2. deild karla
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2. deild karla is a football league in Iceland
. It is the third division in the Icelandic football league system
. Current champions are Tindastóll/Hvöt
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The division was started in 1966 as third division with two provisional groups, with number of teams varying from 7 to 10 teams in each group. In 1987 it was decided to merge the two groups to form a single nationwide league with 10 teams so at the end of the 1987 season only three teams from each group would stay in the league, the top teams in each group were promoted, all other teams relegated to the 4th division and two teams promoted from the 4th division. In 1997 after a name change, the division became Second division.
In 2008, as a part of a general change in Icelandic football, the number of teams was increased from 10 to 12.
Iceland
Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...
. It is the third division in the Icelandic football league system
Icelandic football league system
The Icelandic football league system is a series of interconnected leagues for club football in Iceland.-The system:Below shows how the current system works. For each division, its English name, official name or sponsorship name and number of clubs is given...
. Current champions are Tindastóll/Hvöt
Hvöt Blönduós
Hvöt is an Icelandic football club from the town of Blönduós located in the north of Iceland.-External links:*...
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The division was started in 1966 as third division with two provisional groups, with number of teams varying from 7 to 10 teams in each group. In 1987 it was decided to merge the two groups to form a single nationwide league with 10 teams so at the end of the 1987 season only three teams from each group would stay in the league, the top teams in each group were promoted, all other teams relegated to the 4th division and two teams promoted from the 4th division. In 1997 after a name change, the division became Second division.
In 2008, as a part of a general change in Icelandic football, the number of teams was increased from 10 to 12.
Current clubs (2011)
- AftureldingUngmennafélagið AftureldingUngmennafélagið Afturelding is an Icelandic football club from the town of Mosfellsbær located just north of the capital Reykjavík.-External links:*...
- ÁrborgÁrborg FCÁrborg Football Club, is an Icelandic football club. The club is based around a municipality called Árborg which contains two villages, Stokkseyri and Eyrarbakki, one country side called Sandvíkurhreppur, and a town called Selfoss. The club's ground is in Selfoss where most of the players come...
- Dalvík/ReynirDalvík/ReynirDalvík/Reynir is an Icelandic football club, currently playing in 3rd division.-History:In 2006 UMFS Dalvík and Reynir Árskógsströnd joined forces to form a new club, Dalvík/Reynir, after Leiftur and Dalvík broke up their cooperation that had formed Leiftur/Dalvík and lasted only four years...
- HamarKnattspyrnudeild HamarsKnattspyrnudeild Hamars is an Icelandic football club from the town of Hveragerði located just south-east of the capital Reykjavík.-External links:*...
- Höttur
- ÍHÍþróttafélag HafnarfjarðarÍþróttafélag Hafnarfjarðar is an Icelandic football club from the town of Hafnarfjörður.-External links:*...
- KFKnattspyrnufélag FjarðabyggðarKnattspyrnufélag Fjarðabyggðar is an Icelandic football club from the town of Fjarðabyggð located on the east coast of Iceland. The club was founded in the year 2001 with a merger of three local clubs, Íþróttafélagið Þróttur Neskaupstað, Ungmennafélagið Austri Eskifirði and Ungmennafélagið Valur...
- KS/LeifturLeiftur ÓlafsfjörðurKS/Leiftur is an Icelandic football club from Ólafsfjörður currently playing in the 2.deild. Their main colors are blue and yellow with green as a tertiary.-History:...
- NjarðvíkurUngmennafélag NjarðvíkurKnattspyrnudeild ungmennafélags Njarðvíkur is an Icelandic sports club from Njarðvík, Reykjanesbær, off the south-west peninsula of Iceland.- Current squad :- Achievements :*3. deild karla: 1** 1981...
- Reynir S.Knattspyrnudeild ReynisKnattspyrnudeild Reynis is an Icelandic football club from the town of Sandgerði, on the Reykjanes peninsular.-External links:*...
- Tindastóll/HvötHvöt BlönduósHvöt is an Icelandic football club from the town of Blönduós located in the north of Iceland.-External links:*...
- VölsungurÍþróttafélagið VölsungurÍþróttafélagið Völsungur is an Icelandic football club from the town of Húsavík located on the north coast of Iceland on the shores of Skjálfandi bay.-History:*1927 : Foundation of clubThey last played in Iceland's top tier in the 1988 season....
Championship History
- 1966 UMF SelfossUMF SelfossUMF Selfoss is an Icelandic football club. It is located in a town called Selfoss in South-Iceland with a population of approximately 6500.-History:...
(Selfoss) - 1967 FHFimleikafélag HafnarfjarðarFimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar, commonly referred to as FH, is Icelandic football club based in Hafnarfjörður.- Overview :The team are perhaps best known outside Iceland for beating Scottish side Dunfermline in the qualifying rounds of the 2004/05 UEFA Cup 4–3 on aggregate...
