2020 1. deild

The 2020 1. deild was the 78th season of second-tier football in the Faroe Islands, and the 44th under the current format. Víkingur Gøta II won the league, but could not be promoted because the club already had a team in the Faroe Islands Premier League. 07 Vestur won promotion after the regular season. B68 Toftir which ended as 4th after the regular season played a promotion/relegation match against Argja Bóltfelag on 29 November 2020. B68 Toftir won the away match 2-3 with hat trick from Andri Benjaminsen, who is a young brother of record player of the Faroe Islands national football team Fróði Benjaminsen. The match ended 1-1 after 90 minutes, and after prolonged time B68 won with 3 goals against AB's 2 goals.[1]

1. deild
Season2020
Dates7 March – 5 November
Promoted07 Vestur
B68 Toftir
RelegatedArgja Bóltfelag II
FC Hoyvík
Top goalscorerAndri Benjaminsen (18 goals)
← 2019
2021 →

Teams
Locations of the 2020 Faroe Islands Premier League teams

Skála ÍF II and EB/Streymur II were relegated last season to the 2. deild and replaced by the winners and runners-up FC Hoyvík and Argja Bóltfelag II respectively.[2][3]

Team City Stadium Capacity Last season
07 Vestur Sandavágur Á Dungasandi 2,000 4th
Argja Bóltfelag II Argir Inni í Vika 2,000 2nd (2. deild)
B36 Tórshavn II Tórshavn Gundadalur 5,000 6th
B68 Toftir Toftir Svangaskarð 6,000 5th
B71 Sandoy Sandur Inni í Dal 2,000 7th
Havnar Bóltfelag II Tórshavn Gundadalur 5,000 8th
FC Hoyvík Hoyvík Hoyvíksvøllur 1,000 1st (2. deild)
KÍ II Klaksvík Við Djúpumýrar 2,500 1st
NSÍ Runavík II Runavík Við Løkin 2,000 3rd
Víkingur Gøta II Leirvík Sarpugerði 1,600 2nd

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Víkingur Gøta II[lower-alpha 1] 27 17 7 3 73 36 +37 58
2 07 Vestur (P) 27 16 6 5 60 33 +27 54 Promotion to Faroe Islands Premier League
3 NSÍ Runavík II[lower-alpha 1] 27 15 7 5 80 42 +38 52
4 B68 Toftir (P) 27 14 4 9 56 34 +22 46 Promotion to Faroe Islands Premier League
5 KÍ II[lower-alpha 1] 27 11 5 11 56 54 +2 38
6 B36 Tórshavn II[lower-alpha 1] 27 10 4 13 43 53 −10 34
7 HB Tórshavn II[lower-alpha 1] 27 10 3 14 53 79 −26 33
8 B71 Sandoy 27 9 5 13 53 52 +1 32
9 Argja Bóltfelag II[lower-alpha 1] (R) 27 6 5 16 35 58 −23 23 Relegation to 2. deild
10 FC Hoyvík (R) 27 2 4 21 29 97 −68 10
Updated to match(es) played on 15 July 2020. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.[4]
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Reserve teams are ineligible for promotion.

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.

See also

References
  1. Simonsen, Heri (29 November 2020). "FM1: Soleiðis sendi Andri B68 upp í Betrideildina". in.fo. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  2. 2019 1. deild
  3. 2019 2. deild
  4. "Meistaradeildin: Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
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