Faroese Football Championship 2015
| Effodeildin 2015 | |
| master | B36 Tórshavn |
| Champions League qualification |
B36 Tórshavn |
| Europa League qualification |
NSÍ Runavík Víkingur Gøta HB Tórshavn |
| Cup winners | Víkingur Gøta |
| Relegated |
FC Suðuroy EB / Streymur |
| Teams | 10 |
| Games | 135 |
| Gates | 474 (ø 3.51 per game) |
| Top scorer |
Klæmint Olsen ( NSÍ Runavík ) |
| ← Effodeildin 2014 | |
The Faroese Football Championship 2015 was the 73rd season of the Faroese top football league . The league is officially called Effodeildin after its main sponsor, the energy company Effo . It started on March 1, 2015, the earliest ever, and ended on October 3, 2015.
The promoted TB Tvøroyri and FC Suðuroy returned to the top division after one and two years respectively. Champion was defending champion B36 Tórshavn , who could win the title for the eleventh time. However, FC Suðuroy and EB / Streymur had to relegate after one and 15 years of first class respectively.
Compared to the previous season, the goal rate improved to 3.51 per game, which was the highest average since 2011 . NSÍ Runavík scored the highest victory with an 8-0 in the away game against EB / Streymur on matchday 13. The highest-scoring game completed Víkingur Gøta and TB Tvøroyri with a 7-2 on matchday 18.
mode
In the Effodeildin , each team played against each other three times on 27 match days. Due to the previous year's placement, B36 Tórshavn , HB Tórshavn , Víkingur Gøta , NSÍ Runavík and EB / Streymur played an additional home game. The team with the highest points at the end of the season became champions and took part in the qualification for the Champions League, while the last two teams had to relegate to the 1st Deild , the Faroese second division.
Season course
Championship decision
With ten wins from the first 13 games, NSÍ Runavík took the lead right from the start, only the away games on matchday three against B36 Tórshavn and on matchday eight against Víkingur Gøta were lost with 0: 3 and 1: 5, respectively, but the advantage was still before B36, which so far only had no point on the eighth matchday in the 1: 3 away defeat against ÍF Fuglafjørður , they already had five points. After four games without a win, B36 passed NSÍ. From the 15th to the 24th matchday B36 remained without a point loss, so that the championship was already decided after the 24th matchday and a 2-1 home win against TB Tvøroyri in favor of B36, as NSÍ did not have a 0-0 home game against HB Tórshavn came out.
Relegation battle
EB / Streymur had to wait until the tenth match day for their first win, a 2-1 away win against AB Argir , from the eighth match day, before the team was tied with FC Suðuroy , they consistently finished last. It took again until the 24th matchday when the next win could be achieved, but the 2-1 in the home game against Víkingur Gøta was no longer enough, as the direct competitor AB Argir was successful with 2-1 against FC Suðuroy and the gap So there was no catching up to eighth place.
AB Argir drew the first five games and lost the next three. On the 19th matchday they achieved their first victory with a 4-0 away win against EB / Streymur. FC Suðuroy lost the first five games, the 3-1 home win against AB Argir earned the first three points. Three more victories followed, so that on the 14th matchday there were five points behind AB Argir, who were ninth in the table, and six points after the 18th matchday. On the 22nd matchday AB moved past FC Suðuroy for the first time with a 3-0 home win against TB Tvøroyri due to the better goal difference, with two more wins the gap increased to three points. FC Suðuroy came close to two points and had a chance to stay up until the last day of the match. A win in the away game against HB Tórshavn would have achieved this, but the game was lost 2-0. AB Argir was enough a 0-1 home defeat against NSÌ Runavík to stay in the first division.
societies
If there are several stadiums listed, the number of games played there is given in brackets.
