2019 Faroe Islands Premier League

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Faroe Islands Premier League
Season2019
Champions KÍ (18th title)
Champions League KÍ
Europa League B36
NSÍ
HB (via Faroe Islands Cup)
Matches played135
Goals scored435 (3.22 per match)
Top goalscorer Klæmint 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)
← 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.

Contents

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

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Tórshavn
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AB
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KÍ
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TB
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ÍF
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Tórshavn teams
Red pog.svg B36
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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]

TeamCityStadiumCapacity
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

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation [a]
1 KÍ (C)2721336219+4366Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 B36 2720345323+3063Qualification for the Europa League preliminary round [b]
3 NSÍ 2718366531+3457
4 HB 2715666228+3451
5 Víkingur 2716385135+1651
6 Skála 27121143832+637
7 AB 2763183266−3421
8 TB 2754182057−3719
9 EB/Streymur 2753192563−3818
10 ÍF 2713232781−546
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
KÍ 574331111111124321333221111
B36 311123553333343132111112222
NSÍ 337465422222211213222333333
HB 583676666555555554444455544
Víkingur 125754334444432445555544455
Skála 842212245666666666666666666
AB 75889910101091010910101098888899977
TB 266547777777777777777777788
EB/Streymur 89101088888888888889999988899
ÍF 10109910109991099109991010101010101010101010
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

Home \ Away AB B36 EBS HB ÍF KÍ NSÍ SKÁ TB VÍK
AB 1–21–11–22–10–41–50–12–21–3
B36 4–13–02–13–00–31–11–01–02–1
EB/Streymur 5–11–20–30–20–11–80–10–21–4
HB 4–30–06–46–04–11–10–23–03–1
ÍF 4–61–32–30–22–32–40–32–20–4
KÍ 2–10–22–10–03–02–02–27–02–0
NSÍ 5–12–11–01–13–10–13–03–14–2
Skála 0–11–21–20–32–10–12–02–02–3
TB 2–10–11–01–11–01–00–30–21–2
Víkingur 1–11–01–11–03–02–22–32–13–1
Source: Faroe Soccer (in Faroese)
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 1–23–10–20–20–3
B36 2–27–20–31–03–1
EB/Streymur 1–20–41–00–0
HB 5–00–23–03–03–1
ÍF 1–50–31–31–1
KÍ 4–03–13–23–0
NSÍ 2–00–33–03–10–2
Skála 5–00–21–25–10–1
TB 0–11–21–40–2
Víkingur 0–12–13–21–3
Source: Faroe Soccer (in Faroese)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

As of 26 October.
PlayerClubGoals
Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg Klæmint Olsen NSÍ 26
Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg Jóannes Bjartalíð KÍ 18
Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg Adrian Justinussen HB 16
Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg Patrik Johannesen KÍ 13
Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg Ari Olsen HB 12
Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg Stefan Radosavljevic TB/B36 [a] 9
Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg Sølvi Vatnhamar Víkingur
Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg Árni Frederiksberg B36 8
Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg Petur Knudsen NSÍ
Flag of Denmark.svg 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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