Icelandic football league system

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The Icelandic football league system is a series of interconnected leagues for club football in Iceland.

[edit] The system

Below shows how the current system works. For each division, its English name, official name or sponsorship name (which often differs radically from its official name) and number of clubs is given. Each division promotes to the division(s) that lie directly above them and relegates to the division(s) that lie directly below them.

Level	League(s)/Division(s)
1	Icelandic Premier League Landsbankadeildin - (Nationwide League) 12 clubs
2	Icelandic First Division 1. deild karla - (Nationwide League) 12 clubs
3	Icelandic Second Division 2. deild karla - (Nationwide League) 12 clubs
4	Icelandic Third Division Group A 3. deild karla - (Provincial League) 8 clubs	Icelandic Third Division Group B 3. deild karla - (Provincial League) 8 clubs	Icelandic Third Division Group C 3. deild karla - (Provincial League) 6 clubs	Icelandic Third Division Group D 3. deild karla - (Provincial League) 7 clubs