Pepsideild 2018

Pepsideild 2018
master	Valur Reykjavík
Champions League qualification	Valur Reykjavík
Europa League qualification	Breiðablik Kópavogur UMF Stjarnan KR Reykjavík
Cup winners	UMF Stjarnan
Relegated	Fjölnir Reykjavík Keflavík ÍF
Teams	12
Games	132
Gates	390  (ø 2.95 per game)
Top scorer	Patrick Pedersen ( Valur Reykjavík ; 17 goals)
← Pepsideild 2017 Pepsideild 2019 →
1. deild karla 2018 ↓

The Pepsideild 2018 was the 107th season of the highest Icelandic football league . It began on April 27, 2018 and ended on September 29, 2018 with the 22nd matchday.

mode

The league's twelve teams played against each other in a simple round-trip round, so that each team played 22 games. The last two teams were relegated at the end of the season.

The champions were admitted to qualifying for the 2019/20 Champions League , the second and third placed teams and the cup winners for the Europa League .

societies

Reykjavík Reykjavík and suburbs Breiðablik Kópavogur ÍF Fylkir Reykjavík FH Hafnarfjörður Fjölnir Reykjavík KR Reykjavík UMF Stjarnan Valur Reykjavík Víkingur Reykjavík Keflavík ÍF KA Akureyri ÍBV Vestmannaeyjar UMF Grindavík

Associations of the Pepsideild 2018

Compared to the previous year, the composition of the league changed as follows: UMF Víkingur and ÍA Akranes were relegated to the 1st deild karla (2nd level) as eleventh and twelfth-placed teams in the 2017 season . The local champions ÍF Fylkir Reykjavík and the second-placed Keflavík ÍF , however, rose to the first division.

society	coat of arms	city	Stadion	capacity
FH Hafnarfjörður		Hafnarfjordur	Kaplakriki	06,738
Breiðablik Kópavogur		Kópavogur	Kópavogsvöllur	05,501
Fjölnir Reykjavík		Reykjavík	Fjölnisvöllur	01,300
ÍF Fylkir Reykjavík		Reykjavík	Fylkisvöllur	02,872
UMF Grindavík		Grindavík	Grindavíkurvöllur	01,750
KA Akureyri		Akureyri	Akureyrarvöllur	03,500
Keflavík ÍF		Keflavík	Keflavíkurvöllur	04,957
KR Reykjavík		Reykjavík	KR-completely	03,333
Valur Reykjavík		Reykjavík	Hlíðarendi	03,000
Víkingur Reykjavík		Reykjavík	Víkin	01,100
UMF Stjarnan		Garðabær	Stjörnuvöllur	01,292
ÍBV Vestmannaeyjar		Vestmannaeyjar	Hásteinsvöllur	02,834

table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Valur Reykjavík (M)	22nd	13	7th	2	050:240	+26	46
2.	Breiðablik Kópavogur	22nd	13	5	4th	039:170	+22	44
3.	UMF Stjarnan	22nd	11	7th	4th	045:260	+19	40
4th	KR Reykjavík	22nd	10	7th	5	036:250	+11	37
5.	FH Hafnarfjörður	22nd	10	7th	5	036:280	+8	37
6th	ÍBV Vestmannaeyjar (P)	22nd	8th	5	9	029:310	−2	29
7th	KA Akureyri	22nd	7th	7th	8th	036:340	+2	28
8th.	ÍF Fylkir Reykjavík (N)	22nd	7th	5	10	031:370	−6	26th
9.	Víkingur Reykjavík	22nd	6th	7th	9	029:380	−9	25th
10.	UMF Grindavík	22nd	7th	4th	11	026:370	−11	25th
11.	Fjölnir Reykjavík	22nd	4th	7th	11	022:440	−22	19th
12.	Keflavík ÍF (N)	22nd	0	4th	18th	011:490	−38	04th

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

Icelandic champion and participation in the first qualifying round of the 2019/20 UEFA Champions League

Participation in the 1st qualifying round for the 2019/20 UEFA Europa League

Relegated to the 1st deild karla

(M)	reigning Icelandic champion
(P)	reigning Icelandic Cup winner
(N)	Newcomers last season

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Results 2018. In: soccerway.com. Retrieved March 20, 2018 .