Faroese Football Championship 2007

This article is about the 2007 Faroese Championship for men. For the women's championship, see Faroese Women's Football Championship 2007 .

Formuladeildin 2007
master	NSÍ Runavík
Champions League	NSÍ Runavík
Uefa cup	EB / Streymur , B36 Tórshavn
UI cup	HB Tórshavn
Cup winners	EB / Streymur
Relegated	AB Argir , VB / Sumba
Teams	10
Games	135
Gates	429  (ø 3.18 per game)
Top scorer	Sylla Amed Davy ( B36 Tórshavn )
← Formuladeildin 2006 Formuladeildin 2008 →

The Faroe Islands Premier League in 2007 was in the Formuladeildin first mentioned Faroese played league and overall was the 65th season. It started on April 1, 2007 and ended on October 27, 2007.

Promoted B71 Sandur returned to the top division after five years, AB Argir was the 23rd participant in this after the introduction of the league game in 1947 . Thus, for the first time since the Faroese Football Championship in 1977 , three clubs from the same city played in the first division with AB, B36 Tórshavn and HB Tórshavn (Argir was incorporated into Tórshavn in 1997). Master was NSÍ Runavík , who could win the title for the first time. Defending champion HB Tórshavn finished in fourth place. On the other hand, AB Argir had to relegate after one year and VB / Sumba after two years of excellence.

Compared to the previous season, the goal rate worsened to 3.17 per game, which was the lowest average since 2003 . The highest victories were achieved by EB / Streymur with a 6: 1 in the home game against VB / Sumba on matchday 25, KÍ Klaksvík with a 5-0 also in the home match against VB / Sumba on matchday two and GÍ Gøta with 5-0 against Skála ÍF on the 26th matchday.

mode

In the Formuladeildin , each team played three times against each other on 27 match days. Due to the previous year's placement, HB Tórshavn , EB / Streymur , B36 Tórshavn , KÍ Klaksvík and NSÍ Runavík played an additional home game. The team with the best points at the end of the season was clear as the champions of this league, the last two teams relegated to the 1st Deild , the Faroese second division. In the event of a tie, the direct comparison was no longer decisive, but, as before, the goal difference, then the goals scored.

Season course

Championship decision

EB / Streymur led the table from the second game day and did not give up this place until the eleventh game day. Of the first eight games seven were won, but only one victory followed from the next four matches. After a 1: 2 at Skála ÍF , B36 Tórshavn , NSÍ Runavík and EB / Streymur were tied at the top of the table. Since B36 then lost 2-1 at AB Argir , while NSÍ was able to win 1-0 against HB Tórshavn , the lead changed again. Of the next five games, NSÍ won four and drew one. After the 1: 2 home defeat against Skála ÍF on matchday 19, B36 came back to first place, which in turn celebrated six wins in a row. After three draws and only one win from the next four games, B36 and NSÍ swapped places for the last time. The decision about the championship was made on the penultimate matchday. The NSÍ won its home game against VB / Sumba 3-1 and was able to win the title early in the simultaneous 2-4 defeat of second B36 Tórshavn at EB / Streymur.

Relegation battle

VB / Sumba won the game 1-0 against AB Argir on matchday one. The next nine games were all lost, from the fifth game day the last place was occupied. On the twelfth matchday, a 1-0 win against KÍ Klaksvík was the second and last win of the season. After a series of draws, the last place could be left for a short time on matchday 18, but the gap to eighth place was already ten points. From the 19th matchday until the end of the season, the last place was consistently occupied. After the direct duel against eight-placed B71 Sandur was lost 3-2 at home on the 23rd matchday , the team was the first to be relegated.

After two defeats and a draw at the beginning of the season, AB Argir was already relegated to the third matchday. This could be left by a 2-0 at Skála ÍF. After eight consecutive games without a win, the next win followed on matchday 13 with a 2-1 win against B36 Tórshavn. After five defeats in a row, AB slipped to last place, which could be abandoned by a draw on the following match day, but a further improvement in the ranking did not succeed. On the 25th matchday, the promoted team lost their home game against HB Tórshavn with 1: 2, so that relegation could no longer be realized.

