2025 Besta deild karla

Besta deild karla
Season2025
Dates5 April – 26 October 2025
ChampionsVíkingur Reykjavík (8th title)
RelegatedVestri
Afturelding
Champions LeagueVíkingur Reykjavík
Europa LeagueVestri
Conference LeagueStjarnan
Valur
Matches162
Goals538 (3.32 per match)
Top goalscorerPatrick Pedersen
(18 goals)
Biggest home winKR 5–0 ÍA
(27 April 2025)
Valur 6–1 ÍA
(10 May 2025)
Valur 6–1 KR
(23 June 2025)
FH 5–0 KA
(13 July 2025)
Biggest away winKR 0–7 Víkingur
(14 September 2025)
Highest scoringBreiðablik 4–5 FH
(17 August 2025)
Longest winning run6 matches
Víkingur
Longest unbeaten run9 matches
Víkingur
Longest winless run11 matches
Afturelding
Longest losing run4 matches
Vestri
Highest attendance3107
KR 1–1 Breiðablik
(26 July 2025)
Lowest attendance200
Vestri 1–0 FH
(13 April 2025)
Total attendance137,909
Average attendance851
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The 2025 Besta deild karla was the 114th season of top-flight Icelandic Football. It was the fourth season following the league's rebrand as Besta deild karla.[1]

Teams

The league consisted of twelve teams: the top ten teams from the previous season, and two teams promoted from the 1. deild karla. Breiðablik entered the season as defending champions after winning their seventh title during the previous season.[2]

The promoted teams were the 2024 1. deild karla champions ÍBV (promoted after a single-season absence), and play-off winners Afturelding (promoted to the top division for the first time in their history). They replaced the 2024 Besta deild karla bottom two teams, HK and Fylkir.

Changes from the previous season

Promoted to the Besta deild

Relegated to the 1. deild

Personnel and kits

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor (chest)
Afturelding Magnús Már Einarsson Aron Elí Sævarsson Jako Kaleo
Breiðablik Ólafur Ingi Skúlason Höskuldur Gunnlaugsson Nike Vörður
FH Heimir Guðjónsson Björn Daníel Sverrisson Nike Auður
Fram Rúnar Kristinsson Kennie Chopart Erreà Michelsen 1909
ÍA Lárus Orri Sigurðsson Rúnar Már Sigurjónsson Puma Norðurál
ÍBV Þorlákur Már Árnason Alex Freyr Hilmarsson Nike N1
KA Hallgrímur Jónasson Ívar Örn Árnason Macron N1
KR Óskar Hrafn Þorvaldsson Aron Sigurðarson Macron Alvotech
Stjarnan Jökull I Elísabetarson Guðmundur Kristjánsson Puma TM
Valur Srdjan Tufegdžić Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson Macron Saltverk
Vestri Jón Þór Hauksson Elmar Atli Garðarsson Jako Kerecis
Víkingur Sölvi Geir Ottesen Jónsson Oliver Ekroth Macron Húsasmiðjan

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in the table Incoming manager Date of appointment
ÍA Jón Þór Hauksson Sacked 16 June 2025 12th Lárus Orri Sigurðsson 21 June 2025
Vestri Davíð Smári Lamude Sacked 29 September 2025 10th Jón Þór Hauksson 30 September 2025
Breiðablik Halldór Árnason Sacked 20 October 2025 4th Ólafur Ingi Skúlason 20 October 2025

Stadia and locations

Locations of the 2025 Besta deild karla teams
Team Location Stadium
Afturelding Mosfellsbær Malbikstöðin að Varmá
Breiðablik Kópavogur Kópavogsvöllur
FH Hafnarfjörður Kaplakriki
Fram Reykjavík Lambhagavöllur
ÍA Akranes ELKEM völlurinn
ÍBV Vestmannaeyjar Hásteinsvöllur
KA Akureyri Greifavöllurinn
KR Reykjavík Meistaravellir
Stjarnan Garðabær Samsung völlurinn
Valur Reykjavík N1 Völlurinn
Vestri Ísafjörður Kerecisvöllurinn
Víkingur Reykjavík Reykjavík Víkingsvöllur

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Víkingur Reykjavík 22 12 6 4 47 27 +20 42 Qualification for the Championship Round
2 Valur 22 12 4 6 53 35 +18 40
3 Stjarnan 22 12 4 6 43 35 +8 40
4 Breiðablik 22 9 7 6 37 35 +2 34
5 FH 22 8 6 8 41 35 +6 30
6 Fram 22 8 5 9 32 31 +1 29
7 ÍBV 22 8 5 9 24 28 −4 29 Qualification for the Relegation Round
8 KA 22 8 5 9 29 39 −10 29
9 Vestri 22 8 3 11 23 28 −5 27
10 KR 22 6 6 10 42 51 −9 24
11 ÍA 22 7 1 14 26 43 −17 22
12 Afturelding 22 5 6 11 29 39 −10 21
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.[3]

Results

Team played each other twice (once at home and once away) for a total of 22 games each.[4]