- HafnarfjörðurHafnarfjörðurHafnarfjörður is a port town and municipality located on the south-west coast of Iceland, about 10 km south of Reykjavík.... - 1968 Völsungur (Húsavík)
- 1969 Ármann (Reykjavík)
- 1970 Þróttur N. (Neskaupsstaður)
- 1971 Völsungur (Húsavík)
- 1972 Þróttur N. (Neskaupsstaður)
- 1973 ÍBÍ (Ísafjörður)
- 1974 Víkingur ÓlafsvíkKnattspyrnufélagið VíkingurKnattspyrnufélagið Víkingur is a sports club in Reykjavík, Iceland. It is best known for its football team. The club was founded in 1908 and has been fairly successful over the years. Its last Icelandic title came in 1991, when the team won the Icelandic championship.The club operates several other...
- 1975 Þór AkureyriÞór AkureyriÞór Akureyri is a sport club that resides in Akureyri, Iceland.-Sports club:There are other divisions aside from football including Basketball, Handball and Taekwondo. Its main rivals is another sport club from Akureyri named KA...
(Akureyri) - 1976 Reynir Sandgerði (Sandgerði)
- 1977 FylkirFylkirFylkir FC is an athletic club in Árbær, in the eastern part of Reykjavík, the capital of Iceland.Former players include Helgi Valur Daníelsson, who now plays for AIK, and Ólafur Ingi Skúlason, formerly of Arsenal and currently plays for Zulte Waregem in Belgium. Ragnar Sigurðsson who plays with...
- ReykjavíkReykjavíkReykjavík is the capital and largest city in Iceland.Its latitude at 64°08' N makes it the world's northernmost capital of a sovereign state. It is located in southwestern Iceland, on the southern shore of Faxaflói Bay... - 1978 UMF SelfossUMF SelfossUMF Selfoss is an Icelandic football club. It is located in a town called Selfoss in South-Iceland with a population of approximately 6500.-History:...
(Selfoss) - 1979 Völsungur (Húsavík)
- 1980 Reynir Sandgerði (Sandgerði)
- 1981 NjarðvíkNjarðvíkNjarðvík is a town in south-western Iceland located on the peninsula of Reykjanes. As of 2009, its population was 4,400.-History:In 1995 it merged with the town of Keflavík and the village of Hafnir to form the new municipality of Reykjanesbær....
(Njarðvík) - 1982 VíðirVíðirVíðir is an Icelandic sports club from Gardur on the Reykjanes peninsula of Iceland.Their football team played the 2011 season in the fourth division. They last played in Iceland's top tier in 1991.- External links :*...
(Garður) - 1983 Skallagrímur (Borgarnes)
- 1984 FylkirFylkirFylkir FC is an athletic club in Árbær, in the eastern part of Reykjavík, the capital of Iceland.Former players include Helgi Valur Daníelsson, who now plays for AIK, and Ólafur Ingi Skúlason, formerly of Arsenal and currently plays for Zulte Waregem in Belgium. Ragnar Sigurðsson who plays with...
- ReykjavíkReykjavíkReykjavík is the capital and largest city in Iceland.Its latitude at 64°08' N makes it the world's northernmost capital of a sovereign state. It is located in southwestern Iceland, on the southern shore of Faxaflói Bay... - 1985 UMF SelfossUMF SelfossUMF Selfoss is an Icelandic football club. It is located in a town called Selfoss in South-Iceland with a population of approximately 6500.-History:...
(Selfoss) - 1986 Leiftur (Ólafsfjörður)
- 1987 FylkirFylkirFylkir FC is an athletic club in Árbær, in the eastern part of Reykjavík, the capital of Iceland.Former players include Helgi Valur Daníelsson, who now plays for AIK, and Ólafur Ingi Skúlason, formerly of Arsenal and currently plays for Zulte Waregem in Belgium. Ragnar Sigurðsson who plays with...
- ReykjavíkReykjavíkReykjavík is the capital and largest city in Iceland.Its latitude at 64°08' N makes it the world's northernmost capital of a sovereign state. It is located in southwestern Iceland, on the southern shore of Faxaflói Bay... - 1988 StjarnanStjarnanStjarnan F.C. is an Icelandic sports club specialising in football, located in Garðabær, which currently plays in the Úrvalsdeild league in the Icelandic football division system, having won promotion from the 1...
(Garðabær) - 1989 KS (Siglufjörður)
- 1990 Þróttur ReykjavíkKnattspyrnufélagið ÞrótturKnattspyrnufélagið Þróttur, also referred to as Þróttur Reykjavík, is a sports club from Reykjavík in Iceland. The club runs a football department as well as handball, volleyball and tennis departments. The club has enjoyed tremendous success in men's volleyball, winnig a total of 14 Icelandic...
- 1991 Leiftur (Ólafsfjörður)
- 1992 Tindastóll (Sauðárkrókur)
- 1993 UMF SelfossUMF SelfossUMF Selfoss is an Icelandic football club. It is located in a town called Selfoss in South-Iceland with a population of approximately 6500.-History:...
