2. deild

2. deild

Country	Faroe Islands
Confederation	UEFA
Founded	1943
Number of teams	10
Level on pyramid	3
Promotion to	1. deild
Relegation to	3. deild
Domestic cup(s)	Faroe Islands Cup
Current champions	B36 II (3rd title)
Most championships	Skála ÍF, B36 II (3 titles)
2016 2. deild

2. deild, is the third tier of football in the Faroe Islands. It was originally the second tier, however following a reorganization in 1976, it became a third tier league.

History

The league was founded in 1943 and was named Meðaldeildin (The Middle Division): this was 1 year after the founding of the Meistaradeildin, the original top level Faroe Islands football league. There was no promotion and relegation system at the time, and the two leagues operated separately from each other. This was partly because Meðaldeildin was mostly made up of B teams from the clubs in the Meistaradeildin. One year after all leagues had to be suspended due to the British occupation of the Faroe Islands. The league then resumed in 1945. From 1943 to 1975 it was called Meðaldeildin, then the league structure changed in 1976. The Meistaradeildin was renamed 1. deild and the Meðaldeildin was renamed 2. deild. Also from that season onwards, the top clubs in 2. deild were promoted to 1. deild. The first club to be promoted was Fram Tórshavn after they won the division for the first time in their history, though they finished bottom of 1. deild the following season and were relegated back into 2. deild. The latest change to the league was made in 2005, when 1. deild was renamed as Formuladeildin for sponsorship reasons; 2. Deild adopted the name of 1. Deild; the third tier was renamed 2. Deild and the fourth tier became 3. Deild.

It currently has 10 participating teams. At the end of each season, two teams are relegated and two promoted from what is now the fourth division, pending the fact that the winning team in any given division doesn't already have a senior team in the division it is being promoted to. In such cases the team that finished second will be promoted in its stead. If a team is relegated to a division where one of its teams are already playing, the second best team will move one division down, thereby saving another team from relegation.

At the end of the 2008 season, Fram, who were set to be renamed FC Hoyvík for the 2009 season and AB II finished in the promotion places. Fram (now FC Hoyvík) were promoted to 1. deild, while AB II would only be promoted if their 1st team finished in one of the promotion places in 1. deild. AB's first team eventually won promotion into the Vodafonedeildin, finishing runners-up in 1.Deild. However, AB II were denied promotion to 1.deild and MB Midvágur who finished 3rd in 2.Deild, were promoted instead. Because AB II who finished 2nd, had used illegal players. Though there is still an ongoing debate weather they finished 2nd or 3rd and which team should have been promoted. The following season in 2009 MB Midvágur finished bottom in 1.Deild, only picking up 8 points and were relegated back into 2.deild. Meanwhile AB Argir II won the 2.deild in 2009 and were promoted to 1.deild.

Clubs for the 2014 season

• B36 Tórshavn III − Promoted from 2013 3. deild
• B68 Toftir II
• B71 Sandoy − Relegated from 2013 1. deild
• FC Suðuroy II
• Giza/Hoyvík
• ÍF Fuglafjørður II
• MB Miðvágur
• TB Tvøroyri II − Relegated from 2013 1. deild
• Undrið FF
• Víkingur III − Promoted from 2013 3. deild

2. deild seasons

Season	Winner	Runner-up	3rd Place	Top goalscorer
1994	HB Tórshavn III	FS Vágar II	GÍ Gøta II	Rodmund Rasmussen (FS Vágar II, 24 goals)
1995	B68 Toftir II	Skála ÍF	B71 Sandoy II	Petur Gaardlykke (B68 II, 27 goals)
1996	Royn Hvalba	B36 Tórshavn II	GÍ Gøta II	Odd Eliasen (ÍF II, 21 goals)
1997	GÍ Gøta II	NSÍ Runavík II	VB Vágur II	Heini Heinason (GÍ II, 28 goals)
1998	Skála ÍF	GÍ Gøta III	B68 Toftir II	Bogi Gregersen (Skála, 19 goals)
1999	B36 Tórshavn II	B68 Toftir II	ÍF Fuglafjørður II	Tórálvur Poulsen (B36 II, 18 goals)
2000	Skála ÍF	B36 Tórshavn II	B71 Sandoy II	Svend Eli Poulsen (AB, 22 goals)
2001	VB Vágur II	Royn Hvalba	ÍF Fuglafjørður II	Allan Michelsen (Royn, 18 goals)
2002	AB Argir	B68 Toftir II	GÍ Gøta II	Johnny Samuelsen (AB, 11 goals)
2003	Royn Hvalba	GÍ Gøta II	EB/Streymur II	Gisli Sveinbjørnsson (Royn, 18 goals)
2004	GÍ Gøta II	HB Tórshavn II	SÍ Sørvágur	Heini Gaard (HB II, 20 goals)
2005	SÍ Sørvágur	KÍ Klaksvík II	B68 Toftir II	Jens Erik Rasmussen (SÍ, 14 goals)
2006	NSÍ Runavík II	B36 Tórshavn II	EB Streymur II	Fróði Jóanesarson (NSÍ II, 15 goals)
2007	B68 Toftir II	GÍ Gøta II	EB/Streymur II	Leif Niclasen (EB/Streymur II, 16 goals)
2008	Fram Tórshavn	AB Argir II	MB Miðvágur	Jørgen Meitilberg (Fram, 20 goals)
2009	AB Argir II	07 Vestur II	EB/Streymur II	Karl Jóhan Djurhuus (07 Vestur II, 16 goals)
2010	Skála ÍF	FC Hoyvík II	07 Vestur II	Karl Jóhan Djurhuus (07 Vestur II, 18 goals)
2011	KÍ Klaksvík II	B68 Toftir II	B36 Tórshavn II	Bjarki Vágstún (KÍ II, 14 goals) Búi í Hjøllum (B68 II, 14 goals)
2012	B36 Tórshavn II	TB Tvøroyri II	Giza/Hoyvík	Jákup T. Joensen (B36 II, 19 goals)
2013	AB Argir II	NSÍ Runavík II	Giza/Hoyvík	Debes Danielsen (NSÍ II, 20 goals)
2014	MB Miðvágur	B71 Sandoy	Giza/Hoyvík	Otto Jacobsen (MB, 18 goals)
2015	HB Tórshavn II	Giza/Hoyvík	KÍ Klaksvík III	Lindi Gardar (KÍ III, 21 goals)
2016	B36 Tórshavn II	ÍF Fuglafjørður II	Skála II	Nenad Šarić (ÍF II, 16 goals)

Clubs in bold were promoted.

Titles by team

Team	Titles	Last title
Skála ÍF	3	2010
B36 Tórshavn II		2016
AB Argir II	2	2013
B68 Toftir II		2007
GÍ Gøta II		2004
Royn Hvalba		2003
HB Tórshavn II	1	2015
MB Miðvágur		2014
KÍ Klaksvík II		2011
Fram Tórshavn		2008
NSÍ Runavík II		2006
SÍ Sørvágur		2005
AB Argir		2002
VB Vágur II		2001
HB Tórshavn III		1994
B71		1986

In bold clubs currently playing in 2. deild. In italics the clubs that no longer exist.

References

External links

• 2. deild at Faroe Soccer (Faroese)