2015 1. deild karla
# 2015 1. deild karla

The 2015 1. deild karla (English: Men's First Division) was the 61st season of second-tier Icelandic football. Twelve teams contested the league which began on 8 May and concluded on 19 September.

## Teams

The league was contested by twelve clubs. Eight remained in the division from the 2014 season, while four new clubs joined the 1. deild karla:

* Fram and Þór were relegated from the 2014 Úrvalsdeild, replacing Leiknir R. and ÍA who were promoted to the 2015 Úrvalsdeild.
* Fjarðabyggð and Grótta were promoted from the 2014 2. deild karla, in place of KV and Tindastóll who were relegated to the 2015 2. deild karla.

### Club information

| Team | Location | Stadium | 2014 season |
| - | - | - | - |
| BÍ/Bolungarvík | Ísafjörður/Bolungarvík | Torfnesvöllur | 10th |
| Fjarðabyggð | Fjarðabyggð | Eskjuvöllur | 2. deild, 1st |
| Fram | Reykjavík | Framvöllur - Úlfarsárdal | Úrvalsdeild, 11th |
| Grindavík | Grindavík | Grindavíkurvöllur | 5th |
| Grótta | Seltjarnarnes | Gróttuvöllur | 2. deild, 2nd |
| Haukar | Hafnarfjörður | Schenkervöllurinn | 7th |
| HK | Kópavogur | Kópavogsvöllur | 6th |
| KA | Akureyri | Akureyrarvöllur | 8th |
| Selfoss | Selfoss | Selfossvöllur | 9th |
| Víkingur Ó. | Ólafsvík | Ólafsvíkurvöllur | 4th |
| Þór | Akureyri | Þórsvöllur | Úrvalsdeild, 12th |
| Þróttur R. | Reykjavík | Valbjarnarvöllur | 3rd |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Víkingur Ó. | 22 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 53 | 14 | +39 | 54 | Promotion to the 2016 Úrvalsdeild |
| 2 | Þróttur R. | 22 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 45 | 21 | +24 | 44 | Promotion to the 2016 Úrvalsdeild |
| 3 | KA | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 42 | 22 | +20 | 41 | |
| 4 | Þór | 22 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 40 | 34 | +6 | 38 | |
| 5 | Grindavík | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 41 | 30 | +11 | 36 | |
| 6 | Haukar | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 28 | +4 | 34 | |
| 7 | Fjarðabyggð | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 35 | 37 | −2 | 31 | |
| 8 | HK | 22 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 26 | 33 | −7 | 31 | |
| 9 | Fram | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 34 | 45 | −11 | 21 | |
| 10 | Selfoss | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 38 | −18 | 20 | |
| 11 | Grótta | 22 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 39 | −29 | 15 | Relegation to the 2016 2. deild karla |
| 12 | BÍ/Bolungarvík | 22 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 22 | 59 | −37 | 10 | Relegation to the 2016 2. deild karla |

## Results grid

Each team plays every opponent once home and away for a total of 22 matches per club; 132 matches altogether.

| Home \ Away | BÍB | KFF | FRA | GRI | GRÓ | HAU | HK | KAK | SEL | VÓL | ÞÓR | ÞRÓ |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| BÍ/Bolungarvík | | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 1–5 | 1–3 | 1–4 |
| Fjarðabyggð | 3–0 | | 3–3 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Fram | 3–1 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 2–3 | 1–0 |
| Grindavík | 1–0 | 1–3 | 7–2 | | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 2–7 | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Grótta | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–5 |
| Haukar | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Handknattleiksfélag Kópavogs | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 3–2 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 0–3 |
| KA | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 |
| Selfoss | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | | 0–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 |
| Víkingur Ólafsvík | 2–1 | 6–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 3–2 |
| Þór A. | 6–1 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | | 2–1 |
| Þróttur Reykjavík | 5–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | |

## Top goalscorers

    As of 8 March 2016

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Björgvin Stefánsson | Haukar | 20 |
| 2 | Viktor Jónsson | Þróttur R. | 19 |
| 3 | Guðmundur Atli Steinþórsson | HK | 14 |
| 4 | Hrvoje Tokić | Víkingur Ó. | 12 |
| 4 | Elfar Árni Aðalsteinsson | KA | 12 |
| 4 | Alfreð Már Hjaltalín | Víkingur Ó. | 12 |
| 7 | Jóhann Helgi Hannesson | Þór | 11 |
| 8 | Ævar Ingi Jóhannesson | KA | 9 |
| 8 | Brynjar Jónasson | Fjarðabyggð | 9 |
| 10 | William Dominguez da Silva | Víkingur Ó. | 8 |
