Faroese Football Championship 2008
Formuladeildin 2008 | |
master | EB / Streymur |
Champions League | EB / Streymur |
Europe League |
HB Tórshavn , B36 Tórshavn , NSÍ Runavík |
Cup winners | EB / Streymur |
Relegated |
B71 Sandur , Skála ÍF |
Teams | 10 |
Games | 135 |
Gates | 364 (ø 2.7 per game) |
spectator | ca 72500? "` UNIQ - ref-00000000-QINU` "? (ø approx 540? "` UNIQ - ref-00000001-QINU` "? per game) |
Top scorer |
Arnbjørn Theodor Hansen ( EB / Streymur ) |
← Formuladeildin 2007 |
The Faroe Islands Premier League in 2008 was in the Formuladeildin first mentioned Faroese played league and overall was the 66th season. It started on March 29, 2008 with B36 Tórshavn's game against ÍF Fuglafjørður and ended on October 25, 2008.
Víkingur Gøta was through the merger of GÍ Gøta with LÍF Leirvík the 24th participant in the top division after the introduction of the league game in 1947 , the promoted B68 Toftir and ÍF Fuglafjørður returned after one year in this. Master was EB / Streymur , who could win the title for the first time. Defending champion NSÍ Runavík finished in fourth place. However, B71 Sandur had to relegate after two years and Skála ÍF after seven years of first class.
Compared to the previous season, the goal rate worsened to 2.70 per game, which after 1982 and 1985 meant the third lowest average since the introduction of the 1st Deild . HB Tórshavn scored the highest win on matchday one with an 8-1 home game against Skála ÍF. Besides the 4: 5 between EB / Streymur and B36 Tórshavn on matchday 25, this was also the highest-scoring game.
mode
In the Formuladeildin , each team played three times against each other on 27 match days. Due to the previous year's placement, NSÍ Runavík , EB / Streymur , B36 Tórshavn , HB Tórshavn and Víkingur Gøta 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.
Season course
Championship decision
HB Tórshavn started at the top of the table. After three wins, three draws followed, so that EB / Streymur was able to overtake on matchday six with a record of four wins and two draws. On matchday 12, the lead over HB was already 10 points, so that the table lead could be maintained despite three away defeats in a row between the 13th and 15th matchday. On matchday 20, the old gap was restored, now runner-up was NSÍ Runavík . Only two of the next five games could be won, so that the decision about the championship was not made until the penultimate matchday. EB / Streymur won 3-1 away at Skála ÍF and could not be overtaken by the two chasers HB Tórshavn and B36 Tórshavn, who were tied on points before .
Relegation battle
Skála ÍF found themselves at the bottom of the table after their 8-1 defeat at the beginning of the season against HB Tórshavn. After a 2-1 win against KÍ Klaksvík, the relegation zone could be left briefly, but on the fifth match day the team was back in last place. With a draw, the position was improved by one place, but the next victory came on matchday 13 with a 2-0 at B68 Toftir . From the 15th matchday on the tenth place was occupied again, in the remaining games only two wins. After the 25th matchday Skála was the first to be relegated after KÍ Klaksvík won the home game against ÍF Fuglafjørður 4-2 and the gap to eighth place in the table could not be made up.
B71 Sandur started the season with one draw and two defeats. The first win came on the fourth matchday with a 3-1 against Skála ÍF. Since the next five games were lost, the team slipped into the relegation zone and took last place from the seventh matchday, only on matchday 13 succeeded with a 2-0 against KÍ Klaksvík the second win. However, this was followed by two more successes, so that the relegation zone could be left again on matchday 15, but only because of the better goal difference compared to B68 Toftir. Already on the next match day, the ninth place was occupied again, in the remaining games only two more victories followed. After the 0-1 home defeat on the 26th matchday against Víkingur Gøta they were determined as the second relegated.
