2016 1. deild

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1. deild
Season2016
Champions EB/Streymur (2nd title)
Promoted EB/Streymur
07 Vestur
Relegated AB II
B71
Matches played135
Goals scored592 (4.39 per match)
Top goalscorerLeif Niclasen (36 goals)
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The 2016 1. deild was the seventy-third season of second-tier football on the Faroe Islands.

Faroe Islands Archipelago in the North Atlantic and an autonomous part of the Kingdom of Denmark

The Faroe Islands, or the Faeroe Islands, is a North Atlantic archipelago located 320 kilometres (200 mi) north-northwest of Scotland, and about halfway between Norway and Iceland. It is an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark. The islands have a total area of about 1,400 square kilometres (540 sq mi) with a population of 51,783 as of June 2019.

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Leif Niclasen scored 36 goals, breaking the goalscoring record in a single season [1] , set by Brian Jacobsen in the previous year. [2]

The 2015 1. deild was the seventy-second season of second-tier football on the Faroe Islands.

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or Relegation
1 EB/Streymur 27214210528+7767Promotion to Faroe Islands Premier League
2 07 Vestur 2721249834+6465
3 FC Suðuroy 2717376740+2754
4 Giza Hoyvík 2715396040+2048
5NSÍ II27111155983−2434
6 KÍ II 27103145367−1433
7Víkingur II2794144260−1831
8 HB II 2793155069−1930
9AB II2735192273−5114Relegation to 2. deild
10 B71 2734203698−6213
Source: Faroe Soccer
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerTeamGoals
1 Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg Leif Niclasen EB/Streymur 36
2 Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg Søren Nielsen 07 Vestur 26
3 Flag of Senegal.svg Ahmed Keita Giza Hoyvík 22
4 Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg Debes DanielsenNSÍ II20
5 Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg Holgar Durhuus 07 Vestur 19

See also

2016 Faroe Islands Premier League was the 74th season of top-tier football on the Faroe Islands. For sponsorship reasons, it was known as Effodeildin. B36 Tórshavn were the defending champions, having won their eleventh Faroese title in 2015.

The 2016 Faroe Islands Cup was the 62nd edition of Faroe Islands domestic football cup. The competition started on 24 March and will end on 27 August. Víkingur are the defending champions, having won their fifth cup title the previous year. The winner of competition will qualify for the first qualifying round of the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League.

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References

  1. ↑ Neli Heldarskarð (4 October 2016). "Nú eigur Leif málmetið" (in Faroese). in.fo. Archived from the original on 7 October 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  2. ↑ "Brian Jacobsen quebra recorde na 1. deild" (in Portuguese). Faroe Football. 20 September 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
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