Icelandic Football Championship 1978

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Icelandic Football Championship 1978
master Valur Reykjavík
European Cup of
National Champions		 Valur Reykjavík
Uefa cup Keflavík ÍF
Cup winners ÍA Akranes
European
Cup Winners' Cup		 ÍA Akranes
Relegated FH Hafnarfjörður
Breiðablik Kópavogur
Teams 10
Games 90
Gates 279  (ø 3.1 per game)
Top scorer Pétur Pétursson ( ÍA Akranes )
← Icelandic Football Championship 1977

The Icelandic football championship in 1978 was the 67th season of the highest Icelandic football league . The league began on May 13, 1978 and ended with the last games on September 10, 1978.

The title went to Valur Reykjavík for the 16th time , who only lost one point during the entire season.

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Valur Reykjavík (P)  18th  17th  1  0 045: 800 +37 35: 10
 2. ÍA Akranes (M)  18th  13  3  2 047:130 +34 29: 70
 3. Keflavík ÍF  18th  8th  4th  6th 031:250  +6 20:16
 4th ÍB Vestmannaeyja  18th  8th  3  7th 029:240  +5 19:17
 5. Víkingur Reykjavík  18th  9  1  8th 027:310  −4 19:17
 6th Fram Reykjavík  18th  7th  2  9 023:310  −8 16:20
 7th Þróttur Reykjavík (N)  18th  4th  6th  8th 022:270  −5 14:22
 8th. KA Akureyri (N)  18th  3  5  10 014:380 −24 11:25
 9. FH Hafnarfjörður  18th  2  6th  10 022:370 −15 10:26
10. Breiðablik Kópavogur  18th  3  1  14th 019:450 −26 07:29

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored

  • Icelandic champion and participation in the 1979/80 European Cup
  • Icelandic cup winner and participation in the European Cup Winners' Cup 1979/80
  • Participation in the 1979/80 UEFA Cup
  • Relegated to the 2nd deild karla
    • (M) reigning Icelandic champion
    (P) reigning Icelandic Cup winner
    (N) Newcomers

    Crosstab

    The crosstab shows the results of all games this season. The home team is listed in the first column, the visiting team in the top row. The results are always given from the perspective of the home team.

    1978 Fram Reykjavík FH Hafnarfjörður Breiðablik Kópavogur Keflavík ÍF Þróttur Reykjavík ÍA Akranes Víkingur Reykjavík KA Akureyri ÍB Vestmannaeyja
    Fram Reykjavík 4: 4 2-0 1: 3 4: 1 0: 3 0: 2 0: 1 1-0 2: 1
    FH Hafnarfjörður 2: 3 1: 3 2-0 0-0 0: 2 1: 7 3: 3 0-0 0: 2
    Breiðablik Kópavogur 0: 2 0: 4 0: 2 1: 4 1: 4 0: 3 1: 2 2: 2 2-0
    Keflavík ÍF 1: 1 2: 2 3: 1 0-0 0: 2 2: 2 3: 3 2: 3 2: 3
    Þróttur Reykjavík 0: 1 2: 2 4: 2 1: 2 1: 3 2: 2 2-0 1-0 2: 2
    Valur Reykjavík 3-0 2: 1 4: 2 2: 1 1-0 1-0 3-0 5-0 1-0
    ÍA Akranes 1-0 2-0 4-0 3-0 3: 2 0: 1 5-0 1-0 0-0
    Víkingur Reykjavík 3-0 1-0 3: 1 0: 1 1-0 2: 5 2: 4 1-0 0: 1
    KA Akureyri 3-0 1-0 0: 3 0: 5 0-0 0-0 0: 5 2: 5 1: 1
    ÍB Vestmannaeyja 3: 2 3-0 1-0 1: 2 3-0 0: 3 2: 3 0: 2 6: 2

    List of goalscorers

    The following table shows the top scorers of the season.

    rank Gates player society
    1. 19th Pétur Pétursson ÍA Akranes
    2. 15th Ingi Bjorn Albertsson Valur Reykjavík
    3. 11 Matthias Hallgrimsson ÍA Akranes
    4th 10 Sigurlas þorleifsson ÍB Vestmannaeyja
    10 Atli Eðvaldsson Valur Reykjavík

    Web links and references

    1. ↑ Iceland Final League Tables 1912-1998 ( English ) Retrieved June 1, 2012.
    2. ↑ Íslandsmót - 1. deild karla ( Icelandic ) Retrieved June 1, 2012.
    3. ↑ Iceland Topscorers ( English ) Retrieved June 1, 2012.