| team | Stadion | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| AB Argir | Skansi Arena | Argir |
| B36 Tórshavn | Gundadalur | Tórshavn |
| EB / Streymur | við Margáir (12) | Streymnes |
| Undir Mýruhjalla (2) | Skáli | |
| FC Suðuroy | Á Eiðinum | Vágur |
| HB Tórshavn | Gundadalur | Tórshavn |
| ÍF Fuglafjørður | í Fløtugerði (11) | Fuglafjørður |
| Sarpugerði (2) | Norðragøta | |
| KÍ Klaksvík | Við Djúpumýrar | Klaksvík |
| NSÍ Runavík | við Løkin | Runavík |
| TB Tvøroyri | við Stórá | Trongisvágur |
| Víkingur Gøta | Sarpugerdi | Norðragøta |
Closing table
Teams of the Effodeildin 2015
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| Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
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| 1. | B36 Tórshavn (M) | 27 | 18th | 7th | 2 | 60:25 | +35 | 61 |
| 2. | NSÍ Runavík | 27 | 16 | 6th | 5 | 72:37 | +35 | 54 |
| 3. | Víkingur Gøta (P) | 27 | 15th | 8th | 4th | 68:35 | +33 | 53 |
| 4th | HB Tórshavn | 27 | 11 | 10 | 6th | 43:31 | +12 | 43 |
| 5. | KÍ Klaksvík | 27 | 11 | 8th | 8th | 50:41 | +9 | 41 |
| 6th | ÍF Fuglafjørður | 27 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 44:55 | −11 | 27 |
| 7th | TB Tvøroyri (N) | 27 | 4th | 14th | 9 | 36:47 | −11 | 26th |
| 8th. | AB Argir | 27 | 4th | 12 | 11 | 34:42 | −8 | 24 |
| 9. | FC Suðuroy (N) | 27 | 6th | 4th | 17th | 39:68 | −29 | 22nd |
| 10. | EB / Streymur | 27 | 2 | 5 | 20th | 27:92 | −65 | 11 |
Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored
| (M) | Champion of the previous year |
| (P) | Cup winner of the previous year |
| (N) | Newcomer from 1st Deild 2014 |
Crosstab
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| AB Argir | 1: 3 | - | 1: 2 | - | 2: 1 | - | 0: 1 | - | 1: 1 | 2: 2 | 0: 4 | - | 1: 2 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | ||
| B36 Tórshavn | 1: 1 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | - | 1-0 | - | 1: 1 | - | 4-0 | - | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 2: 1 | 3: 3 | 1-0 | ||
| EB / Streymur | 0-0 | 0: 4 | 0: 2 | 0: 5 | 3: 5 | - | 0: 3 | - | 2: 2 | 0: 3 | 4: 4 | - | 0: 8 | - | 0: 3 | 2: 2 | 1: 2 | 2: 1 | ||
| FC Suðuroy | 3: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 3 | 1: 3 | 2: 1 | 3: 2 | 1: 2 | - | 5: 2 | - | 0: 2 | - | 1: 3 | - | 1: 3 | 2: 2 | 1: 3 | - | ||
| HB Tórshavn | 2: 2 | 3: 1 | 1: 3 | 1: 2 | 4: 2 | 6-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | - | 3: 1 | - | 1: 1 | - | 0-0 | 2: 2 | 2: 1 | - | ||
| ÍF Fuglafjørður | 3: 3 | - | 3: 1 | 1: 3 | 4: 1 | - | 2: 3 | 3: 3 | 1: 1 | 2: 2 | 3: 1 | 1: 1 | 0: 3 | - | 2-0 | - | 1: 3 | - | ||
| KÍ Klaksvík | 2: 1 | 1: 3 | 2: 1 | - | 4-0 | 6: 1 | 3-0 | 2: 1 | 0: 2 | 2-0 | 0-0 | - | 3: 3 | - | 1-0 | - | 3: 2 | - | ||
| NSÍ Runavík | 2: 1 | - | 2: 2 | - | 5: 1 | 6-0 | 6: 1 | 5: 1 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 3: 1 | 5: 1 | 3-0 | 4: 1 | 0-0 | - | 2: 4 | - | ||
| TB Tvøroyri | 1: 1 | - | 1: 3 | - | 3: 2 | - | 4: 1 | - | 1: 1 | - | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 3 | 2: 2 | 2: 2 | 0: 2 | ||
| Víkingur Gøta | 3: 1 | - | 1: 1 | - | 3-0 | - | 4-0 | 3: 1 | 3-0 | 3: 2 | 2: 2 | 4: 2 | 3: 3 | 1: 1 | 5: 1 | 3: 1 | 7: 2 | - | ||
List of goalscorers
If the number of hits is the same, the players are sorted alphabetically by last name.
| Pl. | Surname | team | Gates |
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| 1. | Klæmint Olsen | NSÍ Runavík | 21st |
| 2. | Finnur Justinussen | Víkingur Gøta | 15th |
| 3. | Pól Jóhannus Justinussen | NSÍ Runavík | 12 |
| Andreas Olsen | Víkingur Gøta | ||
| 5. | Heðin Klakstein | KÍ Klaksvík | 11 |
| Jón Krosslá Poulsen | FC Suðuroy | ||
| 7th |
 Albert Adu
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TB Tvøroyri | 10 |
 Łukasz Cieślewicz
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B36 Tórshavn | ||
| Árni Frederiksberg | NSÍ Runavík | ||
| 10. | Hans Pauli Samuelsen | B36 Tórshavn | 9 |
This was the third title for Klæmint Olsen after 2013 and 2014 .
