2024 Besta deild kvenna

The 2024 Besta deild kvenna is the 53rd edition of the Icelandic top-level women's football league.

Besta deild kvenna

Season	2024
Dates	21 April 2024 – 5 October 2024
Matches played	97
Goals scored	314 (3.24 per match)
Top goalscorer	Sandra Jessen (21 goals)
Biggest home win	Valur 7–2 Víkingur R. 2 May 2024 Þór/KA 5–0 Tindastóll 24 May 2024
Biggest away win	FH 0–4 Þór/KA 27 April 2024 FH 0–4 Breiðablik 7 July 2024
Highest scoring	Valur 7–2 Víkingur R. 2 May 2024
Longest winning run	9 matches Valur
Longest unbeaten run	13 matches Valur
Longest winless run	9 matches Fylkir Tindastóll
Longest losing run	7 matches Fylkir
Highest attendance	867 Þróttur R. 2–4 Breiðablik 20 August 2024
Lowest attendance	60 Keflavík 1–2 Valur 8 May 2024
Attendance	19,662 (203 per match)
← 2023 2025 → All statistics correct as of 7 September 2024.

The 2024 season has opened on 21 April 2024. The regular season is set to conclude 25 August 2024 with the championship round running until 5 October 2024.

Tiebreakers for league ranking

The following criteria are applied to determine the order of the teams in all rounds of the leagues:

1. The total number of points;
2. Goal difference in all league matches;
3. Number of goals scored in all league matches;
4. Number of points in head-to-head matches;
5. Goal difference in head-to-head matches;
6. Number of goals scored in head-to-head matches;
7. Number of away goals scored in head-to-head matches;

If teams are still tied after all the above criteria are applied, a play-off match is held to determine the order.

Teams

Keflavík

Tindastóll

Þór/KA

Reykjavík

Capital Region
Breiðablik
FH
Fylkir
Stjarnan
Þróttur R.
Valur
Víkingur R.

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Locations of teams in the 2024 Besta deild.

Team	Home city	Home ground	Capacity	2023 finish
Breiðablik	Kópavogur	Kópavogsvöllur	3,009	2nd
FH	Hafnarfjörður	BIRTU völlurinn	2,120	6th
Fylkir	Reykjavík	Würth völlurinn	1,800	2nd (1. deild)
Keflavík	Reykjanesbær	Nettóhöllin	1,000	8th
Stjarnan	Garðabær	Samsungvöllurinn	1,400	4th
Tindastóll	Sauðárkrókur	Sauðárkróksvöllur	1,300	7th
Þór/KA	Akureyri	Boginn	400	5th
Þróttur R.	Reykjavík	AVIS völlurinn	3,000	3rd
Valur	Reykjavík	N1-völlurinn Hlíðarenda	1,524	1st
Víkingur R.	Reykjavík	Víkingsvöllur	1,449	1st (1. deild)

Team changes

Entering league	Exiting league
Promoted from 2023 1. deild	Relegated to 2024 1. deild
Fylkir Víkingur R.	ÍBV Selfoss

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Valur	18	16	1	1	48	16	+32	49	Advances to championship round
2	Breiðablik	18	16	0	2	46	9	+37	48
3	Þór/KA	18	9	3	6	40	28	+12	30
4	Víkingur R.	18	8	5	5	28	29	−1	29
5	FH	18	8	1	9	30	36	−6	25
6	Þróttur R.	18	7	2	9	23	27	−4	23
7	Stjarnan	18	6	3	9	22	34	−12	21	Participates in the qualifying round
8	Tindastóll	18	3	4	11	20	41	−21	13
9	Fylkir	18	2	4	12	17	34	−17	10
10	Keflavík	18	3	1	14	16	36	−20	10

