2023 Faroe Islands Premier League

Faroe Islands Premier League
Season	2023
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; KÍ
Longest unbeaten run	16 matches; KÍ
Longest winless run	13 matches; AB Argir
Longest losing run	9 matches; ÍF
	← 2022 2024 → All statistics correct as of 2 July 2023.

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

Team changes

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

Tórshavn

Tórshavn teams
B36 Tórshavn
Havnar Bóltfelag

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Locations of the 2023 Faroe Islands Premier League teams

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
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	Relegation to 1. deild

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ 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

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
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

As of 11 August 2023^[4]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
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