# 2016 1. deild karla

The 2016 1. deild karla (English: Men's First Division) was the 62nd season of second-tier Icelandic football. The league began on 6 May and concluded on 24 September.

## Teams

The league will be contested by twelve clubs. Eight remained in the division from the 2015 season, while four new clubs joined the 1. deild karla:
* Keflavík and Leiknir R. were relegated from the 2015 Úrvalsdeild, replacing Víkingur Ólafsvík and Þróttur Reykjavík who were promoted to the 2016 Úrvalsdeild
* Huginn and Leiknir F. were promoted from the 2015 2. deild karla, in place of BÍ/Bolungarvík and Grótta who were relegated to the 2016 2. deild karla

### Club information

| Team | Location | Stadium | 2015 season |
| Fjarðabyggð | Fjarðabyggð | Eskjuvöllur | 7th |
| Fram | Reykjavík | Framvöllur - Úlfarsárdal | 9th |
| Grindavík | Grindavík | Grindavíkurvöllur | 5th |
| Haukar | Hafnarfjörður | Schenkervöllurinn | 6th |
| HK | Kópavogur | Kórinn | 8th |
| Huginn | Seyðisfjörður | Seyðisfjarðarvöllur | 2. deild, 1st |
| KA | Akureyri | Akureyrarvöllur | 3rd |
| Keflavík | Keflavík | Keflavíkurvöllur | Úrvalsdeild, 12th |
| Leiknir F. | Fáskrúðsfjörður | Búðagrund | 2. deild, 2nd |
| Leiknir R. | Reykjavík | Leiknisvöllur | Úrvalsdeild, 11th |
| Selfoss | Selfoss | Selfossvöllur | 10th |
| Þór | Akureyri | Þórsvöllur | 4th |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | KA (C, P) | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 42 | 16 | +26 | 51 | Promotion to the 2017 Úrvalsdeild |
| 2 | Grindavík (P) | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 50 | 21 | +29 | 42 | Promotion to the 2017 Úrvalsdeild |
| 3 | Keflavík | 22 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 31 | 20 | +11 | 35 | |
| 4 | Þór | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 34 | 38 | −4 | 33 | |
| 5 | Haukar | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 31 | 35 | −4 | 31 | |
| 6 | Fram | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 29 | −4 | 30 | |
| 7 | Leiknir R. | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 28 | −7 | 29 | |
| 8 | Selfoss | 22 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 28 | 25 | +3 | 28 | |
| 9 | HK | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 32 | 45 | −13 | 22 | |
| 10 | Leiknir F. | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 32 | 45 | −13 | 21 | |
| 11 | Huginn (R) | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 34 | −14 | 21 | Relegation to the 2017 2. deild karla |
| 12 | Fjarðabyggð (R) | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 26 | 36 | −10 | 17 | Relegation to the 2017 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 | KFF | FRA | GRI | HAU | HK | HUG | KAK | KEF | LEF | LRE | SEL | ÞÓR |
| Fjarðabyggð | | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 4–4 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 |
| Fram | 2–1 | | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Grindavík | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 3–2 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 |
| Haukar | 0–3 | 3–1 | 0–4 | | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 |
| Handknattleiksfélag Kópavogs | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 2–7 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 |
| Huginn | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–4 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 1–2 |
| KA | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Keflavík | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 4–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 |
| Leiknir F. | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–4 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 2–3 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 |
| Leiknir R. | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 0–3 | 2–0 |
| Selfoss | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–4 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | | 0–1 |
| Þór A. | 3–1 | 0–0 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | |

## Top goalscorers

    As of matches played 24 September 2016
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Alexander Veigar Þórarinsson | Grindavík | 14 |
| 1 | Gunnar Örvar Stefánsson | Þór | 14 |
| 3 | Hákon Ingi Jónsson | HK | 13 |
| 4 | Elfar Árni Aðalsteinsson | KA | 10 |
| 4 | Kristófer Páll Viðarsson | Leiknir F. | 10 |
| 6 | Ivan Bubalo | Fram | 9 |
| 6 | Elton Renato Livramento Barros | Haukar | 9 |
| 8 | Ásgeir Sigurgeirsson | KA | 8 |
| 9 | Víkingur Pálmason | Fjarðabyggð | 7 |
| 9 | Andri Rúnar Bjarnason | Grindavík | 7 |
| 9 | Sigurbergur Elísson | Keflavík | 7 |