1979 Úrvalsdeild

Football league season
Úrvalsdeild
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Statistics of Úrvalsdeild in the 1979 season.

Overview

It was contested by 10 teams, and ÍBV won the championship. Víkingur's Sigurlás Þorleifsson was the top scorer with 10 goals.

Final league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 ÍBV (C) 18 10 4 4 26 13 +13 24 Qualification for the European Cup first round
2 ÍA 18 10 3 5 27 17 +10 23
3 Valur 18 9 5 4 35 22 +13 23 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4 Keflavík 18 8 6 4 26 18 +8 22
5 KR 18 9 4 5 29 24 +5 22
6 Fram 18 4 9 5 25 23 +2 17 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
7 Víkingur 18 6 4 8 26 25 +1 16
8 Þróttur 18 6 4 8 27 31 −4 16
9 KA (R) 18 3 6 9 21 35 −14 12 Relegation to 1. deild karla
10 Haukar (R) 18 1 3 14 12 46 −34 5
Source: rsssf.com
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 FRA HAU ÍA ÍBV KA ÍBK KR VAL VÍK ÞRÓ
Fram 3–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 4–0 0–2 1–1 1–5 0–1
Haukar 1–1 2–1 0–1 2–2 0–0 0–1 0–3 1–3 1–5
ÍA 0–0 1–0 0–2 3–2 1–0 2–0 3–2 1–0 4–0
ÍBV 0–2 4–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 0–2 2–0 1–1 3–1
KA 1–1 3–1 2–4 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 0–2
Keflavík 2–1 1–1 0–0 3–1 4–1 1–0 0–3 4–0 1–1
KR 3–2 4–1 1–3 2–2 4–2 3–2 1–1 1–0 1–1
Valur 3–2 3–0 2–1 0–2 5–1 1–2 1–0 3–3 3–1
Víkingur 1–3 3–0 1–0 0–1 4–0 1–2 0–2 0–0 2–1
Þróttur 1–1 3–2 1–2 0–2 1–0 0–4 5–1 2–3 1–1
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

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