The 2019 Faroe Islands Premier League (referred to as ''Betri deildin menn'' for sponsorship reasons) was the 77th season of top-tier football in the

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and the 15th under the current format.

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were the defending champions, having won their 23rd title in the previous season. The season started on 10 March and ended on 26 October.

Teams

The champions of the 2018 1. deild,

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, replaced

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, the last-placed team in the

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. It is the second consecutive season in which only one team went promoted from

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, as they were the only non-

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in the top three.

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and Royn ended their cooperation and TB replaced

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League table

Positions by round

Results

Each team plays three times (either twice at home and once away ''or'' once at home and twice away) against every other team for a total of 27 matches each.

Rounds 1–18

Rounds 19–27

Top goalscorers

References

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