Faroese Football Championship 2017
| Effodeildin 2017 | |
| master | Víkingur Gøta |
| Champions League qualification |
Víkingur Gøta |
| Europa League qualification |
KÍ Klaksvík B36 Tórshavn NSÍ Runavík |
| Cup winners | NSÍ Runavík |
| Relegated | ÍF Fuglafjørður |
| Teams | 10 |
| Games | 135 |
| Gates | 430 (ø 3.19 per game) |
| Top scorer |
Adeshina Lawal ( Víkingur Gøta ) |
| ← Effodeildin 2016 | |
The 2017 Faroese Football Championship was the 75th 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 12, 2017 and ended on October 21, 2017.
TB / FCS / Royn was through the merger of TB Tvøroyri with FC Suðuroy and Royn Hvalba the 26th participant in the top division after the introduction of the league game in 1947 , the promoted EB / Streymur and 07 Vestur returned to the top division after one and three years respectively . Champion was defending champion Víkingur Gøta , who could win the title for the second time. However, ÍF Fuglafjørður had to relegate after ten years of first class.
Compared to the previous season, the goal rate improved to 3.19 per game. NSÍ Runavík scored the highest victory with a 7-0 in the away game against 07 Vestur on matchday 15. The highest-scoring game was played by B36 Tórshavn and Víkingur Gøta with a 3: 5 on matchday 11.
mode
In the Effodeildin , each team played against each other three times on 27 match days. The team with the best points at the end of the season was champions and takes part in the qualification for the Champions League, while the team that placed last was relegated to 1. Deild , the Faroese second division. Since there was only one A-team in the first three places in the 1st Deild , there was only one relegated team.
Season course
Championship decision
TB / FCS / Royn and Víkingur Gøta fought for the top of the table at the start of the season. TB / FCS / Royn won four of the first five games, only the away game against EB / Streymur on matchday three was lost 0-1. Víkingur won after a 1: 1 draw at home against B36 Tórshavn the next three games, followed by four more draws, which initially on Matchday due to the 1: 3 home defeat of TB / FCS / Royn against NSÍ Runavík be conquered the championship lead could. On matchday eight, KÍ Klaksvík took first place with four wins and four draws. Three more wins followed, after a 2-2 away game against NSÍ, Víkingur Gøta took over the top of the table again. On matchday 13, both Víkingur and KÍ lost their respective home games, with three wins in a row Víkingur was able to extend the lead to three points. The direct duel ended 1: 1 on the 18th matchday. By then, NSÍ Runavík had advanced to second place with a record of nine wins, six draws and two defeats, but could not take advantage of the draw between the two competitors as the away game against HB Tórshavn was lost 4-1. Four more wins for Víkingur Gøta followed, giving KÍ Klaksvík five points. Víkingur and KÍ met again on matchday 23 and drew 0-0. While KÍ Klaksvík lost their chance for the championship with two more 0-0, Víkingur Gøta won only three of the last four games of the season. The decision about the championship was made on the last day of the match. Despite Víkingur's 2-1 home defeat against EB / Streymur and KÍ Klaksvík's 3-1 home win against NSÍ Runavík, Víkingur celebrated the championship title because of the five goals better goal difference.
Relegation battle
07 Vestur lost the first three games, followed by two away wins against ÍF Fuglafjørður and EB / Streymur. With two more draws, the jump was made seventh. ÍF, however, only won the home game against EB / Streymur 3-1 on the second matchday, after which the team remained without a win until matchday 20, a 2-1 home win against HB Tórshavn. The relegation was clear after the 1: 2 away defeat against Skála ÍF . 07 Vestur lost all games except for the direct duel against ÍF between the eighth and 16th matchday, so that the team found themselves in the penultimate place. The last eleven games resulted in five wins, but the alleged relegation was certain due to the 3-2 home defeat on matchday 25 against NSÍ Runavík. Since there was only one A-team in the first three places in the 1st Deild and teams with a lower ranking are excluded from promotion, 07 Vestur remained in the first division.
