# 2019 Úrvalsdeild

The 2019 Úrvalsdeild karla, also known as Pepsi Max-deild karla for sponsorship reasons, was the 108th season of top-flight Icelandic football. Twelve teams contested the league, including the defending champions Valur, who won their 21st league title in 2018.
The season began in April 2019 and concluded on 28 September 2019.

## Teams

The 2019 Úrvalsdeild is contested by twelve teams, ten of which played in the division the previous year and two teams promoted from 1. deild karla. The bottom two teams from the previous season, Fjölnir and Keflavík, were relegated to the 2019 1. deild karla and were replaced by ÍA and HK, champions and runners-up of the 2018 1. deild karla respectively.

### Club information

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Breiðablik | Kópavogur | Kópavogsvöllur | 3,009 |
| FH | Hafnarfjörður | Kaplakriki | 6,450 |
| Fylkir | Reykjavík | Floridana völlurinn | 1,854 |
| Grindavík | Grindavík | Grindavíkurvöllur | 1,750 |
| ÍBV | Vestmannaeyjar | Hásteinsvöllur | 3,034 |
| KA | Akureyri | Akureyrarvöllur | 1,645 |
| KR | Reykjavík | Alvogenvöllurinn | 3,333 |
| HK | Kópavogur | Kórinn | 1,452 |
| ÍA | Akranes | Norðurálsvöllurinn | 3,054 |
| Stjarnan | Garðabær | Samsung völlurinn | 1,440 |
| Valur | Reykjavík | Valsvöllur | 2,465 |
| Víkingur R. | Reykjavík | Víkingsvöllur | 1,848 |

### Personnel and kits

| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| Breiðablik | Ágúst Gylfason | Gunnleifur Gunnleifsson | Jako | Vörður |
| FH | Ólafur Kristjánsson | Davíð Viðarsson | Adidas | Actavis |
| Grindavík | Srdjan Tufegdzic | Gunnar Þorsteinsson | Stanno | LÝSI |
| Fylkir | Helgi Sigurðsson | Ásgeir Börkur Ásgeirsson | Jako | Wurth |
| HK | Brynjar Gunnarsson | Leifur Andri Leifsson | macron | N1 |
| ÍA | Joey Guðjónsson | Arnar Már Guðjónsson | Erreà | Norðurál |
| ÍBV | Ian Jeffs | Sindri Snær Magnússon | Hummel | Bónus |
| KA | Óli Stefán Flóventsson | Guðmann Þórisson | Diadora | N1 |
| KR | Rúnar Kristinsson | Pálmi Rafn Pálmason | Nike | Alvogen |
| Stjarnan | Rúnar Páll Sigmundsson | Baldur Sigurðsson | Uhlsport | Orkan |
| Valur | Ólafur Jóhannesson | Haukur Páll Sigurðsson | Macron | Munck |
| Víkingur R. | Arnar Gunnlaugsson | Sölvi Ottesen | Macron | TVG-Zimsen |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| Grindavík | Óli Stefán Flóventsson | Resigned | 3 September 2018 | Pre-season | Srdjan Tufegdzic | 6 October 2018 |
| KA | Srdjan Tufegdzic | Resigned | 13 September 2018 | Pre-season | Óli Stefán Flóventsson | 1 October 2018 |
| ÍBV | Kristján Guðmundsson | Resigned | 26 September 2018 | Pre-season | Pedro Hipólito | 29 September 2018 |
| Víkingur R. | Logi Ólafsson | Resigned | 3 October 2018 | Pre-season | Arnar Gunnlaugsson | 6 October 2018 |
| ÍBV | Pedro Hipólito | Resigned | 30 June 2019 | 12th | Ian Jeffs | 11 July 2019 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | KR (C) | 22 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 44 | 23 | +21 | 52 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Breiðablik | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 45 | 31 | +14 | 38 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | FH | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 40 | 36 | +4 | 37 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Stjarnan | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 40 | 34 | +6 | 35 | |
| 5 | KA | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 31 | |
| 6 | Valur | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 38 | 34 | +4 | 29 | |
| 7 | Víkingur | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 37 | 35 | +2 | 28 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 8 | Fylkir | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 38 | 44 | −6 | 28 | |
| 9 | HK | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 27 | |
| 10 | ÍA | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 32 | −5 | 27 | |
| 11 | Grindavík (R) | 22 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 28 | −11 | 20 | Relegation to 1. deild karla |
| 12 | ÍBV (R) | 22 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 23 | 52 | −29 | 10 | Relegation to 1. deild karla |
* ↑ Víkingur qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2019 Icelandic Cup.

## Results

Each team played home and away once against every other team for a total of 22 games each.
| Home \ Away | BRE | FH | FYL | GRI | HK | ÍA | ÍBV | KA | KR | STJ | VAL | VIK |
| Breiðablik | — | 4–1 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 3–1 |
| FH | 2–4 | — | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 6–4 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 |
| Fylkir | 4–3 | 2–2 | — | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–4 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 3–1 |
| Grindavík | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 |
| HK | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 |
| ÍA | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | — | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–5 |
| ÍBV | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | — | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| KA | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | — | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 3–4 |
| KR | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | — | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 |
| Stjarnan | 1–3 | 1–3 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Valur | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | — | 3–3 |
| Víkingur R. | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 3–4 | 2–2 | — |

### Positions by round

| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| KR | 7 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Breiðablik | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| FH | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Stjarnan | 7 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| KA | 9 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 |
| Valur | 5 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 6 |
| Víkingur | 5 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 7 |
| Fylkir | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 8 |
| HK | 10 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 |
| ÍA | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 10 |
| Grindavík | 10 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| ÍBV | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
* Leader
* 2020–21 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round
* Relegation to 1. deild karla

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Gary Martin | Valur/ÍBV | 14 |
| 2 | Steven Lennon | FH | 13 |
| 2 | Thomas Mikkelsen | Breiðablik | 13 |
| 2 | Elfar Árni Aðalsteinsson | KA | 13 |
| 2 | Hilmar Árni Halldórsson | Stjarnan | 13 |
| 6 | Geoffrey Castillion | Fylkir | 10 |
| 6 | Hallgrímur Mar Steingrímsson | KA | 10 |
| 8 | Patrick Pedersen | Valur | 8 |
| 8 | Pálmi Rafn Pálmason | KR | 8 |
| 8 | Morten Beck Guldsmed | FH | 8 |