# 2019 Faroe Islands Premier League

The 2019 Faroe Islands Premier League (referred to as Betri deildin menn for sponsorship reasons) was the 77th season of top-tier football in the Faroe Islands and the 15th under the current format.
HB Tórshavn were the defending champions, having won their 23rd title in the previous season. The season started on 10 March and ended on 26 October.

## Teams

The champions of the 2018 1. deild, Ítróttarfelag Fuglafjarðar, replaced 07 Vestur, the last-placed team in the 2018 Faroe Islands Premier League.
It is the second consecutive season in which only one team went promoted from 1. deild, as they were the only non-reserve team in the top three.
Tvøroyrar Bóltfelag, FC Suðuroy and Royn ended their cooperation and TB replaced TB/FC Suðuroy/Royn.
| 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 | KÍ (C) | 27 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 62 | 19 | +43 | 66 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | B36 | 27 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 53 | 23 | +30 | 63 | Qualification for the Europa League preliminary round |
| 3 | NSÍ | 27 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 65 | 31 | +34 | 57 | Qualification for the Europa League preliminary round |
| 4 | HB | 27 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 62 | 28 | +34 | 51 | Qualification for the Europa League preliminary round |
| 5 | Víkingur | 27 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 51 | 35 | +16 | 51 | |
| 6 | Skála | 27 | 12 | 1 | 14 | 38 | 32 | +6 | 37 | |
| 7 | AB | 27 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 32 | 66 | −34 | 21 | |
| 8 | TB | 27 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 57 | −37 | 19 | |
| 9 | EB/Streymur | 27 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 25 | 63 | −38 | 18 | |
| 10 | ÍF | 27 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 27 | 81 | −54 | 6 | |
* ↑ There was no relegation this season as three reserve teams finished in the top three in 1. deild.
* ↑ HB qualified for the Europa League preliminary round as winners of the 2019 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 |
| KÍ | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| B36 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| NSÍ | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| HB | 5 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Víkingur | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| Skála | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| AB | 7 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 |
| TB | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
| EB/Streymur | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 |
| ÍF | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
* Leader and Champions League first qualifying round
* Europa League preliminary round

## 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.

### Rounds 1–18

| Home \ Away | AB | B36 | EBS | HB | ÍF | KÍ | NSÍ | SKÁ | TB | VÍK |
| AB | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 1–5 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 |
| B36 | 4–1 | | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| EB/Streymur | 5–1 | 1–2 | | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–8 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–4 |
| HB | 4–3 | 0–0 | 6–4 | | 6–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 |
| ÍF | 4–6 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 0–2 | | 2–3 | 2–4 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–4 |
| KÍ | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | | 2–0 | 2–2 | 7–0 | 2–0 |
| NSÍ | 5–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | | 3–0 | 3–1 | 4–2 |
| Skála | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 2–3 |
| TB | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–2 | | 1–2 |
| Víkingur | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | |

### Rounds 19–27

| Home \ Away | AB | B36 | EBS | HB | ÍF | KÍ | NSÍ | SKÁ | TB | VÍK |
| AB | | 1–2 | | | 3–1 | 0–2 | | 0–2 | | 0–3 |
| B36 | | | | 2–2 | 7–2 | 0–3 | | 1–0 | 3–1 | |
| EB/Streymur | 1–2 | 0–4 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | | | | | |
| HB | 5–0 | | | | | | 0–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 |
| ÍF | | | | 1–5 | | 0–3 | | 1–3 | 1–1 | |
| KÍ | | | 4–0 | 3–1 | | | 3–2 | | 3–0 | |
| NSÍ | 2–0 | 0–3 | 3–0 | | 3–1 | | | | | 0–2 |
| Skála | | | 5–0 | | | 0–2 | 1–2 | | 5–1 | 0–1 |
| TB | 0–1 | | 1–2 | | | | 1–4 | | | 0–2 |
| Víkingur | | 0–1 | 2–1 | | 3–2 | 1–3 | | | | |

## Top goalscorers

    As of 26 October.
| Player | Club | Goals |
| Klæmint Olsen | NSÍ | 26 |
| Jóannes Bjartalíð | KÍ | 18 |
| Adrian Justinussen | HB | 16 |
| Patrik Johannesen | KÍ | 13 |
| Ari Olsen | HB | 12 |
| Stefan Radosavljevic | TB/B36 | 9 |
| Sølvi Vatnhamar | Víkingur | 9 |
| Árni Frederiksberg | B36 | 8 |
| Petur Knudsen | NSÍ | 8 |
| Ronni Møller-Iversen | Skála | 8 |
* ↑ Radosavljevic played for TB until matchday 15 and scored 6 goals.