2011 Faroe Islands Cup Explained

Faroe Islands Cup
Year:2011
Country:Faroe Islands
Num Teams:19
Champions:EB/Streymur
Runner-Up:ÍF Fuglafjørður
Matches:20
Goals:68
Top Goal Scorer: Ibrahima Camara (4 goals)
Prevseason:2010
Nextseason:2012

The 2011 Faroe Islands Cup was the 57th edition of the Faroe Islands domestic football cup. It started on 26 March 2011 and ended with the final on 8 August 2011. EB/Streymur were the defending champions, having won their third cup title the previous year. The winner of the competition will qualify for the first qualifying round[1] of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League.

Only the first teams of Faroese football clubs were allowed to participate. The preliminary round involved only teams from 1. deild, 2. deild and 3. deild competitions. Teams from the highest division entered the competition in the first round.

Preliminary round

Entering this round are two clubs from the 1. deild, two clubs from the 2. deild and two clubs from the 3. deild. These matches took place on 26 March 2011. The draw for this round of the competition took place on 7 March 2011.[2]

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First round

Entering in this round are the three winners from the preliminary round, all ten clubs from the Faroe Islands Premier League and three clubs from the 1. deild. These matches took place on 2 April 2011. The draw for this round of the competition took place on 7 March 2011.[2]

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Quarter-finals

Entering this round are the eight winners from the first round. These matches took place on 4 May 2011.

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Semi-finals

Entering this round are the four winners from the quarterfinals. These ties will be played over two legs and will be played on 19 May 2011 and 14 June 2011.

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Top goalscorers

RankPlayerTeamGoals
1 Ibrahima CamaraB684
2 Bartal EliasenÍF3
Bogi LøkinÍF
4 Arnbjørn HansenEB/Streymur2
Dánjal Pauli HøjgaardB68
Erland DanielsenSkála
Finnur JustinussenVíkingur
Høgni J. ZachariassenÍF
Jákup JohansenSkála
Tamba Yarjah07 Vestur

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://kassiesa.net/uefafiles/2012-13-uefa-access-list.pdf 2012/13 Access list
  2. News: The 2011 Cup draw was made on Monday evening. 7 March 2011. Soccer and Equipment. 11 March 2011.