Trainer
| team | Trainer | Match days |
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| AB Argir | Oddbjørn Joensen | 1-14 |
| Sámal Erik Hentze | 15-27 | |
| B36 Tórshavn | Eyðun Klakstein | 1-27 |
| EB / Streymur | Eliesar Olsen | 1-27 |
| FC Suðuroy | Jón Pauli Olsen | 1-27 |
| HB Tórshavn | Heðin Askham | 1-20 |
 Milan Ćimburović |
21-27 | |
| ÍF Fuglafjørður |
Aleksandar Jovevic |
1-23 |
| Jákup Mikkelsen | 24-27 | |
| KÍ Klaksvík | Mikkjal Thomassen | 1-27 |
| NSÍ Runavík | Trygvi Mortensen | 1-27 |
| TB Tvøroyri |
 Páll Guðlaugsson
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1-27 |
| Víkingur Gøta | Sigfríður Clementsen | 1-27 |
There were three coach changes during the season. AB Argir then improved by one position, for HB Tórshavn and ÍF Fuglafjørður the change had no effect on the table position.
referee
The following referees, including two from Denmark and one each from Iceland, Norway and Sweden, led the 135 top division games:
| Surname | Parent club | Games |
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| Petur Reinert | Víkingur Gøta | 24 |
| Lars Muller | Royn Hvalba | 21st |
| Eiler Rasmussen | AB Argir | 20th |
| Alex Troleis | B68 Toftir | 19th |
| Rúni Gaardbo | B68 Toftir | 17th |
| Páll Augustines | FC Suðuroy | 14th |
| Kári Jóannesarson á Høvdanum | Víkingur Gøta | 14th |
 Sigurd Kringstad
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 Benjamin Leander
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 Kaspar Sjöberg
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Valgeir Valgeirsson
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Benjamin Willaume-Jantzen
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The championship team
The number of missions and the goals scored are given in brackets.
| 1. | B36 Tórshavn |
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Hørður Askham (12/1) | Trygvi Askham (4/0) | Jákup á Borg (19/7) | Robert Heðin Brockie (2/0) | Ibrahima Camara (16/5) | Łukasz Cieślewicz (23/10) | Gestur Dam (22/2) | Karl Martin E. Danielsen (1/0) | Andrias Eriksen (25/3) | Høgni Eysturoy (24/6) | Odmar Færø (27/1) | Benjamin Heinesen (18/2) | Róaldur Jakobsen (26/3) | Philip Lund (7/4) | Alex Mellemgaard (10/1) | Jónas Þór Næs (11/0) | Árni Nielsen (12/1) | Eli F. Nielsen (24/1) | Bjarni Petersen (1/0) | Pætur Petersen (3/0) | Hans Pauli Samuelsen (27/9) | Rasmus Dan Sørensen (2/0) | Tórður Thomsen (24/0) | Hanus Thorleifsson (20/3) without use: Egin Høgnesen | Thomas Knudsen | Magnus Emil Poulsen
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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: Łukasz Cieślewicz ( B36 Tórshavn )
- Goalkeeper of the Year: Tórður Thomsen (B36 Tórshavn)
- Defender of the year: Odmar Færø (B36 Tórshavn)
- Midfielder of the Year: Łukasz Cieślewicz (B36 Tórshavn)
- Forward of the year: Klæmint Olsen ( NSÍ Runavík )
- Coach of the year: Eyðun Klakstein (B36 Tórshavn)
- Young Player of the Year: Jóannes Bjartalíð ( KÍ Klaksvík )
In addition, the following eleven of the year were elected:
Gate: Tórður Thomsen (B36 Tórshavn)
Defense: Høgni Eysturoy (B36 Tórshavn), Odmar Færø (B36 Tórshavn), Atli Gregersen ( Víkingur Gøta ), Pól Jóhannus Justinussen (NSÍ Runavík)
Midfield: Árni Frederiksberg (NSÍ Runavík), Sølvi Vatnhamar (Víkingur Gøta), Łukasz Cieślewicz (B36 Tórshavn), Hans Pauli Samuelsen (B36 Tórshavn)
Forward: Klæmint Olsen (NSÍ Runavík), Finnur Justinussen (Víkingur Gøta)
National Cup
In the national cup Víkingur Gøta won 3-0 against NSÍ Runavík. Master B36 Tórshavn was eliminated in the semi-finals 1-0 and 0-2 against Víkingur Gøta.
European Cup
In 2015/16, B36 Tórshavn played as champions of the previous year in the first qualifying round for the Champions League and were eliminated 1: 2 and 1: 4 against The New Saints FC (Wales).
HB Tórshavn played in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League against FK Trakai (Lithuania), who prevailed 3-0 and 4-1.
Víkingur Gøta played last year’s cup winners in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League against Rosenborg Trondheim (Norway) and lost 2-0 and 0-0.
NSÍ Runavík also played in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League against Linfield FC (Northern Ireland). After a 0: 2 in the first leg, a 4: 3 victory could be achieved in the second leg, which still meant the elimination.
Individual evidence
- ↑ League kicks off 1 March (English), November 30, 2014. Accessed January 14, 2015.
- ↑ Player of the Year Awards 2015 (English), October 4, 2015. Accessed January 12, 2016.
Web links
- Effodeildin 2015 on FaroeSoccer.com (Faroese)