1. deild is the second tier of football in the Faroe Islands, it was founded in 1942. The league is organised by the Faroe Islands Football Association.
It was previously called 2. deild and has been known as 1. deild since 2005, because the top division was renamed Formuladeildin for sponsorship reasons.
It currently has 10 participating clubs. At the end of each season, two teams are relegated and two promoted from what is now the Second Division, pending the fact that the winning team in any given division does not already have a senior team in the division it is being promoted to. In such cases the team that finished second will be promoted in its stead. If a team is relegated to a division where one of its teams are already playing, the second best team will move one division down, thereby saving another team from relegation.
Read more about 1. Deild: History, Clubs For The 2013 Season, 1. Deild Winners, See Also