2017 1. deild karla

1. deild karla

Season	2017
Champions	Fylkir
Promoted	Fylkir Keflavík
Relegated	Leiknir F. Grótta
Matches played	132
Goals scored	398 (3.02 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jeppe Hansen (15 goals)
Biggest home win	Leiknir F. 6–0 Haukar (9 September 2017)
Biggest away win	Haukar 0–6 Fylkir (25 August 2017)
Highest scoring	Haukar 5–3 Leiknir R. (31 August 2017)
← 2016 2018 → All statistics correct as of 23 September 2017.

The 2017 1. deild karla (English: Men's First Division) was the 63rd season of second-tier Icelandic football. Twelve teams contested in the league. The season began on 5 May and concluded on 23 September.

Teams

The league was contested by twelve clubs. Eight remained in the division from the 2016 season, while four new clubs joined the 1. deild karla:

• Fylkir and Þróttur R. were relegated from the 2016 Úrvalsdeild, replacing KA and Grindavík who were promoted to the 2017 Úrvalsdeild.
• ÍR and Grótta were promoted from the 2016 2. deild karla, in place of Huginn and Fjarðabyggð who were relegated to the 2017 2. deild karla.

Club information

Capital region

Capital region clubs:
Reykjavík:
Fram
Fylkir
ÍR
Leiknir R.
Þróttur R.
Hafnarfjörður:
Haukar
Kópavogur:
HK
Seltjarnarnes:
Grótta

Keflavík

Leiknir F.

Selfoss

Þór

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Location of teams in the 2017 1. deild karla

Team	Manager	Location	Stadium	2016 season
Fram	Pedro Hipólito	Reykjavík	Laugardalsvöllur	6th
Fylkir	Helgi Sigurðsson	Reykjavík	Floridana völlurinn	Úrvalsdeild, 11th
Grótta	Þórhallur Dan Jóhannesson	Seltjarnarnes	Vivaldivöllurinn	2. deild, 2nd
Haukar	Stefán Gíslason	Hafnarfjörður	Ásvellir	5th
HK	Joey Guðjónsson	Kópavogur	Kórinn	9th
ÍR	Arnar Þór Valsson	Reykjavík	Hertz-völlurinn	2. deild, 1st
Keflavík	Guðlaugur Baldursson	Keflavík	Nettóvöllurinn	3rd
Leiknir F.	Viðar Jónsson	Reyðarfjörður	Fjarðabyggðarhöllin	10th
Leiknir R.	Kristófer Sigurgeirsson	Reykjavík	Leiknisvöllur	7th
Selfoss	Gunnar Rafn Borgþórsson	Selfoss	JÁVERK-völlurinn	8th
Þór	Lárus Sigurðsson	Akureyri	Þórsvöllur	4th
Þróttur R.	Gregg Ryder	Reykjavík	Eimskipsvöllurinn	Úrvalsdeild, 12th

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Fram	Ásmundur Arnarsson	Sacked	19 June 2017	5th	Pedro Hipólito	3 July 2017

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Fylkir (C, P)	22	15	3	4	50	19	+31	48	Promotion to 2018 Úrvalsdeild
2	Keflavík (P)	22	14	4	4	43	24	+19	46
3	Þróttur R.	22	13	3	6	37	21	+16	42
4	HK	22	14	0	8	36	28	+8	42
5	Leiknir R.	22	10	6	6	38	31	+7	36
6	Þór	22	10	4	8	35	31	+4	34
7	Haukar	22	9	6	7	34	39	−5	33
8	Selfoss	22	8	4	10	27	29	−2	28
9	Fram	22	7	6	9	32	39	−7	27
10	ÍR	22	5	4	13	27	38	−11	19
11	Leiknir F. (R)	22	3	1	18	23	53	−30	10	Relegation to 2018 2. deild karla
12	Grótta (R)	22	2	3	17	16	46	−30	9

Updated to match(es) played on 23 September 2017. Source: ksí.is
Rules for classification: 1) Points won; 2) Total goal difference; 3) Total goals scored; 4) Points in head-to-head matches; 5) Goal difference in h-t-h matches; 6) Goals scored in h-t-h matches; 7) Away goals in h-t-h matches; 8) Draw.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

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	FRA	FYL	GRÓ	HAU	HKÓ	KEF	LEF	LER	SEL	ÍÞR	ÞÓR	ÞRÓ
Fram	—	1–5	1–0	2–2	2–3	0–1	3–2	3–0	0–0	2–1	1–3	0–4
Fylkir	2–0	—	4–0	2–0	0–1	1–1	4–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	3–1	3–1
Grótta	1–3	1–2	—	1–1	1–4	0–1	3–0	1–3	0–2	1–2	1–3	0–3
Haukar	3–2	0–6	1–1	—	2–1	4–2	5–0	5–3	2–1	1–1	2–0	0–0
HK	1–2	0–3	2–0	2–0	—	2–1	1–0	3–2	2–1	2–0	2–0	0–1
Keflavík	1–0	3–3	3–0	3–0	3–1	—	3–0	1–2	2–2	3–2	1–0	1–0
Leiknir F.	1–2	3–1	2–2	6–0	1–3	2–4	—	1–3	0–2	0–2	0–3	3–2
Leiknir R.	2–2	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–2	1–1	2–0	—	2–0	4–0	0–2	1–0
Selfoss	1–1	1–2	0–1	2–1	1–0	1–2	2–0	0–2	—	1–0	2–3	1–1
ÍR	2–2	1–2	3–1	1–2	2–3	1–3	2–0	1–1	1–3	—	2–1	1–2
Þór	2–2	1–1	2–0	2–1	3–0	0–3	2–1	3–3	1–4	0–0	—	2–0
Þróttur R.	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–2	2–1	2–0	2–0	3–3	4–0	2–1	2–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on 23 September 2017. Source: ksí.is
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

As of matches played on 23 September 2017

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Jeppe Hansen	Keflavík	15
2	Björgvin Stefánsson	Haukar	14
	Albert Brynjar Ingason	Fylkir
4	Viktor Jónsson	Þróttur R.	13
5	Ivan Bubalo	Fram	10
	Bjarni Gunnarsson	HK
7	Tómas Óli Garðarsson	Leiknir R.	8
8	Brynjar Jónasson	HK	7
	Tómas Óli Garðarsson	Leiknir R.
	Guðmundur Magnússon	Fram
	J. C. Mack	Selfoss

External links

• Fixtures at ksí.is