2016 1. deild
{{Infobox football league season
| competition = 1. deild
| season = 2016
| winners = EB/Streymur (2nd title)
| promoted = EB/Streymur
07 Vestur
| league topscorer = Leif Niclasen (36 goals)
| biggest home win =
| biggest away win =
| highest scoring =
| matches = 135
| total goals = 592
| prevseason = 2015
| nextseason = 2017
}}
The 2016 1. deild was the seventy-third season of second-tier football on the Faroe Islands.
Leif Niclasen scored 36 goals, breaking the goalscoring record in a single season,{{cite web|url=https://www.in.fo/itrottur/sport-detail/nu-eigur-leif-malmetid/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161007192939/http://www.in.fo/itrottur/sport-detail/nu-eigur-leif-malmetid/?cHash=ce2a99a1f1340165ed540165b5b3f54a|author=Neli Heldarskarð|publisher=in.fo|title=Nú eigur Leif málmetið|date=4 October 2016|archive-date=7 October 2016|accessdate=27 July 2019|language=Faroese|url-status=live}} set by Brian Jacobsen in the previous year.{{cite web|url=https://faroefootball.blogspot.com/2015/09/brian-jacobsen-quebra-recorde-na-1-deild.html|publisher=Faroe Football|title=Brian Jacobsen quebra recorde na 1. deild|date=20 September 2015|accessdate=27 July 2019|language=Portuguese}}
League table
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=football
|update=complete
|source=[http://www.faroesoccer.com/content.php?pid=50 Faroe Soccer]
|team1=EBS |team2=07V |team3=FCS |team4=GH |team5=NSI |team6=KI |team7=VIK |team8=HB |team9=AB |team10=B71
|result1=P |result2=P |result9=R |result10=R
|win_EBS=21|draw_EBS=4 |loss_EBS=2 |gf_EBS=105|ga_EBS=28
|win_07V=21|draw_07V=2 |loss_07V=4|gf_07V=98 |ga_07V=34
|win_FCS=17|draw_FCS=3 |loss_FCS=7|gf_FCS=67 |ga_FCS=40
|win_GH=15 |draw_GH=3 |loss_GH=9|gf_GH=60 |ga_GH=40
|win_NSI=11 |draw_NSI=1 |loss_NSI=15 |gf_NSI=59 |ga_NSI=83
|win_KI=10 |draw_KI=3 |loss_KI=14|gf_KI=53 |ga_KI=67
|win_VIK=9 |draw_VIK=4 |loss_VIK=14|gf_VIK=42 |ga_VIK=60
|win_HB=9 |draw_HB=3 |loss_HB=15|gf_HB=50 |ga_HB=69
|win_AB=3 |draw_AB=5 |loss_AB=19|gf_AB=22 |ga_AB=73
|win_B71=3 |draw_B71=4 |loss_B71=20|gf_B71=36 |ga_B71=98
|name_EBS=EB/Streymur
|name_07V=07 Vestur
|name_FCS=FC Suðuroy
|name_GH = Giza Hoyvík
|name_NSI=NSÍ II
|name_KI =KÍ II
|name_VIK=Víkingur II
|name_HB = HB II
|name_AB =AB II
|name_B71 =B71
|class_rules=1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
|res_col_header=Promotion or Relegation
|col_P=green1 |text_P=Promotion to Faroe Islands Premier League
|col_R=red1 |text_R=Relegation to 2. deild
}}
Top goalscorers
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |
| Rank
!Player !Team !Goals |
|---|
| 1
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|FRO}} Leif Niclasen |36 |
| 2
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|FRO}} Søren Nielsen |26 |
| 3
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|SEN}} Ahmed Keita |22 |
| 4
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|FRO}} Debes Danielsen |NSÍ II |20 |
| 5
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|FRO}} Holgar Durhuus |19 |