# 2024 Besta deild kvenna

The 2024 Besta deild kvenna was the 53rd edition of the Icelandic top-level women's football league.
The 2024 season has opened on 21 April 2024. The regular season concluded on 25 August 2024 with the championship round running until 5 October 2024.
Breiðablik won the 2024 season with a narrow 1 point lead over Valur.

## Tiebreakers for league ranking

The following criteria are applied to determine the order of the teams in all rounds of the leagues:
* The total number of points;
* Goal difference in all league matches;
* Number of goals scored in all league matches;
* Number of points in head-to-head matches;
* Goal difference in head-to-head matches;
* Number of goals scored in head-to-head matches;
* Number of away goals scored in head-to-head matches;
If teams are still tied after all the above criteria are applied, a play-off match is held to determine the order.

## Teams

| Team | Home city | Home ground | Capacity | 2023 finish |
| Breiðablik | Kópavogur | Kópavogsvöllur | 3,009 | 2nd |
| FH | Hafnarfjörður | BIRTU völlurinn | 2,120 | 6th |
| Fylkir | Reykjavík | Würth völlurinn | 1,800 | 2nd (1. deild) |
| Keflavík | Reykjanesbær | Nettóhöllin | 1,000 | 8th |
| Stjarnan | Garðabær | Samsungvöllurinn | 1,400 | 4th |
| Tindastóll | Sauðárkrókur | Sauðárkróksvöllur | 1,300 | 7th |
| Þór/KA | Akureyri | Boginn | 400 | 5th |
| Þróttur R. | Reykjavík | AVIS völlurinn | 3,000 | 3rd |
| Valur | Reykjavík | N1-völlurinn Hlíðarenda | 1,524 | 1st |
| Víkingur R. | Reykjavík | Víkingsvöllur | 1,449 | 1st (1. deild) |

### Team changes

| Entering league | Exiting league |
| Promoted from 2023 1. deild | Relegated to 2024 1. deild |
| Fylkir Víkingur R. | ÍBV Selfoss |

## Regular season
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Valur | 18 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 48 | 16 | +32 | 49 | Advances to championship round |
| 2 | Breiðablik | 18 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 9 | +37 | 48 | Advances to championship round |
| 3 | Þór/KA | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 40 | 28 | +12 | 30 | Advances to championship round |
| 4 | Víkingur R. | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 29 | −1 | 29 | Advances to championship round |
| 5 | FH | 18 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 30 | 36 | −6 | 25 | Advances to championship round |
| 6 | Þróttur R. | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 23 | 27 | −4 | 23 | Advances to championship round |
| 7 | Stjarnan | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 34 | −12 | 21 | Participates in the qualifying round |
| 8 | Tindastóll | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 41 | −21 | 13 | Participates in the qualifying round |
| 9 | Fylkir | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 34 | −17 | 10 | Participates in the qualifying round |
| 10 | Keflavík | 18 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 16 | 36 | −20 | 10 | Participates in the qualifying round |

### Results

| Home \ Away | BRE | FHA | FYL | KEF | STJ | TIN | THK | THR | VAL | VIK |
| Breiðablik | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 |
| FH | 0–4 | | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 2–2 |
| Fylkir | 0–2 | 0–3 | | 4–2 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–0 |
| Keflavík | 0–2 | 3–4 | 1–0 | | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| Stjarnan | 0–1 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 0–2 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Tindastóll | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 3–3 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 |
| Þór/KA | 0–3 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 5–0 | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 |
| Þróttur R. | 2–4 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–4 | | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Valur | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | | 7–2 |
| Víkingur R. | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | |

## Championship round
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Breiðablik | 23 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 64 | 13 | +51 | 61 | Secures a spot in the 2025–26 Champions League qualifying round 1, champions path |
| 2 | Valur | 23 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 54 | 18 | +36 | 60 | Secures a spot in the 2025–26 Champions League qualifying round 1, league path |
| 3 | Víkingur R. | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 34 | 36 | −2 | 36 | |
| 4 | Þór/KA | 23 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 42 | 36 | +6 | 34 | |
| 5 | Þróttur R. | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 29 | 33 | −4 | 29 | |
| 6 | FH | 23 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 32 | 49 | −17 | 25 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | VAL | BRE | THK | VIK | FHA | THR |
| Valur | | 0–0 | | | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Breiðablik | | | 6–1 | 4–0 | 4–2 | |
| Þór/KA | 0–1 | | | 0–1 | 1–0 | |
| Víkingur R. | 1–2 | | | | | 1–1 |
| FH | | | | 0–3 | | 0–3 |
| Þróttur R. | | 1–4 | 0–0 | | | |

## Qualifying round
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| 1 | Stjarnan | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 29 | 41 | −12 | 25 | |
| 2 | Tindastóll | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 26 | 44 | −18 | 19 | |
| 3 | Keflavík | 21 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 25 | 43 | −18 | 14 | Relegation to 2025 1. deild |
| 4 | Fylkir | 21 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 42 | −22 | 13 | Relegation to 2025 1. deild |

### Results

| Home \ Away | STJ | TIN | FYL | KEF |
| Stjarnan | | 2–1 | 1–2 | |
| Tindastóll | | | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Fylkir | | | | 1–4 |
| Keflavík | 4–4 | | | |

## Statistics
### Top goalscorers

    As of 5 October 2024
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Sandra Jessen | Þór/KA | 22 |
| 2 | Jordyn Rhodes | Tindastóll | 12 |
| 3 | Andrea Rut Bjarnadóttir | Breiðablik | 11 |
| 3 | Vigdís Lilja Kristjánsdóttir | Breiðablik | 11 |
| 5 | Samantha Smith | Breiðablik | 9 |
| 6 | Agla María Albertsdóttir | Breiðablik | 8 |
| 6 | Katrín Ásbjörnsdóttir | Breiðablik | 8 |
| 6 | Shaina Ashouri | Víkingur R. | 8 |
| 6 | Jasmín Ingadóttir | Valur | 8 |
| 10 | Amanda Andradóttir | Valur | 7 |
| 10 | Hildigunnur Benediktsdóttir | FH | 7 |
| 10 | Úlfa Úlfarsdóttir | Stjarnan | 7 |

### Attendance

| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
| 1 | Breiðablik | 2,918 | 507 | 107 | 243 | −21.4%$^†$ |
| 2 | FH | 1,937 | 344 | 101 | 176 | −13.3%$^†$ |
| 3 | Fylkir | 3,196 | 749 | 167 | 320 | n/a$^1$ |
| 4 | Keflavík | 822 | 110 | 60 | 82 | −22.6%$^†$ |
| 5 | Stjarnan | 1,639 | 304 | 74 | 149 | −18.6%$^†$ |
| 6 | Tindastóll | 1,850 | 347 | 89 | 168 | +17.5%$^†$ |
| 7 | Þór/KA | 2,186 | 278 | 103 | 182 | +1.7%$^†$ |
| 8 | Þróttur R. | 2,221 | 867 | 72 | 202 | −12.6%$^†$ |
| 9 | Valur | 4,101 | 1,625 | 112 | 342 | −11.6%$^†$ |
| 10 | Víkingur R. | 3,204 | 552 | 97 | 291 | n/a$^1$ |
| | League total | 24,074 | 1,625 | 60 | 217 | +1.9%$^†$ |
Updated to games played on 5 October 2024 Source: KSÍ.is Notes: 1: Team played last season in 1. deild.