Úrvalsdeild

The Úrvalsdeild karla Men's Select Division) is the top tier of the Icelandic football pyramid. Because of the harsh winters in Iceland, it is generally played in the spring and summer (May to September). It is run by the Football Association of Iceland and is currently comprised by 12 clubs. UEFA currently ranks the league 37th in Europe. From 27 April 2009 the Úrvalsdeild have been known as Pepsi-deildin (e. "The Pepsi League") after KSÍ and Ölgerðin (the producers of Pepsi in Iceland) signed a three year sponsorship contract.
The top division consists of 12 clubs. Each club faces every other club twice during the season, once at home and once away. At the end of each season, the bottom two clubs are automatically relegated to the second level of the Icelandic league system, the 1. deild karla (First Division), with the top two clubs of the 1. deild karla automatically promoted to the Úrvalsdeild.
For the first time in the competition's history, the 2008 season saw 12 teams compete in the premier division, a part of KSI Football Association of Iceland attempt to strengthen Icelandic football.
Therefore only one team were relegated in the 2007 season and three clubs were promoted from the 1. deild karla (First Division)
KR hold the most titles, 25. Valur is next with 20, and ÍA and Fram follow with 18 each. The current champions of Iceland are KR.
== Current clubs (2012) ==
* UBK (Kópavogur)
* FH (Hafnarfjörður)
* Fram (Reykjavík)
* Fylkir (Reykjavík)
* Grindavík (Grindavík)
* ÍA (Akranes)
* ÍBV (Vestmannaeyjar)
* Keflavík (Keflavík)
* KR (Reykjavík)
* Selfoss (Selfoss)
* Stjarnan (Garðabær)
* Valur (Reykjavík)
== History ==
=== Championship History ===
Only 10 teams in 96 years have won the Icelandic league title. UBK are the most recent to join the list, winning their first title in 2010. KR has won the most titles. They have been Iceland's champions 25 times.
*1912: KR (Reykjavík)
*1913:Fram (Reykjavík)
*1914: Fram (Reykjavík)
*1915: Fram (Reykjavík)
*1917: Fram (Reykjavík)
*1918: Fram (Reykjavík)
*1919: KR (Reykjavík)
*1920: Víkingur (Reykjavík)
*1921: Fram (Reykjavík)
*1922: Fram (Reykjavík)
*1923: Fram (Reykjavík)
*1924: Víkingur (Reykjavík)
*1925: Fram (Reykjavík)
*1926: KR (Reykjavík)
*1927: KR (Reykjavík)
*1928: KR (Reykjavík)
*1929: KR (Reykjavík)
*1930: Valur (Reykjavík)
*1931: KR (Reykjavík)
*1932: KR (Reykjavík)
*1933: Valur (Reykjavík)
*1934: KR (Reykjavík)
*1935: Valur (Reykjavík)
*1936: Valur (Reykjavík)
*1937: Valur (Reykjavík)
*1938: Valur (Reykjavík)
*1939: Fram (Reykjavík)
*1940: Valur (Reykjavík)
*1941: KR (Reykjavík)
*1942: Valur (Reykjavík)
