The 2023 2. deild karla (English: Men's Second Division) was the 58th season of third-tier Icelandic football. The season began on 5 May 2023 and finished on 16 September 2023.

2. deild karla
Season2023
ChampionsDalvík/Reynir
PromotedDalvík/Reynir
ÍR
RelegatedKV
Sindri
2022
2024

Twelve teams contested the league. The title winners (Dalvík/Reynir) and runners-up (ÍR) were promoted to the 2024 1. deild karla. The bottom two teams (KV and Sindri) were relegated to the 2024 3. deild karla.[1][2]

Teams

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Team changes

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Promoted from
2022 3. deild karla
Promoted to
2023 1. deild karla
Relegated from
2022 1. deild karla
Relegated to
2023 3. deild karla
Dalvík/Reynir
KFG
Sindri
Ægir
Njarðvík
Þróttur Reykjavík
KV
Þróttur Vogum
Magni
Reynir

Stadia and locations

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Team Location Stadium
Dalvík/Reynir Dalvík Dalvíkurvöllur
Haukar Hafnarfjörður Ásvellir
Höttur/Huginn Múlaþing Vilhjálmsvöllur
ÍR Reykjavík (Breiðholt) ÍR-völlur
KF Fjallabyggð Ólafsfjarðarvöllur
KFA Fjarðabyggð Fjarðabyggðarhöllin
KFG Garðabær Samsung völlurinn
KV Reykjavík (Vesturbær) KV Park
Sindri Höfn Sindravellir
Víkingur Ólafsvík Ólafsvík Ólafsvíkurvöllur
Völsungur Húsavík PCC völlurinn
Þróttur Vogum Vogar Vogaídýfuvöllur

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Dalvík/Reynir (C, P) 22 13 6 3 45 23 +22 45 Promotion to 1. deild karla
2 ÍR (P) 22 13 2 7 55 28 +27 41
3 KFA 22 11 8 3 45 24 +21 41
4 Þróttur Vogum 22 11 5 6 42 30 +12 38
5 Víkingur Ólafsvík 22 11 5 6 42 34 +8 38
6 Höttur/Huginn 22 10 3 9 34 38 −4 33
7 Haukar 22 9 4 9 36 36 0 31
8 KFG 22 9 3 10 41 40 +1 30
9 Völsungur 22 8 1 13 33 38 −5 25
10 KF 22 8 1 13 36 49 −13 25
11 Sindri (R) 22 4 5 13 25 53 −28 17 Relegation to 3. deild karla
12 KV (R) 22 2 3 17 18 59 −41 9
Source: ksí.is
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Head-to-head away goals scored; 8) Play-off (only for deciding champion); 9) Draw.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

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Each team played each other twice (22 matches each), once at home and once away.

Home \ Away DAL HAU HÓT ÍR KF KFA KFG KV SIN VÍK VÓL ÞRÓ
Dalvík/Reynir 1–1 4–2 3–1 1–2 2–2 1–0 5–1 2–1 3–0 3–2 3–1
Haukar 1–1 3–1 1–3 3–1 0–2 1–3 3–2 1–1 0–3 2–0 4–1
Höttur/Huginn 1–3 4–2 0–5 2–2 2–1 4–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 3–1
ÍR 0–0 1–2 2–0 3–1 4–2 1–2 5–1 5–1 7–0 3–0 1–3
KF 0–2 2–1 3–1 1–4 1–3 3–2 0–1 2–3 1–2 3–2 3–2
KFA 1–0 3–2 1–1 2–1 6–1 2–1 2–0 5–1 3–1 1–2 1–1
KFG 1–2 1–3 2–1 3–5 2–0 0–0 5–2 3–0 1–4 3–1 2–4
KV 1–4 1–1 3–4 0–2 0–4 0–4 1–3 2–1 0–0 1–3 0–2
Sindri 0–0 1–2 0–2 1–1 3–1 2–2 1–0 3–1 3–3 0–1 1–3
Víkingur Ólafsvík 3–1 2–0 3–0 0–1 3–2 0–0 2–2 4–1 7–1 3–2 2–1
Völsungur 0–2 0–2 1–0 2–0 2–3 1–1 1–3 3–0 5–1 1–0 1–2
Þróttur Vogum 2–2 2–1 0–2 3–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 4–0 4–0 3–2
Source: ksí.is
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

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  1. ^ "Lines becoming clearer in the lower leagues in football". RÚV (in Icelandic). 10 September 2023. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Division 2 2023 scores, Football Iceland". Flashscore.
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