Argja Bóltfelag (women)

Argja Bóltfelag is a Faroese football club based in Argir.

AB Argir
Argja Bóltfelag's Logo
Full nameArgja Bóltfelag
Nickname(s)AB
Frensurin
FoundedAugust 15, 1973
GroundVika Stadium
Argir, Faroes
Capacity2,000
ChairmanMarius Thomassen
ManagerJohan M. Stenberg
League2. deild kvinnur
20193rd

The women's team of Argja Bóltfelag play in the 1. deild kvinnur in 2020, the second division in Faroese football. They play their home games at Vika Stadium, in Argir.

History

Argja Bóltfelag (or AB) was founded on 15 August 1973 by Danish resident Johnny Nyby and other football lovers on Argir. In the spring of 1974 AB got a board, composed of Johnny Nyby, Chairman; Fróði Olsen, Co-Chairman; Sonja á Argjaboða, accountant; and Kristian Arge, board writer. Other members of the board were Erling Olsen, Sæmundur Mortensen and Jens Hansen. In the same year the team started in the regular competition.

Vika Stadium AB scores against B36 Tórshavn

They had poor training facilities at first – they trained in a school yard. Later they got a small ground to train on, but it was only 20 x 40 m². There was no football field on Argir at the time, but they were allowed to loan the field Gundadalur, which belongs to HB and B36. AB practiced and played their matches in Gundadalur, and this helped the team to survive.

In 1983 a football field was built on Argjum. This helped the team a lot, because they had their own field. In 1985 a new two-stores house was built for AB. AB did get the lower store, and the second store was a school classroom.

For some years, the second store remained a kindergarten school. In 1998 artificial grass was put on the football field, and the team had the same training facility as the rest of the football teams in the Faroes. In 2004 AB had grown enough to get the whole house.

In the summer of 2009, they are building seats for the fans to sit down, AB have never had seats, and that is the rules from FIFA.

Recent history

Gundadalur Stadium Asta Magnussen, Capitan, holding the Cup
Gundadalur Stadium AB Cup Winners 2009

In 2009 AB had a chance to win cup final, it was against record cup winner KÍ Klaksvík. AB made history and they won the cup for the first time. The result was 2–1 to AB, Mona Brekkman scored the first goal to make it 1–0, then KÍ Klaksvík equalized, but Brekkman scored again and the final score was 2–1 to AB.[1]

In 2011 they again reached the cup final, but this time lost 1–0 to KI.[2]

First-team squad

Current squad

The former team:[3] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Faroe Islands FRO Simona Heinesen
2 DF Faroe Islands FRO Rudi Rasmussen
3 DF Faroe Islands FRO Hellen Haraldsen
4 FW Faroe Islands FRO Ásleyg Súnadóttir
5 DF Faroe Islands FRO Jytta Drangstein
5 DF Faroe Islands FRO Vilhelmina Olsen
5 MF Faroe Islands FRO Barbara Danielsen
5 MF Faroe Islands FRO Rannvá Jarnskor Gray
6 DF Faroe Islands FRO Valgerð Andreassen
7 DF Faroe Islands FRO Rakul Jógvansdóttir
8 DF Faroe Islands FRO Liljan av Fløtum Petersen
8 DF Faroe Islands FRO Durita S. Jørgensen
9 FW Faroe Islands FRO Mona Breckmann
9 FW Faroe Islands FRO Elsa Jacobsen
10 MF Faroe Islands FRO Olga Kristina Hansen
No. Pos. Nation Player
11 MF Faroe Islands FRO Steintóra G. Joensen
11 MF Faroe Islands FRO Sandra Joensen
13 MF Faroe Islands FRO Lisa í Liða
14 MF Faroe Islands FRO Barbara á Dunga
15 DF Faroe Islands FRO Doris í Garði Joensen
16 MF Faroe Islands FRO Katarina Saxov
18 FW Faroe Islands FRO Halltóra Joensen
19 FW Faroe Islands FRO Anja R. Joensen
21 MF Faroe Islands FRO Bjørt Miðberg
22 GK Faroe Islands FRO Anny Thorsen
DF Faroe Islands FRO Elin S. Holm
MF Faroe Islands FRO Rannvá Poulsen
MF Faroe Islands FRO Bjørg Syderbø
MF Faroe Islands FRO Elin Katrina Thomsen
DF Faroe Islands FRO Asta Magnussen

Technical staff

As of 2020.

Manager: Faroe Islands Johan M. Stenberg ( 2019, 2020 -)
Assistant manager: Faroe Islands
Manager Under 18s: Faroe Islands Tonny Brimsvík

References

  1. Kringvarp.fo
  2. "2011 Cup results". women.soccerway.com. Archived from the original on 16 August 2011. Retrieved 5 August 2011.
  3. "AB squad". ab.fo. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 5 August 2011.
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