*1943: Valur (Reykjavík)
*1944: Valur (Reykjavík)
*1945: Valur (Reykjavík)
*1946: Fram (Reykjavík)
*1947: Fram (Reykjavík)
*1948: KR (Reykjavík)
*1949: KR (Reykjavík)
*1950: KR (Reykjavík)
*1951: ÍA (Akranes)
*1952: KR (Reykjavík)
*1953: ÍA (Akranes)
*1954: ÍA (Akranes)
*1955: KR (Reykjavík)
*1956: Valur (Reykjavík)
*1957: ÍA (Akranes)
*1958: ÍA (Akranes)
*1959: KR (Reykjavík)
*1960: ÍA (Akranes)
*1961: KR (Reykjavík)
*1962: Fram (Reykjavík)
*1963: KR (Reykjavík)
*1964: ÍBK (Keflavík)
*1965: KR (Reykjavík)
*1966: Valur (Reykjavík)
*1967: Valur (Reykjavík)
*1968: KR (Reykjavík)
*1969: ÍBK (Keflavík)
*1970: ÍA (Akranes)
*1971: ÍBK (Keflavík)
*1972: Fram (Reykjavík)
*1973: ÍBK (Keflavík)
*1974: ÍA (Akranes)
*1975: ÍA (Akranes)
*1976: Valur (Reykjavík)
*1977: ÍA (Akranes)
*1978: Valur (Reykjavík)
*1979: ÍBV (Vestmannaeyjar)
*1980: Valur (Reykjavík)
*1981: Víkingur (Reykjavík)
*1982: Víkingur (Reykjavík)
*1983: ÍA (Akranes)
*1984: ÍA (Akranes)
*1985: Valur (Reykjavík)
*1986: Fram (Reykjavík)
*1987: Valur (Reykjavík)
*1988: Fram (Reykjavík)
*1989: KA (Akureyri)
*1990: Fram (Reykjavík)
*1991: Víkingur (Reykjavík)
*1992: ÍA (Akranes)
*1993: ÍA (Akranes)
*1994: ÍA (Akranes)
*1995: ÍA (Akranes)
*1996: ÍA (Akranes)
*1997: ÍBV (Vestmannaeyjar)
*1998: ÍBV (Vestmannaeyjar)
*1999: KR (Reykjavík)
*2000: KR (Reykjavík)
*2001: ÍA (Akranes)
*2002: KR (Reykjavík)
*2003: KR (Reykjavík)
*2004: FH (Hafnarfjörður)
*2005: FH (Hafnarfjörður)
*2006: FH (Hafnarfjörður)
*2007: Valur (Reykjavík)
*2008: FH (Hafnarfjörður)
*2009: FH (Hafnarfjörður)
*2010: UBK (Kópavogur)
*2011: KR (Reykjavík)
=== Champions by number of titles ===
Team 	Titles	First title	Last title
KR 	25 	1912 	2011
Valur 	20 	1930 	2007
ÍA 	18 	1951 	2001
Fram 	18 	1913 	1990
Víkingur	5 	1920 	1991
FH 	5 	2004 	2009
Keflavík	4 	1964 	1973
ÍBV 	3 	1979 	1998
KA 	1 	1989 	1989
UBK 	1 	2010 	2010
== Season by season records ==
=== Top scorers ===
SEASON	TOP SCORER'S NAME 	GOALS	CLUB
1980 	Matthias Hallgrimsson 	15 	Valur
1981 	Sigurlás Þorleifsson Larus Gudmundsson	12 	ÍBVVíkingur
1982 	Sigurlás Þorleifsson Heimir Karlsson 	10 	ÍBVVíkingur
1983 	Ingi Björn Albertsson 	14 	Valur
1984 	Guðmundur Steinsson 	10 	Fram
1985 	Omar Torfason 	13 	Fram
1986 	Gudmundur Torfason 	19 	Fram
1987 	Petur Ormslev 	12 	Fram
1988 	Sigurjón Kristjánsson 	13 	Valur
1989 	Hörður Magnússon 	12 	FH
1990 	Hörður Magnússon 	13 	FH
1991 	Hörður Magnússon Guðmundur Steinsson 	13 	FHVíkingur
1992 	Arnar Gunnlaugsson 	15 	ÍA
1993 	Þórður Guðjónsson 	19 	ÍA
1994 	Mihajilo Bibercic 	14 	ÍA
1995 	Arnar Gunnlaugsson 	15 	ÍA
1996 	Ríkharður Daðason 	14 	KR
1997 	Tryggvi Guðmundsson 	19 	ÍBV
