2014 Úrvalsdeild
# 2014 Úrvalsdeild

The 2014 Úrvalsdeild karla, also known as Pepsi-deild karla for sponsorship reasons, was the 103rd season of top-flight Icelandic football. Twelve teams contested the league; the defending champions were KR, who won their twenty-sixth league title in 2013.

On 4 October Stjarnan won their first Úrvalsdeild karla title. Stjarnan went through the season unbeaten in the league and equalled the point record of 52 points.

## Teams

The 2014 Úrvalsdeild will be contested by twelve clubs, ten of which played in the division the previous year. The changes from the 2013 campaign are:

* Víkingur Ó. and ÍA were relegated from the 2013 Úrvalsdeild to the 2014 1. deild karla.
* Fjölnir and Víkingur R. were promoted from the 2013 1. deild karla to the 2014 Úrvalsdeild.

### Club information

| Team | Location | Stadium | 2013 season |
| - | - | - | - |
| Breiðablik | Kópavogur | Kópavogsvöllur | 4th |
| FH | Hafnarfjörður | Kaplakrikavöllur | 2nd |
| Fjölnir | Reykjavík | Fjölnisvöllur | 1st, 1. deild |
| Fram | Reykjavík | Laugardalsvöllur | 10th |
| Fylkir | Reykjavík | Fylkisvöllur | 7th |
| ÍBV | Vestmannaeyjar | Hásteinsvöllur | 6th |
| Keflavík | Keflavík | Keflavíkurvöllur | 8th |
| KR | Reykjavík | KR-völlur | 1st |
| Stjarnan | Garðabær | Stjörnuvöllur | 3rd |
| Þór | Akureyri | Þórsvöllur | 9th |
| Valur | Reykjavík | Hlíðarendi | 5h |
| Víkingur | Reykjavík | Víkin | 2nd, 1. deild |

## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Stjarnan (C) | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 42 | 21 | +21 | 52 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | FH | 22 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 46 | 17 | +29 | 51 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | KR | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 40 | 24 | +16 | 43 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Víkingur Reykjavík | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 25 | 29 | −4 | 30 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Valur | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 31 | 36 | −5 | 28 | |
| 6 | Fylkir | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 34 | 40 | −6 | 28 | |
| 7 | Breiðablik | 22 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 36 | 33 | +3 | 27 | |
| 8 | Keflavík | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 29 | 32 | −3 | 25 | |
| 9 | Fjölnir | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 33 | 36 | −3 | 23 | |
| 10 | ÍBV | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 28 | 38 | −10 | 22 | |
| 11 | Fram (R) | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 30 | 48 | −18 | 21 | Relegation to 1. deild karla |
| 12 | Þór A. (R) | 22 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 24 | 44 | −20 | 12 | Relegation to 1. deild karla |

* ↑ The 2014 Icelandic Cup winner, KR, qualifies for 2015–16 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round.

### Positions by round

| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Stjarnan | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| FH | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| KR | 9 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Víkingur Reykjavík | 12 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Valur | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Fylkir | 10 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Breiðablik | 5 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Keflavík | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 |
| Fjölnir | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 |
| ÍBV | 5 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Fram | 5 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| Þór A. | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |

* Leader
* 2015–16 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round
* Relegation to 1. deild karla

## Results

Each team plays every opponent once home and away for a total of 22 matches per club, and 132 matches all together.

| Home \ Away | BRE | FH | FJÖ | FRA | FYL | ÍBV | KEF | KR | STJ | ÞÓR | VAL | VÍK |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Breiðablik | | 2–4 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–4 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 4–1 |
| FH | 1–1 | | 4–0 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Fjölnir | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 1–4 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| Fram | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–3 | | 4–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 |
| Fylkir | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | | 3–1 | 2–4 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| ÍBV | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 |
| Keflavík | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 1–2 | | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| KR | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | | 2–3 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| Stjarnan | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Þór A. | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–4 | | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Valur | 1–2 | 1–4 | 4–3 | 5–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 2–0 | | 1–2 |
| Víkingur Reykjavík | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | |

## Top goalscorers

    As of 4 October 2014.

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Gary Martin | KR | 13 |
| 2 | Jonathan Glenn | ÍBV | 12 |
| 3 | Ólafur Karl Finsen | Stjarnan | 11 |
| 4 | Árni Vilhjálmsson | Breiðablik | 10 |
| 4 | Hörður Sveinsson | Keflavík | 10 |
| 4 | Atli Guðnason | FH | 10 |
| 7 | Atli Viðar Björnsson | FH | 8 |
| 7 | Pape Mamadou Faye | Víkingur R. | 8 |
| 9 | Guðjón Pétur Lýðsson | Breiðablik | 7 |
| 9 | Jóhann Helgi Hannesson | Þór Akureyri | 7 |
