2016 1. deild

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1. deild
Season2016
ChampionsEB/Streymur (2nd title)
PromotedEB/Streymur
07 Vestur
RelegatedAB II
B71
Matches played135
Goals scored592 (4.39 per match)
Top goalscorerLeif Niclasen (36 goals)
2015
2017

The 2016 1. deild was the seventy-third season of second-tier football on the Faroe Islands.

Leif Niclasen scored 36 goals, breaking the goalscoring record in a single season,[1] set by Brian Jacobsen in the previous year.[2]

League table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or Relegation
1 EB/Streymur 27 21 4 2 105 28 +77 67 Promotion to Faroe Islands Premier League
2 07 Vestur 27 21 2 4 98 34 +64 65
3 FC Suðuroy 27 17 3 7 67 40 +27 54
4 Giza Hoyvík 27 15 3 9 60 40 +20 48
5 NSÍ II 27 11 1 15 59 83 −24 34
6 KÍ II 27 10 3 14 53 67 −14 33
7 Víkingur II 27 9 4 14 42 60 −18 31
8 HB II 27 9 3 15 50 69 −19 30
9 AB II 27 3 5 19 22 73 −51 14 Relegation to 2. deild
10 B71 27 3 4 20 36 98 −62 13
Source: Faroe Soccer
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored

Top goalscorers[edit]

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Faroe Islands Leif Niclasen EB/Streymur 36
2 Faroe Islands Søren Nielsen 07 Vestur 26
3 Senegal Ahmed Keita Giza Hoyvík 22
4 Faroe Islands Debes Danielsen NSÍ II 20
5 Faroe Islands Holgar Durhuus 07 Vestur 19

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Neli Heldarskarð (4 October 2016). "Nú eigur Leif málmetið" (in Faroese). in.fo. Archived from the original on 7 October 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Brian Jacobsen quebra recorde na 1. deild" (in Portuguese). Faroe Football. 20 September 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2019.