The 2022 Besta deild karla was the 111th season of top-flight Icelandic football. Twelve teams contested the league, including the defending champions Víkingur Reykjavík, who won their sixth league title in 2021. It was the first season of the league after it was rebranded as Besta deild karla.
Teams
The 2022 Besta deild karla is 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, HK and Fylkir (both relegated after one year in the top flight), were relegated to the 2022 1. deild karla and were replaced by Knattspyrnufélagið Fram (promoted after a seven-year absence) and ÍBV (promoted after a two-year absence), champions and runners-up of the 2020 1. deild karla respectively.
Club information Team Location Stadium CapacityBreiðablikKópavogurKópavogsvöllur3,009FHHafnarfjörðurKaplakriki6,450FramReykjavíkLaugardalsvöllur9,800ÍAAkranesNorðurálsvöllurinn3,054ÍBVVestmannaeyjarHásteinsvöllur2,300 (534 seated)KAAkureyriAkureyrarvöllur1,645KeflavíkReykjanesbærKeflavíkurvöllur5,200KRReykjavíkAlvogenvöllurinn3,333LeiknirReykjavíkLeiknisvöllur1,025StjarnanGarðabærSamsung völlurinn1,440ValurReykjavíkValsvöllur2,465http://gamli.ksi.is/mannvirki/knattspyrnuvellir/?vollur=39Víkingur R.ReykjavíkVíkingsvöllur2,023 Notes
League table
Fixtures and results Each team was originally scheduled to play home and away once against every other team for a total of 22 games each.
Championship round
Relegation round
Top scorers Flashscore, Soccerway RankPlayerClubGoals1 Nökkvi Þeyr ÞórissonKA172 Guðmundur MagnússonFram3 Ísak Snær ÞorvaldssonBreiðablik144 Patrik JohannesenKeflavík125 Jason Daði SvanþórssonBreiðablik11 Emil AtlasonStjarnan7 Andri Rúnar BjarnasonÍBV108 Dagur Dan ÞórhallssonBreiðablik9 Helgi GuðjónssonVíkingur Reykjavík Matthías VilhjálmssonFH Eyþór Aron WöhlerÍA Hallgrímur Mar SteingrímssonKA
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