07 Vestur

The club was founded 18 December 1993 as FS Vágar. It was a merger of Vágar island teams MB Miðvágur and SÍF Sandavágur in order to increase the footballing standard of this part of the Faroe Islands. SÍ Sørvágur, also located on Vágar, joined the club in 1998. Soon, the newly founded club promoted to the national top league which, at that point in 1995, was called 1. deild. Unfortunately, the team was not able to permanently secure a top-tier spot over the years. In 2003, FS Vágar was relegated for good. Soon after that, the alliance between the three founding clubs began to crumble, and FS Vágar was eventually disbanded in the fall of 2004.

Despite the controversy, many people wanted to keep the club alive or, if this was not possible, found another club. So, on 8 November 2004, the club was re-founded as FS Vágar 2004 (FSV04). In fall 2007, talks about a merger between FSV04 and SÍ Sørvágur, one of the members of the first incarnation of the club, started and were successfully concluded on 6 November 2007.[1] The club was renamed 07 Vestur, shortly afterwards. The new name refers both to the founding year of the new club and the location of Vágar island, which is approximately 7° W.[2]

The club currently maintains two men's teams and also a women's team. In 2009, the men's first team played in the Faroe Islands Premier League, but they were relegated and played in 1. deild in 2010. They won 1. deild and were promoted to the Premier League; in 2011, they were playing in the Premier League of Faroese football, but again they remained there for only one season, they ended as 9th with 24 points and got relegated to 1. deild. The first-team gained promotion to Effodeildin in 2012 after winning 1. deild with 68 points.[3] In 2013, the team was relegated to 1. deild again and played there until they were promoted again after the 2016 season.

1. deild

• Winners: 1999, 2002, 2008, 2010, 2012

As of 1 August 2023

07 Vestur 1. deild vs. FC Suðuroy, October 2011

07 Vestur vs FC Suðuroy, Boys U16, April 2012

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  FRO Ari Petersen 2 DF  FRO Eiler Fróðason 3 DF  FRO Dánial Lervig 6 DF  DEN Daniel Obbekjær 7 DF  FRO Högni Nielsen (captain) 8 MF  FRO Janus Samuelsen 9 FW  SRB Uroš Stojanov 10 FW  FRO Jóhann Joensen 11 FW  BEL Jasper Van Der Heyden 12 GK  FRO Sámal á Steig 16 GK  NED Steven van Dijk

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 FW  FRO Ingi Joensen 18 FW  FRO Jónas Prior 19 DF  FRO Jon i Horni Nielsen 20 DF  DEN Mathias Voss 21 MF  FRO Teitur Olsen 23 DF  FRO Jóannis á Steig 24 MF  FRO Sölvi Egilsson 27 MF  FRO Oddur Petersen 70 FW  FRO Albert Theis Nielsen 77 MF  FRO Ási Dam (on loan from HB)

National players

• Torkil Nielsen, former national player for the Faroe Islands. He scored the goal for the Faroe Islands in 1990 in the match against Austria, which Faroe Islands won 1–0.

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