2016 1. deild karla

The 2016 1. deild karla (English: Men's First Division) was the 62nd season of second-tier Icelandic football. The league began on 6 May and concluded on 24 September.[1]

1. deild karla
Season2016
ChampionsKA
(2nd title)
PromotedKA
Grindavík
RelegatedFjarðabyggð
Huginn
Matches played132
Goals scored373 (2.83 per match)
Top goalscorerAlexander Veigar Þórarinsson
Gunnar Örvar Stefánsson
(14 goals)
Biggest home winGrindavík 5–0 Leiknir F.
(21 May 2016)
Grindavík 5–0 Þór
(9 July 2016)
Biggest away winHK 2–7 Leiknir F.
(24 September 2016)
Highest scoringFjarðabyggð 4–4 HK
(4 June 2016)
Longest winning run6 matches:
KA
Þór
Longest unbeaten run13 matches:
Grindavík
Longest winless run11 matches:
Fjarðabyggð
Longest losing run6 matches:
Fjarðabyggð
← 2015
2017 →
All statistics correct as of 15 October 2016.

Teams

The league will be contested by twelve clubs. Eight remained in the division from the 2015 season, while four new clubs joined the 1. deild karla:

Club information
Location of teams in the 2016 1. deild karla
TeamLocationStadium2015 season
Fjarðabyggð Fjarðabyggð Eskjuvöllur 7th
Fram Reykjavík Framvöllur - Úlfarsárdal 9th
Grindavík Grindavík Grindavíkurvöllur 5th
Haukar Hafnarfjörður Schenkervöllurinn 6th
HK Kópavogur Kórinn 8th
Huginn Seyðisfjörður Seyðisfjarðarvöllur 2. deild, 1st
KA Akureyri Akureyrarvöllur 3rd
Keflavík Keflavík Keflavíkurvöllur Úrvalsdeild, 12th
Leiknir F. Fáskrúðsfjörður Búðagrund 2. deild, 2nd
Leiknir R. Reykjavík Leiknisvöllur Úrvalsdeild, 11th
Selfoss Selfoss Selfossvöllur 10th
Þór Akureyri Þórsvöllur 4th

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 KA (C, P) 22 16 3 3 42 16 +26 51 Promotion to the 2017 Úrvalsdeild
2 Grindavík (P) 22 12 6 4 50 21 +29 42
3 Keflavík 22 8 11 3 31 20 +11 35
4 Þór 22 10 3 9 34 38 −4 33
5 Haukar 22 9 4 9 31 35 −4 31
6 Fram 22 8 6 8 25 29 −4 30
7 Leiknir R. 22 8 5 9 21 28 −7 29
8 Selfoss 22 6 10 6 28 25 +3 28
9 HK 22 5 7 10 32 45 −13 22
10 Leiknir F. 22 6 3 13 32 45 −13 21
11 Huginn (R) 22 5 6 11 20 34 −14 21 Relegation to the 2017 2. deild karla
12 Fjarðabyggð (R) 22 3 8 11 26 36 −10 17
Updated to match(es) played on 24 September 2016. Source: ksi.is
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Results grid

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

Home \ Away KFF FRA GRI HAU HK HUG KAK KEF LEF LRE SEL ÞÓR
Fjarðabyggð 2–1 2–2 1–2 4–4 1–2 1–4 2–2 2–2 1–1 0–0 2–3
Fram 2–1 0–2 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–3 1–0 3–1 2–1 1–1 2–1
Grindavík 1–0 0–0 3–2 4–0 2–2 2–2 1–0 5–0 4–0 1–1 5–0
Haukar 0–3 3–1 0–4 1–1 3–0 4–1 4–3 1–0 2–1 1–1 3–2
Handknattleiksfélag Kópavogs 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–4 1–1 2–7 2–1 0–3 1–2
Huginn 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 0–4 1–0 0–0 0–2 0–1 3–3 1–2
KA 2–0 3–0 2–1 0–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 4–0 3–1 1–0 1–0
Keflavík 2–1 2–2 2–0 1–0 3–2 0–0 0–0 4–0 0–0 3–0 2–2
Leiknir F. 0–1 3–2 1–4 4–0 0–0 2–4 0–1 2–3 1–0 1–1 3–2
Leiknir R. 0–0 2–1 0–3 1–0 4–1 1–1 0–2 0–0 2–1 0–3 2–0
Selfoss 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 3–4 4–1 0–2 0–0 3–2 0–1 0–1
Þór A. 3–1 0–0 4–3 4–2 2–1 2–1 0–3 1–2 1–0 1–2 1–1
Updated to match(es) played on 24 September 2016. Source: ksi.is
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers
As of matches played 24 September 2016[2]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Alexander Veigar Þórarinsson Grindavík 14
Gunnar Örvar Stefánsson Þór
3 Hákon Ingi Jónsson HK 13
4 Elfar Árni Aðalsteinsson KA 10
Kristófer Páll Viðarsson Leiknir F.
6 Ivan Bubalo Fram 9
Elton Renato Livramento Barros Haukar
8 Ásgeir Sigurgeirsson KA 8
9 Víkingur Pálmason Fjarðabyggð 7
Andri Rúnar Bjarnason Grindavík
Sigurbergur Elísson Keflavík

References
  1. "2016 1. deild karla fixtures, results and league standings". KSÍ.is. Archived from the original on 2 March 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
  2. "Markahæstu menn". KSÍ.is. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
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