1. deild

1. deild
Founded	1943 (as Meðaldeildin); 1976
Country	Faroe Islands
Confederation	UEFA
Number of teams	10
Level on pyramid	2
Promotion to	Faroe Islands Premier League
Relegation to	2. deild
Domestic cup(s)	Faroe Islands Cup
Current champions	Skála ÍF (3rd title) ; (2023)
Most championships	KÍ Klaksvík II (12 titles)
	Current: 2024 1. deild

1. deild is the second tier league of football in the Faroe Islands. It was founded in 1943. The league is organised by the Faroe Islands Football Association. It was originally the top level of Faroe Islands football but was replaced by the Faroe Islands Premier League in 2005.

The league has 10 participating clubs. At the end of each season, two teams are relegated and two promoted from the 2. deild, pending the fact that the promoted team does not already have a team in 1. deild. In such cases, the team that finished third will be promoted instead. If a team is relegated to 1. deild and already have a side playing there, their reserve team will move one division down, thereby saving another team from relegation.

History

Founded in 1943 as Meðaldeildin, it acts in a system of promotion and relegation with the top division since 1976,^[1] when the Faroe Islands football league system was reorganized. Back then, 1. deild was the name given to the top division, replacing the Meistaradeildin. The first club to be promoted was Fram Tórshavn after winning the division for the first time in their history. The first team relegated to the league was NSÍ Runavík.

2024 teams

B36 Tórshavn II
B71 Sandoy
FC Suðuroy
AB Argir
NSÍ Runavik II
Tvøroyar Bóltefag
KÍ Klaksvík II
Víkingur Gøta II
HB Tórshavn II
FC Hoyvík

List of seasons

Season	Champions^[2]^[3]	Runners-up	Top scorer (club) ^[4]	Goals
1943	HB Tórshavn II	Not available
1944	No tournament
1945	KÍ Klaksvík II	Not available
1946	Royn Hvalba
1947	B36 Tórshavn II
1948	TB Tvøroyri
1949	KÍ Klaksvík II
1950	B36 Tórshavn II
1951	KÍ Klaksvík II
1952	HB Tórshavn II
1953	KÍ Klaksvík II
1954	KÍ Klaksvík II
1955	HB Tórshavn II
1956	KÍ Klaksvík II
1957	B36 Tórshavn II
1958	HB Tórshavn II
1959	KÍ Klaksvík II
1960	SÍF Sandavágur
1961	B36 Tórshavn II
1962	B36 Tórshavn II
1963	KÍ Klaksvík II
1964	VB Vágur
1965	B36 Tórshavn II
1966	HB Tórshavn II
1967	B36 Tórshavn II
1968	B36 Tórshavn II
1969	SÍF Sandavágur
1970	SÍF Sandavágur
1971	B36 Tórshavn II
1972	KÍ Klaksvík II
1973	SÍF Sandavágur
1974	KÍ Klaksvík II
1975	KÍ Klaksvík II
1976	Fram Tórshavn	B68 Toftir	Not available
1977	MB Miðvágur	HB Tórshavn II
1978	NSÍ Runavík	Royn Hvalba
1979	GÍ Gøta	B68 Toftir
1980	B68 Toftir	Royn Hvalba
1981	LÍF Leirvík	MB Miðvágur
1982	MB Miðvágur	NSÍ Runavík
1983	NSÍ Runavík	Royn Hvalba
1984	ÍF Fuglafjørður	Royn Hvalba
1985	B36 Tórshavn	Royn Hvalba
1986	VB Vágur	ÍF Fuglafjørður
1987	ÍF Fuglafjørður	B36 Tórshavn
1988	B71 Sandoy	SÍF Sandavágur
1989	MB Miðvágur	TB Tvøroyri
1990	NSÍ Runavík	SÍ Sumba	Gestur á Líknargøtu (NSÍ)	23
1991	B71 Sandoy	SÍF Sandavágur	Torkil Nielsen (SÍF)	13
1992	LÍF Leirvík	ÍF Fuglafjørður	Kaj Eli Olsen (LÍF)	17
1993	NSÍ Runavík	EB/Streymur	Jack Jacobsen (NSÍ)	14
1994	VB Vágur	FS Vágar	John Olsen (LÍF)	14
1995	HB Tórshavn II	ÍF Fuglafjørður	Eyðolvur Reinert-Petersen (ÍF)	16
1996	NSÍ Runavík	HB Tórshavn II	René Thomsen (Sumba)	15
1997	SÍ Sumba	B36 Tórshavn II	Aleksandar Radosavljević (TB)	23
1998	B71 Sandoy	LÍF Leirvík	Eli Hentze (B71)	15
1999	FS Vágar	LÍF Leirvík	Birgir Joensen (FS Vágar)	21
2000	EB/Streymur	ÍF Fuglafjørður	Eyðun Samuelsen (HB II)	14
2001	TB Tvøroyri	Skála ÍF	Jan Jørgensen (ÍF)	13
2002	FS Vágar	B71 Sandoy	Birgir Jørgensen (VB II)	14
2003	ÍF Fuglafjørður	TB Tvøroyri	Kaj Roest (TB)	12
2004	TB Tvøroyri	B71 Sandoy	Aleksandar Radosavljević (Royn) Jónsvein Thomsen (B71) Sonny Johansen (FS Vágar)	16
2005	B68 Toftir	B71 Sandoy	Súni Fríði Johannesen (AB)	31
2006	B71 Sandoy	AB Argir	Clayton Nascimento (B71)	27
2007	B68 Toftir	ÍF Fuglafjørður	Dánial Hansen (B68)	22
2008	07 Vestur	AB Argir	Tróndur Sigurðsson (AB)	25
2009	VB/Sumba	B71 Sandoy	Jón Krosslá Poulsen (VB/Sumba)	25
2010	07 Vestur	KÍ Klaksvík	Jens Erik Rasmussen (07 Vestur)	17
2011	FC Suðuroy	TB Tvøroyri	John Poulsen (FC Suðuroy)	27
2012	07 Vestur	AB Argir	Bjartur Kjærbo (AB)	20
2013	B68 Toftir	Skála ÍF	Jonleif Højgaard (B68)	24
2014	TB Tvøroyri	FC Suðuroy	Patrik Johannesen (FC Suðuroy)	17
2015	Skála ÍF	B68 Toftir	Brian Jacobsen (Skála)	32
2016	EB/Streymur	07 Vestur	Leif Niclasen (EB/Streymur)	36
2017	AB Argir	Víkingur II	Bjarki Nielsen (AB)	19
2018	ÍF Fuglafjørður	NSÍ Runavík II	Jan Ellingsgaard (ÍF)	21
2019	KÍ Klaksvík II	Víkingur II	Clayton Nascimento (B71)	17
2020	Víkingur II	07 Vestur	Andri Benjaminsen (B68)	18
2021	Skála ÍF	Víkingur II	Clayton Nascimento (B71)	20
2022	ÍF Fuglafjørður	Víkingur II	Mikkel Blåholm (TB)	26
2023	Skála ÍF	NSÍ	Paul Eirik Djurhuus (Víkingur II)	10