(Selfoss) - 1994 Skallagrímur (Borgarnes)
- 1995 Völsungur (Húsavík)
- 1996 DalvíkUMFS DalvíkUMFS Dalvík is an Icelandic sports club located in Dalvík. The club has had competitors in various sports in Iceland, most notably football, athletics and basketball...
- DalvíkDalvíkDalvíkurbyggð is a municipality in the north of Iceland.The population of the municipality is about 2,000- History :The municipality of Dalvíkurbyggð was formed in 1998 by the merger of three districts of outer Eyjafjörður: the town of Dalvík and the rural districts of Svarfaðardalur and Árskógur... - 1997 HKHandknattleiksfélag KópavogsHandknattleiksfélag Kópavogs is an Icelandic sports club from the town of Kópavogur, mainly known for its football and handball teams. The club has a football team playing at the second tier of Icelandic football after being relegated in 2008.-History:...
- KópavogurKópavogurKópavogur is a city and Iceland's second largest municipality, with a population of 30,779.It lies immediately south of Reykjavík and is part of the Greater Reykjavík Area. The name literally means seal pup bay... - 1998 VíðirVíðirVíðir is an Icelandic sports club from Gardur on the Reykjanes peninsula of Iceland.Their football team played the 2011 season in the fourth division. They last played in Iceland's top tier in 1991.- External links :*...
(Garður) - 1999 Tindastóll (Sauðárkrókur)
- 2000 Þór AkureyriÞór AkureyriÞór Akureyri is a sport club that resides in Akureyri, Iceland.-Sports club:There are other divisions aside from football including Basketball, Handball and Taekwondo. Its main rivals is another sport club from Akureyri named KA...
- 2001 Haukar (Hafnarfjörður)
- 2002 HKHandknattleiksfélag KópavogsHandknattleiksfélag Kópavogs is an Icelandic sports club from the town of Kópavogur, mainly known for its football and handball teams. The club has a football team playing at the second tier of Icelandic football after being relegated in 2008.-History:...
- KópavogurKópavogurKópavogur is a city and Iceland's second largest municipality, with a population of 30,779.It lies immediately south of Reykjavík and is part of the Greater Reykjavík Area. The name literally means seal pup bay... - 2003 Völsungur (Húsavík)
- 2004 KS (Siglufjörður)
- 2005 Leiknir ReykjavíkLeiknir ReykjavíkLeiknir is an Icelandic football club in the suburb of Breiðholt in Reykjavík. The male team is a member of Fyrsta Deild, the league below Pepsi deildin, the top division in the Icelandic football ladder. The club runs a youth setup in its district for boys and girls aged 6–16, but does not...
(Reykjavík) - 2006 Fjarðabyggð (Fjarðabyggð)
- 2007 Haukar (Hafnarfjörður)
- 2008 ÍRIRIr or ir may refer to:* the abbreviation for the title of Ingénieur , a person practicing the profession of engineering* Iridium , the 77th element* .ir, the Internet country code top-level domain for Iran...
- ReykjavíkReykjavíkReykjavík is the capital and largest city in Iceland.Its latitude at 64°08' N makes it the world's northernmost capital of a sovereign state. It is located in southwestern Iceland, on the southern shore of Faxaflói Bay... - 20092009 2. deild karlaThe 2009 season of 2. deild karla is the 44th season of second-tier football in Iceland.-Stadia and locations:-League table:-Results:Each team play every opponent once home and away for a total of 22 matches....
Grótta - SeltjarnarnesSeltjarnarnesSeltjarnarnes is an Icelandic township located within the Greater Reykjavík area.It took on its current political form shortly after the Second World War and was formally created as a township in 1947. It is the smallest Icelandic township by land .... - 20102010 2. deild karlaThe 2010 season of 2. deild karla is the 45th season of second-tier football in Iceland.-Stadia and locations:-League table:-Results:Each team play every opponent once home and away for a total of 22 matches....
- ÓlafsvíkÓlafsvíkÓlafsvík is a fishing town on the western end of the Snæfellsnes peninsula in Iceland., it had 1,010 inhabitants. It is situated in the county of Snæfellsnes- og Hnappadalssýsla, in the region of Vesturland and it is the administrative centre of the municipality of Snæfellsbær.-Overview:Because of... - 2011 Tindastóll/HvötHvöt BlönduósHvöt is an Icelandic football club from the town of Blönduós located in the north of Iceland.-External links:*...
- SauðárkrókurSauðárkrókurSauðárkrókur is a town in Skagafjörður in northern Iceland and a part of the municipality of Skagafjörður.Sauðárkrókur is the largest town in Northwest Iceland and the second-largest town on the north coast of Iceland, with a population of 2,635. It is the centre for commerce and services in the...
/ BlönduósBlönduósBlönduós is a town and municipality in the north of Iceland, in the county of Austur-Húnavatnssýsla, 245 km from Reykjavík.The town has a population of around 850 and a small 9-hole golf course, and is a good base for touring the Húnaflói area....