Football league season
The 2005 2. deild karla was the 40th season of third-tier football in Iceland. The league began on 16 May and was concluded on 10 September. It was contested by a total of ten clubs.[1]
Teams
The 2005 2. deild karla was contested by ten clubs, six of which had played in the division during the previous season. 2004 champions KS and runners-up Víkingur Ólafsvík were promoted to the second tier; replacing them were Njarðvík and Stjarnan, both relegated from the 1. deild after finishing in the bottom two places at the end of the 2004 campaign.[2] Also joining the division were Fjarðabyggð and Huginn, who were promoted from the 3. deild through the play-offs.[3] Fjarðabyggð had reached the third tier of Icelandic football for the first time in their history after being founded in 2001.[4]
Stadia and locations
League table
Updated to match(es) played on 10 September 2005. Source:
ksi.is (in Icelandic)Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions;
(P) Promoted;
(R) Relegated
Results grid
Updated to match(es) played on 10 September 2005. Source:
ksi.is (in Icelandic)Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Season statistics
Top goalscorers
Two players, Afturelding midfielder Þorvaldur Árnason and Stjarnan forward Guðjón Baldvinsson, each scored 14 league goals in the 2005 2. deild season.[5]
| Name |
Goals |
Club
|
| Þorvaldur Árnason |
14 |
Afturelding
|
| Guðjón Baldvinsson |
Stjarnan
|
| Marjan Cekic |
10 |
Fjarðabyggð
|
| Dragoslav Stojanovic |
Stjarnan
|
| Jóhann Björn Valsson |
8 |
Afturelding
|
| Mikael Nikulásson |
Huginn
|
| Atli Heimisson |
7 |
Afturelding
|
| Helgi Pétur Jóhannsson |
Leiknir R.
|
| Ómar Valdimarsson |
Selfoss
|
Scoring
- Biggest home win: 6 goals[1]
- Huginn 7–1 Leiftur/Dalvík (6 August 2005)
- Biggest away win: 4 goals[1]
- ÍR 0–4 Njarðvík (27 May 2005)
- ÍR 1–5 Leiftur/Dalvík (11 June 2005)
- Leiftur/Dalvík 2–6 Stjarnan (30 June 2005)
- Tindastóll 2–6 Leiftur/Dalvík (7 July 2005)
- Highest scoring game: 8 goals[1]
- Huginn 7–1 Leiftur/Dalvík (6 August 2005)
- Afturelding 6–2 Selfoss (10 September 2005)
- Leiftur/Dalvík 2–6 Stjarnan (30 June 2005)
- Tindastóll 2–6 Leiftur/Dalvík (7 July 2005)
- Afturelding 3–5 Leiknir R. (21 July 2005)
- Huginn 3–5 Stjarnan (20 August 2005)
- Most team home goals scored: 24 – Afturelding[6]
- Fewest team home goals scored: 8 – Leiftur/Dalvík[6]
- Most team away goals: 19 – Stjarnan[6]
- Fewest team away goals: 7 – Tindastóll[6]
Discipline
- Most yellow cards (team): 40 – Afturelding[6]
- Most yellow cards (player): 6[6]
- Björn Sigurbjörnsson (Afturelding)
- Ómar Freyr Rafnsson (Huginn)
- Most red cards (team): 7 – Leiftur/Dalvík[6]
- Most red cards (player): 2[6]
- Guðmundur Kristinn Kristinsson (Leiftur/Dalvík)
Awards
Team of the year
KSÍ 2. deild Team of the Year
The KSÍ selected a team of the year, which consisted of 11 players and 5 substitutes.[7]
- Goalkeeper
- Gísli Eyland Sveinsson (Tindastóll)
- Defenders
- Bjarki Már Árnason (Tindastóll), Ómar Valdimarsson (Selfoss), Snorri Már Jónsson (Njarðvík), Steinarr Guðmundsson (Leiknir R.)
- Midfielders
- Goran Lukic (Stjarnan), Haukur Gunnarsson (Leiknir R.), Sverrir Þór Sverrisson (Njarðvík), Vigfús Arnar Jósepsson (Leiknir R.)
- Strikers
- Guðjón Baldvinsson (Stjarnan), Dragoslav Stojanovic (Stjarnan)
- Substitutes
- Atli Knútsson (GK, Stjarnan), Gunnar Jarl Jónsson (DF, Leiknir R.), Simon Karkov (MF, Leiknir R.), Arilíus Marteinsson (MF, Selfoss), Jakob Spangsberg (FW, Leiknir R.)
Individual awards
References
