The 2008 season of Úrvalsdeild was the 97th season of top-tier football in

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. The league, also known as ''Landsbankadeild'' for sponsoring reasons, has been expanded from 10 teams to 12 teams in 2008.

Teams and venues

Promotion and relegation

Víkingur Reykjavík were relegated from Úrvalsdeild after finishing in 10th place the previous season. Their place was taken by

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champions UMF Grindavík. Due to expansion from 10 to 12 teams, 2nd placed

Þróttur Reykjavík Þróttur may refer to: * Knattspyrnufélagið Þróttur Knattspyrnufélagið Þróttur, also referred to as Þróttur Reykjavík or Throttur, is a sports club from Reykjavík in Iceland. The club runs a association football, football department ...

and 3rd placed Fjölnir Reykjavík were also promoted.

League table

Results

Each team played every opponent once home and away for a total of 22 matches.

Top goalscorers

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Guðmundur Steinarsson Guðmundur Steinarsson (born 20 October 1979) is an Icelandic international former association football, footballer who played as a Striker (association football), striker. Steinarsson is currently assistant manager at Ungmennafélagið Fjölnir ...

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Keflavík Keflavík (pronounced , meaning ''Driftwood Bay'') is a town in the Reykjanes region in southwest Iceland. It is included in the municipality of Reykjanesbær whose population as of 2016 is 15,129. In 1995, Keflavik merged with nearby Njarðv ...

)'' ;14 goals * Björgólfur Hideaki Takefusa ''( KR)'' ;12 goals *

Tryggvi Guðmundsson Tryggvi Guðmundsson (born 30 July 1974) is an Icelandic former professional association football, footballer. He is Iceland's all-time top scorer in the Úrvalsdeild. He is the highest scoring male Icelandic footballer of all time in associati ...

''( FH)'' ;11 goals * Atli Viðar Björnsson ''( FH)'' ;10 goals * Gunnar Már Guðmundsson ''(

Fjölnir Fjölnir ( non, Fjǫlnir ) is a legendary king in Norse mythology said to have been the son of Freyr (Frey) and his consort Gerðr (Gertha). The name appears in a variety of forms, including Fiolnir, Fjölner, Fjolner, and Fjolne. He was claime ...

)'' * Helgi Sigurðsson ''(

Valur Valur may refer to: People * Birkir Valur Jónsson (born 1998), Icelandic football player * Björn Valur Gíslason (born 1959), Icelandic politician * Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson (born 1979), Icelandic handball player * Guðni Valur Guðnason (born ...

)'' ;9 goals * Guðjón Baldvinsson ''( KR)'' * Pétur Georg Markann ''(

)'' * Nenad Živanović ''( Breiðablik)'' ;8 goals * Ívar Björnsson ''(

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)'' * Hjörtur Júlíus Hjartarson ''( Þróttur)''

External links

Official website
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