Closing table
Teams of the Formuladeildin 2008 |
Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
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1. | EB / Streymur (P) | 27 | 17th | 4th | 6th | 54:33 | +21 | 55 |
2. | HB Tórshavn | 27 | 14th | 7th | 6th | 57:22 | +35 | 49 |
3. | B36 Tórshavn | 27 | 14th | 6th | 7th | 34:25 | +9 | 48 |
4th | NSÍ Runavík (M) | 27 | 14th | 5 | 8th | 41:33 | +8 | 47 |
5. | Víkingur Gøta 1 | 27 | 12 | 6th | 9 | 43:33 | +10 | 42 |
6th | B68 Toftir (N) | 27 | 11 | 3 | 13 | 24:38 | −14 | 36 |
7th | ÍF Fuglafjørður (N) | 27 | 9 | 4th | 14th | 32:46 | −14 | 31 |
8th. | KÍ Klaksvík | 27 | 7th | 7th | 13 | 31:39 | −8 | 28 |
9. | B71 Sandur | 27 | 6th | 5 | 16 | 26:47 | −21 | 23 |
10. | Skála ÍF | 27 | 4th | 7th | 16 | 22:48 | −26 | 19th |
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 | EB / pc | HB | ÍF | KÍ | NSÍ | Scale | Víkingur | |||||||||||
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B36 Tórshavn | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 4-0 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 3-0 | ||||||
B68 Toftir | 0: 1 | 1-0 | 0: 3 | 0: 3 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 0: 2 | 0: 1 | 0: 2 | 1-0 | |||||||
B71 Sandur | 0: 1 | 0: 1 | 2: 2 | 2: 2 | 1: 2 | 2: 2 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 0: 2 | 3: 1 | 1-0 | 0: 5 | 0: 1 | |||||||
EB / Streymur | 4: 5 | 3: 1 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 1 | 0: 03: 2 | 0: 1 | 4-0 | 4: 2 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 3: 1 | 2: 1 | ||||||
HB Tórshavn | 0-0 | 3-0 | 5-0 | 3-0 | 6-0 | 2-0 | 3: 2 | 2-0 | 0: 1 | 3-0 | 3: 1 | 8: 1 | 6: 1 | 1: 1 | ||||||
ÍF Fuglafjørður | 1-0 | 1: 3 | 1: 3 | 3: 1 | 1 | 0: 02-0 | 1-0 | 2: 2 | 1-0 | 0: 3 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 3 | |||||||
KÍ Klaksvík | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 0: 1 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 2: 3 | 1: 2 | 0-0 | 4: 2 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 0-0 | 1: 2 | |||||||
NSÍ Runavík | 3: 1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | 3-0 | 0: 2 | 2: 2 | 1-0 | 3: 2 | 3: 2 | 2: 4 | 2: 2 | 2-0 | 1: 3 | ||||||
Skála ÍF | 0-0 | 0: 1 | 1: 2 | 0: 1 | 0: 1 | 1: 3 | 1: 2 | 3: 2 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 2 | |||||||
Víkingur Gøta | 1: 2 | 4: 1 | 0: 1 | 2: 2 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 3: 4 | 0: 1 | 2-0 | 3: 3 | 1 | 0: 01-0 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 |
List of goalscorers
If the number of hits is the same, the players are sorted alphabetically by last name.
space | player | team | Gates |
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1 | Arnbjørn Theodor Hansen | EB / Streymur | 20th |
2 | Andrew av Fløtum | HB Tórshavn | 15th |
3 | Hans Pauli Samuelsen | EB / Streymur | 12 |
4th | Rodrigo Silva | KÍ Klaksvík | 11 |
5 | Bartal Eliasen | ÍF Fuglafjørður | 9 |
Andreas Lava Olsen | Víkingur Gøta | ||
Károly Potemkin |
B36 Tórshavn (4) NSÍ Runavík (5) |
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8th | Øssur Dalbúð | NSÍ Runavík | 8th |
9 | Jákup á Borg | HB Tórshavn (4) B36 Tórshavn (3) |
7th |
Clayton Nascimento | B71 Sandur | ||
Christian Høgni Jacobsen | HB Tórshavn |
Trainer
team | Trainer | Match days |
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B36 Tórshavn | Heðin Askham | 1-27 |
B68 Toftir | Bill Mc. Leod Jacobsen | 1-27 |
B71 Sandur | Eli Hentze | 1-27 |
EB / Streymur | Sigfríður S. Clementsen | 1-27 |
HB Tórshavn | Rúni Nolsøe | 1-27 |
Sámal Erik Hentze | 18-27 | |
ÍF Fuglafjørður | Abraham Løkin | 1 |
Roy Róin | 2 6 | |
Dave R. Jones | 7-17 | |
Albert Ellefsen | 18-27 | |
KÍ Klaksvík | Eyðun Klakstein | 1-21 |
Petur Mohr | 22-27 | |
NSÍ Runavík | Jóhan Nielsen | 1-27 |
Skála ÍF | John Petersen | 1-27 |
Víkingur Gøta | Anton Skoradal | 1-27 |
A total of three teams changed the coaching position, ÍF Fuglafjørður here three times. With the exception of HB Tórshavn, who improved from fourth to second after being supported by Sámal Erik Hentze, the teams remained in their original position after the coach change.
