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The Urvalsdeild Chronicle

1 Oct 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

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Gamid Agalarov tops the scoring charts

Nobody in the division bettered it last month: 5 goals in 5 appearances for Valur.

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Gamid Agalarov is the division's player of the month — 8.00

A club's paper reports this as one of its own being honoured. On this page it is what it actually is: a verdict on everybody who played, and it went to a Valur man on 8.00 with 6 goal contributions.

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Ollie Dewsbury is the month's best young player — 7.01

The award the rest of the division reads as a transfer rumour. 7.01 over the month and 2 goal contributions, from a Breidablik player whose price has just gone up without anybody at his club doing anything.

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Ásgeir Orri Magnússon puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at IBV, and it is not being withdrawn.

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Omar Sowe leads the division for assists — 7.64

The chart that decides who the scorers ought to be thanking. 6 of them made by a Breidablik player marked 7.64, and not one will be in the montage at the end of the season.

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Only the photograph left for Lúkas Logi Heimisson

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Lúkas Logi Heimisson will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Valur the goodbyes have quietly begun.

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Gamid Agalarov is the division's best-marked player — 8.00

The chart that catches everybody a goal tally never will: the centre-half who was immense for four weekends, the holding midfielder nobody outside his own ground has heard of. 8.00 across 5 matches for Valur.

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Still scoring: Kristófer Ingi Kristinsson

5 in 4 for Breidablik. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.

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Sveinn Aron Guðjohnsen is right behind him

4 goals in 4 appearances for Vikingur, and a chart that would look very different if two of them had gone in off the post instead of past it.

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Atli Þór Jónasson keeps the pressure on

2 goals in 5 appearances for Vikingur leave him among the month's leading marksmen.

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Daði Berg Jónsson keeps the pressure on

2 goals in 5 appearances for Keflavik leave him among the month's leading marksmen.

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IA and Guðmundur Þórarinsson are talking past each other

“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.

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38 Edition

The Urvalsdeild Chronicle

1 Sep 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

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Nobody scored more than Gamid Agalarov

The month closes with Gamid Agalarov out in front — 5 goals in 4 games, and Valur have the division's most feared finisher.

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The month belonged to Gamid Agalarov

Marked 8.58 across it, 8 goals and assists between them, and no serious argument from anybody else in the division. Valur have had the whole benefit of a month somebody else will spend the summer trying to buy.

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Lúkas Logi Heimisson has said yes to Keflavik

The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Valur have lost him in all but the paperwork.

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Guðmar Gauti Sævarsson is the month's best young player — 7.37

The award the rest of the division reads as a transfer rumour. 7.37 over the month and 4 goal contributions, from a Fylkir player whose price has just gone up without anybody at his club doing anything.

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Juber Pereira hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what IA can pretend not to have heard.

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So close: Ásgeir Orri Magnússon’s move dies late

The fee was agreed and the flight was looked at — and then the phone stopped ringing. IA moved on, Ásgeir Orri Magnússon reports back to IBV, and everybody pretends Monday is just Monday.

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Nobody made more than Gamid Agalarov this month

3 assists, 8.58, and a Valur player who spent four weekends being the reason somebody else's name went in the paper. It is the least-rewarded skill in football and the easiest one to notice its absence.

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Breidablik turn down FC Lahti for Emil Ingman

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

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Still scoring: Tryggvi Hrafn Haraldsson

3 in 4 for Valur. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.

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Still scoring: Stefán Árni Geirsson

3 in 4 for KR. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.

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Sveinn Aron Guðjohnsen is right behind him

5 goals in 4 appearances for Vikingur, and a chart that would look very different if two of them had gone in off the post instead of past it.

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Still scoring: Adolf Daði Birgisson

3 in 4 for FH. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.

37 Edition

The Urvalsdeild Chronicle

1 Aug 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

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Nobody scored more than Gamid Agalarov

The month closes with Gamid Agalarov out in front — 4 goals in 4 games, and Valur have the division's most feared finisher.

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Player of the month: Gamid Agalarov — 8.06

Everybody in the division was measured and a Valur man came out on top: 8.06 across the month and 5 goal contributions. There is no serious case for anybody else.

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Alpha Conteh agrees terms with Keflavik

The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Stjarnan people have started saying his name in the past tense.

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Birkir Þorsteinsson is the month's best young player — 7.16

The award the rest of the division reads as a transfer rumour. 7.16 over the month and 1 goal contributions, from a FH player whose price has just gone up without anybody at his club doing anything.

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Hólmar Kári Tryggvason asks to leave IBV

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

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KR turn down FH for Davíð Ingvarsson

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

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Nobody made more than Fernando Chávez this month

3 assists, 7.56, and a IA player who spent four weekends being the reason somebody else's name went in the paper. It is the least-rewarded skill in football and the easiest one to notice its absence.

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Only the photograph left for Bjarni Guðjón Brynjólfsson

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Bjarni Guðjón Brynjólfsson will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around FH the goodbyes have quietly begun.

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Highest marks in the league belong to a Valur man

Gamid Agalarov averaged 8.06 over 4 appearances. Nothing about that will trend, and anybody who watched all four games would tell you it was the most accurate thing on this page.

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Omar Sowe up among the month's scorers

A productive month at Breidablik — 3 goals from 4 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.

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Viktor Jónsson makes the list

4 appearances, 3 goals, and a place among the division's leading scorers for the month. Strikers measure a season in exactly these lines.

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Luke Rae makes the list

4 appearances, 2 goals, and a place among the division's leading scorers for the month. Strikers measure a season in exactly these lines.

36 Edition

The Urvalsdeild Chronicle

1 Jul 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

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Daði Berg Jónsson tops the scoring charts

Nobody in the division bettered it last month: 8 goals in 5 appearances for Keflavik.

