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.
KÍ were the defending champions, having won their 18th Faroese title in the previous season. The season was scheduled to start on 8 March and later postponed to 15 March, because of the outbreak of coronavirus in the Faroe Islands. The season started on 9 May 2020 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.
The Norwegian TV2 broadcast matches from the first 12 rounds.
Havnar Bóltfelag (HB) won their 24th championship with 69 points.
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. 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.
Teams
Last season, there was no relegation, as three backup teams finished in the top three in 1. deild.
TeamCityStadiumCapacityArgja BóltfelagArgirSkansi Arena2,000B36 TórshavnTórshavnGundadalur5,000EB/StreymurStreymnesVið Margáir2,000Havnar BóltfelagTórshavnGundadalur5,000Ítróttarfelag FuglafjarðarFuglafjørðurÍ Fløtugerði3,000Klaksvíkar ÍtróttarfelagKlaksvíkVið Djúpumýrar4,000NSÍ RunavíkRunavíkVið Løkin2,000Skála ÍFSkálaUndir Mýruhjalla1,500Tvøroyrar BóltfelagTvøroyriVið Stórá4,000Víkingur GøtaNorðragøtaSarpugerði3,000
League table
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.
Rounds 1–18
Rounds 18–27
Faroe Islands Premier League play-off The ninth-placed team (Argja Bóltfelag) faced the fourth-placed team of the 2020 1. deild (B68 Toftir) for the final place in the 2021 Faroe Islands Premier League.
Top goalscorers
RankGoalscorerTeamGoals 1 Klæmint Olsen NSÍ Runavík 17 Uroš Stojanov ÍF 3 Petur Knudsen NSÍ Runavík 16 4 Jóannes Bjartalíð KÍ 15 5 Mikkel Dahl HB Tórshavn 14 6 Finnur Justinussen Víkingur 13 Sebastian Pingel B36 Tórshavn8 Adrian Justinussen HB Tórshavn 12 Hilmar Leon Jakobsen HB Tórshavn Páll Klettskarð KÍ Sølvi Vatnhamar Víkingur
See also 2020 Faroe Islands Cup 2020 1. deild 2020 2. deild
References