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Úrvalsdeild
Season	2013
Dates	5 May – 28 September 2013
Champions	KR (26th title)
Relegated	ÍA; Víkingur Ó.
Champions League	KR
Europa League	Fram (via Icelandic Cup); FH; Stjarnan
Matches played	132
Goals scored	412 (3.12 per match)
Top goalscorer	13 goals: ; Atli Viðar Björnsson (FH); Viðar Örn Kjartansson (Fylkir); Gary John Martin (KR)
Biggest home win	Valur 4–0 Keflavík; FH 4–0 Stjarnan
Biggest away win	ÍA 0–5 Víkingur Ó.; Víkingur Ó. 0–5 Valur
Highest scoring	10 goals:; Valur 6–4 ÍA
Longest winning run	7 matches:; KR; (28 July – 16 September)
Longest unbeaten run	12 matches:; Breiðablik; (28 May – 25 August)
Longest winless run	11 matches:; Fylkir; (6 May – 15 July)
Longest losing run	6 matches:; ÍA; (26 May – 3 July)
Highest attendance	3,034; ÍBV 1–2 FH; (3 August)
Lowest attendance	315; Víkingur Ó. 0–5 Valur; (28 September)
Average attendance	1,057
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The 2013 Úrvalsdeild karla (English: Men's Premier League), also known as the Pepsi-deild for sponsorship reasons, was the 102nd edition of top-flight Úrvalsdeild karla football in Iceland. Twelve teams contested the league

FH unsuccessfully defended its sixth league 2012 title. KR successfully pursued its 26th Úrvalsdeild title.

The fixtures for the 2013 campaign were released by the KSÍ on 10 November 2012,^[3] while the season is scheduled to run from 5 May until 28 September.^[4]

Teams

The 2013 Úrvalsdeild was contested by twelve clubs, ten of which played in the division the previous season. The changes from the 2012 campaign were:

Grindavík and Selfoss were relegated from the 2012 Úrvalsdeild to the 2013 1. deild karla.
Þór A. and Víkingur Ó. were promoted from the 2012 1. deild karla to the 2013 Úrvalsdeild.

Club information

Team	Location	Stadium	Turf	2012 season
Breiðablik	Kópavogur	Kópavogsvöllur	Natural	2nd
FH	Hafnarfjörður	Kaplakrikavöllur	Natural	1st
Fram	Reykjavík	Laugardalsvöllur	Natural	10th
Fylkir	Reykjavík	Fylkisvöllur	Natural	7th
ÍA	Akranes	Akranesvöllur	Natural	6th
ÍBV	Vestmannaeyjar	Hásteinsvöllur	Natural	3rd
Keflavík	Keflavík	Keflavíkurvöllur	Natural	9th
KR	Reykjavík	KR-völlur	Natural	4th
Stjarnan	Garðabær	Stjörnuvöllur	Artificial	5th
Valur	Reykjavík	Hlíðarendi	Natural	8th
Víkingur Ó.	Ólafsvík	Ólafsvíkurvöllur	Natural	1. deild, 2nd
Þór A.	Akureyri	Þórsvöllur	Natural	1. deild, 1st

Iceland Map

Reykjavík

Reykjavík:
Breiðablik
FH
Fram
Fylkir
KR
Stjarnan
Valur

Location of teams in the 2013 Úrvalsdeild

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	KR (C)	22	17	1	4	50	27	+23	52	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	FH	22	14	5	3	47	22	+25	47	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	Stjarnan	22	13	4	5	34	25	+9	43	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4	Breiðablik	22	11	6	5	37	27	+10	39
5	Valur	22	8	9	5	45	31	+14	33
6	ÍBV	22	8	5	9	26	28	−2	29
7	Fylkir	22	7	5	10	33	33	0	26
8	Keflavík	22	7	3	12	33	47	−14	24
9	Þór A.	22	6	6	10	31	44	−13	24
10	Fram	22	6	4	12	26	37	−11	22	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round^[a]
11	Víkingur Ólafsvík (R)	22	3	8	11	21	35	−14	17	Relegation to 1. deild karla
12	ÍA (R)	22	3	2	17	29	56	−27	11	Relegation to 1. deild karla

Source: ^[5]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Fram Reykjavík qualified for the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2013 Icelandic Cup.

Results

Each team plays every opponent once home and away for a total of 22 matches per club, and 132 matches all together.

Home \ Away	BRE	FRA	FYL	FH	ÍA	ÍBV	KEF	KR	STJ	VAL	VÓL	ÞÓR
Breiðablik		1–2	1–4	0–1	4–1	3–1	3–2	3–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	4–1
Fram	1–1		1–1	0–2	1–0	0–1	2–3	2–1	0–1	0–4	3–4	4–1
Fylkir	0–1	3–0		0–1	1–1	0–1	3–0	2–3	0–1	1–2	2–1	1–4
FH	0–0	2–1	2–1		2–0	1–1	2–1	2–4	4–0	3–3	2–2	1–0
ÍA	2–2	2–0	1–3	2–6		2–1	2–3	3–1	1–3	1–3	0–5	1–2
ÍBV	4–1	1–0	3–1	1–2	1–0		1–1	0–2	1–0	0–2	1–1	1–2
Keflavík	1–2	1–2	2–2	0–4	5–4	4–2		0–2	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–3
KR	1–1	2–1	4–1	3–1	4–2	3–1	3–0		2–1	3–1	2–1	3–0
Stjarnan	3–2	3–2	1–2	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	3–1		1–1	3–2	3–1
Valur	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–1	6–4	1–1	4–0	1–2	1–1		0–0	2–2
Víkingur Ólafsvík	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–4	1–0	0–0	1–3	0–1	1–1	0–5		1–1
Þór A.	1–2	1–1	2–2	0–3	1–0	1–3	2–2	1–3	1–1	3–5	1–0

Source: ^[4]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

As of 28 September 2013.^[6]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Atli Viðar Björnsson	FH	13
	Viðar Örn Kjartansson	Fylkir
	Gary John Martin	KR
4	Chukwudi Chijindu	Þór	10
4	Hólmbert Friðjónsson	Fram	10
6	Halldór Orri Björnsson	Stjarnan	9
	Björn Daníel Sverrisson	FH
	Árni Vilhjálmsson	Breiðablik
	Hörður Sveinsson	Keflavík