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Player of the month: Daði Berg Jónsson — 8.61

Everybody in the division was measured and a Keflavik man came out on top: 8.61 across the month and 10 goal contributions. There is no serious case for anybody else.

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The division's brightest kid this month plays for Leiknir

Björgvin Brimi Andrésson was marked 7.72 and had a hand in 2 goals. Every recruitment department in the country now has a file open, and the club that has him knows exactly what that means.

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Daði Freyr Arnarsson asks to leave Vikingur

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

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Nobody made more than Stefan Alexander Ljubičić this month

7 assists, 8.18, and a Keflavik player who spent four weekends being the reason somebody else's name went in the paper. It is the least-rewarded skill in football and the easiest one to notice its absence.

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Birkir Þorsteinsson is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at FH is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

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Best marks in the division for Daði Berg Jónsson — 8.61

8.61 on average across 5 matches for Keflavik. The chart that notices the players a goal tally never does, and this month it noticed him.

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Valgeir Valgeirsson wants more than Valur are offering

“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.

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Still scoring: Viktor Jónsson

5 in 5 for IA. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.

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Gamid Agalarov is right behind him

5 goals in 5 appearances for Valur, and a chart that would look very different if two of them had gone in off the post instead of past it.

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Kjartan Kári Halldórsson keeps the pressure on

4 goals in 5 appearances for FH leave him among the month's leading marksmen.

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Atli Þór Jónasson is right behind him

4 goals in 5 appearances for Vikingur, and a chart that would look very different if two of them had gone in off the post instead of past it.

35 Edition

The Urvalsdeild Chronicle

1 Jun 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

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Sveinn Aron Guðjohnsen is the division’s leading scorer

6 goals in 4 games, and nobody else in the league close to it. Vikingur have the man every defence in the division is planning around.

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The month belonged to Daði Berg Jónsson

Marked 8.21 across it, 6 goals and assists between them, and no serious argument from anybody else in the division. Keflavik have had the whole benefit of a month somebody else will spend the summer trying to buy.

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Björgvin Brimi Andrésson is the month's best young player — 7.11

The award the rest of the division reads as a transfer rumour. 7.11 over the month and 2 goal contributions, from a Leiknir player whose price has just gone up without anybody at his club doing anything.

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Elías Már Ómarsson hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Valur can pretend not to have heard.

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Nobody made more than Óskar Borgþórsson this month

5 assists, 7.57, and a Vikingur player who spent four weekends being the reason somebody else's name went in the paper. It is the least-rewarded skill in football and the easiest one to notice its absence.

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Sesar Örn Harðarson is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at IBV is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

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Highest marks in the league belong to a Vikingur man

Sveinn Aron Guðjohnsen averaged 8.21 over 4 appearances. Nothing about that will trend, and anybody who watched all four games would tell you it was the most accurate thing on this page.

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Kristófer Ingi Kristinsson makes the list

4 appearances, 3 goals, and a place among the division's leading scorers for the month. Strikers measure a season in exactly these lines.

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Still scoring: Örvar Eggertsson

3 in 4 for Stjarnan. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.

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Atli Þór Jónasson up among the month's scorers

A productive month at Vikingur — 4 goals from 4 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.

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Still scoring: Daði Berg Jónsson

4 in 4 for Keflavik. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.

Market

Talks stall between KR and Davíð Ingvarsson

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

34 Edition

The Urvalsdeild Chronicle

1 May 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

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Guðmundur Tyrfingsson hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Fylkir can pretend not to have heard.

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Alpha Conteh’s move to Vikingur falls through

The deal that would have taken Alpha Conteh to Vikingur has collapsed at the last stage, and he reports back to Stjarnan with a summer to forget and a season still to play. Nobody is saying which side walked away.

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Jakob Gunnar Sigurðsson is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at KR is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

33 Edition

The Urvalsdeild Chronicle

1 Apr 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

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Alpha Conteh has said yes to Vikingur

The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Stjarnan have lost him in all but the paperwork.

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Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Breidablik can pretend not to have heard.

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Keflavik turn down Breidablik for Þorlákur Breki Baxter

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

32 Edition

The Urvalsdeild Chronicle

1 Mar 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

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Jakob Gunnar Sigurðsson agrees terms with Breidablik

The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around KR people have started saying his name in the past tense.

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Keflavik come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Stjarnan did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

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Jakob Gunnar Sigurðsson puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at KR, and it is not being withdrawn.

31 Edition

The Urvalsdeild Chronicle

1 Feb 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

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Ariol Kaloshi asks to leave IA

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

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Sesar Örn Harðarson is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at IBV is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

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A stepping stone, not a home, for Holmar Fridjonsson

He is doing his job and he is not settling. Keflavik were supposed to be a step up in his own reckoning, and his own reckoning has been adjusted since he arrived.

30 Edition

The Urvalsdeild Chronicle

1 Jan 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

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Daníel Ingvar Ingvarsson puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Fjolnir, and it is not being withdrawn.

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Only the photograph left for Darri Bergmann Gylfason

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Darri Bergmann Gylfason will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Stjarnan the goodbyes have quietly begun.

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Still no ink between IA and Guðmundur Þórarinsson

“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at IA, another week without a signature from Guðmundur Þórarinsson.

29 Edition

The Urvalsdeild Chronicle

1 Dec 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

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Guðmundur Tyrfingsson hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Fylkir can pretend not to have heard.

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Gísli Laxdal has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Valur they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

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Talks stall between Keflavik and Marin Brigić

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

28 Edition

The Urvalsdeild Chronicle

1 Nov 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

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Daði Freyr Arnarsson asks to leave Vikingur

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

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Helgi Guðjónsson is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Vikingur is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

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Valgeir Valgeirsson wants more than Valur are offering

“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.