1971 Úrvalsdeild

Úrvalsdeild
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Statistics of Úrvalsdeild in the 1971 season.

Overview

It was contested by 8 teams, and Keflavík won the championship. Keflavík's Steinar Jóhannsson was the top scorer with 13 goals.[1]

Final league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Keflavík (C) 14 8 4 2 32 17 +15 20[a] Qualification for the European Cup first round
2 ÍBV 14 9 2 3 37 19 +18 20[a] Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3 Fram 14 7 1 6 29 25 +4 15
4 ÍA 14 6 2 6 27 27 0 14
5 Valur 14 6 2 6 24 25 −1 14
6 KR 14 3 4 7 13 20 −7 10
7 Breiðablik 14 4 2 8 12 31 −19 10
8 ÍBA (R) 14 4 1 9 21 31 −10 9 Relegation to 1. deild karla
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Keflavík won the championship playoff match 4–0 over ÍBV on September 19 at Laugardalsvöllur after both teams finished level on points.

Víkingur qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as Icelandic Cup winners from a lower division.

Results

Each team played every opponent once home and away for a total of 14 matches.

Home \ Away BRE FRA ÍA ÍBA ÍBV ÍBK KR VAL
Breiðablik 2–1 0–5 1–0 0–1 0–3 1–0 2–0
Fram 2–0 1–0 5–2 3–1 2–1 2–0 1–2
ÍA 3–3 0–4 1–0 1–3 3–1 1–1 1–3
ÍBA 2–0 2–2 1–2 1–4 2–3 1–2 1–0
ÍBV 6–0 4–1 5–3 5–1 1–1 2–1 1–1
Keflavík 4–1 3–0 2–1 4–0 5–3 0–0 2–2
KR 0–0 3–2 1–3 2–3 1–0 1–1 1–2
Valur 4–2 5–3 2–3 0–5 0–1 1–2 2–0
Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

  1. ↑ Polsinelli, Denis (2007-09-21). "Iceland 1971". RSSSF. Retrieved 2026-08-07.