Úrvalsdeild
Pepsideild is the highest Icelandic football professional league of the men, named after the namenssponsernden drinks manufacturer Pepsi. The championship was first held in 1912 under the name Meistaraflokkur, and is organized by KSI, the Icelandic Football Association. Under current twelve participating clubs in the Icelandic champions will be determined and also plays the starting places for UEFA club competitions.
The season is limited in time to the spring and summer due to the harsh climate on Iceland.
- 2.1 most successful teams
- 2.2 record champions
- 2.3 Eternal List of participants
- 4.1 attendances 1985-2012
- 4.2 The ten most popular games since 1985
Name History
The highest Icelandic football league changed repeatedly in the past her name. During the first name change is due to the fact that there was a second division in 1955, all other changes to changing name sponsors are due.
Logos
Símadeild 2001 - 2002
Landsbankadeild 2003 - 2008
Pepsideild since 2009
Title holders
The following list gives all the winners of the Icelandic football championships since their introduction in 1912 again. Fram Reykjavík was both 1913 and 1914, the only participating team, and won, therefore, in these two years the title without a fight.
The championships were, unlike in most leagues in Europe, during the world wars not interrupted.
Successful teams
So far, ten teams could win the championship at least once. In the last twenty years were especially FH Hafnarfjörður ( Master from 2004 to 2006, 2008, 2009 and 2012 ), KR Reykjavík ( Champion 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003 and 2011) and IA Akranes ( Master from 1992 to 1996 and 2001) assert.
Record champions
Current record holder with 25 won championships KR Reykjavík. The list below shows the development of the reigning giants.
Eternal List of participants
The following table provides a summary of all former participants of the Pepsideild, and the number of years that they have lined up in the highest league. Participants of the 2013 season are in bold. The premiere seasons refer to the first shows, in the league, the number on the seasons to the regular closed seasons ( joined a team during the playing time of the competition from, this was so not counted).
Status: Season 2013
Statistic
So far succeeded 17 players to score at least 15 goals in one season, four of which were able to celebrate this success one more time at least. The table is sorted in chronological order. In italics seasons that player was not top scorer.
Audience
In 2011, 148 337 spectators in the stadiums of Pepsideild, corresponding to an average of 1,124 fans per game. The match KR Reykjavik against Fylkir Reykjavík on 25 September 2011 was 3,001 spectators with the most visited, the fewest fans came to the game against Valur Reykjavík Þór Akureyri 2010 ( 376).
Compared to 2010, nearly 11,000 visitors came less in the stadiums. 2010 Games of the Pepsideild were visited an average of 1207 spectators. Most viewers came on August 30 to play KR Reykjavík against FH Hafnarfjörður ( 3333 ), the fewest on 25 September to match against Valur Reykjavík Haukar Hafnarfjörður (89). This was the lowest number of audience since September 27, 1997, when only 68 fans watched the game Valur Reykjavík against Stjarnan. This number means the absolute minus backdrop since regular records of attendances in 1985.
Since the late 1990s, the viewing figures have risen sharply. Between 1985 and 1998 passed an average of between 598 ( 1996) and 722 (1989 ) fans, the stadium gates ( with the exception of 1987, when that number was 941 ). 1999, the average attendance rose to 892 in 2001 for the first time the 1,000 limit has been breached, as an average of 1,076 spectators watched the games. Since 2003, the average attendance is stable at about 1,000 visitors.
Record season was 2007: At the time, passed an average of 1,329 fans, the stadium gates. The largest number of audience since 1985 was recorded on 29 September 1996, when 5,801 spectators watched the deciding game on the last day of the 1996 season for the championship between ÍA Akranes and KR Reykjavík. ÍA won the game 4-1, securing his 17th title. In general, the highest viewing figures are listed on the last match day when the crucial matches take place at the championship.
Attendances 1985-2012
Sp = number of games in each season; - = Number of games where the audience figures are not available
The ten most popular games since 1985
UEFA five year ranking
Position in the UEFA five year ranking (in brackets the previous year placement). The abbreviation CL and EL countries behind the coefficients indicate the number of representatives in the 2014/15 season of the Champions League and the Europa League.
- 38 (40 ) Kazakhstan (league, cup ) - coefficient: 5.958 - CL: 1, EL: 3
- 39 (38 ) Latvia Latvia (league, cup ) - coefficient: 5.791 - CL: 1, EL: 3
- 40 (41 ) Iceland Iceland (league, cup ) - coefficient: 5,416 - CL: 1, EL: 3
- 41 (42 ) Montenegro Montenegro (league, cup ) - coefficient: 5.250 - CL: 1, EL: 3
- 42 (39 ) Macedonia Macedonia (league, cup ) - coefficient: 5.250 - CL: 1, EL: 3
As of the end of the European campaign of 2012/13