societies
| team | Stadion | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| 07 Vestur | á Dungasandi | Sørvágur |
| B36 Tórshavn | Gundadalur | Tórshavn |
| EB / Streymur | við Margáir | Streymnes |
| HB Tórshavn | Gundadalur | Tórshavn |
| ÍF Fuglafjørður | í Fløtugerði | Fuglafjørður |
| KÍ Klaksvík | Við Djúpumýrar | Klaksvík |
| NSÍ Runavík | við Løkin | Runavík |
| Skála ÍF | Undir Mýruhjalla (13) | Scale |
| Tórsvøllur (1) | Tórshavn | |
| TB / FCS / Royn | við Stórá | Trongisvágur |
| Víkingur Gøta | Sarpugerdi | Norðragøta |
Closing table
Teams of the Effodeildin 2017
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| Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
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| 1. | Víkingur Gøta (M) | 27 | 15th | 7th | 5 | 62:33 | +29 | 52 |
| 2. | KÍ Klaksvík (P) | 27 | 14th | 10 | 3 | 50:26 | +24 | 52 |
| 3. | B36 Tórshavn | 27 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 62:39 | +23 | 48 |
| 4th | NSÍ Runavík | 27 | 13 | 7th | 7th | 57:35 | +22 | 46 |
| 5. | HB Tórshavn | 27 | 10 | 9 | 8th | 43:31 | +12 | 39 |
| 6th | Skála ÍF | 27 | 8th | 9 | 10 | 31:40 | −9 | 33 |
| 7th | EB / Streymur (N) | 27 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 34:49 | −15 | 32 |
| 8th. | TB / FCS / Royn 1 | 27 | 8th | 5 | 14th | 31:45 | −14 | 29 |
| 9. | 07 Vestur (N) | 27 | 8th | 4th | 15th | 37:59 | −22 | 28 |
| 10. | ÍF Fuglafjørður | 27 | 3 | 3 | 21st | 23:73 | −50 | 12 |
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 the 1st Deild 2016 |
Crosstab
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| 07 Vestur | 4: 3 | - | 2: 2 | - | 1: 4 | - | 3: 2 | - | 0: 2 | 1: 1 | 0: 7 | 2: 3 | 1: 1 | 5-0 | 0: 1 | 3: 1 | 2: 4 | - | ||
| B36 Tórshavn | 4-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | - | 2: 2 | - | 4-0 | 4: 2 | 1: 1 | 1: 3 | 2: 2 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | - | 3-0 | - | 3: 5 | - | ||
| EB / Streymur | 0: 2 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 1: 2 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 2: 4 | - | 2: 1 | - | 0: 3 | - | 1: 2 | - | 1-0 | 2: 2 | 1: 5 | 0: 1 | ||
| HB Tórshavn | 2-0 | 3-0 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 2: 3 | - | 4: 2 | - | 2: 1 | - | 4: 1 | - | 1: 2 | - | 2: 1 | 3: 1 | 2: 2 | 1: 2 | ||
| ÍF Fuglafjørður | 0: 1 | 1: 5 | 1: 5 | - | 3: 1 | 1: 2 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 4 | - | 0: 3 | 0: 2 | 0: 1 | - | 0: 4 | - | 1: 1 | 1: 5 | ||
| KÍ Klaksvík | 1-0 | - | 1: 5 | - | 1-0 | 6-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 3: 1 | 4-0 | 2: 2 | 3: 1 | 0-0 | - | 4: 1 | - | 1: 1 | - | ||
| NSÍ Runavík | 4-0 | - | 1: 1 | - | 1: 1 | 3: 2 | 1-0 | 2: 3 | 3-0 | - | 2: 2 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 3: 4 | 4-0 | - | 0: 1 | - | ||
| Skála ÍF | 0: 1 | - | 2: 2 | 2: 3 | 3: 2 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 2 | 1: 2 | 2: 1 | - | 2: 2 | - | 1: 2 | - | ||
| TB / FCS / Royn | 3: 1 | - | 3: 2 | 0: 1 | 1: 2 | - | 0-0 | - | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 2 | 0-0 | 1: 3 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0: 2 | 0: 3 | - | ||
| Víkingur Gøta | 2: 2 | 3: 1 | 1: 1 | 4: 2 | 1: 2 | - | 1: 3 | - | 4-0 | - | 2: 2 | 0-0 | 1: 2 | - | 1-0 | 4-0 | 3-0 | 2: 3 | ||
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. |
 Adeshina Lawal
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Víkingur Gøta | 17th |
| 2. | Patrik Johannesen | B36 Tórshavn | 16 |
| Klæmint Olsen | NSÍ Runavík | ||
| 4th | Páll Klettskard | KÍ Klaksvík | 11 |
| Sølvi Vatnhamar | Víkingur Gøta | ||
| 6th |
 Albert Adu
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KÍ Klaksvík | 10 |
| Búi Egilsson | TB / FCS / Royn | ||
 Michal Przybylski
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Skála ÍF | ||
