Fótbóltssamband Føroya

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Fótbóltssamband Føroya (" Football Association of the Faroe Islands "), abbreviated to FSF , is the umbrella organization for all regular football clubs in the Faroe Islands and is responsible for the Faroese national football team .

The FSF is a member of FIFA , UEFA , the ÍSF (Faroese Sports Confederation) and the National Olympic Committee of the Faroe Islands ( Olympiska Nevnd Føroya - ONF).

The association was founded on January 13, 1979.

history

The Football in the Faroe Islands goes back to 1892, when the TB Tvøroyri was founded. In 1939 the Faroese sports federation ÍSF was founded, which was also responsible for football. The Faroese Football Championship has existed since 1942 . 1966-78 there was a football department in the ÍSF ( Fótbóltsdeildin ), which was replaced in 1979 by the FSF.

In the first few years football was only played by men and boys from the first division to the very young. Since 1985 there have also been women's leagues: the 1st division , U17 and U13 girls. In the early 1990s, the youngest age group of girls was added.

The first artificial turf pitches were built on the Faroe Islands in the mid-1980s . The FSF started to train coaches and referees with help from Denmark. Since the mid-1990s, all coaches and referees have only been trained by the FSF.

One of the main goals of the FSF has always been to be able to participate in international matches like all other football nations. The Faroe Islands were admitted to FIFA on July 2, 1988 and UEFA on April 18, 1990 . Since then the Faroe Islands have participated in all European Championship and World Cup qualifying rounds and European club competitions.

Since 1930 there have been semi-official internationals of the Faroe Islands against Iceland (A, B, and Juniors), Shetland, the Orkneys, Greenland and even against the U21s and seniors of Denmark. Until the beginning of the 90s, the Faroese team also took part in the international Island Games .

The first regular international game took place on August 24, 1988 in Akranes , Iceland. The Icelandic national soccer team won 1-0 in this friendly match . The first victory came on April 14, 1989 against the Canadian national soccer team 1-0.

In 1990/91 the Faroe Islands took part in a European Championship qualification for the first time. The 1990 Faroe-Austria football match in Landskrona was to go down in history as a "football fairy tale". It was the first competitive game of the Faroe Islands that they won 1-0. In 1992/93 the Faroe Islands took part in a World Cup qualification for the first time. Home games have been played in the Faroe Islands since 1992 when the Svangaskarð stadium in Toftir was completed. In 1999 the Tórsvøllur National Stadium in Tórshavn followed.

In 1992 Faroese clubs took part in the UEFA Cup for the first time. In 2001 the women followed in the UEFA Women's Cup . In addition, the Faroe Islands take part in the U17 championships of the Nordic countries and the U17 and U19 EM qualifications.

Since 2003 the FSF has had its headquarters in a new house in Gundadalur , Tórshavn .

structure

The highest body of the FSF is the General Assembly. A seven-member board is elected there. There is a general secretary on the board with three full-time employees. In addition, the national coaches are employees of the association.

President

  • 1979-1981: Christian Olsen
  • 1981–2002: Torleif Sigurðsson
  • 2002–2004: Dánjal Andreasen
  • 2004–2008: Óli Holm
  • 2008–2010: Høgni í Stórustovu
  • 2010– 0000: Christian Andreasen

General Secretaries

  • 1995-2009: Ísak Mikladal
  • 2009– 0000: Virgar Hvidbro

UEFA five-year ranking

Placement in the UEFA five-year ranking ( previous year's ranking in brackets ). The abbreviations CL and EL after the country coefficients indicate the number of representatives in the 2019/20 season of the Champions League and the Europa League .

Status: end of the European Cup season 2018/19

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Faroese clubs never took part in the League of Motherland Denmark.
  2. ^ Profile of Christian Andreasen
  3. ↑ UEFA rankings for club competitions. In: UEFA. Retrieved July 14, 2019 .