2012 Faroe Islands Premier League

Faroe Islands Premier League
Season	2012
Champions	EB/Streymur
Relegated	B68 Toftir; Suðuroy
Champions League	EB/Streymur
Europa League	ÍF Fuglafjørður; HB Tórshavn; Víkingur (via domestic cup)
Matches played	135
Goals scored	412 (3.05 per match)
Top goalscorer	Clayton Soares do Nascimento, Páll Klettskarð (ÍF, KÍ 22 goals)
Biggest home win	HB 6–0 Suðuroy (R13); KÍ 7–1 Suðuroy (R27)
Biggest away win	Suðuroy 0–6 ÍF (R9)
Highest scoring	KÍ 7–1 Suðuroy (R27)
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2012 Faroe Islands Premier League was the seventieth season of top-tier football on the Faroe Islands. For sponsorship reasons, it was known as Effodeildin. The season began on 24 March 2012 with a match between B36 Tórshavn and FC Suðuroy,^[1] and ended on 6 October 2012.^[2] EB/Streymur won their second league title.^[3]^[4] B36 Tórshavn were the defending champions.

Teams

07 Vestur and B71 Sandoy had finished 9th and 10th respectively at the end of the previous season and were relegated to the 1. deild as a result. 07 Vestur were relegated after just one season in the league while B71 Sandoy left after a two-year stay.

Replacing them were the 1. deild champions FC Suðuroy and runners-up TB Tvøroyri. FC Suðuroy returned to the top flight after a one-year absence, while TB Tvøroyri returned after a six-year absence.

Team summaries

Geographical location of the 2012 Faroese Premier League teams

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity	Manager
B36 Tórshavn	Tórshavn	Gundadalur	5,000	Mikkjal Thomassen
B68 Toftir	Toftir	Svangaskarð	6,000	Pauli Poulsen Bill McLeod Jacobsen
EB/Streymur	Streymnes	við Margáir	1,000	Heðin Askham
Havnar Bóltfelag	Tórshavn	Gundadalur	5,000	Sigfríður Clementsen
ÍF Fuglafjørður	Fuglafjørður	í Fløtugerði	3,000	Flemming Christensen
KÍ Klaksvík	Klaksvík	Við Djúpumýrar	3,000	Páll Guðlaugsson
NSÍ Runavík	Runavík	Við Løkin	2,000	Kári Reynheim
FC Suðuroy	Vágur	á Eiðinum	3,000	Pól F. Joensen Saša Kolman
TB Tvøroyri	Tvøroyri	Við Stórá^[5]	4,000	Milan Kuljić
Víkingur Gøta	Norðragøta	Sarpugerði	3,000	Jógvan Martin Olsen

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	EB/Streymur (C)	27	17	7	3	51	25	+26	58	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	ÍF	27	16	6	5	55	23	+32	54	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	HB	27	13	6	8	56	34	+22	45	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4	KÍ	27	13	6	8	59	44	+15	45
5	Víkingur Gøta	27	12	9	6	43	35	+8	45	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round^[a]
6	B36 Tórshavn	27	10	8	9	42	36	+6	38
7	NSÍ Runavík	27	9	4	14	36	43	−7	31
8	TB	27	5	9	13	30	50	−20	24
9	B68 Toftir (R)	27	6	6	15	23	43	−20	24	Relegation to 1. deild
10	Suðuroy (R)	27	2	3	22	16	78	−62	9	Relegation to 1. deild

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

^ Víkingur, winners of the 2012 Faroe Islands Cup, qualified for the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27
Team ╲ Round
EB/Streymur	5	6	6	5	5	5	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1
ÍF	3	2	3	2	4	4	5	5	3	4	3	4	5	5	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2
HB	1	1	2	4	2	2	2	2	5	3	4	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	3	3
KÍ	5	7	7	8	8	7	6	6	4	5	5	3	3	2	2	1	1	2	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	5	4
Víkingur Gøta	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	5	4	5
B36 Tórshavn	4	4	4	1	3	3	4	4	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
NSÍ Runavík	7	5	5	6	7	9	9	9	9	8	9	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
TB	9	9	9	10	9	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8
B68 Toftir	10	10	10	7	6	6	7	8	8	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9
Suðuroy	8	8	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

Source: kicker.de (in German)

Results

The schedule consisted of a total of 27 rounds. Each team played 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.

