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2011 Úrvalsdeild

Úrvalsdeild
Season 2011
Champions KR Reykjavík
25th title
Relegated Þór Akureyri
Víkingur R.
Champions League KR Reykjavík
Europa League FH
ÍBV
Þór Akureyri
Matches played 132
Goals scored 401 (3.04 per match)
Top goalscorer Garðar Jóhannsson (15 goals)
Biggest home win FH 7–2 Grindavik
Þór 6-1 Víkingur R.
Stjarnan 5-0 Valur
Biggest away win Breiðablik 2-6 Víkingur R.
Highest scoring FH 7–2 Grindavik
Longest winning run FH, Valur
(5 goals each)
Longest unbeaten run KR
(16 games)
Longest winless run Víkingur R.
(18 games)
Longest losing run Fylkir, Keflavík
(4 games each)
2010
2012
Leader
2012–13 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round
Relegation to 1. deild karla

The 2011 Úrvalsdeild (also known as the "Pepsi deild" for sponsorship reasons) is the 100th season of top-tier football in Iceland.The season began on 2 May 2011 and concluded on 1 October 2011. Breiðablik are the defending champions, having won their first league championship.

A total of twelve teams will contest the league, including ten sides from the 2010 season and two promoted teams from the 1. deild karla.

Haukar and Selfoss were relegated from 2010 Úrvalsdeild after finishing the season in the bottom two places of the league table. Both teams were relegated having just achieved promotion the season before.

2010 1. deild karla champions Víkingur R. and runners-up Þór Akureyri secured direct promotion to the Úrvalsdeild.Víkingur returned to the Úrvalsdeild after a three-year absence while Þór return to the top league after an eight-year absence.

Source: ksi.is (Icelandic)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1Þór qualified for the first qualifying round of UEFA Europa League as losing finalists of the 2011 VISA-bikar competition to Champions League-qualified KR.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.


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