Home \ Away AFT BRE FH FRA ÍA ÍBV KA KR STJ VAL VES VÍK
Afturelding — 2–2 1–2 1–1 4–1 0–0 3–3 4–3 3–0 0–2 1–1 1–0
Breiðablik 2–0 — 4–5 1–1 1–4 1–1 1–1 3–3 2–1 2–1 1–0 3–1
FH 0–0 2–0 — 2–2 3–2 1–1 5–0 2–2 1–1 3–0 2–0 2–2
Fram 3–0 4–2 2–0 — 0–1 2–0 1–2 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–2
ÍA 3–1 3–0 1–3 0–1 — 0–3 3–0 1–0 0–3 2–2 0–2 0–1
ÍBV 1–2 0–2 2–1 3–1 2–0 — 0–0 2–1 1–0 4–1 0–2 0–0
KA 1–0 0–1 3–2 2–0 2–0 1–0 — 2–2 1–1 2–5 4–1 0–2
KR 2–1 1–1 3–2 2–3 5–0 4–1 1–2 — 1–2 3–3 2–1 0–7
Stjarnan 4–1 1–4 2–1 2–0 2–1 2–3 3–2 4–2 — 3–2 2–1 2–2
Valur 4–3 2–1 3–1 2–1 6–1 3–0 3–1 6–1 1–2 — 1–1 1–1
Vestri 2–0 0–1 1–0 3–2 0–2 2–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 0–2 — 0–1
Víkingur Reykjavík 2–1 2–2 3–1 3–2 2–1 2–0 4–0 3–2 2–4 1–2 4–1 —
Source: KSI (in Icelandic), Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship Round

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Víkingur Reykjavík (C) 27 17 6 4 58 31 +27 57 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Valur 27 13 6 8 61 46 +15 45 Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
3 Stjarnan 27 12 6 9 50 45 +5 42 Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round
4 Breiðablik 27 11 9 7 46 42 +4 42
5 Fram 27 10 6 11 41 40 +1 36
6 FH 27 8 9 10 49 46 +3 33
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.[5]
(C) Champions


Results

Teams play each other once for the third time (either at home or away) for a total of 5 games each.

Home \ Away BRE FH FRA STJ VAL VÍK
Breiðablik — — 3–1 — — 1–2
FH 1–1 — 3–4 — — —
Fram — — — 1–1 2–0 —
Stjarnan 2–3 0–0 — — — 2–3
Valur 1–1 4–4 — 3–2 — —
Víkingur Reykjavík — 2–0 2–1 — 2–0 —
Source: KSI (in Icelandic), Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation Round

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 KA 27 11 6 10 45 49 −4 39
2 ÍA 27 11 1 15 37 50 −13 34
3 ÍBV 27 9 6 12 34 37 −3 33
4 KR 27 8 7 12 55 62 −7 31
5 Vestri (R) 27 8 5 14 26 44 −18 29 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round and
relegation to the 1. deild karla[a]
6 Afturelding (R) 27 6 9 12 36 46 −10 27 Relegation to the 1. deild karla
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.[6]
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Vestri qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round as the 2025 Icelandic Men's Football Cup winners.


Results

Teams play each other once for the third time (either at home or away) for a total of 5 games each.

Home \ Away AFT ÍA ÍBV KA KR VES
Afturelding — — — 3–2 — 1–1
ÍA 1–0 — — — 3–2 —
ÍBV 1–1 0–2 — 3–4 — —
KA — 5–1 — — 4–2 1–1
KR 2–2 — 2–1 — — —
Vestri — 0–4 0–5 — 1–5 —
Source: KSI (in Icelandic), Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Patrick Pedersen Valur 18
2 Sigurður Bjartur Hallsson FH 16
3 Aron Sigurðarson KR 14
Örvar Eggertsson Stjarnan
Eiður Gauti Sæbjörnsson KR
6 Hallgrímur Mar Steingrímsson KA 13
7 Andri Rúnar Bjarnason Stjarnan 12
Hrannar Snær Magnússon Afturelding
9 Tryggvi Hrafn Haraldsson Valur 11
10 Viktor Jónsson ÍA 10
Nicolaj Hansen Víkingur
Tobias Thomsen Breiðablik

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date
Kristófer Ingi Kristinsson Breiðablik Stjarnan 4–1 (A) 27 June 2025
Valdimar Þór Ingimundarson Víkingur KR 7–0 (A) 14 September 2025
Hermann Þór Ragnarsson ÍBV Vestri 5–0 (A) 28 September 2025
Sigurður Bjartur Hallsson FH Valur 4–4 (A) 19 October 2025
Fram 3–4 (H) 25 October 2025

Clean sheets

Rank Player Club Clean
sheets
1 Ingvar Jónsson Víkingur 8
Árni Marinó Einarsson ÍA
3 Marcel Zapytowski ÍBV 7
4 Guy Smit Vestri 6
Mathias Rosenørn FH
Viktor Freyr Sigurðsson Fram
7 Steinþór Már Auðunsson KA 5
Anton Ari Einarsson Breiðablik
9 Jökull Andrésson Afturelding 4
10 Frederik Schram Valur 3
Árni Snær Ólafsson Stjarnan

Discipline

Player

  • Most yellow cards: 10
    • Tómas Orri Róbertsson (FH)
    • Aron Þórður Albertsson (KR)
    • Birgir Baldvinsson (KA)
  • Most red cards: 1
    • 22 players (Various)

Club

  • Most yellow cards: 75
    • Vestri
  • Most red cards: 4
    • FH

Attendances

# Club Average[7]
1 KR 1,443
2 Víkingur 1,351
3 Breiðablik 1,111
4 ÍA 890
5 Stjarnan 881
6 FH 862
7 Fram 833
8 Valur 782
9 Afturelding 738
10 KA 565
11 ÍB 459
12 Vestri 354

References

  1. ^ "2025 Besta deild karla". Soccerway. 16 February 2025. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
  2. ^ "2025 Besta deild karla". UEFA. 16 February 2025. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
  3. ^ "Besta-deild karla 2022 – Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 24 January 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  4. ^ "2025 Besta deild karla". voetbal. 16 February 2025. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
  5. ^ "Besta-deild karla 2022 – Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 24 January 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  6. ^ "Besta-deild karla 2022 – Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 24 January 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  7. ^ https://www.worldfootball.net/competition/co57/iceland-urvalsdeild/se85631/2025/attendance/
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