2001 Úrvalsdeild

Úrvalsdeild
Season2001
DatesMay 15 – September 23
ChampionsÍA (18th title)
RelegatedValur
Breiðablik
Champions LeagueÍA
UEFA CupÍBV
Matches played90
Goals scored235 (2.61 per match)
Top goalscorer15 goals:
Hjörtur Hjartarson
2000
2002

The 2001 season of Úrvalsdeild was the 90th season of male league football in the top tier division in Iceland. The season was contested by 10 teams, where ÍA won their 18th championship. ÍA's Hjörtur Hjartarson was the top scorer with 15 goals. [1]

Final league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 ÍA (C) 18 11 3 4 29 16 +13 36 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 ÍBV 18 11 3 4 23 15 +8 36 Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round
3 FH 18 9 5 4 23 16 +7 32 Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round
4 Grindavík 18 9 0 9 27 29 −2 27
5 Fylkir 18 7 4 7 26 23 +3 25 Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round
6 Keflavík 18 6 5 7 27 30 −3 23
7 KR 18 6 4 8 16 20 −4 22
8 Fram 18 6 2 10 28 28 0 20
9 Valur (R) 18 5 4 9 19 26 −7 19 Relegation to 1. deild karla
10 Breiðablik (R) 18 4 2 12 17 32 −15 14
Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Each team played every opponent once home and away for a total of 18 matches.

Home \ Away BRE FH FRA FYL GRI ÍA ÍBV ÍBK KR VAL
Breiðablik 1–2 1–0 0–2 2–4 2–3 1–0 2–4 0–0 2–1
FH 3–0 1–0 0–0 0–2 0–1 0–1 2–2 2–0 1–0
Fram 2–1 1–1 3–0 1–2 1–0 0–1 5–3 0–1 2–3
Fylkir 0–1 0–2 4–2 2–3 2–1 4–0 2–2 1–0 0–0
Grindavík 2–1 1–2 1–3 0–4 3–0 3–1 1–2 0–2 2–0
ÍA 3–1 2–2 1–0 3–0[a] 3–1 0–0 2–0 2–0 2–0
ÍBV 1–0 0–0 1–3 3–1 3–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 2–0
Keflavík 2–1 3–1 2–2 2–1 0–2 0–1 0–2 3–1 1–1
KR 1–1 1–2 2–1 0–0 2–0 2–1 0–2 2–0 0–0
Valur 2–0 1–2 3–2 1–3 1–0 0–2 1–2 1–1 4–2
Source: [2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ The match was interrupted in the 24th minute at 1–0 due to very bad weather and was repeated the next day.

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Hjörtur Hjartarson ÍA 15
2 Ásmundur Arnarsson Fram 10
3 Grétar Hjartarson Grindavík 9
Þórarinn Kristjánsson Keflavík
5 Tómas Ingi Tómasson ÍBV 8
6 Kristján Brooks Breiðablik 7
Siniša Valdimar Kekić Grindavík
Haukur Ingi Guðnason Keflavík
9 Grétar Rafn Steinsson ÍA 6
Guðmundur Steinarsson Keflavík
Sævar Þór Gíslason Fylkir

Source:[2]

References

  1. ^ Iceland - Topscorers
  2. ^ a b c "Iceland 2001". RSSSF. Retrieved 7 April 2025.