2023 Faroe Islands Premier League

Football league season

Faroe Islands Premier LeagueSeason| 2023

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Dates| 4 March – 29 October 2023
Champions| KÍ (21st title)
Relegated| AB Argir
TB Tvøroyri
Champions League| KÍ
Conference League| B36 Tórshavn
Havnar Bóltfelag
Víkingur
Matches played| 89
Goals scored| 281 (3.16 per match)
Top goalscorer| Sølvi Vatnhamar
(21 goals)
Biggest home win| Víkingur 7–0 TB Tvøroyri
(1 April 2023)
Biggest away win| ÍF 1–7 KÍ
(29 May 2023)
Highest scoring| KÍ 7–1 TB Tvøroyri
(5 March 2023)
ÍF 1–7 KÍ
(29 May 2023)
Longest winning run| 16 matches

Longest unbeaten run| 16 matches

Longest winless run| 13 matches
AB Argir
Longest losing run| 9 matches

← 2022

2024 →

All statistics correct as of 2 July 2023.
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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

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### Team changes

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Promoted from
2022 1. deild | Relegated to
2023 1. deild

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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

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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

EB/Streymur

Tórshavn

AB Argir

B68 Toftir

07 Vestur

TB Tvøroyri

Víkingur

Tórshavn teams
B36 Tórshavn
Havnar Bóltfelag

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Locations of the 2023 Faroe Islands Premier League teams

## League table

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation

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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. ^ Havnar Bóltfelag qualified for the Conference League second qualifying round by winning the 2023 Faroe Islands Cup. Since they qualified based on league position, the second Conference League first round spot was passed to the fourth-placed team.

## Fixtures and results

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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

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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

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As of 11 August 2023[4]
Rank  | Player  | Club  | Goals

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1  |  Páll Klettskarð | KÍ | 15
2  |  Mikkel Dahl | Havnar Bóltfelag | 11
3  |  Árni Frederiksberg | KÍ | 8
4  |  Sølvi Vatnhamar | Víkingur | 7
Adrian Justinussen | Havnar Bóltfelag
Martin Klein | Víkingur
Uroš Stojanov | 07 Vestur
Valērijs Šabala | B36 Tórshavn
9  |  Mads Borchers | Havnar Bóltfelag | 6
Bjarki Nielsen | B36 Tórshavn
Claes Kronberg | KÍ
Jasper Van Der Heyden | 07 Vestur
Samudeen Musah | TB Tvøroyri

## References

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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.

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