Football in Iceland

There are 20,000 players (men and women) registered at clubs.Football is the most popular sport in Iceland. Iceland hosted the U-18 European Championship in 1997, but an Icelandic national team has qualified for the final competition of a major tournament only three times—twice by the women's national team at UEFA Women's Euro in 2009 and 2013, and once by the men's team at UEFA Euro 2016. The only Iceland teams to advance past the group stage at a major tournament are the women in 2013 and the men in 2016.

Iceland's most famous footballer is Eiður Guðjohnsen. He has won two Premier League titles for Chelsea F.C. as well as the La Liga, Copa del rey and the Champions League title for FC Barcelona.

For each championship, an official sponsor name or a name is given. The number of clubs participating in each level is defined in advance. Each championship allows end of the season to promote the higher level clubs and relegating others to the lower level. The first of the highest league is the national champion. The national league is Úrvalsdeild.

Level

League(s) / Division(s)

1

Icelandic Premier League
Pepsi-deildin - (Nationwide League)
12 clubs

2

Icelandic First Division
1. deild karla - (Nationwide League)
12 clubs

3

Icelandic Second Division
2. deild karla - (Nationwide League)
12 clubs