2019 Faroe Islands Premier League
Football league season
| Season | 2019 |
|---|---|
| Champions | KÍ (18th title) |
| Champions League | KÍ |
| Europa League | B36 NSÍ HB (via Faroe Islands Cup) |
| Matches played | 135 |
| Goals scored | 435 (3.22 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Klæmint Olsen (26 goals) |
| Biggest home win | KÍ 7–0 TB (Round 7) |
| Biggest away win | EB/Streymur 1–8 NSÍ (Round 10) |
| Highest scoring | HB 6–4 EB/Streymur (Round 12) ÍF 4–6 AB (Round 25) |
← 2018 2020 → 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
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:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.[3]
(C) Champions
Notes:
- ^ There was no relegation this season as three reserve teams finished in the top three in 1. deild.
- ^ HB qualified for the Europa League preliminary round as winners of the 2019 Faroe Islands Cup.
Positions by 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
| 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.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Rounds 19–27
| 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.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Top goalscorers
- As of 26 October.
| Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|
 Klæmint Olsen | NSÍ | 26 |
| Jóannes Bjartalíð | KÍ | 18 |
| Adrian Justinussen | HB | 16 |
| Patrik Johannesen | KÍ | 13 |
| Ari Olsen | HB | 12 |
| Stefan Radosavljevic | TB/B36[a] | 9 |
| Sølvi Vatnhamar | Víkingur | |
| Árni Frederiksberg | B36 | 8 |
| Petur Knudsen | NSÍ | |
 Ronni Møller-Iversen | Skála |
- ^ Radosavljevic played for TB until matchday 15 and scored 6 goals.
See also
References
- ^ "Her er Betri Deildin 2019 hjá monnum" (in Faroese). Faroe Islands Football Association. 11 January 2019. Archived from the original on 12 January 2019.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Meistaradeildin: Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 20 August 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
