2020 Faroe Islands Premier League

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Faroe Islands Premier League
Season2020
Dates9 May – 7 November 2020
Champions HB
Relegated Skála ÍF
Argja Bóltfelag
Champions League HB
Europa Conference League NSÍ
Matches played135
Goals scored451 (3.34 per match)
Top goalscorer Uroš Stojanov
Klæmint Olsen (17 goals)
Biggest home win HB 11–0 AB
(12 August 2020)
Biggest away win EB/Streymur 0–7
(6 August 2020)
Highest scoring HB 11–0 AB
(12 August 2020)
2019
2021
All statistics correct as of 20 November 2020.

The 2020 Faroe Islands Premier League (referred to as Betri deildin menn for sponsorship reasons) was the 78th season of top-tier football in the Faroe Islands, and the 16th under the current format.

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were the defending champions, having won their 18th Faroese title in the previous season. The season was scheduled to start on 8 March [1] and later postponed to 15 March, [2] because of the outbreak of coronavirus in the Faroe Islands. The season started on 9 May 2020 [3] and ended on 7 November 2020. This was decided after there had been no reported case of COVID-19 in the Faroe Islands from 6 April to 18 April. There has been no deaths due to COVID-19 in the Faroe Islands as of 8 November 2020. [4]

The Norwegian TV2 broadcast matches from the first 12 rounds. [5]

Havnar Bóltfelag (HB) won their 24th championship with 69 points. [6]

Skála were relegated and AB played against B68 Toftir to decide if AB would be relegated or not. The winner of the match won the right to play in the top league in the 2021 season. [7] The match was played on 29 November 2020. AB lost the match 2-3 (1-1 after 90 minutes) after extra time, and was relegated. B68 won promotion to 2021 Faroe Islands Premier League. Andri Benjaminsen, the 20-year-old younger brother of record player of the Faroe Islands national football team Fróði Benjaminsen scored a hat trick. [8]

Teams

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Tórshavn
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AB
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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 2020 Betri deidin menn teams

Last season, there was no relegation, as three backup teams finished in the top three in 1. deild.

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
1 Havnar Bóltfelag (C)2722328123+5869Qualification for the Champions League preliminary round
2 NSÍ Runavík 2720345826+3263Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round
3 2719537225+4762
4 B36 Tórshavn 2719267737+4059
5 Víkingur 27152105544+1147
6 ÍF 27751534592526
7 EB/Streymur 27731726653924
8 TB Tvøroyri 27461720422218
9 Argja Bóltfelag (R)27171921735210Qualification for the Faroe Islands Premier League play-off
10 Skála (R)2714222272507Relegation to the 1. deild
Source: Faroe Soccer (in Faroese)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored. [9]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Fixtures and results

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

Faroe Islands Premier League play-off

The ninth-placed team (Argja Bóltfelag) faced the fourth-placed team of the 2020 1. deild (B68 Toftir) for the final place in the 2021 Faroe Islands Premier League.

29 November 2020 Argja Bóltfelag 2–3 B68 Toftir Argir
10:30 BST Stadium: Skansi Arena

Top goalscorers

As of match(es) played 7 November 2020
RankGoalscorerTeamGoals
1 Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg Klæmint Olsen NSÍ Runavík 17
Flag of Serbia.svg Uroš Stojanov ÍF
3 Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg Petur Knudsen NSÍ Runavík 16
4 Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg Jóannes Bjartalíð 15
5 Flag of Denmark.svg Mikkel Dahl HB Tórshavn 14
6 Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg Finnur Justinussen Víkingur 13
Flag of Denmark.svg Sebastian Pingel B36 Tórshavn
8 Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg Adrian Justinussen HB Tórshavn 12
Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg Hilmar Leon Jakobsen HB Tórshavn
Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg Páll Klettskarð
Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg Sølvi Vatnhamar Víkingur

See also

References

  1. "Her er Betri Deildin 2020 hjá monnum" (in Faroese). Faroe Islands Football Association. 13 February 2020. Archived from the original on 11 February 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  2. "1. umfar útsett til 15. mars" (in Faroese). FSF. 7 March 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  3. Prestá, Agnar (21 April 2020). "Fótbólturin er farin í gongd aftur". Portal.fo. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  4. "COVID-19 Føroyar – Hagtøl (Statistics)". The Faroese Ministry of Health. Archived from the original on 22 April 2020. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  5. "TV 2 satser på færøysk fotball". tv2.no. 1 May 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  6. Hansen, Jóannes (7 November 2020). "Meistararnir vóru treiskari enn hinir". in.fo. Sosialurin. Archived from the original on 14 February 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  7. Simonsen, Heri (7 November 2020). "FM1: Rógvi fegin um fyribils bjargingina - Jákup Martin iðrar seg um stórtap". in.fo. Sosialurin. Archived from the original on 14 February 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  8. Simonsen, Heri (29 November 2020). "FM1: Soleiðis sendi Andri B68 upp í Betrideildina". in.fo. Archived from the original on 11 December 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  9. "Meistaradeildin: Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 13 February 2020.