2016 Faroe Islands Premier League

Effodeildin

Season	2016
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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

AB

B36

B68

HB

ÍF

KÍ

NSÍ

Skála

TB

Víkingur

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
KÍ	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	9	5	3	1	19	10	+9	18	Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2	KÍ	9	5	2	2	18	10	+8	17	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
3	B36 Tórshavn	9	5	2	2	17	9	+8	17
4	HB	9	5	2	2	16	11	+5	17
5	NSÍ Runavík	9	5	0	4	22	13	+9	15
6	ÍF	9	4	2	3	16	21	−5	14
7	Skála	9	2	3	4	9	14	−5	9
8	TB	9	2	2	5	6	14	−8	8
9	AB	9	0	5	4	6	10	−4	5	Relegation to 1. deild
10	B68 Toftir	9	0	3	6	5	22	−17	3

Updated to match(es) played on 1 May 2016. Source: Faroe Soccer, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.^[2]

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

Results

Regular home games

Home ╲ Away	AB	B36	B68	HB	ÍF	KÍ	NSÍ	SKÁ	TB	VÍK
AB			1–1			1–1		0–0		2–2
B36 Tórshavn	2–1			3–2	4–1		3–1		0–0
B68 Toftir		1–4			1–2		0–5		1–1
HB	0–0		1–0			4–2				1–1
ÍF	1–0			4–2		0–4		2–2		2–2
KÍ		1–1	4–1				1–3	2–0
NSÍ Runavík	2–1			1–2	6–1			2–0		1–3
Skála ÍF		1–0	0–0	0–3					5–1
TB	1–0			0–1	0–3	0–1	2–1
Víkingur Gøta		1–0	4–0			0–2		4–1	2–1

Updated to games played on 1 May 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	B68	HB	ÍF	KÍ	NSÍ	SKÁ	TB	VÍK
AB
B36 Tórshavn
B68 Toftir
HB
ÍF
KÍ
NSÍ Runavík
Skála ÍF
TB
Víkingur Gøta

Updated to games played on 2 February 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.

References

1. http://www.faroesoccer.com/content.php?pid=792
2. "Meistaradeildin 2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 2 February 2016.