2006 Úrvalsdeild

Úrvalsdeild
Season2006
Dates14 May – 23 September 2006
ChampionsFH
RelegatedÍBV
Champions LeagueFH
UEFA CupKR
Keflavík
Intertoto CupValur
Matches played90
Goals scored250 (2.78 per match)
Top goalscorerMarel Baldvinsson (11)
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The 2006 season of Úrvalsdeild was the 95th season of league football in Iceland. FH defended their title making them the fifth club in Icelandic football history to win the championship three years running. ÍBV were relegated for the first time in 16 years and Grindavík suffered relegation for the first time in the club's history. An attendance record was set this season as 98,026 people saw the 90 matches, an average of 1,089.17 people per match.

Final league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FH (C) 18 10 6 2 31 14 +17 36 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 KR 18 9 3 6 23 27 −4 30 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3 Valur 18 7 8 3 27 18 +9 29 Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round
4 Keflavík 18 6 6 6 30 20 +10 24 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round
5 Breiðablik 18 6 5 7 27 33 −6 23
6 ÍA 18 6 4 8 27 30 −3 22
7 Víkingur 18 5 6 7 21 18 +3 21
8 Fylkir 18 5 6 7 22 25 −3 21
9 Grindavík (R) 18 4 7 7 24 26 −2 19 Relegation to 1. deild karla
10 ÍBV (R) 18 5 3 10 18 39 −21 18
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Each team played every opponent once home and away for a total of 18 matches.

Home \ Away BRE FH FYL GRI ÍA ÍBV ÍBK KR VAL VÍK
Breiðablik 1–1 3–2 2–3 2–2 4–1 2–1 0–1 2–1 1–0
FH 1–1 2–2 2–0 2–1 3–1 2–1 2–0 1–2 4–0
Fylkir 1–1 1–2 2–1 3–3 1–1 2–1 1–2 0–1 1–0
Grindavík 4–2 1–1 1–1 3–2 0–0 1–1 5–0 1–1 1–1
ÍA 2–1 0–1 0–1 2–1 4–2 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–4
ÍBV 0–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 0–3 0–1
Keflavík 5–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 0–1 6–2 3–0 1–1 2–1
KR 3–2 0–3 1–0 3–0 2–3 2–0 2–2 1–1 1–0
Valur 1–1 0–2 3–1 2–1 2–1 5–0 0–0 2–2 0–0
Víkingur 4–1 0–0 0–2 0–0 1–1 5–0 1–1 0–1 3–1
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

The player who has scored the most goals at the end of each tournament receives the Icelandic Golden Boot.

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Iceland Marel Baldvinsson Breiðablik 11
2 Iceland Björgólfur Hideaki Takefusa KR 10
Iceland Jóhann Þórhallsson Grindavík
4 Iceland Viktor Bjarki Arnarsson Víkingur R. 8
Iceland Tryggvi Guðmundsson FH
6 Iceland Stefán Örn Arnarson Keflavík 6
Iceland Sævar Þór Gíslason Fylkir
Iceland Guðmundur Steinarsson Keflavík
Iceland Pálmi Rafn Pálmason Valur

These two teams were promoted from 1. deild karla at the start of the season:

These two teams will be promoted from 1. deild karla at the start of next season:

Relegated teams

These two teams were relegated to 1. deild karla at the end of the season:

 2006 Landsbankadeild winners 
FH
3rd title