1997 1. deild

Faroe Islands Premier League Football

Season	1997
Champions	B36
Relegated	B71
Matches played	90
Goals scored	349 (3.88 per match)
Biggest home win	GÍ 7–1 B71 KÍ 6–0 FS Vágar
Biggest away win	B71 0–9 HB
Highest scoring	B36 8–3 ÍF
← 1996 1998 →

Statistics of 1. deild in the 1997 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	16	0	2	58	24	+34	48
2	Havnar Bóltfelag	18	12	5	1	61	19	+42	41
3	GÍ Gøta	18	10	5	3	46	25	+21	35
4	VB Vágur	18	11	2	5	32	18	+14	35
5	KÍ Klaksvík	18	8	2	8	48	31	+17	26
6	NSÍ Runavík	18	6	4	8	26	33	−7	22
7	ÍF Fuglafjørður	18	5	2	11	27	50	−23	17
8	B68 Toftir	18	4	3	11	23	40	−17	15
9	FS Vágar	18	2	3	13	16	53	−37	9
10	B71 Sandur	18	1	4	13	12	56	−44	7

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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	FSV	GÍG	HB	ÍF	KÍ	NSÍ	VBV
B36 Tórshavn		2–1	6–1	4–2	5–2	2–3	8–3	2–1	3–2	4–0
B68 Toftir	0–3		0–0	5–1	1–4	2–5	1–3	1–2	0–2	0–1
B71 Sandoy	3–6	1–2		1–0	0–1	0–9	1–2	0–5	1–1	0–2
FS Vágar	0–1	1–2	0–0		0–4	0–7	4–2	1–1	1–3	1–0
GÍ Gøta	0–2	1–1	7–1	2–2		1–1	3–1	4–2	2–0	4–1
HB	1–0	6–1	5–0	6–2	2–0		3–3	3–0	2–2	1–2
ÍF	1–2	1–3	0–0	3–0	0–4	2–3		1–9	0–2	0–3
KÍ	2–4	2–2	5–2	6–0	4–5	0–2	0–1		4–0	3–2
NSÍ Runavík	1–2	2–1	3–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	2–4	0–2		1–4
VB Vágur	1–2	3–0	2–0	4–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	3–0

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

Top goalscorers

Source: faroesoccer.com

24 goals

• Uni Arge (HB)

16 goals

• Henning Jarnskor (GÍ)
• John Petersen (B36)

12 goals

• Kurt Mørkøre (KÍ)

10 goals

• Pól Thorsteinsson (VB)

9 goals

• Heðin á Lakjuni (KÍ)

8 goals

• Gunnar Mohr (HB)
• Jens Kristian Hansen (B36)
• Julian Johnsson (B36)
• Óli Johannesen (B36)
• Óli Hansen (NSÍ)