1998 	Steingrímur Jóhannesson 	16 	ÍBV
1999 	Steingrímur Jóhannesson 	12 	ÍBV
2000 	Guðmundur Steinarsson Andri Sigþórsson	14 	KeflavíkKR
2001 	Hjörtur Hjartarson 	15 	ÍA
2002 	Grétar Hjartarson 	13 	Grindavík
2003 	Björgólfur Takefusa 	10 	Þróttur Reykjavík
2004 	Gunnar Heiðar Þorvaldsson 	12 	ÍBV
2005 	Tryggvi Guðmundsson 	16 	FH
2006 	Marel Baldvinsson 	11 	UBK
2007 	Jónas Grani Garðarsson 	13 	Fram
2008 	Guðmundur Steinarsson 	16 	Keflavík
2009 	Björgólfur Takefusa 	16 	KR
2010 	Gilles Daniel Mbang Ondo 	14 	Grindavík
2011 	Garðar Jóhannsson 	15 	Stjarnan
=== Player of the year ===
SEASON	PLAYER OF THE YEAR 	CLUB
1984 	Bjarni Sigurðsson 	ÍA
1985 	Guðmundur Þorbjörnsson 	Valur
1986 	Guðmundur Torfason 	Fram
1987 	Pétur Ormslev 	Fram
1988 	Sigurjón Kristjánsson 	Valur
1989 	Þorvaldur Örlygsson 	KA
1990| 	Sævar Jónsson 	Valur
1991 	Guðmundur Steinsson 	Víkingur
1992 	Lúkas Kostic 	ÍA
1993 	Sigurður Jónsson 	ÍA
1994 	Sigursteinn Gíslason 	ÍA
1995 	Ólafur Þórðarson 	ÍA
1996 	Gunnar Oddsson 	Leiftur
1997 	Tryggvi Guðmundsson 	ÍBV
1998 	David Winnie 	KR
1999 	Guðmundur Benediktsson 	KR
2000 	Hlynur Stefánsson 	ÍBV
2001 	Gunnlaugur Jónsson 	ÍA
2002 	Finnur Kolbeinsson 	Fylkir
2003 	Allan Borgvardt 	FH
2004 	Heimir Guðjónsson 	FH
2005 	Allan Borgvardt 	FH
2006 	Viktor Bjarki Arnarsson	Víkingur
2007 	Helgi Sigurðsson 	Valur
2008 	Guðmundur Steinarsson 	Keflavík
2009 	Atli Guðnason 	FH
2010 	Alfreð Finnbogason 	UBK
=== Young player of the year ===
SEASON	YOUNG PLAYER OF THE YEAR 	CLUB
1984 	Guðni Bergsson 	Valur
1985 	Halldór Áskelsson 	Þór Akureyri
1986 	Gauti Laxdal 	Fram
1987 	Rúnar Kristinsson 	KR
1988 	Arnljótur Davíðsson 	Fram
1989 	Ólafur Gottskálksson 	ÍA
1990 	Steinar Guðgeirsson 	Fram
1991 	Arnar Grétarsson 	UBK
1992 	Arnar Gunnlaugsson 	ÍA
1993 	Þórður Guðjónsson 	ÍA
1994 	Eiður Smári Guðjohnsen 	Valur
1995 	Tryggvi Guðmundsson 	ÍBV
1996 	Bjarni Guðjónsson 	ÍA
1997 	Sigurvin Ólafsson 	ÍBV
1998 	Ólafur Þór Gunnarsson 	ÍR
1999 	Grétar Hjartarson 	Grindavík
2000 	Helgi Valur Daníelsson 	Fylkir
2001 	Grétar Rafn Steinsson 	ÍA
2002 	Gunnar Heiðar Þorvaldsson	ÍBV
2003 	Ólafur Ingi Skúlason 	Fylkir
2004 	Emil Hallfreðsson 	FH
2005 	Hörður Sveinsson 	Keflavik
2006 	Birkir Sævarsson 	Valur
2007 	Matthías Vilhjálmsson 	FH
2008 	Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson 	UBK
2009 	Alfreð Finnbogason 	UBK
2010 	Kristinn Steindórsson 	UBK
==External link ==
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* League321.com - Icelandic football league tables, records & statistics database. 
*Iceland - List of Champions, RSSSF.com
Category:Úrvalsdeild
Category:Football competitions in Iceland