2020_Faroe_Islands_Premier_League

2020 Faroe Islands Premier League

2020 Faroe Islands Premier League

Football league season

The 2020 Faroe Islands Premier League (referred to as Betri deildin menn for sponsorship reasons) was the 78th season of top-tier football in the Faroe Islands, and the 16th under the current format.

Quick Facts Season, Dates ...

KÍ were the defending champions, having won their 18th Faroese title in the previous season. The season was scheduled to start on 8 March[1] and later postponed to 15 March,[2] because of the outbreak of coronavirus in the Faroe Islands. The season started on 9 May 2020[3] and ended on 7 November 2020. This was decided after there had been no reported case of COVID-19 in the Faroe Islands from 6 April to 18 April. There has been no deaths due to COVID-19 in the Faroe Islands as of 8 November 2020.[4]

The Norwegian TV2 broadcast matches from the first 12 rounds.[5]

Havnar Bóltfelag (HB) won their 24th championship with 69 points.[6]

Skála were relegated and AB played against B68 Toftir to decide if AB would be relegated or not. The winner of the match won the right to play in the top league in the 2021 season.[7] The match was played on 29 November 2020. AB lost the match 2-3 (1-1 after 90 minutes) after extra time, and was relegated. B68 won promotion to 2021 Faroe Islands Premier League. Andri Benjaminsen, the 20-year-old younger brother of record player of the Faroe Islands national football team Fróði Benjaminsen scored a hat trick.[8]

Teams

Locations of the 2020 Betri deidin menn teams

Last season, there was no relegation, as three backup teams finished in the top three in 1. deild.

More information Team, City ...

League table

More information Pos, Team ...
Source: Faroe Soccer (in Faroese)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.[9]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

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.

More information Home \ Away, AB ...

Top goalscorers

As of match(es) played 7 November 2020
More information Rank, Goalscorer ...

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Her er Betri Deildin 2020 hjá monnum" (in Faroese). Faroe Islands Football Association. 13 February 2020. Archived from the original on 11 February 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  2. [2]
    "1. umfar útsett til 15. mars" (in Faroese). FSF. 7 March 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  3. [3]
    Prestá, Agnar (21 April 2020). "Fótbólturin er farin í gongd aftur". Portal.fo. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  4. [4]
    "COVID-19 Føroyar – Hagtøl (Statistics)". The Faroese Ministry of Health. Archived from the original on 22 April 2020. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  5. [5]
    "TV 2 satser på færøysk fotball". tv2.no. 1 May 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  6. [6]
    Hansen, Jóannes (7 November 2020). "Meistararnir vóru treiskari enn hinir". in.fo. Sosialurin. Archived from the original on 14 February 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  7. [7]
    Simonsen, Heri (7 November 2020). "FM1: Rógvi fegin um fyribils bjargingina - Jákup Martin iðrar seg um stórtap". in.fo. Sosialurin. Archived from the original on 14 February 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  8. [8]
    Simonsen, Heri (29 November 2020). "FM1: Soleiðis sendi Andri B68 upp í Betrideildina". in.fo. Archived from the original on 11 December 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  9. [9]
    "Meistaradeildin: Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article 2020_Faroe_Islands_Premier_League, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.