1. deild kvinnur

Top level women's football league of the Faroe Islands the Icelandic football division 1. deild kvenna (football) Faroe Islands UEFA 1985 6 1 Faroe Islands football league system Faroese Women's Cup Women's Champions League NSÍ Runavík (1st title) 2024 KÍ Klaksvík (23 titles) 2026 1. deild kvinnur The Faroe Islands Premier League kvinnur (also known as Betri Deildin kvinnur for sponsorship reasonshttp://www.fsf.fo/Default.aspx?ID=208&Action=1&NewsId=2391&PID=487 FSF Betri og FSF gjørt stuðulsavtalu 15 December 2017 20 December 2017 fo https://web.archive.org/web/20171222050909/http://www.fsf.fo/Default.aspx?ID=208&Action=1&NewsId=2391&PID=487 22 December 2017 dead) is the top level women's football league of the Faroe Islands. It was called 1. deild kvinnur until 2018, when the Faroese top tier in the women's football for the first time was named after a sponsor. The new name was Betri Deildin kvinnur and is a deal for five years, from 2018 until the end of the 2022 season.https://www.betri.fo/um-betri/tidindi/fremsta-fotboldsdeildin-eitur-nu-betri-deildin-hja-kvinnum-og-monnum/ Fremsta fótbóldsdeildin eitur nú Betri deildin hjá kvinnum og monnum 15 December 2020 Betri 20 October 2020 It is organized by the Faroe Islands Football Association and it was first played in 1985. The winners qualify for the UEFA Women's Champions League. History The league was played for the first time in 1985. In its early years and throughout the 1990s, it was dominated by the Tórshavn teams, with HB winning it seven times and B36 four; other teams to be crowned champions in the period were Skála, two times, and ÍF, once. KÍ also won their first title during the successful period of the Tórshavn duo. The KÍ era KÍ dominated the league from 2000, winning it seventeen times in a row,https://www.nordportal.net/iacutetrottur/ki-flugvandi-og-17-ari-a-ra-froyameistarar Norðoya Portalurin KÍ flúgvandi og 17. árið á rað føroyameistarar 11 October 2016 22 July 2019 fo 16 May 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220516212630/http://www.nordportal.net/iacutetrottur/ki-flugvandi-og-17-ari-a-ra-froyameistarar dead establishing a new world record for consecutive championships won.http://kvf.fo/greinar/2013/10/12/ki-foroyameistari-og-evropeiskt-met KVF KÍ føroyameistari og evropeiskt met 12 October 2013 15 February 2019 fo The dominance was so big that in an interview in 2005, after winning the league for the sixth consecutive season, KÍ midfielder Malena Josephsen stated: "We know when we go on the pitch that we will win the match, the only question is [by] how much we will win. We are not getting any better by playing in this league."https://uk.women.soccerway.com/news/2005/September/24/interview-malena-josephsen-ki-klaksvik/n85205/ Soccerway Interview: Malena Josephsen (KI Klaksvik) 24 September 2005 https://web.archive.org/web/20131203010428/https://uk.women.soccerway.com/news/2005/September/24/interview-malena-josephsen-ki-klaksvik/n85205/ 3 December 2013 15 February 2019 A new champion and sponsorship deal After being runners-up four consecutive times, EB/Streymur/Skála ended KÍ's winning streak in 2017,http://www.in.fo/news-detail/ebsskala-koppadi-ki-1/ EBS/Skála koppaði KÍ in.fo 7 October 2017 20 December 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20171022033741/http://www.in.fo/news-detail/ebsskala-koppadi-ki-1/ 22 October 2017 dead becoming only the second club to represent the Faroe Islands in the UEFA Women's Champions League,https://www.uefa.com/womenschampionsleague/news/0246-0e176ba26df0-a98c3ee817bf-1000--women-s-champions-league-entries-confirmed/ UEFA Women's Champions League entries confirmed 8 June 2018 15 February 2019 and defended their title in 2018. For the 2018 season, the league gained its first sponsorship deal, when the FSF announced that Betri, a bank and insurance company headquartered in Tórshavn, would sponsor the men's and women's leagues, thus changing 1. deild kvinnur's name to Betri deildin kvinnur.https://faroefootball.blogspot.com/2017/12/nova-era-fsf-assina-com-novo.html Faroe Football Nova era: FSF assina com novo patrocinador e muda nome das ligas masculina e feminina 21 December 2017 15 February 