1. deild kvinnur  The 1. deild kvinnur (also known as "Betri deild kvinnur" for sponsorship reasons) is the top level women's football league of the Faroe Islands. It is organized by the Faroe Islands Football Association and it was first played in 1985. The winners qualify for the UEFA Women's Champions League. The league was played for the first time in 1985. In its early years and throughout the 1990s, it was dominated by the Tórshavn teams, with HB winning it seven times and B36 four; other teams to be crowned champions in the period were Skála, two times, and ÍF, once. KÍ also won their first title during the successful period of the Tórshavn duo. KÍ dominated the league from 2000, winning it seventeen times in a row, establishing a new world record for consecutive championships won. The dominance was so big that in an interview in 2005, after winning the league for the sixth consecutive season, KÍ midfielder Malena Josephsen stated: "We know when we go on the pitch that we will win the match, the only question is [by] how much we will win. We are not getting any better by playing in this league." After being runners-up four consecutive times, EB/Streymur/Skála ended KÍ's winning streak in 2017, becoming only the second club to represent the Faroe Islands in the UEFA Women's Champions League, and defended their title in 2018. For the 2018 season, the league gained its first sponsorship deal, when the FSF announced that Betri, a bank headquartered in Tórshavn, would sponsor the men's and women's leagues, thus changing 1. deild kvinnur's name to Betri deildin kvinnur. In 2019 the league will be contested by five teams, playing each other four times for a total of 16 matches. A second division exists, but there is no promotion and relegation between the two divisions. In 2019 the league will be contested by five teams, a decrease from last season's six, as B68 joined ÍF/Víkingur to compete as ÍF/Víkingur/B68. Clubs in bold are currently playing in the league. Clubs in "italics" are competing in cooperation with another club or inactive in women's football.