The 2005 2. deild karla was the 40th season of third-tier football in Iceland. The league began on 16 May and was concluded on 10 September. It was contested by a total of ten clubs.
Teams The 2005 2. deild karla was contested by ten clubs, six of which had played in the division during the previous season. 2004 champions KS and runners-up Víkingur Ólafsvík were promoted to the second tier; replacing them were Njarðvík and Stjarnan, both relegated from the 1. deild after finishing in the bottom two places at the end of the 2004 campaign. Also joining the division were Fjarðabyggð and Huginn, who were promoted from the 3. deild through the play-offs. Fjarðabyggð had reached the third tier of Icelandic football for the first time in their history after being founded in 2001.
Stadia and locations Club name Location Stadium Afturelding Mosfellsbær Varmárvöllur Fjarðabyggð Fjarðabyggð Eskifjarðarvöllur Huginn Seyðisfjörður Seyðisfjarðarvöllur ÍR Reykjavík ÍR-völlur Leiftur/Dalvík Dalvík/Ólafsfjörður Dalvíkurvöllur/Ólafsfjarðarvöllur Leiknir Reykjavík Reykjavík Leiknisvöllur Njarðvík Njarðvík Njarðvíkurvöllur Selfoss Selfoss Selfossvöllur Stjarnan Garðabær Stjörnuvöllur Tindastóll Sauðárkrókur Sauðárkróksvöllur
League table
Results grid
Season statistics
Top goalscorers Two players, Afturelding midfielder Þorvaldur Árnason and Stjarnan forward Guðjón Baldvinsson, each scored 14 league goals in the 2005 2. deild season.
Name Goals Club Þorvaldur Árnason 14 Afturelding Guðjón Baldvinsson Stjarnan Marjan Cekic 10 Fjarðabyggð Dragoslav Stojanovic Stjarnan Jóhann Björn Valsson 8 Afturelding Mikael Nikulásson Huginn Atli Heimisson 7 Afturelding Helgi Pétur Jóhannsson Leiknir R. Ómar Valdimarsson Selfoss
Scoring Biggest home win: 6 goals Huginn 7–1 Leiftur/Dalvík (6 August 2005) Biggest away win: 4 goals ÍR 0–4 Njarðvík (27 May 2005) ÍR 1–5 Leiftur/Dalvík (11 June 2005) Leiftur/Dalvík 2–6 Stjarnan (30 June 2005) Tindastóll 2–6 Leiftur/Dalvík (7 July 2005) Highest scoring game: 8 goals Huginn 7–1 Leiftur/Dalvík (6 August 2005) Afturelding 6–2 Selfoss (10 September 2005) Leiftur/Dalvík 2–6 Stjarnan (30 June 2005) Tindastóll 2–6 Leiftur/Dalvík (7 July 2005) Afturelding 3–5 Leiknir R. (21 July 2005) Huginn 3–5 Stjarnan (20 August 2005) Most team home goals scored: 24 – Afturelding Fewest team home goals scored: 8 – Leiftur/Dalvík Most team away goals: 19 – Stjarnan Fewest team away goals: 7 – Tindastóll
Discipline Most yellow cards (team): 40 – Afturelding Most yellow cards (player): 6 Björn Sigurbjörnsson (Afturelding) Ómar Freyr Rafnsson (Huginn) Most red cards (team): 7 – Leiftur/Dalvík Most red cards (player): 2 Guðmundur Kristinn Kristinsson (Leiftur/Dalvík)
Awards Team of the year
The KSÍ selected a team of the year, which consisted of 11 players and 5 substitutes.
Goalkeeper Gísli Eyland Sveinsson (Tindastóll) Defenders Bjarki Már Árnason (Tindastóll), Ómar Valdimarsson (Selfoss), Snorri Már Jónsson (Njarðvík), Steinarr Guðmundsson (Leiknir R.) Midfielders Goran Lukic (Stjarnan), Haukur Gunnarsson (Leiknir R.), Sverrir Þór Sverrisson (Njarðvík), Vigfús Arnar Jósepsson (Leiknir R.) Strikers Guðjón Baldvinsson (Stjarnan), Dragoslav Stojanovic (Stjarnan) Substitutes Atli Knútsson (GK, Stjarnan), Gunnar Jarl Jónsson (DF, Leiknir R.), Simon Karkov (MF, Leiknir R.), Arilíus Marteinsson (MF, Selfoss), Jakob Spangsberg (FW, Leiknir R.)
Individual awards Award Winner Club Player of the Year Guðjón Baldvinsson Stjarnan Young Player of the Year Guðjón Baldvinsson Stjarnan Manager of the Year Garðar Ásgeirsson Leiknir R.
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