1988 1. deild

The Faroe Islands Football Championship 1988 was held in the first Deild said first Faroese league and overall was the 46th season. It started on 1 May 1988 and ended on 25 September 1988.

The climber B36 Tórshavn and ÍF Fuglafjørður returned to a or two years back in the top flight. Master was HB Tórshavn, which could thus win the title for the 13th time. However, had to dismount first titleholder TB Tvøroyri as a founding member of the 1 Deild and NSÍ Runavík after five years of excellence. Only in 1990 were relegated with B71 Sandur the champion of last year also.

In comparison to the previous season, the strike rate deteriorated to 2.78 per game, which meant the lowest average since 1985. The highest victory achieved B68 Toftir with a 6-0 in the away game against LIF Leirvík on the twelfth game day. The highest-scoring game completed B36 Tórshavn and GÍ Gøta on matchday with a 5:3.

Mode

By increasing to ten teams in the first Deild each team now played in 18 game days twice each against each other. The point- best team in the season-ending stable as champions of this league, the last two teams were relegated to the 2nd Deild.

Course of the season

Cup decision

Movers B36 Tórshavn was the first ten games unbeaten and conveniences to the third round at the top. Only through a 0-3 away defeat at KÍ Klaksvík had the place with HB Torshavn to be replaced, in turn, after two defeats in the first three games with a 5-1 over tightened against GÍ Gøta and from the third to the 13th Round no defeat conceded. On 14 Round HB away lost 0-1 at B68 Toftir, which thus climbed to third place. However, the projection of HB B36 remained at three points, since B36 lost 0-1 at home against NSÍ Runavík. On 16 Round HB again lost away 1:3 against KÍ Klaksvík and came next on the match a 1-1 in the away game against ÍF Fuglafjørður addition, whereby now B68 Toftir drew near to a point. The decision for the championship thus fell only on the final day on which HB was able to win their home match 4-1 against TB Tvøroyri, wherein after a 1-1 draw for TB by Birgir Dimon 23 minutes into the Uni Arge through his matches 2-1 HB brought on the road to victory. Thus, the 4-0 home victory against B36 Tórshavn B68 Toftir did not help.

Relegation battle

First bottom club were NSÍ Runavík and KI Klaksvik who lost their games with 1:4 against HB Tórshavn or GÍ Gøta on the opening day. While NSI could win by two victories against TB Tvøroyri and ÍF Fuglafjørður ground and climbed to fourth place, AI remained despite a 3-2 victory against VB Vágur to the relegation zone and finished this consistently up to and including the 15th game day. The reigning champion TB Tvøroyri also started badly in the season and also won until the third round with a 1-0 win over GÍ Gøta first time in the season. However, it was followed by nine games in a row without another victory, which led to the last place to crash. NSÍ also succeeded no further victory between the fourth and twelfth game day. The battle to avoid relegation was exciting nonetheless to the end, on the last day the decision should fall between five teams, four of which were tied. The worst starting position had KÍ Klaksvík one point behind. However, this won the direct duel against second-bottom NSÍ Runavík 2-1. The winning goal scored Absalon Østerø in the 50th minute. LIF Leirvík secured by a 3-1 win against GÍ Gøta also in the league, with the gates by Kristian á Reynatrøð and Kurt Mørkøre fell to 2-1 and 3-1 only in the 80th and 90th minute. VB Vágur also escaped with a 2-1 home win against ÍF Fuglafjørður. Unfortunately for TB was Tvøroyri that what had in turn lost with 1:4 in the new master HB Tórshavn and thus still fell from seventh to ninth place direct destitution.

Final Table

Explanation: S = Wins, D = Draws, L = Defeats, (M) = Champion of last year, (P) = Cup winners of the previous year, (N) = Up

1st place: champion and cup winner
Place 9-10: descent into the second Deild. Movers were B71 Sandur and SIF Sandavágur.

Fixtures and Results

Top scorers

With the same number of hits, the players are ordered alphabetically by last name.

Coach

LIF Leirvík changed only team from their coach, effect on the table this placement, however, had none.

Venues

In brackets the number of matches played there are shown at several stages listed.

The champion team

In brackets the number of bets as well as the goals achieved are called.

Without use: Grímur Vang

Coach: Jóhan Nielsen

National Cup

In the National Cup HB Tórshavn won 1-0 against NSÍ Runavík and thus achieved the double.

Gundadalur Double (association football)

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