2020 Faroe Islands Premier League Explained

Competition:Faroe Islands Premier League
Season:2020
Dates:9 May – 7 November 2020
Winners:HB
Relegated:Skála ÍF
Argja Bóltfelag
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:HB
Continentalcup2:Europa Conference League
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:NSÍ
League Topscorer:Uroš Stojanov
Klæmint Olsen (17 goals)
Biggest Home Win:
Biggest Away Win:
Highest Scoring:
Matches:135
Total Goals:451
Prevseason:2019
Nextseason:2021
Updated: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.

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

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

TeamCityStadiumCapacity
Argja BóltfelagArgirSkansi Arena2,000
B36 TórshavnTórshavnGundadalur5,000
EB/StreymurStreymnesVið Margáir2,000
Havnar BóltfelagTórshavnGundadalur5,000
Ítróttarfelag FuglafjarðarFuglafjørðurÍ Fløtugerði3,000
Klaksvíkar ÍtróttarfelagKlaksvíkVið Djúpumýrar4,000
NSÍ RunavíkRunavíkVið Løkin2,000
Skála ÍFSkálaUndir Mýruhjalla1,500
Tvøroyrar BóltfelagTvøroyriVið Stórá4,000
Víkingur GøtaNorðragøtaSarpugerði3,000

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.

Rounds 18–27

Top goalscorers

RankGoalscorerTeamGoals
align=center rowspan="2"1 Klæmint OlsenNSÍ Runavíkalign=center rowspan="2"17
Uroš StojanovÍF
3 Petur KnudsenNSÍ Runavík16
4 Jóannes Bjartalíð15
5 Mikkel DahlHB Tórshavn14
align=center rowspan="2"6 Finnur JustinussenVíkinguralign=center rowspan="2"13
Sebastian PingelB36 Tórshavn
align=center rowspan="4"8HB Tórshavnalign=center rowspan="4"12
Hilmar Leon JakobsenHB Tórshavn
Páll Klettskarð
Sølvi VatnhamarVíkingur

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Her er Betri Deildin 2020 hjá monnum. Faroe Islands Football Association. 13 February 2020. fo. 13 February 2020. 11 February 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200211171627/http://www.fsf.fo/Default.aspx?ID=1754. dead.
  2. Web site: 1. umfar útsett til 15. mars. FSF. 7 March 2020. 18 March 2020. fo.
  3. Web site: Fótbólturin er farin í gongd aftur . Prestá . Agnar . 21 April 2020 . Portal.fo . 22 April 2020 .
  4. Web site: COVID-19 Føroyar – Hagtøl (Statistics) . The Faroese Ministry of Health . 22 April 2020 . 22 April 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200422145610/https://www.hmr.fo/fo/corona/hagtol/ . dead .
  5. Web site: TV 2 satser på færøysk fotball . 1 May 2020 . tv2.no . 2 May 2020.
  6. Web site: Meistararnir vóru treiskari enn hinir . Hansen . Jóannes . 7 November 2020 . in.fo . Sosialurin . 8 November 2020 . 14 February 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210214102100/https://www.in.fo/itrottur/sport-detail/news/meistararnir-voru-treiskari-enn-hinir/ . dead .
  7. Web site: FM1: Rógvi fegin um fyribils bjargingina - Jákup Martin iðrar seg um stórtap . Simonsen . Heri . 7 November 2020 . in.fo . Sosialurin . 8 November 2020 . 14 February 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210214102100/https://www.in.fo/itrottur/sport-detail/news/fm1-rogvi-fegin-um-fyribils-bjargingina-jakup-martin-idrar-seg-um-stortap/ . dead .
  8. Web site: FM1: Soleiðis sendi Andri B68 upp í Betrideildina . Simonsen . Heri . 29 November 2020 . in.fo . 30 November 2020 . 11 December 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201211184653/https://www.in.fo/itrottur/sport-detail/news/fm1-soleidis-sendi-andri-b68-upp-i-betrideildina/ . dead .