Source: KSÍ.is
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Results

Home \ Away	BRE	FHA	FYL	KEF	STJ	TIN	THK	THR	VAL	VIK
Breiðablik		3–0	1–0	3–0	5–1	3–0	4–2	3–0	2–1	4–0
FH	0–4		3–1	1–0	1–2	4–1	0–4	1–0	2–4	2–2
Fylkir	0–2	0–3		4–2	0–1	4–1	2–2	1–1	1–4	0–0
Keflavík	0–2	3–4	1–0		2–3	0–2	0–1	1–0	1–2	1–2
Stjarnan	0–1	4–3	2–1	1–0		0–2	1–4	1–2	1–1	1–2
Tindastóll	0–1	0–1	3–0	1–1	0–0		3–3	1–2	1–4	1–1
Þór/KA	0–3	0–1	3–1	4–0	2–2	5–0		2–1	1–2	0–2
Þróttur R.	2–4	2–1	1–0	4–2	1–0	4–2	2–4		1–2	0–1
Valur	1–0	3–1	2–0	2–1	4–0	3–1	3–1	1–0		7–2
Víkingur R.	2–1	3–2	2–2	0–1	3–2	5–1	1–2	0–0	0–2

Source: KSÍ.is
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship round

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Breiðablik	19	17	0	2	50	9	+41	51	Secures a spot in the 2025–26 Champions League qualifying round 1, champions path
2	Valur	19	16	2	1	49	17	+32	50	Secures a spot in the 2025–26 Champions League qualifying round 1, league path
3	Þór/KA	19	10	3	6	41	28	+13	33
4	Víkingur R.	19	8	5	6	28	33	−5	29
5	FH	19	8	1	10	30	37	−7	25
6	Þróttur R.	19	7	3	9	24	28	−4	24

Updated to match(es) played on 31 August 2024. Source: KSÍ.is
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Results

Home \ Away	VAL	BRE	THK	VIK	FHA	THR
Valur						1–1
Breiðablik				4–0
Þór/KA					1–0
Víkingur R.
FH
Þróttur R.

Updated to match(es) played on 31 August 2024. Source: KSÍ.is
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Qualifying round

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Stjarnan	20	6	4	10	27	40	−13	22
2	Tindastóll	20	5	4	11	25	42	−17	19
3	Fylkir	20	3	4	13	19	38	−19	13	Relegation to 2025 1. deild
4	Keflavík	20	3	2	15	21	42	−21	11

Updated to match(es) played on 7 September 2024. Source: KSÍ.is
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Results

Home \ Away	STJ	TIN	FYL	KEF
Stjarnan			1–2
Tindastóll			3–0	2–1
Fylkir
Keflavík	4–4

Updated to match(es) played on 7 September 2024. Source: KSÍ.is
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 7 September 2024

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Sandra Jessen	Þór/KA	21
2	Jordyn Rhodes	Tindastóll	11
3	Vigdís Lilja Kristjánsdóttir	Breiðablik	10
4	Agla María Albertsdóttir	Breiðablik	8
	Andrea Rut Bjarnadóttir	Breiðablik
	Jasmín Ingadóttir	Valur
7	Amanda Andradóttir	Valur	7
	Katrín Ásbjörnsdóttir	Breiðablik
	Úlfa Úlfarsdóttir	Stjarnan
10	Hildigunnur Benediktsdóttir	FH	6
	Elísa Björnsdóttir	Tindastóll
	Birta Georgsdóttir	Valur
	Ísabella Tryggvadóttir	Valur
	Breukelen Woodard	FH

Attendance

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Breiðablik	2,284	454	107	228	−26.2%†
2	FH	1,733	344	101	193	−4.9%†
3	Fylkir	3,029	749	197	337	n/a1
4	Keflavík	727	110	60	81	−23.6%†
5	Stjarnan	1,565	304	105	157	−14.2%†
6	Tindastóll	1,746	347	89	175	+22.4%†
7	Þór/KA	1,751	254	103	175	−2.2%†
8	Þróttur R.	2,045	867	91	227	−1.7%†
9	Valur	2,341	821	112	234	−39.5%†
10	Víkingur R.	2,441	552	97	271	n/a1
	League total	19,662	867	60	207	−2.8%†

Updated to games played on 7 September 2024
Source: KSÍ.is
Notes:
1: Team played last season in 1. deild.

External links

• Official website