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 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 footballer who played as a striker. Steinarsson is currently assistant manager at Fjölnir. He spent the majority of his playing career with Keflavík, where h ...

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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 Njar� ...

)'' ;14 goals *

Björgólfur Hideaki Takefusa Björgólfur Hideaki Takefusa (born 11 May 1980) is an Icelandic former professional footballer who played as a forward. He formerly represented the Iceland national team, making three appearances in 2003 and 2009. Early life Björgólfur's ...

''( KR)'' ;12 goals * Tryggvi Guðmundsson ''( FH)'' ;11 goals *

Atli Viðar Björnsson Atli Viðar Björnsson (born 4 January 1980) is an Icelandic retired footballer, who mostly played for FH. Since joining FH in 2001, he played more than 300 matches for the club in all competitions. During the 2007 season, Atli spent four mont ...

''( 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 claim ...

)'' * Helgi Sigurðsson ''( Valur)'' ;9 goals *

Guðjón Baldvinsson Guðjón Baldvinsson (born 15 February 1986) is an Icelandic international former footballer who played as a striker. Club career Born in Garðabær, Guðjón began his career in 2003 with Stjarnan. He signed for KR Reykjavík for the 2008 se ...

''( KR)'' * Pétur Georg Markann ''(

)'' *

Nenad Živanović Nenad Živanović (born 20 July 1980) is a Serbian football defender. Živanović made his first appearance in the Serbian Superliga The Serbian Super League ( sr, Супер лига Србије / Super liga Srbije), referred to as the Mozz ...

''( Breiðablik)'' ;8 goals *

Ívar Björnsson Ivar (Old Norse ''Ívarr'') is a Scandinavian masculine given name. Another variant of the name is Iver, which is more common in Norway. The Old Norse name has several possible etymologies. In North Germanic phonology, several of the elements c ...

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

External links

Official website
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