2005 2. deild karla

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. Also joining the division were Fjarðabyggð and Huginn, who were promoted from the 3. deild through the play-offs. Fjarðabyggð had reached the third tier of Icelandic football for the first time in their history after being founded in 2001.

League table

Updated to games played on 10 September 2005.
Source: ksi.is (Icelandic)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results grid

Updated to games played on 10 September 2005.
Source: ksi.is (Icelandic)
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Two players, Afturelding midfielder Þorvaldur Árnason and Stjarnan forward Guðjón Baldvinsson, each scored 14 league goals in the 2005 2. deild season.

Scoring

Biggest home win: 6 goals

Huginn 7–1 Leiftur/Dalvík (6 August 2005)

Biggest away win: 4 goals

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

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

Fewest team home goals scored: 8 – Leiftur/Dalvík

Most team away goals: 19 – Stjarnan

Fewest team away goals: 7 – Tindastóll

Discipline

Most yellow cards (team): 40 – Afturelding

Most yellow cards (player): 6

Björn Sigurbjörnsson (Afturelding)

Ómar Freyr Rafnsson (Huginn)

Most red cards (team): 7 – Leiftur/Dalvík

Most red cards (player): 2

Guðmundur Kristinn Kristinsson (Leiftur/Dalvík)

Team of the year

The KSÍ selected a team of the year, which consisted of 11 players and 5 substitutes.

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.)