2023 Faroe Islands Premier League

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Faroe Islands Premier League
Season2023
Dates4 March – 29 October 2023
ChampionsKÍ (21st title)
RelegatedAB Argir
TB Tvøroyri
Champions LeagueKÍ
Conference LeagueB36 Tórshavn
Havnar Bóltfelag
Víkingur
Matches played89
Goals scored281 (3.16 per match)
Top goalscorerSølvi Vatnhamar
(21 goals)
Biggest home winVíkingur 7–0 TB Tvøroyri
(1 April 2023)
Biggest away winÍF 1–7 KÍ
(29 May 2023)
Highest scoringKÍ 7–1 TB Tvøroyri
(5 March 2023)
ÍF 1–7 KÍ
(29 May 2023)
Longest winning run16 matches
KÍ
Longest unbeaten run16 matches
KÍ
Longest winless run13 matches
AB Argir
Longest losing run9 matches
ÍF
← 2022
2024 →
All statistics correct as of 2 July 2023.
Faroe Islands FA logo

The 2023 Faroe Islands Premier League was the 81st edition of top-tier football in the Faroe Islands, and the 18th under the current format.

The winners (KÍ) qualified for the Champions League first qualifying round.[1] The 2023 Faroe Islands Cup winners (Havnar Bóltfelag) qualified for the Conference League second qualifying round. The runners-up and fourth-placed team (Víkingur and B36 Tórshavn) qualified for the Conference League first qualifying round. The bottom two teams (AB Argir and TB Tvøroyri) were relegated to the 2024 1. deild.

KÍ started the league season with 16 straight wins, one of the best known season starts in European top division football, before losing 1-2 to Víkingur on 13 August.

Teams[edit]

Team changes[edit]

Promoted from
2022 1. deild 		Relegated to
2023 1. deild
ÍF
TB Tvøroyri 		NSÍ Runavík
Skála

ÍF won the 2022 1. deild title to earn promotion. Third-placed TB Tvøroyri were also promoted as runners-up Víkingur 2 were not eligible for promotion. They replaced the 2022 Faroe Islands Premier League bottom two teams, NSÍ Runavík and Skála.[2][3]

KÍ entered the season as defending champions after winning their 20th Faroese title in the previous season.

Team City Stadium Capacity
07 Vestur Sørvágur á Dungasandi 2,000
AB Argir Argir Inni í Vika 2,000
B36 Tórshavn Tórshavn Gundadalur 5,000
B68 Toftir Toftir Svangaskarð 6,000
EB/Streymur Streymnes Við Margáir 2,000
Havnar Bóltfelag Tórshavn Gundadalur 5,000
ÍF Fuglafjørður Í Fløtugerði 3,000
KÍ Klaksvík Við Djúpumýrar 4,000
TB Tvøroyri Tvøroyri Við Stórá 4,000
Víkingur Norðragøta Sarpugerði 3,000
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Locations of the 2023 Faroe Islands Premier League teams

League table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 KÍ (C) 27 21 4 2 66 19 +47 67 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Víkingur 27 19 3 5 76 23 +53 60 Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round
3 Havnar Bóltfelag 27 18 4 5 68 23 +45 58 Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round[a]
4 B36 Tórshavn 27 18 3 6 54 27 +27 57 Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round
5 07 Vestur 27 12 4 11 42 41 +1 40
6 EB/Streymur 27 7 4 16 25 53 −28 25
7 B68 Toftir 27 4 11 12 29 48 −19 23
8 ÍF 27 6 2 19 23 67 −44 20
9 AB Argir (R) 27 5 3 19 27 63 −36 18 Relegation to 1. deild
10 TB Tvøroyri (R) 27 4 4 19 15 61 −46 16
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ The 2023 Faroe Islands Cup winners qualified for the Conference League second qualifying round. Since the cup winners (Havnar Bóltfelag) qualified based on league position, the second Conference League first qualifying round spot was passed to the fourth-placed team.


Fixtures and results[edit]

Each team plays three times (either twice at home and once away or once at home and twice away) against each other team for a total of 27 matches each.

Home \ Away ABA B36 EBS HAV ÍF KÍ TBT TOF VES VÍK ABA B36 EBS HAV ÍF KÍ TBT TOF VES VÍK
AB Argir — 0–2 1–3 2–4 1–0 0–2 0–0 3–1 1–2 0–4 — 3–2 — — — 1–1 3–0 — 2–0 —
B36 Tórshavn 2–1 — 2–1 0–2 5–1 2–3 4–0 2–0 3–2 2–1 — — — 0–0 1–0 0–0 — 2–0 3–1 —
EB/Streymur 2–0 1–2 — 0–3 2–1 0–2 2–1 2–0 0–5 0–2 4–1 0–3 — 0–1 — — 0–1 — — —
Havnar Bóltfelag 4–0 1–0 6–1 — 4–1 0–1 4–0 4–1 2–0 1–1 5–0 — — — 3–1 1–2 — 3–3 — 1–2
ÍF 2–0 0–3 3–0 2–7 — 1–7 1–0 1–3 1–2 0–1 3–1 — 0–0 — — — — 0–0 0–3 1–7
KÍ 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 — 7–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 — — 3–2 — 5–0 — 1–0 — — 1–2
TB Tvøroyri 3–2 0–4 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–5 — 2–1 2–1 0–2 — 0–3 — 1–4 1–2 — — — 0–1 —
B68 Toftir 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–2 3–1 0–5 1–1 — 2–3 3–3 2–2 — 2–2 — — 1–2 1–1 — — 0–3
07 Vestur 2–1 2–2 3–1 1–3 1–0 1–3 2–0 1–1 — 1–2 — — 1–1 2–1 — 0–3 — 0–1 — 3–2
Víkingur 5–0 0–3 1–0 0–2 5–0 2–1 7–0 1–1 3–1 — 5–0 6–0 8–0 — — — 1–0 — — —
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Top scorers[edit]

As of 11 August 2023[4]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Faroe Islands Páll Klettskarð KÍ 15
2 Denmark Mikkel Dahl Havnar Bóltfelag 11
3 Faroe Islands Árni Frederiksberg KÍ 8
4 Faroe Islands Sølvi Vatnhamar Víkingur 7
Faroe Islands Adrian Justinussen Havnar Bóltfelag
Faroe Islands Martin Klein Víkingur
Serbia Uroš Stojanov 07 Vestur
Latvia Valērijs Šabala B36 Tórshavn
9 Denmark Mads Borchers Havnar Bóltfelag 6
Faroe Islands Bjarki Nielsen B36 Tórshavn
Denmark Claes Kronberg KÍ
Belgium Jasper Van Der Heyden 07 Vestur
Ghana Samudeen Musah TB Tvøroyri

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Árbókin Fótbóltur 2022 er nú at fáa". in.fo.
  2. ^ "2022 1. deild". Soccerway. 22 October 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  3. ^ "2022 Faroe Islands Premier League". Soccerway. 22 October 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  4. ^ "Premier League 2023 live scores, results, Football Faroe Islands". Flashscore.

External links[edit]

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