Well folks, it looks like we have a new member here in the Scandinavian Forum who is volunteering to step up and take the lead on an Icelandic Premier League thread. I know many of us look forward to coming here daily to read and understand more about the leagues, players, supporters and rumors that make up the various brands of Scandinavian football, so this is a welcome addition. Per the other league threads here, please feel free to comment, ask questions or provide your own findings about the Úrvalsdeild and its clubs! Thanks for stepping up iauk and welcome to our little corner of BigSoccer, we look forward to your updates and contributions! (KR Reykjavik supporters)
Re: Icelandic Úrvalsdeild 2010 [R] Hello guys, i will help out with the Iceland leagues. I am a supporter of Icelandic football living in England, i take a big intrest in all football in Iceland (league, cups, national team) My team in Iceland is IA Akranes www.freewebs.com/iauk is my website. I am also a member of www.rsssf.com and www.playerhistory.com
Re: Icelandic Úrvalsdeild 2010 [R] The Icelandic leagues do not start until May, so the clubs have been busy playing indoor friendlies, there are now many indoor halls around the country with full size pitches. There will be some competitive football coming soon as the League Cup (deildarbikar) starts on 20th February.
Re: Icelandic Úrvalsdeild 2010 [R] The 2010 Urvalsdeild will be sponsored by PEPSI and will be known as PEPSI deildin. There are 12 clubs playing home and away with the bottom two relegated to 1.deild. The 2010 clubs are. Breidablik (Kopavogur) FH (Hafnarfjordur) Fram (Reykjavik) Fylkir (Reykjavik) Grindavik Haukar (Hafnarfjordur) IBV (Vestmannayjaer) Keflavik KR (Reykjavik) Selfoss Stjarnan (Gardabaer) Valur (Reykjavik) FH will once again be favourites to win the league (they have been champions 5 times in the last 6 years), KR will challenge them but FH are now considered the best team in Iceland and with the biggest budget. FH signed Iceland international keeper Gunnleifur Gunnleifsson from HK during the winter. Valur,Fram and Keflavik will fight for a Europa league place. Selfoss will play in the top division for the first time in their history but as soon as they were promoted they lost their coach Gunnlaugur Jonsson to Valur. The other promoted team Haukar have only played one season in the top division before and that was in 1979, they will share Valur's ground the Vodafonevollur as their own Asvellir is not in good condition. If anyone is looking for one of Iceland's most famous clubs IA, well they can be found playing in the second level (1.deild). They were relegated in 2008 and were hot pre season tips for promotion last year but it was a disaster and they finished in 9th place, at one point relegation to 2.deild looked a possibility. I am confident that IA will be stronger this year and will be fighting for promotion back to the top division
Re: Icelandic Úrvalsdeild 2010 [R] Iceland have so far arranged 4 friendly internationals for the year, they are as follows: 3 March Cyprus - Iceland (in Larnaca) 21 March Iceland - Faroe Islands (in Kopavogur) 24 March Mexico - Iceland (in Charlotte, USA) 11 August Iceland - Liechtenstein (in Reykjavik)
Re: Icelandic Úrvalsdeild 2010 [R] Excellent start. Thanks again iauk for helping provide more depth to the Scandinavian Forum. - Mike F451
Re: Icelandic Úrvalsdeild 2010 [R] Interesting topic. It seems there are almost no players in the Icelandic league who are not either Icelandic, Scandinavian or British. exceptions: Grindavik: MF Mounir Ahandour (Morocco), DF Gilles Mbang Ondo (Gabon) Kevlavik: DF Alen Sutej (Slovenia) IBV: DF Jonah Long (USA), DF Andy Mwesigwa (Uganda), MF Tony Mawejje (Uganda) Uganda? Not exactly a big producer of footballers. IBV seems to be in the sunny south of Iceland so it must be more attractive to Africans.
