# 2013 1. deild karla

The 2013 1. deild karla (English: Men's First Division) was the 59th season of second-tier Icelandic football. Twelve teams were due to contest the league. The fixtures for the 2013 campaign were released by the KSÍ on 10 November 2012. Play began on 9 May and was scheduled to conclude on 21 September.

## Teams

The league was to be contested by twelve clubs, eight of which had played in the 2012 season. There were four new clubs from the previous campaign:
* Grindavík and Selfoss were relegated from the 2012 Úrvalsdeild, replacing Þór A. and Víkingur Ó. who were promoted to the 2013 Úrvalsdeild
* KF and Völsungur were promoted from the 2012 2. deild karla, in place of ÍR and Höttur who were relegated to the 2013 2. deild karla

### Club information

| Team | Location | Stadium | 2012 season |
| BÍ/Bolungarvík | Ísafjörður/Bolungarvík | Torfnesvöllur | 9th |
| Fjölnir | Reykjavík | Fjölnisvöllur | 7th |
| Grindavík | Grindavík | Grindavíkurvöllur | Úrvalsdeild, 12th |
| Haukar | Hafnarfjörður | Schenkervöllurinn | 5th |
| KA | Akureyri | Akureyrarvöllur | 4th |
| KF | Fjallabyggð | Ólafsfjarðarvöllur | 2. deild, 2nd |
| Leiknir R. | Reykjavík | Leiknisvöllur | 10th |
| Selfoss | Selfoss | Selfossvöllur | Úrvalsdeild, 11th |
| Tindastóll | Sauðárkrókur | Sauðárkróksvöllur | 8th |
| Víkingur R. | Reykjavík | Víkin | 6th |
| Völsungur | Húsavík | Húsavíkurvöllur | 2. deild, 1st |
| Þróttur R. | Reykjavík | Valbjarnarvöllur | 3rd |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Fjölnir (C, P) | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 38 | 24 | +14 | 43 | Promotion to the 2014 Úrvalsdeild |
| 2 | Víkingur R. (P) | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 56 | 28 | +28 | 42 | Promotion to the 2014 Úrvalsdeild |
| 3 | Haukar | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 49 | 29 | +20 | 42 | |
| 4 | Grindavík | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 51 | 32 | +19 | 42 | |
| 5 | BÍ/Bolungarvík | 22 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 47 | 39 | +8 | 40 | |
| 6 | KA | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 38 | 31 | +7 | 32 | |
| 7 | Leiknir R. | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 36 | 31 | +5 | 32 | |
| 8 | Selfoss | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 44 | 38 | +6 | 27 | |
| 9 | Tindastóll | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 29 | 40 | −11 | 25 | |
| 10 | Þróttur R. | 22 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 26 | 36 | −10 | 23 | |
| 11 | KF (R) | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 41 | −16 | 21 | Relegation to the 2014 2. deild karla |
| 12 | Völsungur (R) | 22 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 85 | −70 | 2 | Relegation to the 2014 2. deild karla |

## Results

Each team plays every opponent once home and away for a total of 22 matches per club, and 132 matches altogether.
| Home \ Away | BÍB | FJÖ | GRI | HAU | KAK | KF | LRE | SEL | TIN | VÍK | VÖL | ÞRÓ |
| BÍ/Bolungarvík | | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 |
| Fjölnir | 2–4 | | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–5 | 2–1 | 1–3 |
| Grindavík | 6–1 | 0–4 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 |
| Haukar | 4–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 4–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 1–2 |
| KA | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| KF | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–7 | 1–1 | 4–1 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 |
| Leiknir R. | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| Selfoss | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 4–2 | | 1–0 | 6–1 | 6–1 | 2–2 |
| Tindastóll | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 1–1 | | 0–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| Víkingur Reykjavík | 3–0 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 16–0 | 3–1 |
| Völsungur | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–5 | 0–7 | 0–6 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–3 | | 1–3 |
| Þróttur Reykjavík | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | |

## Top goalscorers

    As of 31 August 2013.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals | Matches | Ratio |
| 1 | Aron Elís Þrándarson | Víkingur R. | 10 | 12 | 0.83 |
| 1 | Stefán Þór Pálsson | Grindavík | 10 | 19 | 0.53 |
| 3 | Ben Everson | BÍ/Bolungarvík | 9 | 16 | 0.56 |
| 3 | Hilmar Árni Halldórsson | Leiknir R. | 9 | 19 | 0.47 |
| 3 | Aron Sigurðarson | Fjölnir | 9 | 19 | 0.47 |
| 6 | Javi Zurbano | Selfoss | 8 | 19 | 0.42 |