2007 Úrvalsdeild

The 2007 season of Úrvalsdeild karla was the 96th season of top tier football in Iceland. Title contenders were considered to be KR, FH, ÍA and Valur. HK were playing for the first time in Landsbankadeild. The league was expanded from 10 teams to 12 teams after the 2007 season, therefore only one team was relegated and 3 were promoted from the 1. deild karla. The first match day of the season was on the 12th of May. Valur won the league for the first time in 20 years and Vikingur were relegated to 1. deild karla.

Úrvalsdeild karla

Season	2007
Champions	Valur
Relegated	Vikingur
UEFA Champions League	Valur (First Qualifying Round)
UEFA Europa League	FH (First Qualifying Round) ÍA (First Qualifying Round)
UEFA Intertoto Cup	Fylkir (First Qualifying Round)
Matches played	90
Goals scored	269 (2.99 per match)
← 2006 2008 →

Fram's Jónas Grani Garðarsson was the top scorer with 13 goals.

Picture of the Vikingur vs Valur match in August 2007

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Valur (C)	18	11	5	2	41	20	+21	38	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	FH	18	11	4	3	42	26	+16	37	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3	ÍA	18	8	6	4	34	27	+7	30
4	Fylkir	18	8	5	5	23	18	+5	29	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round
5	Breiðablik	18	5	9	4	29	20	+9	24
6	Keflavík	18	5	6	7	26	32	−6	21
7	Fram	18	3	7	8	25	31	−6	16
8	KR	18	3	6	9	17	30	−13	15
9	HK	18	4	4	10	17	35	−18	16
10	Vikingur (R)	18	3	5	10	15	30	−15	14	Relegation to 1. deild karla

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.

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