# 2018 Faroe Islands Premier League

The 2018 Faroe Islands Premier League (also known as Betri deildin menn for sponsorship reasons) was the 76th season of top-tier football in the Faroe Islands. Víkingur Gøta were the defending champions, having won their second Faroese title in the previous season. The season started in 11 March and ended on 27 October.

## Teams

The champions of the 2017 1. deild, AB Argir will be replacing ÍF who ended up last in the 2017 Faroe Islands Premier League.
| Team | City | Stadium | Capacity |
| Argja Bóltfelag | Argir | Skansi Arena | 2,000 |
| 07 Vestur | Sørvágur | á Dungasandi | 500 |
| B36 Tórshavn | Tórshavn | Gundadalur | 5,000 |
| EB/Streymur | Streymnes | Við Margáir | 2,000 |
| HB | Tórshavn | Gundadalur | 5,000 |
| 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 | Havnar Bóltfelag (C) | 27 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 58 | 18 | +40 | 73 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | NSÍ Runavík | 27 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 64 | 25 | +39 | 55 | Qualification for the Europa League preliminary round |
| 3 | B36 Tórshavn | 27 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 58 | 33 | +25 | 53 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | KÍ Klaksvík | 27 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 48 | 25 | +23 | 51 | Qualification for the Europa League preliminary round |
| 5 | Víkingur Gøta | 27 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 39 | 37 | +2 | 39 | |
| 6 | Skála ÍF | 27 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 31 | 42 | −11 | 29 | |
| 7 | TB/FC Suðuroy/Royn | 27 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 27 | 42 | −15 | 28 | |
| 8 | EB/Streymur | 27 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 30 | 53 | −23 | 21 | |
| 9 | Argja Bóltfelag | 27 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 55 | −39 | 18 | |
| 10 | 07 Vestur (R) | 27 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 30 | 71 | −41 | 17 | Relegation to 1. deild |
* ↑ B36 Tórshavn qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2018 Faroe Islands Cup.
* ↑ Argja Bóltfelag avoided relegation because B68 finished fourth in 1. deild.

### 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 |
| HB | 9 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| NSÍ | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| B36 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| KÍ | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| Víkingur | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Skála | 8 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| TB/FCS/Royn | 10 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| EB/Streymur | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| AB | 5 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 |
| 07 Vestur | 5 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 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 | ARG | B36 | EBS | HB | KÍ | NSÍ | SKÁ | TBF | VÍK |
| 07 Vestur | — | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 0–5 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Argja Bóltfelag | 1–1 | — | 1–4 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 1–2 |
| B36 Tórshavn | 2–0 | 2–1 | — | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| EB/Streymur | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | — | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| HB | 3–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | — | 0–3 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 |
| KÍ | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 |
| NSÍ Runavík | 3–1 | 6–0 | 0–2 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Skála | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | 3–0 | 0–2 |
| TB/FC Suðuroy/Royn | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 2–1 | — | 1–4 |
| Víkingur Gøta | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — |

### Additional home games

| Home \ Away | 07V | ARG | B36 | EBS | HB | KÍ | NSÍ | SKÁ | TBF | VÍK |
| 07 Vestur | — | — | 1–3 | 3–3 | — | 4–2 | — | — | 0–3 | — |
| Argja Bóltfelag | 1–2 | — | 1–1 | — | — | — | 0–2 | 2–4 | — | 1–0 |
| B36 Tórshavn | — | — | — | 5–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | — | — | 1–0 | — |
| EB/Streymur | — | 0–2 | — | — | 0–3 | — | 2–4 | 1–1 | — | 2–2 |
| HB | 3–1 | 3–0 | — | — | — | — | 2–1 | — | — | 2–1 |
| KÍ | — | 3–0 | — | 3–0 | 1–2 | — | — | — | — | 1–1 |
| NSÍ Runavík | 7–1 | — | 1–2 | — | — | 2–1 | — | 2–0 | — | — |
| Skála | 5–0 | — | 1–4 | — | 0–1 | 1–0 | — | — | 2–0 | — |
| TB/FC Suðuroy/Royn | — | 0–1 | — | 2–1 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 2–2 | — | — | — |
| Víkingur Gøta | 1–4 | — | 1–1 | — | — | — | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–2 | — |

## Top goalscorers

    As of 27 October 2018
| Player | Club | Goals |
| Adrian Justinussen | HB | 20 |
| Klæmint Olsen | NSÍ | 13 |
| Meinhard Olsen | B36 | 13 |
| Kaimar Saag | B36 | 11 |
| Árni Frederiksberg | NSÍ | 11 |
| Sonny Jakobsen | 07 Vestur | 11 |
| Brian Jacobsen | Skála | 10 |