2022 Besta-deild karla

The 2022 Besta-deild karla is the 111th season of top-flight Icelandic football. Twelve teams contested the league, including the defending champions Víkingur R., who won their first league title in 2021.[1] It was the first season of the league after it was rebranded as Besta-deild karla.[2]

Besta-deild karla
Season2022
Dates18 April – September 2022
← 2021
2023 →
All statistics correct as of 25 February 2022.

Teams

The 2022 Besta-deild karla is 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, HK and Fylkir (both relegated after one year in the top flight), were relegated to the 2022 1. deild karla and were replaced by Knattspyrnufélagið Fram and ÍBV, champions and runners-up of the 2020 1. deild karla respectively.

Club information
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Breiðablik Kópavogur Kópavogsvöllur 3,009[3]
FH Hafnarfjörður Kaplakriki 6,450[4]
Fram Reykjavík Laugardalsvöllur 9,800
ÍA Akranes Norðurálsvöllurinn 3,054[5]
ÍBV Vestmannaeyjar Hásteinsvöllur 2,300 (534 seated)
KA Akureyri Akureyrarvöllur 1,645[6]
Keflavík Reykjanesbær Keflavíkurvöllur 5,200
KR Reykjavík Alvogenvöllurinn 3,333[7]
Leiknir Reykjavík Leiknisvöllur 1,025
Stjarnan Garðabær Samsung völlurinn 1,440
Valur Reykjavík Valsvöllur 2,465[8]
Víkingur R. Reykjavík Víkingsvöllur 2,023[9]

References
  1. "Íslandsmót KSÍ - Besta-deild karla 2022". kki.is (in Icelandic). Football Association of Iceland. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  2. Helga Margrét Höskuldsdóttir (24 February 2022). "Nýtt vörumerki með rætur íslenskri knattspyrnusögu". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 24 February 2022.
  3. http://gamli.ksi.is/mannvirki/knattspyrnuvellir/?vollur=52%5B%5D
  4. http://gamli.ksi.is/mannvirki/knattspyrnuvellir/?vollur=49%5B%5D
  5. "Akranesvöllur – Knattspyrnusamband Íslands". www.ksi.is.
  6. "Akureyrarvöllur – Knattspyrnusamband Íslands". www.ksi.is.
  7. "Meistaravellir – Knattspyrnusamband Íslands". www.ksi.is.
  8. http://gamli.ksi.is/mannvirki/knattspyrnuvellir/?vollur=39%5B%5D
  9. "Leikskýrsla: Víkingur R. – Leiknir – Knattspyrnusamband Íslands". www.ksi.is.
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