2016 Faroe Islands Premier League

2016 Faroe Islands Premier League was the 74th season of top-tier football on the Faroe Islands. For sponsorship reasons, it was known as Effodeildin. B36 Tórshavn were the defending champions, having won their eleventh Faroese title in 2015.

Faroe Islands Premier League

Season	2016
Champions	Víkingur Gøta 1st title
Relegated	AB B68 Toftir
Champions League	Víkingur Gøta
Europa League	KÍ NSÍ B36
Matches played	135
Goals scored	422 (3.13 per match)
Top goalscorer	Klæmint Olsen (23 goals)
Biggest home win	NSÍ Runavík 7–1 ÍF KÍ 6–0 B68 Toftir
Biggest away win	B68 Toftir 0–5 NSÍ Runavík
Highest scoring	NSÍ Runavík 7–1 ÍF
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The season was scheduled to begin on 5 March 2016 and conclude on 22 October 2016.^[1]

Teams

 

 

AB

 

B36

 

B68

 

HB

 

ÍF

 

KÍ

 

NSÍ

 

Skála

 

TB

 

Víkingur

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Location of teams in Effodeildin 2016

Suðuroy and EB/Streymur had finished 9th and 10th respectively at the end of the previous season and were relegated to the 1. deild as a result.

Replacing them were the 1. deild champions Skála and runners-up B68 Toftir.

Team summaries

Team	City	Stadium
AB	Argir	Skansi Arena
B36 Tórshavn	Tórshavn	Gundadalur
B68 Toftir	Toftir	Svangaskarð
HB	Tórshavn	Gundadalur
ÍF	Fuglafjørður	Í Fløtugerði
KÍ	Klaksvík	Við Djúpumýrar
NSÍ Runavík	Runavík	Við Løkin
Skála	Skála	Undir Mýruhjalla
TB	Tvøroyri	Við Stórá
Víkingur Gøta	Norðragøta	Sarpugerði

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Víkingur Gøta (C)	27	19	4	4	59	25	+34	61	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	KÍ	27	19	3	5	64	26	+38	60	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round^[a]
3	NSÍ Runavík	27	18	1	8	60	36	+24	55
4	B36 Tórshavn	27	14	7	6	46	28	+18	49
5	HB	27	12	7	8	44	30	+14	43
6	ÍF	27	9	5	13	42	59	−17	32
7	TB	27	7	6	14	31	48	−17	27
8	Skála	27	6	8	13	25	41	−16	26
9	AB (R)	27	4	6	17	31	49	−18	18	Relegation to 1. deild
10	B68 Toftir (R)	27	0	7	20	20	80	−60	7

Source: Faroe Soccer, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.^[2]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. KÍ qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2016 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
Víkingur Gøta	2	1	4	4	4	3	2	3	1	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1
KÍ	4	5	7	5	5	5	5	4	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2
NSÍ Runavík	7	4	3	2	2	2	4	5	5	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
B36 Tórshavn	1	3	2	3	3	4	3	1	3	1	1	4	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
HB	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	4	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
ÍF	9	6	6	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
TB	8	10	5	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	9	8	7	7	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Skála ÍF	10	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	8	7	8	8	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
AB	5	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
B68 Toftir	6	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Results

Regular home games

Home \ Away	AB	B36	B68	HB	ÍF	KÍ	NSÍ	SKÁ	TB	VÍK
Argja Bóltfelag		2–3	1–1	0–1	2–3	1–1	1–2	0–0	3–2	2–2
B36 Tórshavn	2–1		3–1	3–2	4–1	0–1	3–1	1–1	0–0	0–2
B68 Toftir	2–2	1–4		0–1	1–2	0–3	0–5	1–1	1–1	2–2
Havnar Bóltfelag	0–0	0–0	1–0		1–0	4–2	3–4	1–0	4–1	1–1
ÍF Fuglafjørður	1–0	0–0	4–0	4–2		0–4	0–2	2–2	2–2	2–2
KÍ Klaksvík	5–1	1–1	4–1	1–0	2–4		1–3	2–0	1–0	2–0
NSÍ Runavík	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	6–1	2–0		2–0	2–1	1–3
Skála ÍF	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–3	1–0	0–1	0–2		5–1	1–3
TB Tvøroyri	1–0	0–1	4–1	0–1	0–3	0–1	2–1	1–1		0–2
Víkingur Gøta	3–0	1–0	4–0	1–0	3–1	0–2	2–0	4–1	2–1

Updated to match(es) played on 16 October 2016. Source: Faroe Soccer
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Additional home games

Home \ Away	AB	B36	B68	HB	ÍF	KÍ	NSÍ	SKÁ	TB	VÍK
Argja Bóltfelag			5–0			3–1		0–2		1–3
B36 Tórshavn	2–1			2–2	4–1		2–0		5–2
B68 Toftir		0–1			0–2		1–3		3–3
Havnar Bóltfelag	1–2		6–1		4–1	2–3				0–1
ÍF Fuglafjørður	2–0					1–3		1–1		1–3
KÍ Klaksvík		2–2	6–0				4–0	5–0	4–0
NSÍ Runavík	4–1			0–0	7–1			1–0		4–2
Skála ÍF		0–2	5–1	2–2					0–1
TB Tvøroyri	2–1			0–0	3–2		3–1
Víkingur Gøta		2–0	5–1			1–2		4–0	1–0

Updated to match(es) played on 22 October 2016. Source: Faroe Soccer
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

As of 22 October 2016^[3]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Klæmint Olsen	NSÍ	23
2	Páll Klettskarð	KÍ	21
3	Jóannes Bjartalíð	KÍ	17
4	Sølvi Vatnhamar	Víkingur	14
5	Adeshina Lawal	ÍF	13
	Albert Adu	TB	13
	Øssur Dalbúð	HB	13
8	Árni Frederiksberg	NSÍ	11
	Patrik Johannesen	AB	11
10	Filip Đorđević	Víkingur	10
	Róaldur Jakobsen	B36
	Sebastian Pingel	B36

References

1. "FaroeSoccer – Kappingar". faroesoccer.com. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
2. . Scoresway. Archived from the original on 19 March 2018. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
3. Hansen, Jóannes (22 October 2016). (in Faroese). In.fo. Archived from the original on 23 October 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2016.