The lowest of them all in 1981 was Iceland – the time,when Icelandic players started getting noticed in Europe did not translate into increasing power of the clubs. Simple: talent was quickly going abroad.
The Second Division was dominated by two teams – Keflavik won the championship with 28 points and IB Isafjördur was 2nd with 27 points. For a tiny 10-team league the dominance was enourmous – Throttur Reykjavik, 3rd, finished with 21 points. The top two were promoted, which was particularly great for IB Isafjördur – they rarely reached the top league.
First Division, also with 10 teams, had 3 outsiders. FH Hafnarfjördur was last with 7 points. KR Reykjavik and Thor Akureyri ended with 12 points each, worse goal-difference relegated Thor. KA Akureyri was 7th, but never in danger – they finished 6 points ahead of the outsiders.
The battle for the title was roughly between 4 teams – this was almost half the league, but Icelandic football never had dominant clubs. UB Kopavogur took the 4th place – not bad at all. They lost bronze medals on goal-difference and IA Akranes took the 3rd place. A point better Fram Reykjavík , settling for silver.
Vikingur Reykjavík kept the title in the capital, which was wonderful since they had too many rivals at home – Reykjavik was represented by 4 teams in the top league. Vikingur played a splendid season, mostly excelling in winning – they won 11 of their 18 championship matches. Fram lost only 2 matches – halve of the losses Vikingur suffered – but they tied halve of their total games.
The Cup final was played between ÍB Vestmannæyjar and Fram Reykjavík.
IBV prevailed 3-2 and triumphed with one more trophy.