Re: Icelandic Úrvalsdeild 2010 [R] KR have Mark Rutgers (Holland), Jordao Diogo (Portugal) and Prince Rajcomar (Holland) Breidablik have Evan Schwartz (USA) Keflavik have Simun Samuelsen (Faroe Islands)
Re: Icelandic Úrvalsdeild 2010 [R] PEPSI Deildin Fixtures 2010 10 May Selfoss - Fylkir Keflavik - Breidablik Fram - IBV KR - Haukar Stjarnan - Grindavik Valur - FH 15 May IBV - Valur 16 May KR - Selfoss Haukar - FH Grindavik - Keflavik Breidablik - Fram Fylkir - Stjarnan 20 May Stjarnan - KR Keflavik - Fylkir FH - IBV Selfoss - Haukar Fram - Grindavik Valur - Breidablik 24 May Haukar - IBV KR - Keflavik Fylkir - Fram 25 May Breidablik - FH Grindavik - Valur Selfoss - Stjarnan 29 May IBV - Breidablik 30 May Valur - Fylkir Keflavik - Selfoss 31 May Stjarnan - Haukar FH - Grindavik Fram - KR 5 June Grindavik - IBV 6 June Selfoss - Fram KR - Valur 7 June Stjarnan - Keflavik Fylkir - FH Haukar - Breidablik 10 June FH - KR IBV - Fylkir Valur - Selfoss Keflavik - Haukar Breidablik - Grindavik Fram - Stjarnan 13 June KR - IBV 14 June Keflavik - Fram Selfoss - FH Haukar - Grindavik Stjarnan - Valur Fylkir - Breidablik 23 June Grindavik - Fylkir Breidablik - KR IBV - Selfoss 24 June Valur - Keflavik Fram - Haukar FH - Stjarnan 27 June Fram - Valur Haukar - Fylkir Stjarnan - IBV Keflavik - FH KR - Grindavik Selfoss - Breidablik 30 June Valur - Haukar FH - Fram IBV - Keflavik 1 July Grindavik - Selfoss Breidablik - Stjarnan 22 July Fylkir - KR 10 July FH - Valur 11 July Breidablik - Keflavik Haukar - KR Fylkir - Selfoss 12 July Grindavik - Stjarnan IBV - Fram 18 July Selfoss - KR Stjarnan - Fylkir Fram - Breidablik FH - Haukar Valur - IBV 19 July Keflavik - Grindavik 25 July Fylkir - Keflavik KR - Stjarnan IBV - FH Breidablik - Valur 26 July Haukar - Selfoss Grindavik - Fram 5 August Fram - Fylkir Keflavik - KR IBV - Haukar Stjarnan - Selfoss Valur - Grindavik FH - Breidablik 8 August KR - Fram Fylkir - Valur Breidablik - IBV Selfoss - Keflavik Grindavik - FH Haukar - Stjarnan 15 August Fram - Selfoss IBV - Grindavik FH - Fylkir 16 August Breidablik - Haukar Keflavik - Stjarnan Valur - KR 22 August KR - FH 23 August Stjarnan - Fram Fylkir - IBV Grindavik - Breidablik Selfoss - Valur Haukar - Keflavik 29 August Fram - Keflavik IBV - KR Breidablik - Fylkir 30 August FH - Selfoss Valur - Stjarnan Grindavik - Haukar 13 September Selfoss - IBV Stjarnan - FH Keflavik - Valur Fylkir - Grindavik Haukar - Fram KR - Breidablik 19 September Breidablik - Selfoss IBV - Stjarnan Fylkir - Haukar Valur - Fram Grindavik - KR FH - Keflavik 25 September Keflavik - IBV Fram - FH Stjarnan - Breidablik KR - Fylkir Haukar - Valur Selfoss - Grindavik www.ksi.is I am certain that some of these dates will change for live TV.
Re: Icelandic Úrvalsdeild 2010 [R] Laugardalsvollur, this is the home of the Iceland national team and Fram
Re: Icelandic Úrvalsdeild 2010 [R] Vodafonevollur, the home of Valur (i took this photo the year before the stadium opened)
Re: Icelandic Úrvalsdeild 2010 [R] How deep does the Iceland pyramid go? Is there anything below 2.delid?
