–3 | 5–3 | 4–1 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| Njarðvík | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 3–2 |
| Sindri | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 4–4 | 2–2 | 1–2 | | 2–2 | 0–5 | 3–5 | 2–4 |
| Tindastóll | 2–3 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 6–1 | 5–3 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 4–2 | 4–3 |
| Íþróttafélagið Vestri | 4–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–4 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 0–3 | 2–2 | | 3–1 | 3–2 |
| Víðir | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 6–5 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | | 2–1 |
| Völsungur | 5–1 | 5–0 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 5–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 | |

## Top goalscorers

    As of matches played on 23 September 2017.

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sæþór Olgeirsson | Völsungur | 23 |
| 2 | Kristinn Þór Rósbergsson | Magni | 16 |
| 2 | Gonzalo Zamorano Leon | Huginn | 16 |
| 4 | Ágúst Leó Björnsson | Afturelding | 13 |
| 4 | Ignacio Gonzalez Martinez | Höttur | 13 |
| 4 | Kenneth Hogg | Njarðvík | 13 |
| 7 | Lars Óli Jessen | Magni | 10 |
| 7 | Ragnar Þór Gunnarsson | Tindastóll | 10 |
| 9 | Helgi Þór Jónsson | Víðir | 9 |
| 9 | Andri Fannar Freysson | Njarðvík | 9 |
| 9 | Patrik Snær Atlason | Víðir | 9 |
