The 2017 Úrvalsdeild karla, also known as Pepsi-deild karla for sponsorship reasons, was the 106th season of top-flight Icelandic football. Twelve teams contested the league, including the defending champions FH, who won their eighth league title in 2016.
The season began on 30 April 2017 and concluded on 30 September 2017.
Teams
The 2017 Úrvalsdeild was contested by twelve teams, ten of which played in the division the previous year and two teams promoted from 1. deild karla. The bottom two teams from the previous season, Fylkir and Þróttur Reykjavík, were relegated to the 2017 1. deild karla and were replaced by KA and Grindavík, champions and runners-up of the 2016 1. deild karla respectively.
Club information Team Location Stadium CapacityBreiðablikKópavogurKópavogsvöllur5,501FHHafnarfjörðurKaplakriki6,738FjölnirReykjavíkExtra völlurinn2,000GrindavíkGrindavíkGrindavíkurvöllur1,750ÍAAkranesNorðurálsvöllurinn3,054ÍBVVestmannaeyjarHásteinsvöllur3,034KAAkureyriAkureyrarvöllur1,770KRReykjavíkAlvogenvöllurinn3,333StjarnanGarðabærSamsung völlurinn2,300ValurReykjavíkValsvöllur2,465Víkingur Ó.ÓlafsvíkÓlafsvíkurvöllur900Víkingur R.ReykjavíkVíkin1,613 Source: Scoresway
Personnel and kits Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner ofdepartureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate ofappointment Breiðablik Sacked 9 May 2017 10th 22 May 2017 Víkingur R. Resigned 19 May 2017 10th 24 May 2017 ÍA Resigned 21 August 2017 12th 21 August 2017
League table
Results Each team will play home and away once against every other team for a total of 22 games played each.
Top goalscorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Andri Rúnar BjarnasonGrindavík192 Steven LennonFH153 Guðjón BaldvinssonStjarnan124 Geoffrey CastillionVíkingur R.11 Hólmbert FriðjónssonStjarnan6 Gunnar Heiðar ÞorvaldssonÍBV10 Hilmar Árni HalldórssonStjarnan8 Emil LyngKA9 Tobias ThomsenKR Elfar Árni AðalsteinssonKA
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