2014 Faroe Islands Premier League Explained

Competition:Faroe Islands Premier League
Season:2014
Winners:B36 (10th title)
Relegated:B68
Skála
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:B36
Continentalcup2:Europa League
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:Víkingur (via Faroe Islands Cup)
HB
NSÍ
League Topscorer:Klæmint Olsen (22 goals)
Biggest Home Win:HB 6–0 B68 (R16)
Biggest Away Win:AB 0–7 NSÍ (R10)
Highest Scoring:B68 5–3 (R9)
Matches:135
Total Goals:415
Prevseason:2013
Nextseason:2015

2014 Faroe Islands Premier League was the seventy-second season of top-tier football on the Faroe Islands. For sponsorship reasons, it was known as Effodeildin. Havnar Bóltfelag were the defending champions.

Teams

TB and 07 Vestur had finished 9th and 10th respectively at the end of the previous season and were relegated to the 1. deild as a result.

Replacing them were the 1. deild champions B68 and runners-up Skála.

Teams summaries

TeamLocationStadiumCapacityManagerKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
ABArgirBlue Water Arena2,000 Oddbjørn JoensenAdidasInstall
B36TórshavnGundadalur5,000 Sámal Erik HentzeAdidasP/F Wenzel
B68ToftirSvangaskarð6,000 Øssur HansenNikeNone
EB/StreymurStreymnesVið Margáir1,000 Rúni NolsøeNike
HBTórshavnGundadalur5,000 Heðin AskhamNikeAuto Service[1]
ÍFFuglafjørðurÍ Fløtugerði3,000 Albert EllefsenPumaBank Nordik
KlaksvíkVið Djúpumýrar3,000 Eyðun KlaksteinAdidasJFK
NSÍRunavíkVið Løkin2,000 Trygvi MortensenNikeBakkafrost[2]
SkálaSkálaUndir Mýruhjalla2,000 Pauli PoulsenStannoR Transport
VíkingurNorðragøtaSarpugerði3,000 Sigfríður ClementsenAdidasVodafone
Note
  1. Web site: Auto Service høvuðsstuðul hjá HB. HB. 7 March 2014. 10 March 2014. fo. https://web.archive.org/web/20140311071724/http://hb.fo/auto+service+hovdusstudul+hja+hb.html. 11 March 2014. dead.
  2. Web site: Bakkafrost heldur fram sum høvuðsstuðul hjá NSÍ. NSÍ. 19 February 2014. 10 March 2014. fo.

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment
B36 Mikkjal Thomassen26 October 2013[3] Pre-season Sámal Erik Hentze26 October 2013
HB Oddbjørn Joensen29 October 2013[4] Pre-season Heðin Askham29 October 2013
AB Sámal Erik HentzeSigned by B3626 October 2013Pre-season Bill McLeod Jacobsen5 November 2013[5]
NSÍ Heðin AskhamSigned by HB29 October 2013Pre-season Trygvi Mortensen7 November 2013[6]
AB Bill McLeod JacobsenPersonal reasons16 April 2014[7] 7th Oddbjørn Joensen16 April 2014
Skála Eliesar OlsenResigned16 June 2014[8] 10th Pauli Poulsen17 June 2014[9]

League table

Positions by round

Results

The schedule consists of a total of 27 rounds. Each team plays three games against every opponent in no particular order. At least one of the games had to be at home and at least one had to be 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

RankPlayerClubGoals (Pen.)
1 Klæmint OlsenNSÍ22 (2)
2 Finnur JustinussenVíkingur19
3 Adeshina LawalB3613 (1)
Hans Pauli SamuelsenEB/Streymur13 (5)
5 Páll Klettskarð12 (1)
Fróði BenjaminsenHB12 (1)
7 Andrew av FløtumHB10
Arnbjørn HansenEB/Streymur10
Árni FrederiksbergNSÍ10
Súni OlsenVíkingur10 (3)

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date
1–5[10] 23 March 2014
5–0[11] 11 May 2014
1–4[12] 18 May 2014
Klæmint Olsen1 0–7[13] 25 May 2014
6–1[14] 1 June 2014
3–1[15] 14 September 2014
3–0[16] 1 October 2014
1–3[17] 5 October 2014
5–0[18] 5 October 2014

Awards

Season awards

AwardWinnerTeamReference
Best Player Adeshina Lawal[19] B36[20]
Best Coach Sámal Erik HentzeB36
Best Goalkeeper Teitur GestssonHB
Best Defender Jóhan Troest DavidsenHB
Best Midfielder Łukasz CieślewiczB36
Best Forward Adeshina LawalB36
Best Young Player Bárður HansenVíkingur
Best Referee Lars Müller
Fair PlayB36

Team of the Season

Source: [21]

Goal of the Month

MonthWinnerTeam
March Róaldur Jakobsen[22] B36
April Jákup á Borg[23] B36
May Fróði Benjaminsen[24] HB
June/July Niels Pauli Danielsen[25] EB/Streymur
August Clayton Soares[26] ÍF
September/October Jóhan Dávur HøjgaardB68

Goal of the Year

RankPlayerTeamVote percentage
1Jóhan Dávur Højgaard[27] B6827%
2Niels Pauli DanielsenEB/Streymur24%
3Róaldur JakobsenB3621%
4Fróði BenjaminsenHB14%
5Jákup á BorgB367%
6Clayton SoaresÍF7%

See also