 Aleksandar Stankov
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HB Tórshavn | ||
| 10. | Árni Frederiksberg | NSÍ Runavík | 9 |
| Søren Nielsen | 07 Vestur | ||
| Sebastian Pingel | HB Tórshavn |
Trainer
| team | Trainer | Match days |
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| 07 Vestur | Trygvi Mortensen | 1-23 |
| Sigtór Petersen | 24-27 | |
| B36 Tórshavn | Jákup á Borg | 1-27 |
| EB / Streymur | Heðin Askham | 1-27 |
| HB Tórshavn | Sigfríður Clementsen | 1-27 |
| ÍF Fuglafjørður | Jákup Mikkelsen | 1-17 |
| Albert Ellefsen | 18-19 | |
| Oddbjørn Joensen & Albert Ellefsen | 20-27 | |
| KÍ Klaksvík | Mikkjal Thomassen | 1-27 |
| NSÍ Runavík |
 Unlike Gerber |
1-27 |
| Skála ÍF | Pauli Poulsen | 1-27 |
| TB / FCS / Royn |
 Maurice Ross
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1-27 |
| Víkingur Gøta | Sámal Erik Hentze | 1-27 |
There were three coach changes during the season, but this had no effect on the table position.
referee
The following referees, including two from Iceland and one each from Finland, Norway and Sweden, directed the 135 top division games:
| Surname | Parent club | Games |
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| Alex Troleis | B68 Toftir | 19th |
| Dagfinn Forná | NSÍ Runavík | 18th |
| Kári Jóannesarson á Høvdanum | Víkingur Gøta | 17th |
| Eiler Rasmussen | AB Argir | 17th |
| Petur Reinert | Víkingur Gøta | 16 |
| Lars Muller | Royn Hvalba | 15th |
| Ransin Napoleon Djurhuus | HB Tórshavn | 14th |
| Rúni Gaardbo | B68 Toftir | 12 |
 Sivert Amland
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 Nermin Cisic
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 Jóhann Ingi Jónsson
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- | 1 |
 Atte Jussila
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Sigurður Óli Þórleifsson
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The championship team
The number of missions and the goals scored are given in brackets.
| 1. | Víkingur Gøta |
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Sorin Anghel (20/1) | Fróði Benjaminsen (21/4) | Filip Djordjevic (26/3) | Hans Jørgen Djurhuus (22/0) | Atli Gregersen (26/1) | Gert Hansen (23/6) | Heðin Hansen (5/1) | Erling Jacobsen (24/1) | Hanus Jacobsen (27/5) | Magnus Jarnskor (2/0) | Adeshina Lawal (26/17) | Elias Lervig (4/0) | Hans Jákup Lervig (7/0) | Andreas Olsen (14/2) | Jákup Olsen (8/0) | Petur Petersen (1/0) | Ási Rasmussen (3/0) | Elias Rasmussen (27/0) | Hans Pauli Samuelsen (21/2) | Fannhard Skoradal (3/0) | Arnbjørn Svensson (2/0) | Tonni Thomsen (1/0) | Gunnar Vatnhamar (16/0) | Sølvi Vatnhamar (26/11) | without use: Bárður á Reynatrøð | Rógvi Ryggshamar
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National Cup
In the national cup , NSÍ Runavík won 1-0 against B36 Tórshavn. Master Víkingur Gøta was eliminated in the quarterfinals with 0: 1 against B36 Tórshavn.
European Cup
In 2017/18 Víkingur Gøta played as champion of the previous year in the first qualifying round for the Champions League against KF Trepça'89 (Kosovo) and was able to prevail with 2-1 and 4-1. In the second qualifying round they were eliminated after a 1-1 away game and a 2-0 home win against FH Hafnarfjörður (Iceland).
KÍ Klaksvík played last year’s cup winner in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League against AIK Solna (Sweden). After a 0-0 home game, the second leg was lost 5-0.
NSÍ Runavík also played in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League against FK Dinamo Minsk (Belarus), who won 2-1 and 2-0.
B36 Tórshavn played in the first qualifying round for the UEFA Europa League and lost both games against FC Nõmme Kalju (Estonia) 2-1.
Web links
- Effodeildin 2017 on FaroeSoccer.com (Faroese)