Faroese Football Championship 1997
| 1st deild 1997 | |
| master | B36 Tórshavn |
| Champions League | B36 Tórshavn |
| Uefa cup | HB Tórshavn |
| UI cup | VB Vágur |
| Cup winners | GÍ Gøta |
| European Cup Winners' Cup |
GÍ Gøta |
| Relegation ↓ | FS Vágar (1: 3 and 1: 0 against TB Tvøroyri ) |
| Relegated |
FS Vágar B71 Sandur |
| Teams | 10 |
| Games | 90 + 2 relegation games |
| Gates | 349 (ø 3.88 per game) |
| Top scorer |
Uni Arge ( HB Tórshavn ) |
| ← 1st deild 1996 | |
The Faroese Football Championship 1997 was held in the 1st Deild called first Faroese league and was overall the 55th season. It started on April 25, 1997 and ended on October 4, 1997.
Promoted NSÍ Runavík returned to the top division after a year. Champion was B36 Tórshavn , who could win the title for the sixth time. Defending champion GÍ Gøta ended up in third place. However, FS Vágar had to relegate after three years and B71 Sandur after six years of first class.
Compared to the previous season, the goal rate improved to 3.88 per game, which was the highest average since 1976 . HB Tórshavn scored the highest victory with a 9-0 in the away game against B71 Sandur on matchday 13. The game with the highest number of goals was 8-3 between B36 Tórshavn and ÍF Fuglafjørður on matchday five.
mode
In the 1st Deild , each team played twice against each other on 18 match days. The team with the best points at the end of the season was clear as champions of this league, the last team relegated to the 2nd Deild . The ninth placed also had to play two relegation games against the runner-up of the 2nd Deild to stay in the 1st Deild .
Season course
Championship decision
B36 Tórshavn played with them from the start. The first seven games of the season were all won, from the second day of the game on the first place was occupied and not surrendered for the entire season. On the eighth day of the match, B36 suffered their first defeat against their direct pursuer and local rival HB Tórshavn , losing the away game with 0: 1. The gap was halved from six to three points. After eight wins in a row, the next game against HB was lost again, this time with 2: 3. However, the championship was decided on the previous day. The runner-up HB Tórshavn won his game 6: 2 against FS Vágar on matchday 16 . However, since B36 Tórshavn was also able to win his game 2-1 at VB Vágur , B36 was therefore certain ahead of time as champions.
Relegation battle
FS Vágar and B71 Sandur made the last two places among themselves and occupied them consistently from the second match day. B71 Sandur had no win in the first seven games, the eighth game was won 1-0 against FS Vágar. This in turn lost the first ten games of the season and could only celebrate their first win on matchday 13 with a 4-2 home game against ÍF Fuglafjørður . Another success came on the 15th matchday with a 1-0 against VB Vágur, which led to the exchange of places with B71 Sandur, who in turn lost 2-1 to B68 Toftir. It was therefore clear that eighth place could no longer be achieved for both teams. The final decision about the direct relegated team and the relegation participant was made on the last day of the match. FS Vágar played 2-2 at GÍ Gøta and stayed in ninth place as B71 Sandur lost his game 3-6 against B36 Tórshavn. B71 was 4-0 down at the break and was only able to score their own goals in the final quarter of an hour. FS Vágar, however, only conceded the equalizer in the 83rd minute.
