Statistics of

Úrvalsdeild The Besta deild karla () is a professional association football league in Iceland and the highest level of the Icelandic football league system. The competition was founded in 1912 as the Icelandic Championship. Because of the harsh winters in I ...

in the 1978 season.

Overview

It was contested by 10 teams, and Valur won the championship. ÍA's

Pétur Pétursson Guðlaugur "Pétur" Pétursson (born 27 June 1959 in Akranes) is a retired Icelandic footballer who played as a forward. Club career Pétur made his professional debut at ÍA and also played for Feyenoord Rotterdam, RSC Anderlecht (35), Roy ...

was the top scorer with 19 goals.

Final league table

Results

Each team played every opponent once home and away for a total of 18 matches.

References

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1978 in Icelandic football