2011 Faroe Islands Premier League

2011 Faroe Islands Premier League, also known as Vodafonedeildin for sponsorship reasons is the sixty-ninth season of top-tier football on the Faroe Islands. It began on 9 April 2011 and ended on 22 October 2011. HB Tórshavn are the defending champions, having won their 21st league championship in the previous season.

Faroe Islands Premier League
Season2011
ChampionsB36
(9th title)
Relegated07
B71
Champions LeagueB36
Europa LeagueEB/Streymur
Víkingur
NSÍ
Matches played135
Goals scored477 (3.53 per match)
Top goalscorerFinnur Justinussen
(21 goals)
Biggest home winNSÍ 9–0 07
Biggest away winB71 0–6
B71 0–6 Víkingur
07 1–7 EB
Highest scoring07 4–6 NSÍ
(19 June 2011)
Longest winning runEB/Streymur
(10 games)[1]
Longest unbeaten runB36
(16 games)[1]
Longest winless run07 Vestur, B71
(11 games each)[1]
Longest losing runB71,
(6 games each)[1]
2010
2012

Teams

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FC Suðuroy and AB Argir were relegated to 1. deild after finishing 9th and 10th in the 2010 season. Suðuroy are relegated after just one season in the top flight while AB Argir go down after two seasons in the top flight.

They were replaced by 1. deild champions 07 Vestur and runners-up KÍ Klaksvík. Both make their return to the top flight after a one-year absence.

Team summaries

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Geographical location of the 2011 Faroese Premier League teams
Team City Stadium Capacity Manager
07 Vestur Sandavágur á Dungasandi 2,000   Jóhan Nielsen
B36 Tórshavn Gundadalur 5,000   John Petersen
  Mikkjal Thomassen
B68 Toftir Svangaskarð 6,000   Bill McLeod Jacobsen
B71 Sandur Inni í Dal 2,000   Piotr Krakowski
EB/Streymur Streymnes Við Margáir 1,000   Heðin Askham
HB Tórshavn Gundadalur 5,000   Sigfríður Clementsen
ÍF Fuglafjørður í Fløtugerði 3,000   Rúni Nolsøe
  Símun Eliasen
Klaksvík Injector Arena 3,000   Aleksandar Đorđević
NSÍ Runavík Við Løkin 2,000   Pauli Poulsen
Víkingur Norðragøta Sarpugerði 2,000   Jógvan Martin Olsen

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 B36 Tórshavn (C) 27 21 4 2 63 28 +35 67 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 EB/Streymur 27 19 3 5 66 32 +34 60 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[a]
3 Víkingur Gøta 27 18 5 4 61 31 +30 59
4 NSÍ Runavík 27 11 8 8 58 47 +11 41
5 27 10 4 13 48 50 −2 34
6 B68 Toftir 27 9 5 13 44 44 0 32
7 ÍF 27 8 4 15 36 44 −8 28
8 HB 27 7 5 15 46 56 −10 26
9 07 Vestur (R) 27 6 6 15 30 65 −35 24 Relegation to 1. deild
10 B71 Sandoy (R) 27 3 2 22 25 80 −55 11
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ EB/Streymur won the 2011 Faroe Islands Cup competition and will qualify for the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League. The other two Europa League places were thus given to the third and fourth placed teams.

Results

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The schedule consisted of a total of 27 games. Each team played three games against every opponent in no particular order. At least one of the games was at home and one was away. The additional home game for every match-up was randomly assigned prior to the season with the top five teams of the previous season having 5 home games.

Regular home games

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Home \ Away 07V B36 B68 B71 EBS HB ÍF NSÍ VÍK
07 Vestur 0–3 0–1 2–1 1–7 1–0 1–0 3–3 4–6 1–1
B36 Tórshavn 1–0 1–0 4–1 1–0 4–1 1–1 4–1 4–3 2–0
B68 Toftir 1–1 2–2 3–1 1–0 0–0 3–4 3–0 1–1 1–2
B71 Sandoy 2–0 2–3 0–5 1–2 0–2 1–4 0–6 1–6 0–3
EB/Streymur 1–0 2–1 3–2 5–1 3–1 1–0 2–0 2–2 2–1
Havnar Bóltfelag 5–0 1–3 3–3 2–0 3–2 3–1 1–4 0–0 1–2
ÍF Fuglafjørður 1–2 1–1 3–1 1–2 0–4 3–0 0–1 1–1 1–2
KÍ Klaksvík 1–2 0–2 3–1 1–2 1–3 2–2 2–0 1–2 0–1
NSÍ Runavík 9–0 2–3 1–0 1–1 2–2 2–1 1–1 3–3 0–1
Víkingur Gøta 1–1 1–1 2–1 3–2 2–1 3–1 1–0 2–1 3–2
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Additional home games

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Home \ Away 07V B36 B68 B71 EBS HB ÍF NSÍ VÍK
07 Vestur 2–3 0–1 2–2 2–2
B36 Tórshavn 2–1 1–2 3–2 3–0
B68 Toftir 2–3 3–2 1–0 0–1
B71 Sandoy 0–3 0–1 1–3 1–4
EB/Streymur 2–1 1–0 3–0 5–1 3–3
Havnar Bóltfelag 4–1 5–0 3–4 1–3 2–2
ÍF Fuglafjørður 1–2 3–2 0–2 7–1 0–1
KÍ Klaksvík 0–3 5–3 5–1 1–4
NSÍ Runavík 1–0 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–2
Víkingur Gøta 5–1 0–2 4–1 4–0 1–2
Updated to match(es) played on 22 October 2011. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

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Including matches on 16 October; Source: Faroese FA[2]

Rank Player Club Goals
1   Finnur Justinussen Víkingur 21
2   Klæmint Olsen NSÍ 17
3   Łukasz Cieślewicz B36 15
4   Arnbjørn Hansen EB/Streymur 14
  Kristoffur Jakobsen 14
6   Christian Høgni Jacobsen NSÍ 13
  Clayton Soares do Nascimento 07 Vestur 13
8   Chris Muomaife ÍF 12
  Jákup á Borg B36 12
10   Leif Niclasen EB/Streymur 11
  Símun Samuelsen HB

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Formuladeildin – 2011". WhoScored.com. WhoScored.com. Retrieved 13 December 2011.
  2. ^ "Faroese FA". Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
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