Closing table
Teams of the 1st Deild 1997 |
| Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | B36 Tórshavn | 18th | 16 | 0 | 2 | 58:24 | +34 | 48 |
| 2. | HB Tórshavn | 18th | 12 | 5 | 1 | 61:19 | +42 | 41 |
| 3. | GÍ Gøta (M, P) | 18th | 10 | 5 | 3 | 46:25 | +21 | 35 |
| 4th | VB Vágur | 18th | 11 | 2 | 5 | 32:18 | +14 | 35 |
| 5. | KÍ Klaksvík | 18th | 8th | 2 | 8th | 48:31 | +17 | 26th |
| 6th | NSÍ Runavík (N) | 18th | 6th | 4th | 8th | 26:33 | −7 | 22nd |
| 7th | ÍF Fuglafjørður | 18th | 5 | 2 | 11 | 27:50 | −23 | 17th |
| 8th. | B68 Toftir | 18th | 4th | 3 | 11 | 23:40 | −17 | 15th |
| 9. | RV Vágar | 18th | 2 | 3 | 13 | 16:53 | −37 | 9 |
| 10. | B71 Sandur | 18th | 1 | 4th | 13 | 12:56 | −44 | 7th |
Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored
| (M) | Master of the previous year |
| (P) | Cup winner of the previous year |
| (N) | Newcomers from the 2nd Deild |
Games and results
| B36 | B68 | B71 | FSV | GÍ | HB | ÍF | KÍ | NSÍ | VB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Sandur | 3: 6 | 1: 2 | 1-0 | 0: 1 | 0: 9 | 1: 2 | 0: 5 | 1: 1 | 0: 2 | |
| RV 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 Tórshavn | 1-0 | 6: 1 | 5-0 | 6: 2 | 2-0 | 3: 3 | 3-0 | 2: 2 | 1: 2 | |
| ÍF Fuglafjørður | 1: 2 | 1: 3 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 0: 4 | 2: 3 | 1: 9 | 0: 2 | 0: 3 | |
| KÍ Klaksvík | 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 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 3-0 |
Relegation
The two relegation games between the ninth of the 1st Deild and the second of the 2nd Deild were played on October 11th and 19th, 1997.
| date | home | Result | guest | Gates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 11, 1997 | RV Vágar | 1: 3 (1: 2) | TB Tvøroyri | 0: 1 Aleksandar Radosavljevic (8th), 0: 2 Eyðun Svalbard (20th), 1: 2 Bjarni Prior (41st), 1: 3 Aleksandar Radosavljevic (65th) |
| October 19, 1997 | TB Tvøroyri | 0: 1 (0: 1) | RV Vágar | 0: 1 Jonhard Joensen (25th) |
| This means that FS Vágar was relegated to the 2nd Deild . | ||||
List of goalscorers
If the number of hits is the same, the players are sorted alphabetically by last name.
| space | player | team | Gates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uni Arge | HB Tórshavn | 24 |
| 2 | Henning Jarnskor | GÍ Gøta | 16 |
| John Petersen | B36 Tórshavn | ||
| 4th | Kurt Mørkøre | KÍ Klaksvík | 12 |
| 5 | Pól Thorsteinsson | VB Vágur | 10 |
| 6th | Heðin á Lakjuni | KÍ Klaksvík | 9 |
| 7th | Jens Kristian Hansen | B36 Tórshavn | 8th |
| Oli Hansen | NSÍ Runavík | ||
| Oli Johannesen | B36 Tórshavn | ||
| Julian Johnsson | B36 Tórshavn | ||
| Gunnar Mohr | HB Tórshavn |
This was the second title for Uni Arge after 1993 .
Trainer
| team | Trainer | Match days |
|---|---|---|
| B36 Tórshavn |
;_Flag_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro_(2003%E2%80%932006).svg){kind=small} Tomislav Sivic
|
1-18 |
| B68 Toftir |
Mihajlo Djuran
|
1-18 |
| B71 Sandur | Eli Hentze | 1-18 |
| RV Vágar |
 Piotr Krakowski
|
1-18 |
| GÍ Gøta |
 Páll Guðlaugsson
|
1-18 |
| HB Tórshavn | Jóhan Nielsen | 1- 6 |
| Oddbjørn Joensen | 7-18 | |
| ÍF Fuglafjørður | Petur Simonsen | 1-18 |
| KÍ Klaksvík | Jóannes Jakobsen | 1-18 |
| NSÍ Runavík | Petur Mohr | 1-18 |
| VB Vágur |
Milan Milanović
|
1-18 |
Only HB Tórshavn changed the coach, an improvement of one position to second place was achieved.
