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| Season | 2013 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Fjölnir |
| Promoted | Fjölnir Víkingur R. |
| Relegated | KF Völsungur |
| Matches played | 132 |
| Goals scored | 454 (3.44 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | 14 goals: Aron Elís Þrándarson (Víkingur R.) |
| Biggest home win | Víkingur R. 16–0 Völsungur |
| Biggest away win | KF 0–7 Grindavík Völsungur 0–7 Haukar |
| Highest scoring | 16 goals: Víkingur R. 16–0 Völsungur |
| Longest winning run | 6 matches: Grindavík (17 May – 22 June) |
| Longest unbeaten run | 10 matches: Víkingur R. (24 May – 19 July) |
| Longest winless run | 22 matches: Völsungur (whole season) |
| Longest losing run | 16 matches: Völsungur (22 June – 21 September) |
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The 2013 1. deild karla (English: Men's First Division) is the 59th season of second-tier Icelandic football. Twelve teams will contest the league. The fixtures for the 2013 campaign were released by the KSÍ on 10 November 2012.[1] Play began on 9 May and is scheduled to conclude on 21 September.[2]
The league will be contested by twelve clubs, eight of which had played in the 2012 season. There were four new clubs from the previous campaign:
| Team | Location | Stadium | 2012 season |
|---|---|---|---|
| BÍ/Bolungarvík | Ísafjörður/Bolungarvík | Torfnesvöllur | 9th |
| Fjölnir | Reykjavík | Fjölnisvöllur | 7th |
| Grindavík | Grindavík | Grindavíkurvöllur | Úrvalsdeild, 12th |
| Haukar | Hafnarfjörður | Schenkervöllurinn | 5th |
| KA | Akureyri | Akureyrarvöllur | 4th |
| KF | Fjallabyggð | Ólafsfjarðarvöllur | 2. deild, 2nd |
| Leiknir R. | Reykjavík | Leiknisvöllur | 10th |
| Selfoss | Selfoss | Selfossvöllur | Úrvalsdeild, 11th |
| Tindastóll | Sauðárkrókur | Sauðárkróksvöllur | 8th |
| Víkingur R. | Reykjavík | Víkin | 6th |
| Völsungur | Húsavík | Húsavíkurvöllur | 2. deild, 1st |
| Þróttur R. | Reykjavík | Valbjarnarvöllur | 3rd |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fjölnir (C, P) | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 38 | 24 | +14 | 43 | Promotion to the 2014 Úrvalsdeild |
| 2 | Víkingur R. (P) | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 56 | 28 | +28 | 42 | |
| 3 | Haukar | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 49 | 29 | +20 | 42 | |
| 4 | Grindavík | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 51 | 32 | +19 | 42 | |
| 5 | BÍ/Bolungarvík | 22 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 47 | 39 | +8 | 40 | |
| 6 | KA | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 38 | 31 | +7 | 32 | |
| 7 | Leiknir R. | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 36 | 31 | +5 | 32 | |
| 8 | Selfoss | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 44 | 38 | +6 | 27 | |
| 9 | Tindastóll | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 29 | 40 | −11 | 25 | |
| 10 | Þróttur R. | 22 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 26 | 36 | −10 | 23 | |
| 11 | KF (R) | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 41 | −16 | 21 | Relegation to the 2014 2. deild karla |
| 12 | Völsungur (R) | 22 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 85 | −70 | 2 |
Each team plays every opponent once home and away for a total of 22 matches per club, and 132 matches altogether.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals | Matches | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aron Elís Þrándarson | Víkingur R. | 10 | 12 | 0.83 |
| Stefán Þór Pálsson | Grindavík | 19 | 0.53 | ||
| 3 | Ben Everson | BÍ/Bolungarvík | 9 | 16 | 0.56 |
| Hilmar Árni Halldórsson | Leiknir R. | 19 | 0.47 | ||
| Aron Sigurðarson | Fjölnir | 19 | 0.47 | ||
| 6 | Javi Zurbano | Selfoss | 8 | 19 | 0.42 |