2001 1. deild

Faroe Islands Premier League Football

Season	2001
Champions	B36
Relegated	FS Vágar
Matches played	90
Goals scored	330 (3.67 per match)
Biggest home win	B36 15–0 FS Vágar
Biggest away win	B71 0–7 GÍ
Highest scoring	B36 15–0 FS Vágar
← 2000 2002 →

In 2001, 1. deild was the top-tier league in Faroe Islands football (since 2005, the top tier has been the Faroe Islands Premier League, with 1. deild becoming the second tier).

Statistics of 1. deild in the 2001 season.

Overview

It was contested by 10 teams, and B36 Tórshavn won the championship.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	B36 Tórshavn	18	15	1	2	55	15	+40	46
2	GÍ Gøta	18	13	3	2	53	20	+33	42
3	B68 Toftir	18	9	4	5	39	25	+14	31
4	VB Vágur	18	9	3	6	43	24	+19	30
5	NSÍ Runavík	18	8	4	6	23	21	+2	28
6	KÍ Klaksvík	18	8	1	9	27	38	−11	25
7	Havnar Bóltfelag	18	7	2	9	34	25	+9	23
8	EB/Streymur	18	5	1	12	20	34	−14	16
9	B71 Sandur	18	3	1	14	17	52	−35	10
10	FS Vágar	18	3	0	15	19	76	−57	9

Source:
Rules for classification: 1st points, 2nd head-to-head, 3rd goals average

Results

The schedule consisted of a total of 18 games. Each team played two games against every opponent in no particular order. One of the games was at home and one was away.

Home \ Away	B36	B68	B71	EBS	FSV	GÍG	HB	KÍ	NSÍ	VBV
B36 Tórshavn		1–0	4–1	5–1	15–0	3–1	1–0	5–0	1–0	3–2
B68 Toftir	0–2		4–2	1–0	5–1	2–2	2–1	4–0	2–1	1–4
B71 Sandoy	2–5	0–5		1–0	0–1	0–7	3–2	1–2	0–2	1–3
EB/Streymur	0–2	1–2	1–2		3–2	1–1	0–4	4–2	1–0	1–3
FS Vágar	1–2	1–6	2–1	1–3		1–4	1–4	0–2	1–2	3–2
GÍ Gøta	3–1	2–0	3–0	4–0	8–2		3–2	5–1	0–1	1–1
HB	1–2	3–1	0–0	1–0	8–2	2–3		1–2	0–0	2–1
KÍ	1–2	2–2	2–0	0–4	2–0	1–2	0–2		2–1	4–1
NSÍ Runavík	0–0	1–1	3–2	2–0	3–0	1–2	2–1	3–2		1–1
VB Vágur	2–1	1–1	6–1	1–0	6–0	1–2	2–0	1–2	5–0

Source: www.faroesoccer.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Source: faroesoccer.com

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Helgi L. Petersen	GÍ	19
2	John Petersen	B36	15 (1)
3	Fróði Benjaminsen	B68	13
4	Birgir Jørgensen	VB	12
	Heðin á Lakjuni	B36	12
6	Súni Fríði Barbá	B68	9 (1)
7	Jákup á Borg	B36	7 (2)
	Krzysztof Popczyński	VB	9
	Kurt Mørkøre	KÍ	9
	Sorin Anghel	EB/Streymur	8 (1)