2025 Besta deild karla

Besta deild karla

Season	2025
Dates	6 April – 14 September 2025
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The 2025 Besta deild karla will be the 114th season of top-flight Icelandic Football. It will be the fourth season following the league's rebrand as Besta deild karla.

Teams

The league consisted of twelve teams: the top ten teams from the previous season, and two teams promoted from the 1. deild karla. Breiðablik entered the season as defending champions after winning their seventh title during the previous season.

The promoted teams were 2024 1. deild karla champions ÍBV (promoted after a single-season absence), and play-off winners Afturelding (promoted after a seven-season absence). They replaced the 2024 Besta deild karla bottom two teams, Fylkir and HK.

Stadia and locations

KA

ÍBV

Capital region

ÍA

Vestri

Capital region clubs:
Reykjavík:Fram
KR
Valur
Víkingur Reykjavík
Mosfellsbær:Afturelding
Kópavogur:Breiðablik
Hafnarfjörður:FH
Garðabær:Stjarnan

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Locations of the 2025 Besta deild karla teams

Team	Location	Stadium
Afturelding	Mosfellsbær	Varmárvöllur
Breiðablik	Kópavogur	Kópavogsvöllur
FH	Hafnarfjörður	Kaplakriki
Fram	Reykjavík	Laugardalsvöllur
ÍA	Akranes	Norðurálsvöllurinn
ÍBV	Vestmannaeyjar	Hásteinsvöllur
KA	Akureyri	Akureyrarvöllur
KR	Reykjavík	Alvogenvöllurinn
Stjarnan	Garðabær	Samsung völlurinn
Valur	Reykjavík	Valsvöllur
Vestri	Ísafjörður	Olísvöllurinn
Víkingur Reykjavík	Reykjavík	Víkingsvöllur

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Afturelding	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification for the Championship Round
2	Breiðablik	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	FH	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Fram	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	ÍA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	ÍBV	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	KA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification for the Relegation Round
8	KR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Stjarnan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Valur	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Vestri	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Víkingur Reykjavík	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: 6 April 2025. Source: KSI (in Icelandic), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Head-to-head away goals scored; 8) Play-off (only for deciding champion); 9) Draw.

Results

Each team was originally scheduled to play home and away once against every other team for a total of 22 games each.

Home \ Away	AFT	BRE	FH	FRA	ÍA	ÍBV	KA	KR	STJ	VAL	VES	VÍK
Afturelding	—
Breiðablik		—
FH			—
Fram				—
ÍA					—
ÍBV						—
KA							—
KR								—
Stjarnan									—
Valur										—
Vestri											—
Víkingur Reykjavík												—

First match(es) will be played: 6 April 2025. Source: KSI (in Icelandic), Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals

Top assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date

Discipline

Player

• Most yellow cards:
• Most red cards:

Club

• Most yellow cards:
• Most red cards: