2018 Faroe Islands Premier League

The 2018 Faroe Islands Premier League (also known as Betri deildin menn for sponsorship reasons) was the 76th season of top-tier football in the Faroe Islands. Víkingur Gøta were the defending champions, having won their second Faroese title in the previous season. The season started in 11 March and ended on 27 October.

Faroe Islands Premier League

Season	2018
Dates	11 March – 27 October
Champions	Havnar Bóltfelag
Champions League	Havnar Bóltfelag
Europa League	B36 Tórshavn NSÍ Runavík KÍ Klaksvík
Matches played	135
Goals scored	400 (2.96 per match)
Top goalscorer	Adrian Justinussen (20 goals)
Biggest home win	NSÍ 6–0 AB (R13) NSÍ 7–1 07 Vestur (R24)
Biggest away win	07 Vestur 0–5 NSÍ (R11)
Highest scoring	NSÍ 7–1 07 Vestur (R24)
← 2017 2019 → All statistics correct as of 27 October 2018.

Teams

EB/Streymur

B36 Tórshavn
HB

AB

KÍ

NSÍ Runavík

Skála

TB/FCS/Royn

07 Vestur

Víkingur Gøta

Locations of the 2018 Faroe Islands Premier League teams

The champions of the 2017 1. deild, AB Argir will be replacing ÍF who ended up last in the 2017 Faroe Islands Premier League.

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity
Argja Bóltfelag	Argir	Skansi Arena	2,000
07 Vestur	Sørvágur	á Dungasandi	500
B36 Tórshavn	Tórshavn	Gundadalur	5,000
EB/Streymur	Streymnes	Við Margáir	2,000
HB	Tórshavn	Gundadalur	5,000
KÍ	Klaksvík	Við Djúpumýrar	4,000
NSÍ Runavík	Runavík	Við Løkin	2,000
Skála	Skála	Undir Mýruhjalla	1,500
TB/FC Suðuroy/Royn	Trongisvágur	Við Stórá	4,000
Víkingur Gøta	Norðragøta	Sarpugerði	3,000

Source: Scoresway

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Havnar Bóltfelag (C)	27	24	1	2	58	18	+40	73	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	NSÍ Runavík	27	17	4	6	64	25	+39	55	Qualification for the Europa League preliminary round
3	B36 Tórshavn	27	16	5	6	58	33	+25	53	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[a]
4	KÍ Klaksvík	27	16	3	8	48	25	+23	51	Qualification for the Europa League preliminary round
5	Víkingur Gøta	27	11	6	10	39	37	+2	39
6	Skála ÍF	27	8	5	14	31	42	−11	29
7	TB/FC Suðuroy/Royn	27	8	4	15	27	42	−15	28
8	EB/Streymur	27	4	9	14	30	53	−23	21
9	Argja Bóltfelag	27	5	3	19	16	55	−39	18
10	07 Vestur (R)	27	5	2	20	30	71	−41	17	Relegation to 1. deild[b]

Updated to match(es) played on 27 October 2018. Source: Faroe Soccer (in Faroese), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.^[1]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. B36 Tórshavn qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2018 Faroe Islands Cup.
2. Argja Bóltfelag avoided relegation because B68 finished fourth in 1. deild.

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
HB	9	6	5	4	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
NSÍ	1	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	5	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	2	2
B36	7	4	4	7	6	4	4	4	2	2	2	3	4	4	3	5	4	5	5	4	4	3	2	3	2	4	3
KÍ	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	4	3	4
Víkingur	4	5	6	6	4	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Skála	8	10	7	5	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	7	7	6	6	6	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
TB/FCS/Royn	10	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
EB/Streymur	3	2	2	3	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	6	6	7	7	7	6	6	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
AB	5	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	9
07 Vestur	5	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	10

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.

Regular home games

Home \ Away	07V	ARG	B36	EBS	HB	KÍ	NSÍ	SKÁ	TBF	VÍK
07 Vestur	—	1–0	0–3	0–3	1–4	2–3	0–5	4–1	1–2	0–1
Argja Bóltfelag	1–1	—	1–4	2–0	0–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–4	1–2
B36 Tórshavn	2–0	2–1	—	2–2	1–1	3–2	2–3	5–1	1–0	2–1
EB/Streymur	2–1	0–0	3–2	—	0–1	0–1	2–2	0–0	2–2	1–1
HB	3–0	5–0	2–1	1–0	—	0–3	0–2	2–1	4–0	2–1
KÍ	3–0	3–1	3–1	2–0	0–1	—	1–1	3–1	3–1	1–2
NSÍ Runavík	3–1	6–0	0–2	5–0	1–2	0–1	—	1–0	1–0	1–2
Skála	2–1	2–0	0–2	0–2	0–3	0–0	1–1	—	3–0	0–2
TB/FC Suðuroy/Royn	1–0	0–1	1–1	3–2	0–1	0–1	0–4	2–1	—	1–4
Víkingur Gøta	4–1	3–0	2–1	3–1	1–2	0–3	1–2	1–0	0–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 27 October 2018. Source: Faroe Soccer (in Faroese)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Additional home games

Home \ Away	07V	ARG	B36	EBS	HB	KÍ	NSÍ	SKÁ	TBF	VÍK
07 Vestur	—	—	1–3	3–3	—	4–2	—	—	0–3	—
Argja Bóltfelag	1–2	—	1–1	—	—	—	0–2	2–4	—	1–0
B36 Tórshavn	—	—	—	5–1	1–3	2–1	—	—	1–0	—
EB/Streymur	—	0–2	—	—	0–3	—	2–4	1–1	—	2–2
HB	3–1	3–0	—	—	—	—	2–1	—	—	2–1
KÍ	—	3–0	—	3–0	1–2	—	—	—	—	1–1
NSÍ Runavík	7–1	—	1–2	—	—	2–1	—	2–0	—	—
Skála	5–0	—	1–4	—	0–1	1–0	—	—	2–0	—
TB/FC Suðuroy/Royn	—	0–1	—	2–1	1–4	0–1	2–2	—	—	—
Víkingur Gøta	1–4	—	1–1	—	—	—	0–3	2–2	0–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on 27 October 2018. Source: Faroe Soccer (in Faroese)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

As of 27 October 2018

Player	Club	Goals
Adrian Justinussen	HB	20
Klæmint Olsen	NSÍ	13
Meinhard Olsen	B36
Kaimar Saag	B36	11
Árni Frederiksberg	NSÍ
Sonny Jakobsen	07 Vestur
Brian Jacobsen	Skála	10