2019 Faroe Islands Premier League

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.

Faroe Islands Premier League

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.

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

EB/Streymur

Tórshavn

AB

KÍ

NSÍ

Skála

TB

Víkingur

ÍF

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 ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27
KÍ	5	7	4	3	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	4	3	2	1	3	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	1
B36	3	1	1	1	2	3	5	5	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	1	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2
NSÍ	3	3	7	4	6	5	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3
HB	5	8	3	6	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4
Víkingur	1	2	5	7	5	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5
Skála	8	4	2	2	1	2	2	4	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
AB	7	5	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	9	10	10	9	10	10	10	9	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	7	7
TB	2	6	6	5	4	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8
EB/Streymur	8	9	10	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	9
ÍF	10	10	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	10	9	9	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

	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		1–2	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

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
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

1. Radosavljevic played for TB until matchday 15 and scored 6 goals.

See also

• 2019 Faroe Islands Cup

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.