2012 Úrvalsdeild


The 2012 Úrvalsdeild is the 101st season of top-tier football in Iceland. The season began on 6 May 2012 and concluded 29 September 2012. The league was won by FH, the club's sixth Icelandic league title, while defending champions KR finished as runners-up, some 13 points behind FH. At the other end of the table, Grindavík and Selfoss ended the campaign in the bottom two and were thereby relegated to the 2013 1. deild karla.

Teams

A total of twelve teams will contest the league, including ten sides from the 2011 season and two promoted teams from the 1. deild karla.
Þór Akureyri and Víkingur R. were relegated from 2011 Úrvalsdeild after finishing the season in the bottom two places of the league table. Both teams were relegated having just achieved promotion the season before.
2011 1. deild karla champions ÍA Akranes and runners-up Selfoss secured direct promotion to the Úrvalsdeild. ÍA returned to the Úrvalsdeild after a three-year absence while Selfoss return immediately to the top league after a one-year absence.
TeamLocationStadiumStadium capacity
BreiðablikKópavogurKópavogsvöllur
FHHafnarfjörðurKaplakriki
FramReykjavíkLaugardalsvöllur
FylkirReykjavíkFylkisvöllur
GrindavikGrindavikGrindavíkurvöllur
ÍAAkranesAkranesvöllur
ÍBVVestmannaeyjarHásteinsvöllur
KeflavíkKeflavíkNettóvöllurinn
KRReykjavíkKR-völlur
SelfossSelfossSelfossvöllur
StjarnanGarðabærStjörnuvöllur
ValurReykjavíkVodafonevöllurinn

League table

Positions by round

Results

Each team play every opponent once home and away for a total of 22 matches.

Top goalscorers

Source
RankPlayerClubGoals
1Atli GuðnasonFH12
2Kristinn Ingi HalldórssonFram11
3Ingimundur Níels ÓskarssonFylkir10
4Björn Daníel SverrissonFH9
4Christian OlsenÍBV9
4Garðar GunnlaugssonÍA9
7Kjartan FinnbogasonKR8
7Garðar JóhannssonStjarnan8