Regular home games

Home \ Away	B36	B68	EBS	HB	ÍF	KÍ	NSÍ	SUÐ	TB	VÍK
B36 Tórshavn		1–2	1–2	1–0	1–1	2–3	5–1	1–0	2–2	3–0
B68 Toftir	1–1		1–2	1–2	0–2	0–2	3–2	2–0	1–1	1–1
EB/Streymur	1–1	0–0		2–2	2–1	1–1	1–0	3–0	1–1	0–1
Havnar Bóltfelag	2–1	4–0	0–1		1–4	5–0	2–4	6–0	4–1	1–1
ÍF Fuglafjørður	1–1	2–0	1–2	2–0		2–0	2–1	3–2	1–1	1–2
KÍ Klaksvík	0–2	3–0	1–3	1–1	1–0		3–2	5–1	0–0	3–3
NSÍ Runavík	3–1	0–2	1–0	2–4	1–2	0–2		0–0	2–0	0–2
Suðuroy	0–2	0–1	0–2	0–1	0–6	1–4	0–2		1–1	1–1
TB Tvøroyri	1–4	3–1	0–3	4–2	1–0	1–6	1–3	3–0		0–2
Víkingur Gøta	3–2	2–0	2–1	2–2	1–4	0–1	1–1	4–0	1–0

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

Additional home games

Home \ Away	B36	B68	EBS	HB	ÍF	KÍ	NSÍ	SUÐ	TB	VÍK
B36 Tórshavn		1–0	1–4		0–2			3–1		1–1
B68 Toftir			0–1		0–0	1–3	1–1
EB/Streymur				3–2		1–1	4–0	4–2	3–2
Havnar Bóltfelag	2–0	4–0							3–1	0–0
ÍF Fuglafjørður			1–1	0–0		5–2	3–1
KÍ Klaksvík	3–4			1–2			2–1	7–1	1–1
NSÍ Runavík	0–0			2–0				5–1	0–1	1–0
Suðuroy		2–1		0–4	1–4				1–0
TB Tvøroyri	0–0	1–4			1–2					2–2
Víkingur Gøta		2–0	2–3		0–3	4–3		3–1

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

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Clayton Soares	ÍF Fuglafjørður	22
1	Páll Klettskarð	KÍ Klaksvík	22
2	Arnbjørn Hansen	EB/Streymur	16
3	Klæmint Olsen	NSÍ Runavík	14
4	Christian Mouritsen	HB Tórshavn	12
5	Kaj Leo í Bartalsstovu	Víkingur	11
6	Andy Olsen	KÍ Klaksvík	9
7	Fróði Benjaminsen	HB Tórshavn	8
	Hjartvard Hansen	Víkingur
	Leif Niclasen	EB/Streymur
	Łukasz Cieślewicz	B36 Tórshavn
	Símun Samuelsen	HB Tórshavn

Source: Soccerway

Awards

Award	Winner	Team	Reference
Best Goalkeeper	Jákup Mikkelsen	ÍF	^[6]
Best Defender	Marni Djurhuus	EB/Streymur
Best Midfielder	Hallur Hansson	HB
Best Forward	Clayton Soares	ÍF
Best Young Player	Páll Klettskarð	KÍ
Best Coach	Flemming Christensen	ÍF
Best Player	Clayton Soares	ÍF

Best Referee:
Lars Müller

Fair Play:
EB/Streymur

Team of the Season

Goalkeeper: Jákup Mikkelsen (ÍF)
Defenders: Bárður Hansen (Víkingur), Bartal Eliasen (ÍF), Marni Djurhuus (EB/Streymur), Jan Ó. Ellingsgaard (ÍF)
Midfielders: Kaj Leo í Bartalsstovu (Víkingur), Hallur Hansson (HB), Høgni Madsen (ÍF), Símun Samuelsen (HB)
Forwards: Arnbjørn Hansen (EB/Streymur), Clayton Soares (ÍF)

References

^ "Aktuelt.fo, Og navnið er: Effo-deildin (And the name is: Effo-deildin) (Faroese)". Archived from the original on 2012-02-29. Retrieved 2012-02-28.
^ "FSF, Fótbóltsamband Føroya (Faroe Islands Football Association), Effodeildin's matches in 2012". Archived from the original on 2020-03-12. Retrieved 2012-02-28.
^ "Season review: Faroe Islands". UEFA.com. 10 October 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
^ "EB/Streymur pip Fuglafjørdur to Faroese title". UEFA.com. 6 October 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
^ TB.fo
^ Rannvá og Clayton ársins leikarar 2012

External links

[table_note_res_EL1Qcup0.52281960124281-6] Víkingur, winners of the 2012 Faroe Islands Cup, qualified for the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.

[1] "Aktuelt.fo, Og navnið er: Effo-deildin (And the name is: Effo-deildin) (Faroese)". Archived from the original on 2012-02-29. Retrieved 2012-02-28.

[2] "FSF, Fótbóltsamband Føroya (Faroe Islands Football Association), Effodeildin's matches in 2012". Archived from the original on 2020-03-12. Retrieved 2012-02-28.

[3] "Season review: Faroe Islands". UEFA.com. 10 October 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2013.

[4] "EB/Streymur pip Fuglafjørdur to Faroese title". UEFA.com. 6 October 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2013.

[5] TB.fo

[7] Rannvá og Clayton ársins leikarar 2012

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