2018 2. deild karla
# 2018 2. deild karla

The 2018 2. deild karla was the 53rd season of third-tier football in Iceland. Twelve teams contested the league. Play began on 5 May and conclude on 22 September.

## Teams

The league will be contested by twelve clubs, eight of which played in the division during the 2017 season. There are four new clubs from the previous campaign:

* Leiknir F. and Grótta were relegated from the 2017 1. deild karla, replacing Njarðvík and Magni who were promoted to the 2018 1. deild karla
* Kári and Þróttur V. were promoted from the 2017 3. deild karla, in place of KV and Sindri who were relegated to the 2018 3. deild karla

### Club information

| Team | Location | Stadium | 2017 season |
| - | - | - | - |
| Afturelding | Mosfellsbær | Varmárvöllur | 4th |
| Fjarðabyggð | Reyðarfjörður | Fjarðabyggðarhöllin | 8th |
| Grótta | Seltjarnarnes | Vivaldivöllurinn | 12th in 1. deild |
| Huginn | Seyðisfjörður | Seyðisfjarðarvöllur | 5th |
| Höttur | Egilsstaðir | Vilhjálmsvöllur | 10th |
| Kári | Akranes | Akraneshöllin | 1st in 3. deild |
| Leiknir F. | Reyðarfjörður | Fjarðabyggðarhöllin | 11th in 1. deild |
| Tindastóll | Sauðárkrókur | Sauðárkróksvöllur | 6th |
| Vestri | Ísafjörður | Torfnesvöllur | 9th |
| Víðir | Garður | Nesfisk-völlurinn | 3rd |
| Völsungur | Húsavík | Húsavíkurvöllur | 7th |
| Þróttur V. | Vogar | Vogabæjarvöllur | 2nd in 3. deild |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Afturelding (C, P) | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 58 | 27 | +31 | 45 | Promotion to 2019 1. deild karla |
| 2 | Grótta (P) | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 54 | 25 | +29 | 45 | Promotion to 2019 1. deild karla |
| 3 | Vestri | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 42 | 17 | +25 | 44 | |
| 4 | Völsungur | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 45 | 31 | +14 | 40 | |
| 5 | Kári | 22 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 46 | 44 | +2 | 38 | |
| 6 | Þróttur V. | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 36 | 31 | +5 | 33 | |
| 7 | Fjarðabyggð | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 27 | 32 | −5 | 28 | |
| 8 | Tindastóll | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 28 | 53 | −25 | 24 | |
| 9 | Víðir | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 28 | 36 | −8 | 23 | |
| 10 | Leiknir F. | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 31 | 36 | −5 | 22 | |
| 11 | Höttur (R) | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 31 | 49 | −18 | 21 | Relegation to 2019 3. deild karla |
| 12 | Huginn (R) | 22 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 55 | −42 | 6 | Relegation to 2019 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 | GRÓ | HUG | HÖT | KÁR | LEF | TIN | VES | VIÐ | VÖL | ÞRÓ |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Afturelding | | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 7–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| Fjarðabyggð | 0–3 | | 1–2 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 |
| Grótta | 1–2 | 6–0 | | 4–0 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Huginn | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 |
| Höttur | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–5 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 |
| Kári | 2–3 | 1–5 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | | 3–2 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 3–1 |
| Leiknir F. | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 8–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 |
| Tindastóll | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 0–0 |
| Vestri | 1–3 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Víðir | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | | 2–3 | 1–2 |
| Völsungur | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 6–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | | 2–1 |
| Þróttur V. | 1–6 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 5–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | |

## Top goalscorers

    As of matches played on

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Andri Freyr Jónasson | Afturelding | 21 |
| 2 | Andri Júlíusson | Kári | 14 |
| 2 | Pétur Bjarnason | Vestri | 14 |
| 4 | Guðmundur Óli Steingrímsson | Völsungur | 11 |
| 4 | Óliver Dagur Thorlacius | Grótta | 11 |
| 4 | Stefan Lamanna | Tindastóll | 11 |
