2020 Faroe Islands Premier League

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.

Faroe Islands Premier League

Season	2020
Dates	9 May – 7 November 2020
Champions	HB
Relegated	Skála ÍF Argja Bóltfelag
Champions League	HB
Europa Conference League	NSÍ
Matches played	135
Goals scored	451 (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 KÍ (6 August 2020)
Highest scoring	HB 11–0 AB (12 August 2020)
← 2019 2021 → All statistics correct as of 20 November 2020.

KÍ 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

 

 

EB/Streymur

 

Tórshavn

 

AB

 

KÍ

 

NSÍ

 

Skála

 

TB

 

Víkingur

 

ÍF

 

Tórshavn teams
  B36
  HB

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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.

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
1	Havnar Bóltfelag (C)	27	22	3	2	81	23	+58	69	Qualification for the Champions League preliminary round
2	NSÍ Runavík	27	20	3	4	58	26	+32	63	Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round
3	KÍ	27	19	5	3	72	25	+47	62
4	B36 Tórshavn	27	19	2	6	77	37	+40	59
5	Víkingur	27	15	2	10	55	44	+11	47
6	ÍF	27	7	5	15	34	59	−25	26
7	EB/Streymur	27	7	3	17	26	65	−39	24
8	TB Tvøroyri	27	4	6	17	20	42	−22	18
9	Argja Bóltfelag (R)	27	1	7	19	21	73	−52	10	Relegation to 1. deild
10	Skála (R)	27	1	4	22	22	72	−50	7

Source: [1] 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.

Rounds 1–18 Home \ Away AB B36 EBS HAV KÍ NSÍ SKÁ TB VÍK ÍF Argja Bóltfelag 0–4 1–1 0–5 0–6 2–3 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–2 B36 Tórshavn 3–0 4–1 2–4 6–2 1–1 6–2 4–1 4–2 2–0 EB/Streymur 3–1 0–3 0–2 0–7 0–3 1–0 2–0 0–2 1–0 Havnar Bóltfelag 11–0 2–0 1–0 3–3 2–0 3–0 4–1 3–0 4–2 KÍ 2–0 0–2 3–0 2–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 4–1 6–0 NSÍ Runavík 3–0 4–2 1–0 2–0 0–2 1–0 3–1 1–2 5–0 Skála 1–1 1–3 1–3 1–3 0–6 0–4 0–2 0–4 1–2 TB Tvøroyri 1–1 1–3 0–1 0–1 1–2 0–1 1–0 1–2 0–0 Víkingur 2–1 4–2 6–0 1–3 1–2 1–0 5–2 0–0 1–2 ÍF 4–2 0–3 2–1 1–2 1–4 0–1 3–0 1–0 1–2 Source: [2] (in Faroese) Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win. Rounds 18–27 Home \ Away AB B36 EBS HAV KÍ NSÍ SKÁ TB VÍK ÍF Argja Bóltfelag 4–0 2–3 1–2 0–3 B36 Tórshavn 3–0 1–2 3–4 2–0 EB/Streymur 2–6 1–5 1–1 3–2 2–3 Havnar Bóltfelag 2–2 3–0 4–0 4–0 KÍ 3–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 4–1 NSÍ Runavík 4–1 1–0 4–1 3–2 Skála 2–0 1–2 0–1 4–4 TB Tvøroyri 0–0 0–1 3–2 0–2 1–1 Víkingur 4–1 1–3 1–3 2–1 4–1 ÍF 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–3 2–3 Source: [3] (in Faroese) Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

As of match(es) played 7 November 2020

Rank	Goalscorer	Team	Goals
1	Klæmint Olsen	NSÍ Runavík	17
	Uroš Stojanov	ÍF
3	Petur Knudsen	NSÍ Runavík	16
4	Jóannes Bjartalíð	KÍ	15
5	Mikkel Dahl	HB Tórshavn	14
6	Finnur Justinussen	Víkingur	13
	Sebastian Pingel	B36 Tórshavn
8	Adrian Justinussen	HB Tórshavn	12
	Hilmar Leon Jakobsen	HB Tórshavn
	Páll Klettskarð	KÍ
	Sølvi Vatnhamar	Víkingur

See also

• 2020 Faroe Islands Cup
• 2020 1. deild
• 2020 2. deild

References

1. (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. . 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). . in.fo. Sosialurin. Archived from the original on 14 February 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
7. Simonsen, Heri (7 November 2020). . in.fo. Sosialurin. Archived from the original on 14 February 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
8. Simonsen, Heri (29 November 2020). . in.fo. Archived from the original on 11 December 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
9. "Meistaradeildin: Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 13 February 2020.