Competition: | Úrvalsdeild karla (Pepsi-deildin) |
Season: | 2017 |
Dates: | 30 April – 30 September 2017 |
Winners: | Valur |
Relegated: | Víkingur Ó. ÍA |
Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Valur |
Continentalcup2: | Europa League |
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | ÍBV FH Stjarnan |
Biggest Home Win: | (31 July 2017) |
Biggest Away Win: | (21 May 2017) (27 May 2017) (6 June 2017) (23 July 2017) (20 August 2017) |
Highest Scoring: | (16 July 2017) |
Matches: | 132 |
Total Goals: | 403 |
League Topscorer: | Andri Rúnar Bjarnason (19 goals) |
Updated: | 30 September 2017 |
Prevseason: | 2016 |
Nextseason: | 2018 |
The 2017 Úrvalsdeild karla, also known as Pepsi-deild karla for sponsorship reasons, was the 106th season of top-flight Icelandic football. Twelve teams contested the league, including the defending champions FH, who won their eighth league title in 2016.
The season began on 30 April 2017 and concluded on 30 September 2017.
The 2017 Úrvalsdeild was 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, Fylkir and Þróttur Reykjavík, were relegated to the 2017 1. deild karla and were replaced by KA and Grindavík, champions and runners-up of the 2016 1. deild karla respectively.
Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor | |
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Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment | |
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Breiðablik | Sacked | 9 May 2017[1] | 10th | 22 May 2017[2] | |||
Víkingur R. | Resigned | 19 May 2017[3] | 10th | 24 May 2017[4] | |||
ÍA | Resigned | 21 August 2017[5] | 12th | 21 August 2017[6] |
Each team will play home and away once against every other team for a total of 22 games played each.
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | Andri Rúnar Bjarnason | Grindavík | 19 |
2 | Steven Lennon | FH | 15 |
3 | Guðjón Baldvinsson | Stjarnan | 12 |
4 | Geoffrey Castillion | Víkingur R. | 11 |
Hólmbert Friðjónsson | Stjarnan | ||
6 | Gunnar Heiðar Þorvaldsson | ÍBV | 10 |
Hilmar Árni Halldórsson | Stjarnan | ||
8 | Emil Lyng | KA | 9 |
Tobias Thomsen | KR | ||
Elfar Árni Aðalsteinsson | KA |