title: 1979 Úrvalsdeild
text: # 1979 Úrvalsdeild
  
  Statistics of Úrvalsdeild in the 1979 season.
  
  ## Overview
  
  It was contested by 10 teams, and ÍBV won the championship. Víkingur's Sigurlás Þorleifsson was the top scorer with 10 goals.
  
  ## League standings
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | ÍBV | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 13 | +13 | 24 |
  | 2 | ÍA | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 17 | +10 | 23 |
  | 3 | Valur | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 22 | +13 | 23 |
  | 4 | Keflavík | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 18 | +8 | 22 |
  | 5 | KR | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 24 | +5 | 22 |
  | 6 | Fram | 18 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 25 | 23 | +2 | 17 |
  | 7 | Víkingur | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 25 | +1 | 16 |
  | 8 | Þróttur | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 27 | 31 | −4 | 16 |
  | 9 | KA | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 35 | −14 | 12 |
  | 10 | Haukar | 18 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 46 | −34 | 5 |
  
  ## Results
  
  Each team played every opponent once home and away for a total of 18 matches.
  
  | Home \ Away | FRA | HAU | ÍA | ÍBV | KA | ÍBK | KR | VAL | VÍK | ÞRÓ |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Fram | | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 0–1 |
  | Haukar | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 1–5 |
  | ÍA | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 |
  | ÍBV | 0–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
  | KA | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 |
  | Keflavík | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | | 1–0 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 1–1 |
  | KR | 3–2 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 3–2 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
  | Valur | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | | 3–3 | 3–1 |
  | Víkingur | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | | 2–1 |
  | Þróttur | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 5–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | |
  