Venues
team | Stadion | Venue |
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B36 Tórshavn | Gundadalur | Tórshavn |
B68 Toftir | Svangaskarð | Toftir |
B71 Sandur | Inni í Dal | Sandur |
EB / Streymur | Við Margáir | Streymnes |
HB Tórshavn | Gundadalur | Tórshavn |
ÍF Fuglafjørður | Í Fløtugerði | Fuglafjørður |
KÍ Klaksvík | Við Djúpumýrar / Injector Arena 3 | Klaksvík |
NSÍ Runavík | Við Løkin | Runavík |
Skála ÍF | Undir Mýruhjalla | Skáli |
Víkingur Gøta | Sarpugerdi | Norðragøta |
referee
The following referees, including one each from Iceland and Norway, led the 135 top division games:
Surname | Parent club | Games |
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Ransin Napoleon Djurhuus | HB Tórshavn | 22nd |
Petur Reinert | Víkingur Gøta | 22nd |
Lars Muller | Royn Hvalba | 19th |
Dagfinn Olsen | NSÍ Runavík | 18th |
Eiler Rasmussen | Skála ÍF | 17th |
Rúni Gaardbo | B68 Toftir | 16 |
Páll Augustines | VB / Sumba | 7th |
Jens Petur Brattalíð | VB / Sumba | 6th |
Georg Nolsøe Rasmussen | B36 Tórshavn | 5 |
Einar Örn Danielsson | - | 1 |
Dag Vidar Hafsås | - | 1 |
Bárður Mortensen | ÍF Fuglafjørður | 1 |
The championship team
The number of missions and the goals scored are given in brackets.
1. | EB / Streymur |
Sorin Anghel (24/4) | Marcell S. Balog (9/0) | Egil á Bø (25/1) | Fróði Clementsen (23/1) | Arnar Dam (1/0) | Dánjal S. Davidsen (16/0) | Marni Djurhuus (25/0) | Hanus Eliasen (24/3) | Peter Foldgast (3/0) | Arnbjørn T. Hansen (26/20) | Levi Hanssen (27/1) | Anders Post Jacobsen (10/0) | Tonny SB Kruse (8/0) | Leif Niclasen (27/0) | Bárður Olsen (26/6) | Brian Olsen (16/0) | Magnus Emil Poulsen (1/0) | Hans Pauli Samuelsen (27/12) | Gunnar á Steig (2/0) | Mikkjal K. Thomassen (13/0) | René Tórgarð (24/0) | Høgni J. Zachariassen (12/4) without commitment: Niels Pauli B. Danielsen | Ólavur F. Ejdesgaard | Brian Hansen | Bárður Johannesen
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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: Arnbjørn T. Hansen ( EB / Streymur )
- Goalkeeper of the Year: Jákup Mikkelsen ( KÍ Klaksvík )
- Trainer of the year: Sigfríður S. Clementsen (EB / Streymur)
- Young Player of the Year: Róaldur Jakobsen ( B36 Tórshavn )
National Cup
In the national cup , champions EB / Streymur won 3-2 against B36 Tórshavn and thus achieved the double .
European Cup
2008/09 NSÍ Runavík played as champions of the previous year in qualifying for the Champions League . Away at Dinamo Tbilisi (Georgia) the game was lost 3-0, the second leg NSÍ won 1-0.
EB / Streymur played last year’s cup winners in qualifying for the UEFA Cup and lost both the first leg and the second leg 2-0 to Manchester City (England).
B36 Tórshavn also played in qualifying for the UEFA Cup. The first leg at Brøndby IF (Denmark) lost B36 0-1, the second leg in Tórshavn was lost 2-0.
HB Tórshavn played in the UI Cup . At home, HB lost 4-1 to IF Elfsborg (Sweden) in the first round , the second leg ended 0-0.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Based on an evaluation of the game reports available for 2008 at FaroeSoccer.com , with data available for only 75 out of 135 games.
- ↑ Round 27 of the Formula Division , November 6, 2008. Accessed June 12, 2010.
- ↑ Player of the Year Awards , October 31, 2008.
Web links
- Formuladeildin 2008 on FaroeSoccer.com (Faroeian)