Faroe Islands Premier League
Season2019
ChampionsKÍ (18th title)
Champions LeagueKÍ
Europa LeagueB36
NSÍ
HB (via Faroe Islands Cup)
Matches played135
Goals scored435 (3.22 per match)
Top goalscorerKlæmint Olsen (26 goals)
Biggest home winKÍ 7–0 TB (Round 7)
Biggest away winEB/Streymur 1–8 NSÍ (Round 10)
Highest scoringHB 6–4 EB/Streymur (Round 12)
ÍF 4–6 AB (Round 25)
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All statistics correct as of 26 October 2019.

The 2019 Faroe Islands Premier League (referred to as Betri deildin menn for sponsorship reasons) was the 77th season of top-tier football in the Faroe Islands and the 15th under the current format.

HB Tórshavn were the defending champions, having won their 23rd title in the previous season. The season started on 10 March and ended on 26 October.[1]

Teams

2019 Faroe Islands Premier League is located in Denmark Faroe Islands
EB/Streymur
Tórshavn
Tórshavn
AB
KÍ
NSÍ
Skála
TB
Víkingur
ÍF
Tórshavn teams B36 HB
Tórshavn teams
B36
HB
Locations of the 2019 Betri deidin menn teams

The champions of the 2018 1. deild, Ítróttarfelag Fuglafjarðar, replaced 07 Vestur, the last-placed team in the 2018 Faroe Islands Premier League.

It is the second consecutive season in which only one team went promoted from 1. deild, as they were the only non-reserve team in the top three.

Tvøroyrar Bóltfelag, FC Suðuroy and Royn ended their cooperation and TB replaced TB/FC Suðuroy/Royn.[2]

Team City Stadium Capacity
Argja Bóltfelag Argir Skansi Arena 2,000
B36 Tórshavn Tórshavn Gundadalur 5,000
EB/Streymur Streymnes Við Margáir 2,000
Havnar Bóltfelag Tórshavn Gundadalur 5,000
Ítróttarfelag Fuglafjarðar Fuglafjørður Í Fløtugerði 3,000
Klaksvíkar Ítróttarfelag Klaksvík Við Djúpumýrar 4,000
NSÍ Runavík Runavík Við Løkin 2,000
Skála ÍF Skála Undir Mýruhjalla 1,500
Tvøroyrar Bóltfelag Tvøroyri Við Stórá 4,000
Víkingur Gøta Norðragøta Sarpugerði 3,000

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
1 KÍ (C) 27 21 3 3 62 19 +43 66 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 B36 27 20 3 4 53 23 +30 63 Qualification for the Europa League preliminary round[b]
3 NSÍ 27 18 3 6 65 31 +34 57
4 HB 27 15 6 6 62 28 +34 51
5 Víkingur 27 16 3 8 51 35 +16 51
6 Skála 27 12 1 14 38 32 +6 37
7 AB 27 6 3 18 32 66 −34 21
8 TB 27 5 4 18 20 57 −37 19
9 EB/Streymur 27 5 3 19 25 63 −38 18
10 ÍF 27 1 3 23 27 81 −54 6
Source: Faroe Soccer (in Faroese)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.[3]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ There was no relegation this season as three reserve teams finished in the top three in 1. deild.
  2. ^ HB qualified for the Europa League preliminary round as winners of the 2019 Faroe Islands Cup.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
KÍ574331111111124321333221111
B36311123553333343132111112222
NSÍ337465422222211213222333333
HB583676666555555554444455544
Víkingur125754334444432445555544455
Skála842212245666666666666666666
AB75889910101091010910101098888899977
TB266547777777777777777777788
EB/Streymur89101088888888888889999988899
ÍF10109910109991099109991010101010101010101010
Leader and Champions League first qualifying round
Europa League preliminary round
Source:[citation needed]

Results

Each team plays three times (either twice at home and once away or once at home and twice away) against every other team for a total of 27 matches each.

Rounds 1–18[edit]

Home \ Away AB B36 EBS HB ÍF KÍ NSÍ SKÁ TB VÍK
AB 1–2 1–1 1–2 2–1 0–4 1–5 0–1 2–2 1–3
B36 4–1 3–0 2–1 3–0 0–3 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–1
EB/Streymur 5–1 1–2 0–3 0–2 0–1 1–8 0–1 0–2 1–4
HB 4–3 0–0 6–4 6–0 4–1 1–1 0–2 3–0 3–1
ÍF 4–6 1–3 2–3 0–2 2–3 2–4 0–3 2–2 0–4
KÍ 2–1 0–2 2–1 0–0 3–0 2–0 2–2 7–0 2–0
NSÍ 5–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 0–1 3–0 3–1 4–2
Skála 0–1 1–2 1–2 0–3 2–1 0–1 2–0 2–0 2–3
TB 2–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–3 0–2 1–2
Víkingur 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 2–2 2–3 2–1 3–1
Source: Faroe Soccer (in Faroese)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Rounds 19–27[edit]

Home \ Away AB B36 EBS HB ÍF KÍ NSÍ SKÁ TB VÍK
AB 1–2 3–1 0–2 0–2 0–3
B36 2–2 7–2 0–3 1–0 3–1
EB/Streymur 1–2 0–4 1–0 0–0
HB 5–0 0–2 3–0 3–0 3–1
ÍF 1–5 0–3 1–3 1–1
KÍ 4–0 3–1 3–2 3–0
NSÍ 2–0 0–3 3–0 3–1 0–2
Skála 5–0 0–2 1–2 5–1 0–1
TB 0–1 1–2 1–4 0–2
Víkingur 0–1 2–1 3–2 1–3
Source: Faroe Soccer (in Faroese)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

As of 26 October.
Player Club Goals
Faroe Islands Klæmint Olsen NSÍ 26
Faroe Islands Jóannes Bjartalíð KÍ 18
Faroe Islands Adrian Justinussen HB 16
Faroe Islands Patrik Johannesen KÍ 13
Faroe Islands Ari Olsen HB 12
Faroe Islands Stefan Radosavljevic TB/B36[a] 9
Faroe Islands Sølvi Vatnhamar Víkingur
Faroe Islands Árni Frederiksberg B36 8
Faroe Islands Petur Knudsen NSÍ
Denmark Ronni Møller-Iversen Skála
  1. ^ Radosavljevic played for TB until matchday 15 and scored 6 goals.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Her er Betri Deildin 2019 hjá monnum" (in Faroese). Faroe Islands Football Association. 11 January 2019. Archived from the original on 12 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Fótbóltssamstarvið í Suðuroynni er liðugt og søga" (in Faroese). in.fo. 15 November 2018. Archived from the original on 12 January 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Meistaradeildin: Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 20 August 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
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