Closing table

FROM B36 , HB B71 EB / S GÍ KÍ NSÍ Scale VB / S

Teams of the Formuladeildin 2007

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	NSÍ Runavík	27	19th	4th	4th	052:240	+28	61
2.	EB / Streymur	27	17th	3	7th	058:330	+25	54
3.	B36 Tórshavn (P)	27	15th	7th	5	047:230	+24	52
4th	HB Tórshavn (M)	27	15th	4th	8th	059:340	+25	49
5.	GÍ Gøta	27	11	5	11	046:530	−7	38
6th	Skála ÍF	27	10	4th	13	024:400	−16	34
7th	KÍ Klaksvík	27	9	6th	12	044:470	−3	33
8th.	B71 Sandur (N)	27	9	5	13	039:490	−10	32
9.	AB Argir (N)	27	4th	5	18th	030:550	−25	17th
10.	VB / Sumba	27	2	5	20th	027:710	−44	11

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored

Faroese champions and participation in the first qualifying round for the 2008/09 UEFA Champions League

Participation in the first qualifying round of the 2008/09 UEFA Cup

Participation in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 2008

Descent to the 2nd Deild

(M)	Master of the previous year
(P)	Cup winner of the previous year
(N)	Newcomers from the 2nd Deild

Games and results

	FROM		B36		B71		EB / S		GÍ		HB		KÍ		NSÍ		Scale		VB / S
AB Argir			2: 1		1: 2	0: 1	1: 2		4: 4	1: 3	2: 2	1: 2	1: 3	3: 1	0: 2		1: 2		2: 2
B36 Tórshavn	4: 1	4: 1			3-0		1-0		4-0		1: 1	0: 2	1-0	2: 2	1: 1		1: 1	1: 1	2-0	2-0
B71 Sandur	1-0		1: 2	1-0			2: 3	1: 4	1: 1	2: 3	2: 1		3: 3		0: 1	1: 3	0: 2		0-0
EB / Streymur	3-0	2: 2	0: 1	4: 2	2: 4				1: 1		1: 2		2: 1		1-0	0: 1	3-0	2-0	4: 2	6: 1
GÍ Gøta	1: 1		0: 3	0: 1	3: 2		0: 2	4: 1			3: 2		0: 1		1: 2	0: 4	0: 3	5-0	2: 2
HB Tórshavn	4-0		0: 2		0: 3	3: 1	3-0	0: 1	2: 3	4: 1			3: 1	1: 1	2-0		5: 2		3: 1	6: 2
KÍ Klaksvík	1-0		1: 1		3: 3	3: 1	1: 2	2: 5	2: 3	0: 4	0: 2				2-0	2: 2	1-0		5-0	6: 3
NSÍ Runavík	2: 1	2: 1	3-0	1: 1	3-0		1: 1		3: 1		1-0	2: 1	3: 1				3: 1	1: 2	5: 2	3: 1
Skála ÍF	0: 2	2-0	0: 2		2-0	0-0	2: 1		0: 1		2: 5	1: 3	1-0	0: 1	0: 1				1: 1
VB / Sumba	1-0	1: 2	0: 4		1: 4	2: 3	1: 2		0: 1	2: 4	0-0		1-0		1: 2		0: 1	0: 1

List of goalscorers

If the number of hits is the same, the players are sorted alphabetically by last name.

space	player	team	Gates
1	Sylla Amed Davy	B36 Tórshavn	18th
2	Paul Clapson	KÍ Klaksvík	14th
	Arnbjørn T. Hansen	EB / Streymur
4th	Christian Lundberg	GÍ Gøta	13
5	Sorin Anghel	EB / Streymur	11
	Rógvi Jacobsen	HB Tórshavn
	Clayton Nascimento	B71 Sandur
8th	Anderson Cardena	NSÍ Runavík (9) B36 Tórshavn (1)	10
9	Andrew av Fløtum	HB Tórshavn	09
10	Fróði Benjaminsen	B36 Tórshavn	08th
	Christian Høgni Jacobsen	HB Tórshavn (3) NSÍ Runavík (5)
	Hans Pauli Samuelsen	EB / Streymur

Sylla Amed Davy was the third foreigner to win the title of top scorer after 1986 and 1989 .

