2012 1. deild karla

1. deild karla
Season 2012
Champions Þór
Promoted Þór
Víkingur Ó.
Relegated ÍR
Höttur
Matches played 132
Goals scored 387 (2.93 per match)
Top goalscorer Guðmundur Steinn Hafsteinsson (10)
Biggest home win Þróttur R. 6–0 Tindastóll
Biggest away win ÍR 0–5 Fjölnir
Highest scoring Tindastóll 6–2 Höttur
Víkingur R. 2–6 Fjölnir
← 2011
2013 →

The 2012 season of the 1. deild karla (English: Men's First Division) was the 58th season of second-tier football in Iceland and ran from 12 May 2012 until 22 September 2012. The league title was won by Þór Akureyri, who ended the campaign with a record of 16 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats, giving them a total of 50 points.[1] The Akureyri club, who had been relegated from the Úrvalsdeild in 2011, thereby achieved promotion back to the top level of Icelandic football at the first attempt.[2] Also promoted to the Úrvalsdeild for the 2013 season were runners-up Víkingur Ólafsvík, who finished nine points clear of third-placed Þróttur Reykjavík.[1]

At the other end of the table, ÍR finished bottom of the division after taking only 14 points from their 22 league matches and were thereby relegated to the 2. deild karla. Höttur were also relegated on the final day of the season after losing 0–1 away at Þór.[3]

The top goalscorer for the 2012 season was Víkingur Ólafsvík midfielder Guðmundur Steinn Hafsteinsson, who netted 10 goals in 20 league appearances. Four other players were one behind on nine goals.[4] In total, 387 goals were scored during the campaign at an average of 2.93 per match.

Club information

Location of teams in the 2012 1. deild karla
Reykjavik

The league was contested by 12 clubs, eight of which had played in the 2011 season. There were four new clubs from the previous campaign:

Locations and stadia

Team Location Stadium Stadium capacity
BÍ/Bolungarvík Ísafjörður/Bolungarvík Torfnesvöllur 2,000
Fjölnir Reykjavík Fjölnisvöllur 2,000
Haukar Hafnarfjörður Ásvellir 3,000
Höttur Egilsstaðir Vilhjálmsvöllur 500
ÍR Reykjavík Hertzvöllurinn 1,500
KA Akureyri Akureyrarvöllur 2,000
Leiknir R. Reykjavík Leiknisvöllur 300
Tindastóll Sauðárkrókur Sauðárkróksvöllur 2,500
Víkingur Ó. Ólafsvík Ólafsvíkurvöllur 800
Víkingur R. Reykjavík Víkin 1,152
Þór A. Akureyri Þórsvöllur 984
Þróttur R. Reykjavík Valbjarnarvöllur 5,478

Statistics

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Þór A. (C) (P) 22 16 2 4 40 20+20 50 Promotion to the Úrvalsdeild
2 Víkingur Ó. (P) 22 13 3 6 36 21+15 42
3 Þróttur R. 22 9 6 7 34 26+8 33
4 KA 22 9 6 7 34 30+4 33
5 Haukar 22 9 6 7 23 25−2 33
6 Víkingur R. 22 8 7 7 34 31+3 31
7 Fjölnir 22 7 8 7 39 26+13 29
8 Tindastóll 22 8 3 11 34 42−8 27
9 BÍ/Bolungarvík 22 6 8 8 31 37−6 26
10 Leiknir R. 22 6 7 9 33 36−3 25
11 Höttur (R) 22 5 6 11 30 41−11 21 Relegation to the 2. deild karla
12 ÍR (R) 22 4 2 16 19 52−33 14

Updated to games played on 22 September 2012.
Source: ksi.is (Icelandic)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Each team played every opponent once home and away for a total of 22 matches.

Home ╲ Away[1] KAK BÍB FJÖHAUHÖTÍRLREVÓLÞÓRÞRÓTINVÍK
KA 2–2 2–1 2–2 4–1 5–1 1–2 0–4 3–2 1–0 2–2 1–1
BÍ/Bolungarvík 0–0 2–2 0–0 3–1 2–1 4–3 1–2 1–2 2–0 2–5 0–0
Fjölnir 3–1 2–2 4–0 1–2 3–0 2–1 1–2 0–0 1–3 2–0 1–1
Haukar 0–2 3–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 0–2 1–0 0–3 2–0 2–0
Höttur 2–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 5–1 2–3 0–3 1–2 0–0 2–3 5–2
ÍR 3–2 1–5 0–5 0–2 2–1 2–1 0–1 1–2 0–0 0–4 0–3
Leiknir R. 1–3 2–1 0–0 2–2 6–1 2–0 1–1 1–5 1–2 1–1 0–0
Víkingur Ó. 0–1 4–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 3–3
Þór A. 1–0 3–2 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–2 2–0 2–1 3–1 4–0 0–2
Þróttur R. 2–1 1–1 3–3 1–1 1–3 1–0 2–2 4–1 1–0 6–0 0–1
Tindastóll 0–0 0–1 2–1 0–1 6–2 2–4 2–1 0–1 0–1 3–1 3–1
Víkingur R. 0–1 3–0 2–6 3–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–3 0–1 5–0

Source: See below
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

As of 22 September 2012.[4]
Rank Player Club Goals Matches Ratio
1 Guðmundur Steinn Hafsteinsson Víkingur Ó. 10200.50
2 Hjörtur Július Hjartarson Víkingur R. 9200.45
Ólafur Hrannar Kristjánsson Leiknir R. 200.45
Ármann Pétur Ævarsson Þór A. 210.43
Sigurður Egill Lárusson Víkingur R. 210.43
6 Elvar Þór Ægisson Höttur 8220.36
7 Ben Everson Tindastóll 7100.70
Helgi Pétur Magnússon Þróttur 160.44
Davíð Einarsson Höttur 170.41
Hallgrímur Mar Steingrímsson KA 210.33

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "2012 1. deild karla fixtures, results and standings" (in Icelandic). KSÍ.is. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
  2. ↑ "Þórsarar upp í Pepsi-deild að nýju" [Þór back up to the Pepsi-deild] (in Icelandic). KSÍ.is. 3 September 2012. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
  3. ↑ Ívan Guðjón Baldursson (22 September 2012). "1. deild: Höttur féll - Leiknir vann ÍR" [1. deild: Höttur relegated - Leiknir beat ÍR] (in Icelandic). Fótbolti.net. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "2012 1. deild karla top goalscorers" (in Icelandic). KSÍ.is. Retrieved 23 September 2012.