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 KÍ
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, KÍ
(6 games each)[1]
← 2010
2012 →

Teams

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
Geographical location of the 2011 Faroese Premier League teams
Team City Stadium Capacity Manager
07 VesturSandavágurá Dungasandi2,000Faroe Islands Jóhan Nielsen
B36TórshavnGundadalur5,000Faroe Islands John Petersen
Faroe Islands Mikkjal Thomassen
B68ToftirSvangaskarð6,000Faroe Islands Bill McLeod Jacobsen
B71SandurInni í Dal2,000Poland Piotr Krakowski
EB/StreymurStreymnesVið Margáir1,000Faroe Islands Heðin Askham
HBTórshavnGundadalur5,000Faroe Islands Sigfríður Clementsen
ÍFFuglafjørðurí Fløtugerði3,000Faroe Islands Rúni Nolsøe
Faroe Islands Símun Eliasen
KÍKlaksvíkInjector Arena3,000Serbia Aleksandar Đorđević
NSÍRunavíkVið Løkin2,000Faroe Islands Pauli Poulsen
VíkingurNorðragøtaSarpugerði2,000Faroe Islands Jógvan Martin Olsen

League table
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[lower-alpha 1]
3 Víkingur Gøta 27 18 5 4 61 31 +30 59
4 NSÍ Runavík 27 11 8 8 58 47 +11 41
5 KÍ 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

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
Home \ Away 07V B36 B68 B71 EBS HB ÍF KÍ 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
Home \ Away 07V B36 B68 B71 EBS HB ÍF KÍ 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

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

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

See also

References
  1. "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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