Trainer

team	Trainer	Match days
AB Argir	Oddbjørn Joensen	01-11
	Sigfríður S. Clementsen	12-27
B36 Tórshavn	Kurt Mørkøre	01-27
B71 Sandur	Dusan Mokan	01-11
	Eli Hentze	12-27
EB / Streymur	Piotr Krakowski	01-27
GÍ Gøta	Petur Mohr	01-27
HB Tórshavn	Krzysztof Popczynski	01-14
	Heðin Askham	15th
	Krzysztof Popczynski	16
	Albert Ellefsen	17-27
KÍ Klaksvík	Tony Paris	01- 09
	Trygvi Mortensen	10
	Eyðun Klakstein	11-27
NSÍ Runavík	Jóhan Nielsen	01-27
Skála ÍF	Dragan Kovacevic	01- 04
	John Petersen	05-27
VB / Sumba	Predrag Prsic	01-27

Half of the teams changed coaches, HB Tórshavn and KÍ Klaksvík even several times. For Skála ÍF this paid off the most, they were able to improve from tenth to sixth place. KÍ Klaksvík rose one position to seventh place, the other coach changes had no effect on the table position.

Venues

team	Stadion	Venue
AB Argir	Inni í Vika	Argir
B36 Tórshavn	Gundadalur	Tórshavn
B71 Sandur	Inni í Dal	Sandur
EB / Streymur	Við Margáir	Streymnes
GÍ Gøta	Sarpugerdi	Norðragøta
HB Tórshavn	Gundadalur	Tórshavn
KÍ Klaksvík	Við Djúpumýrar	Klaksvík
NSÍ Runavík	Við Løkin	Runavík
Skála ÍF	Undir Mýruhjalla	Skáli
VB / Sumba	Á Eiðinum	Vágur

referee

The following referees, including one from Finland, led the 135 top division games:

Surname	Parent club	Games
Petur Reinert	LÍF Leirvík	21st
Dagfinn Olsen	NSÍ Runavík	20th
Eiler Rasmussen	Skála ÍF	19th
Rúni Gaardbo	B68 Toftir	18th
Lars Muller	Royn Hvalba	17th
Jens Petur Brattalíð	VB / Sumba	16
Ransin Napoleon Djurhuus	HB Tórshavn	14th
Páll Augustines	VB / Sumba	09
Mikka Lähdesmäki	-	01

The championship team

The number of missions and the goals scored are given in brackets.

1.

NSÍ Runavík

Anderson Cardena (14/9) | Øssur M. Dalbúð (23/3) | Debes Danielsen (6/1) | Jóhan T. Davidsen (27/0) | Hjalgrím Elttør (26/5) | Jónhard Frederiksberg (27/6) | Einar T. Hansen (27/3) | Justinus R. Hansen (23/0) | Óli Hansen (26/7) | Christian Høgni Jacobsen (9/5) | Sjúrður Jacobsen (26/1) | Jens Martin Knudsen (27/0) | Bogi Løkin (24/4) | Jann Martin Mortensen (12/1) | Brynjolvur Nielsen (2/0) | Andy Ó. Olsen (25/3) | Klæmint A. Olsen (5/0) | Nenad Stanković (23/2) | Tórður Thomsen (2/0) | Pól Thorsteinsson (16/0) without use: Bergur Djurhuus | Karl Løkin | Predrag Stankovic Coach: Jóhan Nielsen

Awards

After the end of the season, the captains and coaches of the ten league players and members of the press cast their votes for the following awards :

• Player of the Year: Nenad Stanković ( NSÍ Runavík )
• Goalkeeper of the Year: Jens Martin Knudsen (NSÍ Runavík)
• Coach of the year: Jóhan Nielsen (NSÍ Runavík)
• Young Player of the Year: Bogi A. Løkin (NSÍ Runavík)

National Cup

In the national cup , EB / Streymur won 4: 3 against HB Tórshavn . Master NSÍ Runavík was eliminated in the second round 2-1 after extra time against HB Tórshavn.

European Cup

2007/08 HB Tórshavn played as champion of the previous year in the qualification for the Champions League against FH Hafnarfjörður (Iceland). The first leg was lost 4-1, the second leg ended 0-0.

EB / Streymur played against Myllykosken Pallo -47 (Finland) in qualifying for the UEFA Cup . The first leg was lost 0: 1, in the second leg a 1: 1 was achieved.

B36 Tórshavn , who won the cup last year, also played against Ekranas Panevėžys (Lithuania) in qualifying for the UEFA Cup and lost 3-1 and 3-2.

KÍ Klaksvík took part in the UI Cup . In the first leg in the first round against Hammarby IF (Sweden) KÍ lost 1-0, the second leg was also lost at home 2-1.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Player of the Year Awards (English), November 28, 2007.

Web links

• Formuladeildin 2007 on FaroeSoccer.com (Faroeian)