| Season | 2012 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 6 May – 29 September 2012 |
| Champions | FH |
| Relegated | Grindavík Selfoss |
| Champions League | FH |
| Europa League | KR Breiðablik ÍBV |
| Matches | 132 |
| Goals | 425 (3.22 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Atli Guðnason (12) |
| Biggest home win | FH 8–0Fylkir |
| Biggest away win | ÍA 2–7FH |
| Highest scoring | ÍA 2–7FH |
| Highest attendance | 3,054 (ÍA 3–2KR, 10 May 2012)[1] |
| Lowest attendance | 202 (Grindavík 2–2KR, 20 September 2012)[1] |
| Average attendance | 1,034[1] |
←2011 2013 → | |
The2012 Úrvalsdeild (also known as the "Pepsi-deild" for sponsorship reasons) is the 101st season of top-tier football inIceland. The season began on 6 May 2012 and concluded 29 September 2012.[2] The league was won byFH, the club's sixth Icelandic league title, whiledefending championsKR finished as runners-up, some 13 points behind FH. At the other end of the table,Grindavík andSelfoss ended the campaign in the bottom two and were thereby relegated to the2013 1. deild karla.
A total of twelve teams will contest the league, including ten sides from the2011 season and two promoted teams from the1. deild karla.
Þór Akureyri andVíkingur R. were relegated from2011 Úrvalsdeild after finishing the season in the bottom two places of the league table. Both teams were relegated having just achieved promotion the season before.
2011 1. deild karla championsÍA Akranes and runners-upSelfoss secured direct promotion to the Úrvalsdeild. ÍA returned to the Úrvalsdeild after a three-year absence while Selfoss return immediately to the top league after a one-year absence.
| Team | Location | Stadium | Stadium capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breiðablik | Kópavogur | Kópavogsvöllur | 5,501 |
| FH | Hafnarfjörður | Kaplakriki | 6,738 |
| Fram | Reykjavík | Laugardalsvöllur | 15,427 |
| Fylkir | Reykjavík | Fylkisvöllur | 2,872 |
| Grindavik | Grindavik | Grindavíkurvöllur | 1,750 |
| ÍA | Akranes | Akranesvöllur | 4,850 |
| ÍBV | Vestmannaeyjar | Hásteinsvöllur | 2,834 |
| Keflavík | Keflavík | Nettóvöllurinn | 4,957 |
| KR | Reykjavík | KR-völlur | 3,333 |
| Selfoss | Selfoss | Selfossvöllur | 2,000 |
| Stjarnan | Garðabær | Stjörnuvöllur | 1,292 |
| Valur | Reykjavík | Vodafonevöllurinn | 3,000 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FH(C) | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 51 | 23 | +28 | 49 | Qualification for theChampions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Breiðablik | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 32 | 27 | +5 | 36 | Qualification for theEuropa League first qualifying round[a] |
| 3 | ÍBV | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 36 | 21 | +15 | 35 | |
| 4 | KR | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 39 | 32 | +7 | 35 | |
| 5 | Stjarnan | 22 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 44 | 38 | +6 | 34 | |
| 6 | ÍA | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 36 | −4 | 32 | |
| 7 | Fylkir | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 30 | 39 | −9 | 31 | |
| 8 | Valur | 22 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 28 | |
| 9 | Keflavík | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 35 | 38 | −3 | 27 | |
| 10 | Fram | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 31 | 36 | −5 | 27 | |
| 11 | Selfoss(R) | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 30 | 44 | −14 | 21 | Relegation to1. deild karla |
| 12 | Grindavík(R) | 22 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 31 | 57 | −26 | 12 |
| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FH | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Breiðablik | 11 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| ÍBV | 10 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| KR | 4 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| Stjarnan | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| ÍA | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 |
| Fylkir | 6 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 |
| Valur | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 |
| Keflavík | 9 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 |
| Fram | 12 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Selfoss | 1 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| Grindavík | 7 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Leader | |
| 2013–14 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round | |
| Relegation to1. deild karla |
Each team play every opponent once home and away for a total of 22 matches.
| Home \ Away | BRE | FRA | FYL | GRI | FH | ÍA | ÍBV | KEF | KR | SEL | STJ | VAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breiðablik | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | |
| Fram | 3–2 | 4–0 | 4–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | |
| Fylkir | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 3–1 | |
| Grindavík | 2–4 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 1–4 | 2–0 | |
| FH | 3–0 | 1–0 | 8–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 5–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | |
| ÍA | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–7 | 0–4 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | |
| ÍBV | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | |
| Keflavík | 2–3 | 5–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–4 | |
| KR | 0–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | |
| Selfoss | 0–2 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | |
| Stjarnan | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 3–4 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 3–2 | |
| Valur | 3–4 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 |
Sourceksi.isArchived 4 November 2012 at theWayback Machine(in Icelandic)
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FH | 12 | |
| 2 | Fram | 11 | |
| 3 | Fylkir | 10 | |
| 4 | FH | 9 | |
| ÍBV | |||
| ÍA | |||
| 7 | KR | 8 | |
| Stjarnan |