2010 Faroe Islands Premier League

Faroe Islands Premier League Football
Season	2010
Champions	HB Tórshavn; 21st title
Relegated	FC Suðuroy; AB Argir
Champions League	HB Tórshavn
Europa League	EB/Streymur (via domestic cup); NSÍ Runavík; ÍF Fuglafjørður
Matches played	135
Goals scored	438 (3.24 per match)
Top goalscorer	Arnbjørn Hansen & Christian Høgni Jacobsen; (22 goals each)
Biggest home win	NSÍ 9–1 B71; (23 October); EB/Streymur 8–0 B71; (1 August)
Biggest away win	B71 1–6 NSÍ; (15 August); ÍF 0–5 B36; (27 June); AB 0–5 B36; (2 October)
Highest scoring	NSÍ 9–1 B71; (23 October)
Longest winning run	NSÍ (9 games); (4 May–19 June)
Longest unbeaten run	NSÍ (15 games); (4 May–25 August)
Longest winless run	AB (17 games); (29 May–17 October)
Longest losing run	AB (8 games); (22 August–17 October)
	← 2009 2011 →

2010 Faroe Islands Premier League, also known as Vodafonedeildin for sponsoring reasons, was the sixty-eighth season of top-tier football on the Faroe Islands. It began on 31 March 2010 with a match between NSÍ Runavík and ÍF Fuglafjørður and ended on 23 October 2010. HB Tórshavn were the defending champions, having won their 20th league championship last season.

Teams

KÍ Klaksvík and 07 Vestur were relegated to 1. deild after finishing 9th and 10th in the 2009 season. They were replaced by 1. deild champions VB/Sumba and runners-up B71 Sandoy.

In other changes, VB/Sumba were renamed FC Suðuroy prior to this season.^[1]

Team summaries

Geographical location of the 2010 Faroese Premier League teams

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity	Manager
AB	Argir	Inni í Vika	2,000	Samal Erik Hentze
B36	Tórshavn	Gundadalur	5,000	Allan Mørkøre
B68	Toftir	Svangaskarð	6,000	Bill McLeod Jacobsen
B71	Sandur	Inni í Dal	2,000	Piotr Krakowski
EB/Streymur	Streymnes	Við Margáir	1,000	Heðin Askham
FC Suðuroy	Vágur	á Eiðinum	3,000	Jón Pauli Olsen
HB	Tórshavn	Gundadalur	5,000	Julian Hansen(int.)
ÍF	Fuglafjørður	í Fløtugerði	3,000	Abraham Løkin
NSÍ	Runavík	Við Løkin	2,000	Pauli Poulsen
Víkingur	Norðragøta	Sarpugerði	2,000	Jógvan Martin Olsen

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	HB (C)	27	16	6	5	49	32	+17	54	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	EB/Streymur	27	14	9	4	65	30	+35	51	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round^[a]
3	NSÍ Runavík	27	14	6	7	60	33	+27	48	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4	ÍF	27	12	7	8	50	41	+9	43	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
5	Víkingur Gøta	27	12	7	8	44	35	+9	43
6	B36 Tórshavn	27	11	7	9	44	36	+8	40
7	B68 Toftir	27	8	7	12	42	47	−5	31
8	B71 Sandoy	27	5	8	14	24	65	−41	23
9	Suðuroy (R)	27	5	7	15	33	54	−21	22	Relegation to 1. deild
10	AB (R)	27	2	8	17	27	65	−38	14	Relegation to 1. deild

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ EB/Streymur won the 2010 Faroe Islands Cup competition and thereby qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.

Results

The schedule consists of a total of 27 games. Each team plays three games against every opponent in no particular order. At least one of the games will be at home and one will be away. The additional home game for every match-up is randomly assigned prior to the season.

Regular home games

Home \ Away	AB	B36	B68	B71	EBS	SUÐ	HB	ÍF	NSÍ	VÍK
Argja Bóltfelag		2–2	1–2	3–3	1–2	1–0	1–1	0–2	0–0	1–1
B36 Tórshavn	1–0		3–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–5	1–2
B68 Toftir	1–1	1–0		5–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–0	0–3	5–3
B71 Sandoy	1–0	0–3	1–0		2–3	3–1	0–1	0–2	1–6	0–0
EB/Streymur	2–1	1–2	3–0	8–0		2–0	0–1	3–0	1–1	2–2
Suðuroy	3–3	1–1	3–1	2–1	0–1		0–3	0–3	1–1	1–3
Havnar Bóltfelag	2–1	2–2	4–3	1–2	5–2	4–4		2–0	2–1	2–0
ÍF Fuglafjørður	4–4	0–5	4–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–1		3–5	0–1
NSÍ Runavík	3–0	4–3	2–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	2–0	1–2		0–2
Víkingur Gøta	5–3	1–3	0–0	0–0	2–2	4–1	0–0	1–3	2–3

Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Additional home games

Home \ Away	AB	B36	B68	B71	EBS	SUÐ	HB	ÍF	NSÍ	VÍK
Argja Bóltfelag		0–5		0–4		1–0		1–4
B36 Tórshavn			3–1					1–0	2–1
B68 Toftir	3–0			1–1				3–3	3–2	2–0
B71 Sandoy		0–0			0–4	2–2	0–2
EB/Streymur	6–0	4–1	3–1			5–2	1–1
Suðuroy		2–1	2–1						1–1	0–2
Havnar Bóltfelag	3–0	2–1	1–0			1–4			3–2
ÍF Fuglafjørður				3–0	3–3	3–1	1–2
NSÍ Runavík	2–1			9–1	0–0			0–0		0–1
Víkingur Gøta	3–1	1–0		5–0	0–3		0–1	1–3

Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Including matches on 23 October; Source: Faroese FA

22 goals

13 goals

Fróði Benjaminsen (HB Tórshavn)

11 goals

10 goals

8 goals

References

^ Dimma.fo (Faroese)^{[permanent dead link‍]}

External links

Official website (in Faroese)
Faroe Islands soccer news, results and information

[table_note_res_EL20.055415193576093-2] EB/Streymur won the 2010 Faroe Islands Cup competition and thereby qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.

[1] Dimma.fo (Faroese)^{[permanent dead link‍]}

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