2016 Faroe Islands Premier League

Effodeildin
Season 2016
Champions Víkingur Gøta
1st title
Relegated AB
B68 Toftir
Champions League Víkingur Gøta
Europa League
NSÍ
B36
Matches played 135
Goals scored 422 (3.13 per match)
Top goalscorer Klæmint Olsen (23 goals)
Biggest home win NSÍ Runavík 7–1 ÍF
6-0 B68 Toftir
Biggest away win B68 Toftir 0–5 NSÍ Runavík
Highest scoring NSÍ Runavík 7–1 ÍF
2015
2017

2016 Faroe Islands Premier League is the 74th season of top-tier football on the Faroe Islands. For sponsorship reasons, it is known as Effodeildin. B36 Tórshavn are the defending champions, having won their eleventh Faroese title last season.

The season is scheduled to begin on 5 March 2016 and conclude on 22 October 2016.[1]

Teams

Location of teams in Effodeildin 2016

Suðuroy and EB/Streymur had finished 9th and 10th respectively at the end of the previous season and were relegated to the 1. deild as a result.

Replacing them were the 1. deild champions Skála and runners-up B68 Toftir.

Team summaries

Team City Stadium
AB Argir Skansi Arena
B36 Tórshavn Tórshavn Gundadalur
B68 Toftir Toftir Svangaskarð
HB Tórshavn Gundadalur
ÍF Fuglafjørður Í Fløtugerði
Klaksvík Við Djúpumýrar
NSÍ Runavík Runavík Við Løkin
Skála Skála Skála Stadium
TB Tvøroyri Við Stórá Stadium
Víkingur Gøta Norðragøta Sarpugerði

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Víkingur Gøta (C) 27 19 4 4 59 25 +34 61 Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2 27 19 3 5 64 26 +38 60 Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
3 NSÍ Runavík 27 18 1 8 60 36 +24 55
4 B36 Tórshavn 27 14 7 6 46 28 +18 49
5 HB 27 12 7 8 44 30 +14 43
6 ÍF 27 9 5 13 42 59 17 32
7 TB 27 7 6 14 31 48 17 27
8 Skála 27 6 8 13 25 41 16 26
9 AB (R) 27 4 6 17 31 49 18 18 Relegation to 1. deild
10 B68 Toftir (R) 27 0 7 20 20 80 60 7
Source: Faroe Soccer, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.[2]
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

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 2 1 4 4 4 3 2 3 1 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1
4 5 7 5 5 5 5 4 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2
NSÍ Runavík 7 4 3 2 2 2 4 5 5 4 4 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
B36 Tórshavn 1 3 2 3 3 4 3 1 3 1 1 4 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
HB 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
ÍF 9 6 6 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
TB 8 10 5 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 8 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
Skála ÍF 10 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 8 7 8 8 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
AB 5 9 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 7 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
B68 Toftir 6 8 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10

Results

Regular home games

Home ╲ Away AB B36 B68HBÍFNSÍSKÁTBVÍK
AB 23 11 01 23 11 12 00 32 22
B36 Tórshavn 21 31 32 41 01 31 11 00 02
B68 Toftir 22 14 01 12 03 05 11 11 22
HB 00 00 10 10 42 34 10 41 11
ÍF 10 00 40 42 04 02 22 22 22
51 11 41 10 24 13 20 10 20
NSÍ Runavík 21 21 21 12 61 20 20 21 13
Skála ÍF 10 10 00 03 10 01 02 51 13
TB 10 01 41 01 03 01 21 11 02
Víkingur Gøta 30 10 40 10 31 02 20 41 21

Updated to games played on 16 October 2016.
Source: Faroe Soccer
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Additional home games

Home ╲ Away AB B36 B68HBÍFNSÍSKÁTBVÍK
AB 50 31 02 13
B36 Tórshavn 21 22 41 20 52
B68 Toftir 01 02 13 33
HB 12 61 41 23 01
ÍF 20 13 11 13
22 60 40 50 40
NSÍ Runavík 41 00 71 10 42
Skála ÍF 02 51 22 01
TB 21 00 32 31
Víkingur Gøta 20 51 12 40 10

Updated to games played on 22 October 2016.
Source: Faroe Soccer
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

As of 22 October 2016[3]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Faroe Islands Klæmint Olsen NSÍ 23
2 Faroe Islands Páll Klettskarð 21
3 Faroe Islands Jóannes Bjartalíð 17
4 Faroe Islands Sølvi Vatnhamar Víkingur 14
5 Nigeria Adeshina Lawal ÍF 13
Netherlands Albert Adu TB 13
Faroe Islands Øssur Dalbúð HB 13
8 Faroe Islands Árni Frederiksberg NSÍ 11
Faroe Islands Patrik Johannesen AB 11
10 Serbia Filip Đorđević Víkingur 10

References

  1. http://www.faroesoccer.com/content.php?pid=792
  2. "Meistaradeildin 2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  3. Hansen, Jóannes (22 October 2016). "Klæmint verjir máltindin" (in Faroese). In.fo. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
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