| Season | 2016 |
|---|---|
| Champions | ÍR |
| Promoted | ÍR Grótta |
| Relegated | Ægir KF |
| Matches played | 132 |
| Goals scored | 404 (3.06 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Jón Gísli Ström (ÍR) (22 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Sindri 5–0 Njarðvík (25 June 2016) ÍR 5–0 Höttur (10 August 2016) Afturelding 7–2 Höttur (17 September 2016) |
| Biggest away win | KV 0–4 Vestri (10 August 2016) |
| Highest scoring | Afturelding 7–2 Höttur (17 September 2016) |
← 2015 2017 → | |
The 2016 2. deild karla (English: Men's Second Division) was the 51st season of third-tier football in Iceland. Twelve teams contest the league. Play began on 6 May and concluded on 24 September.[1]
Teams
The league is contested by twelve clubs, eight of which played in the division during the 2015 season. There were four new clubs from the previous campaign:
- Grótta and Vestri were relegated from the 2015 1. deild karla, replacing Huginn and Leiknir F. who were promoted to the 2016 1. deild karla
- Magni and Völsungur were promoted from the 2015 3. deild karla, in place of Tindastóll and Dalvík/Reynir who were relegated to the 2016 3. deild karla
Club information
Location of teams in the 2016 2. deild karla
| Team | Location | Stadium | 2015 season |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afturelding | Mosfellsbær | N1-völlurinn Varmá | 6th |
| Grótta | Seltjarnarnes | Vivaldivöllurinn | 11th in 1. deild |
| Höttur | Egilsstaðir | Vilhjálmsvöllur | 5th |
| ÍR | Reykjavík | Hertz völlurinn | 3rd |
| KF | Fjallabyggð | Ólafsfjarðarvöllur | 7th |
| KV | Reykjavík | KR-völlur | 4th |
| Magni | Grenivík | Grenivíkurvöllur | 1st in 3. deild |
| Njarðvík | Njarðvík | Njarðtaksvöllurinn | 10th |
| Sindri | Höfn | Sindravellir | 8th |
| Vestri | Ísafjörður | Torfnesvöllur | 12th in 1. deild |
| Völsungur | Húsavík | Húsavíkurvöllur | 2nd in 3. deild |
| Ægir | Þorlákshöfn | Þorlákshafnarvöllur | 9th |
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ÍR (C, P) | 22 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 47 | 19 | +28 | 54 | Promotion to the 2017 1. deild karla |
| 2 | Grótta (P) | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 34 | 16 | +18 | 43 | |
| 3 | Afturelding | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 45 | 26 | +19 | 41 | |
| 4 | Sindri | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 41 | 29 | +12 | 32 | |
| 5 | Magni | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 36 | 32 | +4 | 31 | |
| 6 | Vestri | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 41 | 40 | +1 | 29 | |
| 7 | Höttur | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 31 | 39 | −8 | 27 | |
| 8 | Njarðvík | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 29 | 31 | −2 | 25 | |
| 9 | Völsungur | 22 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 29 | 37 | −8 | 24 | |
| 10 | KV | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 31 | 43 | −12 | 21 | |
| 11 | Ægir (R) | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 26 | 45 | −19 | 21 | Relegation to the 2017 3. deild karla |
| 12 | KF (R) | 22 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 47 | −33 | 13 |
Updated to match(es) played on 27 March 2017. Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Results
Each team plays every opponent once home and away for a total of 22 matches per club, and 132 matches altogether.
References
- 1 2 "2016 2. deild karla fixtures, results and league standings". KSÍ.is. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
- ↑ "2016 2. deild karla complete league table". KSÍ.is. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
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