# 2014 1. deild karla

The 2014 1. deild karla (English: Men's First Division) was the 60th season of second-tier Icelandic football. Twelve teams contested the league; play began on 9 May and was concluded on 20 September. Leiknir R were crowned champions on 20. Sept 2014 for the first time and earned their first ever promotion to Úrvalsdeild.

## Teams

The league will be contested by twelve clubs. Eight remained in the division from the 2013 season, while four new clubs joined the 1. deild karla:
* ÍA and Víkingur Ólafsvík were relegated from the 2013 Úrvalsdeild, replacing Fjölnir and Víkingur Reykjavík who were promoted to the 2014 Úrvalsdeild
* HK and KV were promoted from the 2013 2. deild karla, in place of KF and Völsungur who were relegated to the 2014 2. deild karla

### Club information

| Team | Location | Stadium | 2013 season |
| BÍ/Bolungarvík | Ísafjörður/Bolungarvík | Torfnesvöllur | 5th |
| Grindavík | Grindavík | Grindavíkurvöllur | 4th |
| Haukar | Hafnarfjörður | Schenkervöllurinn | 3rd |
| HK | Kópavogur | Kópavogsvöllur | 2. deild, 1st |
| ÍA | Akranes | Akranesvöllur | Úrvalsdeild, 12th |
| KA | Akureyri | Akureyrarvöllur | 6th |
| KV | Reykjavík | KR-völlur | 2. deild, 2nd |
| Leiknir R. | Reykjavík | Leiknisvöllur | 7th |
| Selfoss | Selfoss | Selfossvöllur | 8th |
| Tindastóll | Sauðárkrókur | Sauðárkróksvöllur | 9th |
| Víkingur Ó. | Ólafsvík | Ólafsvíkurvöllur | Úrvalsdeild, 11th |
| Þróttur R. | Reykjavík | Valbjarnarvöllur | 10th |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Leiknir R. (C, P) | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 43 | 19 | +24 | 48 | Promotion to the 2015 Úrvalsdeild |
| 2 | ÍA (P) | 22 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 46 | 24 | +22 | 43 | Promotion to the 2015 Úrvalsdeild |
| 3 | Þróttur R. | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 35 | 27 | +8 | 37 | |
| 4 | Víkingur Ó. | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 38 | 32 | +6 | 36 | |
| 5 | Grindavík | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 39 | 24 | +15 | 35 | |
| 6 | HK | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 34 | 28 | +6 | 34 | |
| 7 | Haukar | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 37 | 32 | +5 | 32 | |
| 8 | KA | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 42 | 33 | +9 | 31 | |
| 9 | Selfoss | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 33 | −9 | 26 | |
| 10 | BÍ/Bolungarvík | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 34 | 45 | −11 | 25 | |
| 11 | KV (R) | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 34 | 53 | −19 | 18 | Relegation to the 2015 2. deild karla |
| 12 | Tindastóll (R) | 22 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 71 | −56 | 4 | Relegation to the 2015 2. deild karla |

## 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 | BÍB | GRI | HAU | HK | ÍA | KAK | KV | LRE | SEL | TIN | VÓL | ÞRÓ |
| BÍ/Bolungarvík | | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–6 | 1–3 | 0–5 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Grindavík | 3–0 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Haukar | 3–1 | 1–0 | | 4–1 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–4 |
| HK | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 |
| ÍA | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | | 2–4 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 2–3 | 3–1 |
| KA | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | | 5–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 |
| KV | 0–3 | 3–2 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 2–2 | | 0–1 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–3 |
| Leiknir R. | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Selfoss | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–6 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 2–2 | | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| Tindastóll | 4–6 | 0–3 | 0–5 | 0–0 | 0–5 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–5 | 0–2 | | 0–3 | 2–2 |
| Víkingur Ólafsvík | 2–4 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 2–1 |
| Þróttur Reykjavík | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–3 | |

## Top goalscorers

    As of 18 October 2014.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals | Matches | Ratio |
| 1 | Garðar Bergmann Gunnlaugsson | ÍA | 19 | 21 | 0.90 |
| 2 | Sindri Björnsson | Leiknir R | 13 | 21 | 0.62 |
| 3 | Eyþór Helgi Birgisson | Víkingur Ó | 11 | 18 | 0.61 |
| 4= | Arsenij Buinickij | KA | 10 | 21 | 0.48 |
| 4= | Guðmundur Atli Steinþórsson | HK | 10 | 21 | 0.48 |
| 6 | Hilmar Árni Halldórsson | Leiknir R | 10 | 22 | 0.45 |
| 7 | Hilmar Rafn Emilsson | Haukar | 9 | 14 | 0.64 |
| 8 | Viktor Unnar Illugason | HK | 9 | 20 | 0.45 |
| 9 | Hallgrímur Mar Steingrímsson | KA | 9 | 21 | 0.43 |
| 10 | Juraj Grizelj | Grindavík | 8 | 19 | 0.42 |