# 2024 Besta deild karla

The 2024 Besta deild karla was the 113th season of top-flight Icelandic Football. It was the third season following the league's rebrand as Besta deild karla.

## Teams

The league consisted of twelve teams: the top ten teams from the previous season, and two teams promoted from the 1. deild karla. Víkingur Reykjavík entered the season as defending champions after winning their seventh title during the previous season.
The promoted teams were 2023 1. deild karla champions ÍA (promoted after a single season absence), and play-off winners Vestri (promoted for the first time in their history). They replaced the 2023 Besta deild karla bottom two teams, ÍBV and Keflavík.

## Stadia and locations

| Team | Location | Stadium |
| Breiðablik | Kópavogur | Kópavogsvöllur |
| FH | Hafnarfjörður | Kaplakriki |
| Fram | Reykjavík | Laugardalsvöllur |
| Fylkir | Reykjavík | Floridana völlurinn |
| HK | Kópavogur | Kórinn |
| ÍA | Akranes | Norðurálsvöllurinn |
| KA | Akureyri | Akureyrarvöllur |
| KR | Reykjavík | Alvogenvöllurinn |
| Stjarnan | Garðabær | Samsung völlurinn |
| Valur | Reykjavík | Valsvöllur |
| Vestri | Ísafjörður | Olísvöllurinn |
| Víkingur Reykjavík | Reykjavík | Víkingsvöllur |

## Regular season
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Víkingur Reykjavík | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 56 | 23 | +33 | 49 | Qualification for the Championship Round |
| 2 | Breiðablik | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 53 | 28 | +25 | 49 | Qualification for the Championship Round |
| 3 | Valur | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 53 | 33 | +20 | 38 | Qualification for the Championship Round |
| 4 | ÍA | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 41 | 31 | +10 | 34 | Qualification for the Championship Round |
| 5 | Stjarnan | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 40 | 35 | +5 | 34 | Qualification for the Championship Round |
| 6 | FH | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 39 | 38 | +1 | 33 | Qualification for the Championship Round |
| 7 | Fram | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 31 | 32 | −1 | 27 | Qualification for the Relegation Round |
| 8 | KA | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 32 | 38 | −6 | 27 | Qualification for the Relegation Round |
| 9 | KR | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 35 | 46 | −11 | 21 | Qualification for the Relegation Round |
| 10 | HK | 22 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 26 | 56 | −30 | 20 | Qualification for the Relegation Round |
| 11 | Vestri | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 43 | −21 | 18 | Qualification for the Relegation Round |
| 12 | Fylkir | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 26 | 51 | −25 | 17 | Qualification for the Relegation Round |

### Results

Each team was originally scheduled to play home and away once against every other team for a total of 22 games each.
| Home \ Away | BRE | FH | FRA | FYL | HK | ÍA | KA | KR | STJ | VAL | VES | VÍK |
| Breiðablik | — | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 5–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 1–1 |
| FH | 1–0 | — | 3–3 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–3 |
| Fram | 1–4 | 3–3 | — | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| Fylkir | 0–3 | 2–3 | 0–0 | — | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–6 |
| HK | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | — | 0–4 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| ÍA | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 8–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 |
| KA | 2–3 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| KR | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 2–2 | — | 1–1 | 3–5 | 2–2 | 0–3 |
| Stjarnan | 2–2 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 1–3 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–4 |
| Valur | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 5–1 | — | 3–1 | 2–2 |
| Vestri | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–5 | — | 1–4 |
| Víkingur Reykjavík | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | — |

## Championship Round
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Breiðablik (C) | 27 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 63 | 31 | +32 | 62 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Víkingur Reykjavík | 27 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 68 | 33 | +35 | 59 | Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Valur | 27 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 66 | 42 | +24 | 44 | Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Stjarnan | 27 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 51 | 43 | +8 | 42 | |
| 5 | ÍA | 27 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 49 | 47 | +2 | 37 | |
| 6 | FH | 27 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 43 | 50 | −7 | 34 | |

