2022 Faroe Islands Premier League

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Faroe Islands Premier League
Season2022
Dates5 March – 22 October 2022
Champions (20th title)
RelegatedSkála
NSÍ Runavík
Champions League
Europa Conference LeagueVíkingur
Havnar Bóltfelag
B36 Tórshavn
Matches played135
Goals scored442 (3.27 per match)
Top goalscorerSølvi Vatnhamar
(19 goals)
Biggest home win 8–0 Skála
(22 October 2022)
Biggest away winB68 Toftir 0–6 Víkingur
(14 May 2022)
07 Vestur 0–6
(15 May 2022)
EB/Streymur 0–6
(16 October 2022)
Highest scoring07 Vestur 5–4 EB/Streymur
(2 July 2022)
B68 Toftir 7–2 Skála
(7 August 2022)
Longest winning run10 matches
Longest unbeaten run27 matches
Longest winless run14 matches
Skála
Longest losing run8 matches
B68 Toftir
2021
2023
All statistics correct as of 22 October 2022.

The 2022 Faroe Islands Premier League was the 80th season of top-tier football in the Faroe Islands, and the 18th under the current format.

were the defending champions, having won their 19th Faroese title in the previous season.

Teams[edit]

TB Tvøroyri (relegated after five years in the top flight) and ÍF (relegated after three years in the top flight) were relegated after last season. They were replaced with Skála and AB Argir (both promoted after a one-year absence).

Team City Stadium Capacity
07 Vestur Sørvágur á Dungasandi 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
AB Argir Argir Inni í Vika 2,000
Klaksvíkar Ítróttarfelag Klaksvík Við Djúpumýrar 4,000
NSÍ Runavík Runavík Við Løkin 2,000
Skála ÍF Skála Undir Mýruhjalla 2,000
Víkingur Gøta Norðragøta Sarpugerði 3,000

League table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 (C) 27 25 2 0 78 7 +71 77 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Víkingur 27 18 4 5 69 24 +45 58 Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round
3 Havnar Bóltfelag 27 17 4 6 56 27 +29 55
4 B36 Tórshavn 27 11 5 11 48 29 +19 38
5 EB/Streymur 27 10 5 12 31 54 −23 35
6 B68 Toftir 27 9 3 15 37 50 −13 30
7 07 Vestur 27 7 8 12 34 61 −27 29
8 AB Argir 27 8 5 14 33 63 −30 29
9 NSÍ Runavík (R) 27 6 3 18 31 59 −28 21 Qualification to the relegation play-offs
10 Skála (R) 27 1 7 19 25 68 −43 10 Relegation to 1. deild
Source: Flashscore, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Fixtures and results[edit]

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.

Top scorers[edit]

As of 22 October 2022[1]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Faroe Islands Sølvi Vatnhamar Víkingur 19
2 Faroe Islands Páll Klettskarð 18
3 Faroe Islands Jóannes Bjartalíð 17
4 Faroe Islands Stefan Radosavljevic Havnar Bóltfelag 13
5 Denmark Mads Borchers 07 Vestur 12
6 Faroe Islands Árni Frederiksberg 11
Poland Michał Przybylski B36 Tórshavn
Serbia Uroš Stojanov Skála
9 Faroe Islands Pætur Petersen Havnar Bóltfelag 10
10 Faroe Islands Martin Klein Víkingur 9
Faroe Islands Klæmint Olsen NSÍ Runavík

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Premier League 2022 live scores, results, Football Faroe Islands". Flashscore.

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