The 2016
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 ...
karla, also known as
''Pepsi-deild karla'' for sponsorship reasons, was the 105th season of top-flight
Icelandic football. Twelve teams contested the league, including the defending champions
FH, who won their seventh league title in
2015
2015 was designated by the United Nations as:
* International Year of Light
* International Year of Soil __TOC__
Events
January
* January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...
.
The season started on 1 May 2016 and concluded on 1 October 2016.
On 19 September 2016,
Breiðablik drew 1–1 with
ÍBV. This result meant
FH clinched their 8th Icelandic title.
Teams
The 2016 Úrvalsdeild was contested by twelve clubs, ten of which played in the division the previous year and two teams promoted from
1. deild karla. The changes from the 2015 campaign were:
*
Leiknir Reykjavík
Íþróttafélagið Leiknir (, ), commonly known as Leiknir Reykjavík (), is an Icelandic multi-sport club. It is best known for its men's football section, but also fields departments in Badminton, Basketball, Volleyball and Karate. The club ...
and
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, Keflavík merged with nearby Njar ...
were relegated from the 2015 Úrvalsdeild to the
1. deild karla.
*
Víkingur Ólafsvík and
Þróttur Reykjavík Þróttur may refer to:
* Knattspyrnufélagið Þróttur
Knattspyrnufélagið Þróttur (, ), also referred to as Þróttur Reykjavík or Throttur, is a professional sports club from Reykjavík in Iceland. The club runs a association football, f ...
were promoted from the
1. deild karla to the 2016 Úrvalsdeild.
Club information
League table
Results
Season statistics
Top scorers
References
External links
IcelandFootball.net- Championship 2016
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Úrvalsdeild karla (football) seasons
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Iceland
Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is culturally and politically linked with Europe and is the regi ...
Iceland
Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is culturally and politically linked with Europe and is the regi ...