### Results

Each team plays each other once (5 matches), either at home or away.
| Home \ Away | BRE | FH | ÍA | STJ | VAL | VÍK |
| Breiðablik | — | — | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | — |
| FH | 0–1 | — | — | — | 1–1 | — |
| ÍA | — | 4–1 | — | — | — | 3–4 |
| Stjarnan | — | 3–2 | 3–0 | — | — | — |
| Valur | — | — | 6–1 | 2–2 | — | 2–3 |
| Víkingur Reykjavík | 0–3 | 3–0 | — | 2–2 | — | — |

## Relegation Round
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | KA | 27 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 44 | 48 | −4 | 37 | Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round |
| 2 | KR | 27 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 56 | 49 | +7 | 34 | |
| 3 | Fram | 27 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 38 | 49 | −11 | 30 | |
| 4 | Vestri | 27 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 32 | 53 | −21 | 25 | |
| 5 | HK (R) | 27 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 34 | 71 | −37 | 25 | Relegation to 1. deild karla |
| 6 | Fylkir (R) | 27 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 32 | 60 | −28 | 21 | Relegation to 1. deild karla |
* ↑ KA qualified for the Conference League second qualifying round by winning the 2024 Icelandic Cup.

### Results

Each team plays each other once (5 matches), either at home or away.
| Home \ Away | FRA | FYL | HK | KA | KR | VES |
| Fram | — | 2–0 | — | 1–4 | — | 2–4 |
| Fylkir | — | — | — | 1–3 | 0–1 | — |
| HK | 2–1 | 2–2 | — | — | — | — |
| KA | — | — | 3–3 | — | 0–4 | 2–1 |
| KR | 7–1 | — | 7–0 | — | — | 2–2 |
| Vestri | — | 1–3 | 2–1 | — | — | — |

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

Final standing
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Viktor Jónsson | ÍA | 18 |
| 1 | Ari Sigurpálsson | Víkingur | 18 |
| 3 | Jónatan Ingi Jónsson | Valur | 15 |
| 4 | Patrick Pedersen | Valur | 14 |
| 5 | Gylfi Sigurðsson | Valur | 13 |
| 6 | Benóný Breki Andrésson | KR | 12 |
| 6 | Helgi Gudjónsson | Víkingur | 12 |
| 6 | Höskuldur Gunnlaugsson | Breiðablik | 12 |
| 6 | Danijel Djuric | Víkingur | 12 |
| 6 | Viktor Karl Einarsson | Breiðablik | 12 |
| 6 | Kjartan Kári Halldórsson | FH | 12 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref |
| Viktor Jónsson | ÍA | HK | 0–4 (A) | 14 April 2024 | |

### Clean sheets

Final standing
| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
| 1 | Anton Ari Einarsson | Breiðablik | 9 |
| 2 | Ingvar Jónsson | Víkingur | 8 |
| 2 | Árni Snær Ólafsson | Stjarnan | 8 |
| 4 | Árni Marinó Einarsson | ÍA | 6 |
| 5 | Ólafur Ólafsson | Fram | 5 |
| 5 | Guy Smit | KR | 5 |
| 5 | William Eskelinen | Vestri | 5 |
| 5 | Ólafur Kristófer Helgason | Fylkir | 5 |
| 9 | Steinthór Már Audunsson | KA | 4 |
| 10 | Frederik Schram | Valur | 3 |
| 10 | Sindri Kristinn Ólafsson | FH | 3 |

## Attendances

| # | Football club | Average attendance |
| 1 | Breiðablik | 1,224 |
| 2 | KR | 1,125 |
| 3 | Víkingur | 1,097 |
| 4 | Valur | 977 |
| 5 | Fram | 866 |
| 6 | Fylkir | 859 |
| 7 | FH | 845 |
| 8 | Stjarnan | 803 |
| 9 | HK | 695 |
| 10 | ÍA | 618 |
| 11 | KA | 568 |
| 12 | Vestri | 373 |