| Competition: | Faroe Islands Premier League Football |
| Season: | 1996 |
| Winners: | GÍ |
| Relegated: | EB/Streymur |
| Biggest Home Win: | GÍ 7–0 FS Vágar |
| Biggest Away Win: | B71 1–9 GÍ |
| Highest Scoring: | TB 2–9 HB |
| Matches: | 90 |
| Total Goals: | 309 |
| Prevseason: | 1995 |
| Nextseason: | 1997 |
Statistics of 1. deild in the 1996 season.
It was contested by 10 teams, and GÍ Gøta won the championship.
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.
Source: faroesoccer.com
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Kurt Mørkøre | KÍ | 19 (1) |
| 2 | Uni Arge | HB | 16 |
| 3 | John Petersen | GÍ | 15 |
| 4 | Símun Petur Justinussen | GÍ | 9 (1) |
| 5 | Gunnar Nielsen[1] | B36 | 9 |
| Velibor Kopunović | VB | 9 | |
| 7 | Eli Hentze | B71 | 6 (1) |
| Henning Jarnskor | GÍ | 7 | |
| Rúni Nolsøe | HB | 7 |