Venues
If there are several stadiums listed, the number of games played there is given in brackets.
| team | Stadion | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| B36 Tórshavn | Gundadalur | Tórshavn |
| B68 Toftir | Svangaskarð | Toftir |
| B71 Sandur | Inni í Dal | Sandur |
| RV Vágar | Valloyran (4) | Sandavágur |
| Við Kirkjar (5) | Miðvágur | |
| GÍ Gøta | Sarpugerdi | Norðragøta |
| HB Tórshavn | Gundadalur | Tórshavn |
| ÍF Fuglafjørður | Í Fløtugerði | Fuglafjørður |
| KÍ Klaksvík | Við Djúpumýrar | Klaksvík |
| NSÍ Runavík | Við Løkin | Runavík |
| VB Vágur | Á Eiðinum | Vágur |
referee
The following referees led the 90 top division games:
| Surname | Parent club | Games |
|---|---|---|
| Niklas á Líðarenda | GÍ Gøta | 15th |
| Oddmar Andreasen | HB Tórshavn | 12 1 |
| Lassin Isaksen | KÍ Klaksvík | 12 1 |
| Birgir Sondum | B36 Tórshavn | 11 |
| Kim Ejdesgaard | Fram Torshavn | 10 |
| Jóhan Carl Dam | HB Tórshavn | 9 |
| Bergur Magnussen | EB / Streymur | 9 |
| Petur Erhard Kjærbo | SÍ Sumba | 7th |
| Sune Johansen | SÍF Sandavágur | 3 |
| Jens Petur Brattalíð | VB Vágur | 1 |
| Petur Skardenni | LÍF Leirvík | 1 |
The championship team
The number of missions and the goals scored are given in brackets.
| 1. | B36 Tórshavn |
 |
Jákup á Borg (15/2) | Sigfríður S. Clementsen (13/7) | John Heri Dam (12/0) | Arnbjørn Danielsen (16/0) | Jan Guttesen (14/0) | Jens Kristian Hansen (17/8) | Tummas Eli Hansen (16/0) | Carl H. Høgnesen (12/2) | Egin H. Høgnesen (18/0) | Herbert í Lon Jacobsen (2/0) | Djóni N. Joensen (14/0) | Óli Johannesen (15/8) | Dánjal Petur Johansen (11/0) | Julian Johnsson (16/8) | Allan Manai (9/1) | Finn Mørk (3/0) | Gunnar Nielsen (3/0) | John Petersen (16/16) | Ronnie Samuelsen (9/2) | Tomislav Sivic (12/3) without commitment: Dánjal Bærentsen | Jørgin Meitilberg | Magnus Emil Poulsen
|
National Cup
In the national cup , GÍ Gøta won 6-0 against VB Vágur . Master B36 Tórshavn was eliminated in the semifinals with 1: 2 and 0: 1 against VB Vágur.
European Cup
1997/98 GÍ Gøta played as champions of the previous year in the qualification for the Champions League against Glasgow Rangers (Scotland). The first leg was lost 5-0 and the second leg was lost 6-0.
KÍ Klaksvík played in qualifying for the UEFA Cup and was eliminated from Újpest FC (Hungary) 6-0 and 3-2.
HB Tórshavn played as the cup finalist last year in qualifying for the European Cup Winners' Cup . In the home game against APOEL Nicosia (Cyprus) a 1-1 draw was achieved, but the second leg was lost 6-0.
B36 Tórshavn took part in the UI Cup . In the group stage, B36 lost 5-0 to KRC Genk (Belgium), 5-0 to Stabæk Fotball (Norway), 1-0 to Dynamo Moscow (Russia) and 4-2 to Panachaiki (Greece).
Web links
- 1. Deild 1997 on FaroeSoccer.com (Faroeian)