Football league season
The 2008 season of Úrvalsdeild was the 97th season of top-tier football in Iceland . The league, also known as Landsbankadeild for sponsoring reasons, has been expanded from 10 teams to 12 teams in 2008.
Teams and venues
Team
Location
Venue
Capacity
FH
Hafnarfjörður
Kaplakriki
6,000
Keflavík
Reykjanesbær
Keflavíkurvöllur
4,000
Fram
Reykjavík
Laugardalsvöllur
9,800
KR Reykjavík
Reykjavík
KR-völlur
6,000
Valur
Reykjavík
Vodafonevöllurinn
3,000
Fjölnir
Reykjavík
Fjölnisvöllur
1,000
Grindavík
Grindavík
Grindavíkurvöllur
1,500
Breiðablik
Kópavogur
Kópavogsvöllur
5,000
Fylkir
Reykjavík
Fylkisvöllur
4,000
Þróttur
Reykjavík
Valbjarnarvöllur
2,500
HK Kópavogs
Kópavogur
Kópavogsvöllur
5,000
ÍA Akranes
Akranes
Akranesvöllur
850
Promotion and relegation
Víkingur Reykjavík were relegated from Úrvalsdeild after finishing in 10th place the previous season . Their place was taken by 1. deild champions UMF Grindavík . Due to expansion from 10 to 12 teams, 2nd placed Þróttur Reykjavík and 3rd placed Fjölnir Reykjavík were also promoted.
League table
Source:
ksi.is (in Icelandic) Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions;
(R) Relegated
Notes:
Results
Each team played every opponent once home and away for a total of 22 matches.
Source:
ksi.is (in Icelandic) Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Top goalscorers
Source: ksi.is Archived 2011-05-26 at the Wayback Machine (in Icelandic)
External links
Domestic leagues Domestic cups League cups UEFA competitions
Domestic leagues Domestic cups League cups UEFA competitions