Re: Icelandic Úrvalsdeild 2010 [R] The best place to watch football in Iceland is..............in Akranes
Re: Icelandic Úrvalsdeild 2010 [R] Iceland squad to play Cyprus in Larnaca (03/03/10) Goalkeepers Arni Gautur Arason (Odd Grenland,NOR) 69 app/0 gls Gunnleifur Gunnleifsson (FH) 13/0 Defenders Hermann Hreidarsson (Portsmouth,ENG) 85/5 Indridi Sigurdsson (Viking FK,NOR) 51/2 Gretar Rafn Steinsson (Bolton Wanderers,ENG) 38/4 Ragnar Sigurdsson (1FK Goteborg,SWE) 13/0 Solvi Geir Ottessen (SonderjskE,DEN) 9/0 Arnor Sveinn Adalsteinsson (Breidablik) Midfielders Brynjar Bjorn Gunnarsson (Reading,ENG) 74/4 Emil Hallfredsson (Barnsley,ENG) 28/1 Bjarni Gudjonsson (KR) 20/1 Palmi Rafn Palmason (Stabaek IF,NOR) 17/0 Aron Einar Gunnarsson (Coventry,ENG) 16/0 Helgi Valur Danielsson (Hansa Rostock,GER) 14/0 Olafur Ingi Skulason (SonderjskE,DEN) 10/1 Rurik Gislason (OB Odense,DEN) 4/0 Forwards Eidur Smari Gudjohnsen (Tottenham Hotspur,ENG) 61/24 Heidar Helguson (Watford,ENG) 46/8 Veigar Pall Gunnarsson (Stabaek IF,NOR) 39/5 Gardar Johannsson (Hansa Rostock,GER) 6/2
Re: Icelandic Úrvalsdeild 2010 [R] Very interesting thread. Do you by any chance have the attendances for the teams or who the most supported teams are?
Re: Icelandic Úrvalsdeild 2010 [R] The biggest attendance in 2009 was 2718 for a game between FH and Valur. The average attendances at each club last year were: KR - 1452 FH - 1345 Valur - 1106 Fylkir - 1065 Keflavik - 1043 Stjarnan - 994 Breidablik - 990 Fram - 934 Fjolnir - 930 Throttur R - 869 Grindavik - 868 IBV - 748
Re: Icelandic Úrvalsdeild 2010 [R] Friendly international in Larnaca, 03/03/10 CYPRUS - ICELAND 0-0 Arni Gautur Arason (Gunnleifur Gunnleifsson'39). Ragnar Sigurdsson (Arnor Sveinn Adalsteinsson'66), Solvi Geir Ottesen, Kari Arnason, Indridi Sigurdsson. Rurik Gislason, Olafur Ingi Skulason (Bjarni Gudjonsson'74), Aron Einar Gunnarsson, Helgi Valur Danielsson, Emil Hallfredsson (Palmi Rafn Palmason'84). Heidar Helguson. Subs not used: Jonas Gudni Saevarsson, Gardar Johannsson.
Re: Icelandic Úrvalsdeild 2010 [R] Iceland coach Olafur Johannesson has named a largely inexperienced squad for the next two games. The squad is mostly home based players and some have been promoted from the U21 squad. http://www.network54.com/Forum/653119/message/1267824519/Iceland+squad+to+play+Faroe+Islands-Mexico
Re: Icelandic Úrvalsdeild 2010 [R] Iceland play the Faroe Islands tomorrow in a friendly in Kopavogur. The game will be played indoors at the Korinn hall. Iceland team will be: Gunnleifur Gunnleifsson. Skuli Jon Fridgeirsson, Valur Fannar Gislason, Jon Gudni Fjoluson, Arnor Sveinn Adalsteinsson. Steinthor Freyr Thorsteinsson, Gudmundur Kristjansson, Bjarni Gudjonsson, Matthias Vilhjalmsson, Johann Berg Gudmundsson. Kolbeinn Sigthorsson.
Re: Icelandic Úrvalsdeild 2010 [R] ICELAND - FAROE ISLANDS 2-0 1-0 Matthias Vilhjalmsson'10 2-0 Kolbeinn Sigthorsson'37