# 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.
The season was scheduled to begin on 5 March 2016 and conclude on 22 October 2016.

## Teams

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 |
| 3 | NSÍ Runavík | 27 | 18 | 1 | 8 | 60 | 36 | +24 | 55 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | B36 Tórshavn | 27 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 46 | 28 | +18 | 49 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 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 | Relegation to 1. deild |
* ↑ 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 |

## 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 | |

### 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 | |

## Top goalscorers

    As of 22 October 2016
| 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 |
| 5 | Albert Adu | TB | 13 |
| 5 | Øssur Dalbúð | HB | 13 |
| 8 | Árni Frederiksberg | NSÍ | 11 |
| 8 | Patrik Johannesen | AB | 11 |
| 10 | Filip Đorđević | Víkingur | 10 |
| 10 | Róaldur Jakobsen | B36 | 10 |
| 10 | Sebastian Pingel | B36 | 10 |

## Attendances

| # | Football club | Average attendance |
| 1 | KÍ Klaksvík | 971 |
| 2 | Víkingur Gøta | 736 |
| 3 | B36 Tórshavn | 705 |
| 4 | HB Tórshavn | 635 |
| 5 | AB Argir | 541 |
| 6 | NSÍ Runavík | 458 |
| 7 | ÍF Fuglafjørður | 354 |
| 8 | Skála ÍF | 337 |
| 9 | B68 Toftir | 262 |
| 10 | TB Tvøroyri | 231 |