2023 Besta deild karla

The 2023 Besta deild karla will be the 112th season of top-flight Icelandic football. Twelve teams will be contested the league, including the defending champions Breiðablik, who won their second league title in 2022.[1] It will be the second season of the league after it was rebranded as Besta deild karla.[2]

Besta deild karla
Season2023
Dates10 April – 7 October 2023
← 2022
2024 →

Teams
Locations of the 2023 Besta deild karla teams

The 2023 Besta deild karla weel be 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, ÍA (relegated after four years in the top flight) and Leiknir (relegated after two years in the top flight), were relegated to the 2023 1. deild karla and were replaced by HK and Fylkir (both promoted after a one-year absence) champions and runners-up of the 2022 1. deild karla respectively.

Club information
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Breiðablik Kópavogur Kópavogsvöllur 3,009[3]
FH Hafnarfjörður Kaplakriki 6,450[4]
Fram Reykjavík Laugardalsvöllur 9,800
Fylkir Reykjavík Floridana völlurinn 1,854[5]
HK Kópavogur Kórinn 1,452[6]
ÍBV Vestmannaeyjar Hásteinsvöllur 2,300 (534 seated)
KA Akureyri Akureyrarvöllur[lower-alpha 1] 1,645[7]
Keflavík Reykjanesbær Keflavíkurvöllur 5,200
KR Reykjavík Alvogenvöllurinn 3,333[8]
Stjarnan Garðabær Samsung völlurinn 1,440
Valur Reykjavík Valsvöllur 2,465[9]
Víkingur R. Reykjavík Víkingsvöllur 2,023[10]
Notes
  1. Due to pitch issues at their home stadium, KA are currently playing home games at Dalvíkurvöllur in the nearby town of Dalvík.

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Breiðablik 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the Championship Round
2 FH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Fram 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Fylkir 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 HK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 ÍBV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 KA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the Relegation Round
8 Keflavík 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 KR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Stjarnan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Valur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Víkingur Reykjavík 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 10 April 2023. Source: 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.[11]

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.[12]

Home \ Away BRE FH FRA FYL HK ÍBV KA KEF KR STJ VAL VÍK
Breiðablik — 10 Apr
FH —
Fram —
Fylkir —
HK —
ÍBV —
KA —
Keflavík —
KR —
Stjarnan —
Valur —
Víkingur R —
First match(es) will be played on 10 April 2023. Source: KSI (in Icelandic), Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References
  1. "Íslandsmót KSÍ - Besta-deild karla 2022". kki.is (in Icelandic). Football Association of Iceland. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  2. Helga Margrét Höskuldsdóttir (24 February 2022). "Nýtt vörumerki með rætur íslenskri knattspyrnusögu". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  3. "Kópavogsvöllur | Knattspyrnusamband Íslands".
  4. "Kaplakrikavöllur | Knattspyrnusamband Íslands".
  5. "Fylkisvöllur | Knattspyrnusamband Íslands".
  6. "Kórinn – Knattspyrnusamband Íslands". www.ksi.is.
  7. "Akureyrarvöllur – Knattspyrnusamband Íslands". www.ksi.is.
  8. "Meistaravellir – Knattspyrnusamband Íslands". www.ksi.is.
  9. http://gamli.ksi.is/mannvirki/knattspyrnuvellir/?vollur=39%5B%5D
  10. "Leikskýrsla: Víkingur R. – Leiknir – Knattspyrnusamband Íslands". www.ksi.is.
  11. "Besta-deild karla 2022 – Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 24 January 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  12. "Úrvalsdeild 2020". voetbal.com.
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