# 2017 Faroe Islands Premier League

The 2017 Faroe Islands Premier League (also known as Effodeildin for sponsorship reasons) was the 75th season of top-tier football in the Faroe Islands. Víkingur Gøta successfully defended their first Faroese title from the previous season. The season began on 12 March 2017 and ended on 20 October 2017.

## Teams

The bottom two teams from the 2016 season, B68 Toftir and AB, were relegated to the 2017 1. deild. They were replaced by EB/Streymur and 07 Vestur, champions and runners-up of the 2016 1. deild respectively.
Prior to the start of the 2017 season, TB were merged with the other two clubs from the island of Suðuroy: FC Suðuroy and Royn Hvalba. The new club will get a new name for the 2018 season, but for the 2017 season the club will be called TB/FC Suðuroy/Royn.
| Team | City | Stadium | Capacity |
| 07 Vestur | Sørvágur | á Dungasandi | 500 |
| B36 Tórshavn | Tórshavn | Gundadalur | 5,000 |
| EB/Streymur | Streymnes | Við Margáir | 2,000 |
| HB | Tórshavn | Gundadalur | 5,000 |
| ÍF | Fuglafjørður | Í Fløtugerði | 3,000 |
| 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 | Víkingur Gøta (C) | 27 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 62 | 33 | +29 | 52 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | KÍ | 27 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 50 | 26 | +24 | 52 | Qualification for the Europa League preliminary round |
| 3 | B36 Tórshavn | 27 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 62 | 39 | +23 | 48 | Qualification for the Europa League preliminary round |
| 4 | NSÍ Runavík | 27 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 57 | 35 | +22 | 46 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | HB | 27 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 43 | 31 | +12 | 39 | |
| 6 | Skála | 27 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 31 | 40 | −9 | 33 | |
| 7 | EB/Streymur | 27 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 34 | 49 | −15 | 32 | |
| 8 | TB/FC Suðuroy/Royn | 27 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 31 | 45 | −14 | 29 | |
| 9 | 07 Vestur | 27 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 37 | 59 | −22 | 28 | |
| 10 | ÍF (R) | 27 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 23 | 73 | −50 | 12 | Relegation to 1. deild |
* ↑ NSÍ Runavík qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2017 Faroe Islands Cup.
* ↑ 07 Vestur was not relegated to 1. deild because Víkingur II ended as runners-up and reserve teams cannot play in the first division.

### 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 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| KÍ | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| B36 Tórshavn | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| NSÍ Runavík | 5 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| HB | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Skála ÍF | 8 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 |
| EB/Streymur | 4 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 |
| TB/FC Suðuroy/Royn | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| 07 Vestur | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9* |
| ÍF | 9 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |

## 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 | B36 | EBS | HB | ÍF | KÍ | NSÍ | SKÁ | TBF | VÍK |
| 07 Vestur | — | 4–3 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 0–7 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–4 |
| B36 Tórshavn | 4–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–5 |
| EB/Streymur | 0–2 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–5 |
| HB | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–3 | — | 4–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| ÍF | 0–1 | 1–5 | 3–1 | 0–0 | — | 1–4 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 |
| KÍ | 1–0 | 1–5 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | — | 2–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 |
| NSÍ Runavík | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | — | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 |
| Skála | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | — | 2–2 | 1–2 |
| TB/FC Suðuroy/Royn | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | — | 0–3 |
| Víkingur Gøta | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | — |

### Additional home games

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

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Adeshina Lawal | Víkingur | 17 |
| 2 | Klæmint Olsen | NSÍ | 16 |
| 2 | Patrik Johannesen | B36 | 16 |
| 4 | Sølvi Vatnhamar | Víkingur | 11 |
| 4 | Páll Klettskarð | KÍ Klaksvík | 11 |
| 6 | Búi Egilsson | TB/FCS/Royn | 10 |
| 6 | Aleksandar Stankov | HB | 10 |
| 6 | Albert Adu | KÍ | 10 |
| 6 | Michal Przybylski | Skála | 10 |