The Faroese premier division is sponsored by the Faroese oil company, Effo, and is therefore named “Effodeildin”
There are ten clubs in the Premier League, playing each other thrice. The bottom two teams are each year relegated to the Faroese 1st division and the top two teams of the 1st division are promoted in their place.
The season begins in March and goes on to October. Each team plays a total of 27 games.
Each team meets each one of the other teams one time at home and one time away, plus one more time either home or away, depending on the club’s league position in the past season.
Clubs are allowed to be represented with one team in each division. As for example in Spain some of the bigger clubs are also represented in the 1st and 2nd division with their B and C teams respectively. B and C teams can how ever only gain promotion if the same club is relegated from a division above.
Four teams usually qualify for European football. The champions qualify for the Champions league. Number two and three qualify for the Europa league along with the winner of the national cup competiton.
The teams are mostly made up by Faroese players, but since the nineties foreign players have also been represented in the Faroese league. Foreign players usually come from Scandinavia, Africa, Brazil and Eastern Europe. The teams can have a maximum of four players in the squad for a league game.
Clubs are represented in four divisions: The Premier League, 1st division, 2nd division and the 3rd division.
There are ten clubs in the Premier League, playing each other thrice. The bottom two teams are each year relegated to the Faroese 1st division and the top two teams of the 1st division are promoted in their place.
The season begins in March and goes on to October. Each team plays a total of 27 games.
Each team meets each one of the other teams one time at home and one time away, plus one more time either home or away, depending on the club’s league position in the past season.
Clubs are allowed to be represented with one team in each division. As for example in Spain some of the bigger clubs are also represented in the 1st and 2nd division with their B and C teams respectively. B and C teams can how ever only gain promotion if the same club is relegated from a division above.
Four teams usually qualify for European football. The champions qualify for the Champions league. Number two and three qualify for the Europa league along with the winner of the national cup competiton.
The teams are mostly made up by Faroese players, but since the nineties foreign players have also been represented in the Faroese league. Foreign players usually come from Scandinavia, Africa, Brazil and Eastern Europe. The teams can have a maximum of four players in the squad for a league game.
Clubs are represented in four divisions: The Premier League, 1st division, 2nd division and the 3rd division.
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
Faroe Islands Cup-2016 (Løgmanssteypið)
KÍ - Víkingur Gøta - 1:1, 5:3 pen.
You can see overview hereSource: http://www.fsf.fo and http://www.faroesoccer.com
