2011 Faroe Islands Premier League Explained

Competition:Faroe Islands Premier League
Season:2011
Winners:B36
(9th title)
Relegated:07
B71
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:B36
Continentalcup2:Europa League
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:EB/Streymur
Víkingur
NSÍ
League Topscorer:Finnur Justinussen
(21 goals)
Biggest Home Win:NSÍ 9–0 07
Biggest Away Win:B71 0–6
B71 0–6 Víkingur
07 1–7 EB
Highest Scoring:07 4–6 NSÍ
(19 June 2011)
Matches:135
Total Goals:477
Longest Wins:EB/Streymur
(10 games)[1]
Longest Unbeaten:B36
(16 games)
Longest Winless:07 Vestur, B71
(11 games each)
Longest Losses:B71,
(6 games each)
Prevseason:2010
Nextseason:2012

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.

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

TeamCityStadiumCapacityManager
2,000 Jóhan Nielsen
5,000
6,000 Bill McLeod Jacobsen
2,000 Piotr Krakowski
1,000 Heðin Askham
5,000 Sigfríður Clementsen
3,000 Rúni Nolsøe
Símun Eliasen
3,000 Aleksandar Đorđević
2,000 Pauli Poulsen
2,000 Jógvan Martin Olsen

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.

Additional home games

Top goalscorers

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

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Finnur JustinussenVíkingur21
2 Klæmint OlsenNSÍ17
3 Łukasz CieślewiczB3615
4 Arnbjørn HansenEB/Streymur14
Kristoffur Jakobsen14
6 Christian Høgni JacobsenNSÍ13
Clayton Soares do Nascimento07 Vestur13
8 Chris MuomaifeÍF12
Jákup á BorgB3612
10 Leif NiclasenEB/Streymur11
Símun SamuelsenHB

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Formuladeildin – 2011 . WhoScored.com . WhoScored.com . 13 December 2011 .
  2. Web site: Faroese FA . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110720203426/http://www.fsf.fo/index.asp?id=%7B0B6402D1-E153-4CCD-BE00-3C1643328070%7D&fs=m0m . 20 July 2011 . 27 March 2012 .