Performance by club

Team	Titles	Last title
KÍ Klaksvík II	12	2019
B36 Tórshavn II	9	1971
HB Tórshavn II	6	1995
NSÍ Runavík	5	1996
ÍF Fuglafjørður		2022
07 Vestur^[a]		2012
TB Tvøroyri	4	2014
SÍF Sandavágur		1973
B68 Toftir		2013
B71 Sandoy		2006
VB Vágur	3	1994
MB Miðvágur	3	1989
LÍF Leirvík	2	1992
EB/Streymur		2016
FC Suðuroy^[b]		2011
Skála ÍF		2021
Royn Hvalba	1	1946
Fram Tórshavn		1976
GÍ Gøta		1979
B36 Tórshavn		1985
SÍ Sumba		1997
AB Argir		2017
Víkingur Gøta II		2020

In bold the clubs currently playing in 1. deild.
In italics the clubs that no longer exist or are no longer active in adult football.

Notes

^ 07 Vestur won two times as FS Vágar.
^ FC Suðuroy won once as VB/Sumba.

References

^ Dinant Abbink. "Faroe Islands - List of Second Level Champions". RSSSF. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
^ "1. deild menn – Vinnarar" (in Faroese). Faroe Soccer.
^ "1. delid menn støðan" (in Faroese).
^ "1. delid menn gulstødd" (in Faroese).

External links

1. deild at Faroe Soccer (in Faroese)
Faroe Islands 1. Deild, standings, results & fixtures

[5] 07 Vestur won two times as FS Vágar.

[6] FC Suðuroy won once as VB/Sumba.

[1] Dinant Abbink. "Faroe Islands - List of Second Level Champions". RSSSF. Retrieved 10 March 2019.

[2] "1. deild menn – Vinnarar" (in Faroese). Faroe Soccer.

[3] "1. delid menn støðan" (in Faroese).

[4] "1. delid menn gulstødd" (in Faroese).

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v t e Faroe Islands Premier League seasons
Meistaradeildin	1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975
1. deild	1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Faroe Islands Premier League	2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024