2019 pt The second best division was then given the name 1. deild kvinnur. Format In 2020 the league will be contested by six teams, playing each other four times for a total of 20 rounds. A second division exists, but there is no promotion and relegation between the two divisions.http://www.fsf.fo/Default.aspx?ID=1050 FSF Women's football in the Faroe Islands 2019-02-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20190216153325/http://www.fsf.fo/Default.aspx?ID=1050 2019-02-16 dead Current teams Denmark Faroe Islands 300 right Locations of the 2020 1. deild kvinnur teams Denmark Faroe Islands 62.1941 -7.0431 EB/Streymur/Skála left Denmark Faroe Islands 62.019349 -6.781139 B36 & HB right Denmark Faroe Islands 62.225246 -6.579201 KÍ right Denmark Faroe Islands 62.199788 -6.74552 ÍF/Víkingur/B68 bottom Denmark Faroe Islands 62.105833 -6.723333 NSÍ right In 2020 the league will be contested by six teams, the same as in 2018, one team more from last season's five, as the women's team from the club NSÍ from Runavík entered the league.http://bolt.fo/news/details?title=NSÍ-kvinnur+fingið+tr%C3%ADggjar+leikarar+afturat&id=2832 NSÍ-kvinnur fingið tríggjar leikarar afturat Ósá Jákup 13 December 2019 bolt.fo 14 October 2020 TeamCityStadiumB36 TórshavnTórshavnGundadalurEB/Streymur/SkálaStreymnesVið MargáirHavnar BóltfelagTórshavnGundadalurÍF/Víkingur/B68NorðragøtaSarpugerðiKlaksvíkar ÍtróttarfelagKlaksvíkVið DjúpumýrarNSÍRunavíkVið Løkin List of seasons thumb|FC Suðuroy vs. Skála in May 2012. thumb|FC Suðuroy vs. AB in April 2012. thumb|FC Suðuroy vs. HB in April 2012. Season Championshttp://www.faroesoccer.com/read.php?page=530 Faroe Soccer Kvinnur - FM og steypavinnarar Runners-up Top Scorer (club)http://www.faroesoccer.com/content.php?pid=67 Faroe Soccer Betri Deildin kvinnur (choose "Mál", which means goal, and the year) fo Goals1985 B36 HBnot available1986 HB GÍ1987 B36 (2) HB1988 HB (2) B361989 HB (3) ÍF Hildur Rasmussen (B36) 161990 Skála HB Malan Klakkstein (KÍ) 191991 ÍF KÍ Kristina Eyðbjørnsdóttir (ÍF) 181992 Skála (2) KÍ Malan Klakkstein (KÍ) 181993 HB (4) VB Helga Ellingsgaard (HB) 111994 HB (5) B36 Helga Ellingsgaard (HB) 151995 HB (6) B36 Sigrun Mikkelsen (HB) 301996 B36 (3) KÍ Signhild Petersen (Skála)Sigrun Mikkelsen (HB)Sonja Steinhólm (LÍF) 111997 KÍ HB Rannvá Andreasen (KÍ) 281998 B36 (4) HB Rannvá Andreasen (KÍ) 201999 HB (7) KÍ Eyðfríð Kristiansen (HB)Rakul Joensen (B36) 122000 KÍ (2) VB Halltóra Joensen (VB) 262001 KÍ (3) B36 Kristina Eyðbjørnsdóttir (HB) 172002 KÍ (4) B36 Rannvá Andreasen (KÍ) 362003 KÍ (5) B68 Rannvá Andreasen (KÍ) 462004 KÍ (6) B36 Rannvá Andreasen (KÍ) 302005 KÍ (7) B36 Malena Josephsen (KÍ) 272006 KÍ (8) GÍ Rannvá Andreasen (KÍ)Hanna Højgaard (GÍ) 282007 KÍ (9) B36 Malena Josephsen (KÍ) 172008 KÍ (10) AB Rannvá Andreasen (KÍ) 272009 KÍ (11) AB Rannvá Andreasen (KÍ) 282010 KÍ (12) AB Rannvá Andreasen (KÍ) 272011 KÍ (13) AB Rannvá Andreasen (KÍ) 292012 KÍ (14) B36 Rannvá Andreasen (KÍ) 312013 KÍ (15) EB/Streymur/Skála Heidi Sevdal (HB) 292014 KÍ (16) EB/Streymur/Skála Rannvá Andreasen (KÍ)Heidi Sevdal (HB) 292015 KÍ (17) EB/Streymur/Skála Heidi Sevdal (HB)Maria Thomsen (KÍ) 222016 KÍ (18) EB/Streymur/Skála Milja Simonsen (HB) 252017 EB/Streymur/Skála KÍ Heidi Sevdal (EBS/Skála) 332018 EB/Streymur/Skála (2) HB Heidi Sevdal (HB) 232019 KÍ (19) HB Heidi Sevdal (HB) 252020 KÍ (20) NSÍ Evy á Lakjuni (KÍ) 172021 KÍ (21) NSÍ Heidi Sevdal (NSÍ) 332022 KÍ (22) NSÍ 2023 KÍ (23) NSÍ 2024 NSÍ Runavík KÍ 2025 KÍ (24) NSÍ Runavík Titles by club ClubLocationTitlesRunners-upKÍKlaksvík246HBTórshavn77B36Tórshavn49EB/Streymur/SkálaSkála / Streymnes24SkálaSkála20NSÍRunavík15ÍFFuglafjørður11ABArgir04GÍNorðragøta02VBVágur02B68Toftir01 Clubs in bold are currently playing in the league. Clubs in italics are competing in cooperation with another club or inactive in women's football. References External links Category:Women's football competitions in the Faroe Islands Category:Women's sports leagues in the Faroe Islands Category:Football leagues in the Faroe Islands Faroe Islands Category:Faroe Islands Football Association competitions Category:1985 establishments in the Faroe Islands Category:Sports leagues established in 1985