# 2023 2. deild karla

The 2023 2. deild karla (English: Men's Second Division) was the 58th season of third-tier Icelandic football. The season began on 5 May 2023 and finished on 16 September 2023.
Twelve teams contested the league. The title winners (Dalvík/Reynir) and runners-up (ÍR) were promoted to the 2024 1. deild karla. The bottom two teams (KV and Sindri) were relegated to the 2024 3. deild karla.

## Teams
### Team changes

| Promoted from 2022 3. deild karla | Promoted to 2023 1. deild karla | Relegated from 2022 1. deild karla | Relegated to 2023 3. deild karla |
| Dalvík/Reynir KFG Sindri | Ægir Njarðvík Þróttur Reykjavík | KV Þróttur Vogum | Magni Reynir |

### Stadia and locations

| Team | Location | Stadium |
| Dalvík/Reynir | Dalvík | Dalvíkurvöllur |
| Haukar | Hafnarfjörður | Ásvellir |
| Höttur/Huginn | Múlaþing | Vilhjálmsvöllur |
| ÍR | Reykjavík (Breiðholt) | ÍR-völlur |
| KF | Fjallabyggð | Ólafsfjarðarvöllur |
| KFA | Fjarðabyggð | Fjarðabyggðarhöllin |
| KFG | Garðabær | Samsung völlurinn |
| KV | Reykjavík (Vesturbær) | KV Park |
| Sindri | Höfn | Sindravellir |
| Víkingur Ólafsvík | Ólafsvík | Ólafsvíkurvöllur |
| Völsungur | Húsavík | PCC völlurinn |
| Þróttur Vogum | Vogar | Vogaídýfuvöllur |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Dalvík/Reynir (C, P) | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 45 | 23 | +22 | 45 | Promotion to 1. deild karla |
| 2 | ÍR (P) | 22 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 55 | 28 | +27 | 41 | Promotion to 1. deild karla |
| 3 | KFA | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 45 | 24 | +21 | 41 | |
| 4 | Þróttur Vogum | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 42 | 30 | +12 | 38 | |
| 5 | Víkingur Ólafsvík | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 42 | 34 | +8 | 38 | |
| 6 | Höttur/Huginn | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 34 | 38 | −4 | 33 | |
| 7 | Haukar | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 31 | |
| 8 | KFG | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 41 | 40 | +1 | 30 | |
| 9 | Völsungur | 22 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 33 | 38 | −5 | 25 | |
| 10 | KF | 22 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 36 | 49 | −13 | 25 | |
| 11 | Sindri (R) | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 25 | 53 | −28 | 17 | Relegation to 3. deild karla |
| 12 | KV (R) | 22 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 59 | −41 | 9 | Relegation to 3. deild karla |

### Results

Each team played each other twice (22 matches each), once at home and once away.
| Home \ Away | DAL | HAU | HÓT | ÍR | KF | KFA | KFG | KV | SIN | VÍK | VÓL | ÞRÓ |
| Dalvík/Reynir | — | 1–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 |
| Haukar | 1–1 | — | 3–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 4–1 |
| Höttur/Huginn | 1–3 | 4–2 | — | 0–5 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| ÍR | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | — | 3–1 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 7–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 |
| KF | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–4 | — | 1–3 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 3–2 |
| KFA | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 6–1 | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| KFG | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–5 | 2–0 | 0–0 | — | 5–2 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 2–4 |
| KV | 1–4 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 1–3 | — | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 |
| Sindri | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | — | 3–3 | 0–1 | 1–3 |
| Víkingur Ólafsvík | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 7–1 | — | 3–2 | 2–1 |
| Völsungur | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–2 |
| Þróttur Vogum | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 3–2 | — |