2013 Faroe Islands Premier League

Effodeildin
Season	2013
Champions	HB (22nd title)
Relegated	07 Vestur; TB
Champions League	HB
Europa League	Víkingur (via Faroe Cup); ÍF; B36
Matches played	135
Goals scored	463 (3.43 per match)
Top goalscorer	Klæmint Olsen; (NSÍ – 21 goals)
Biggest home win	KÍ 7–1 07 Vestur (R27); EB/Streymur 6–0 AB (R8); HB 6–0 07 Vestur (R24)
Biggest away win	NSÍ 0–4 HB (R8); TB 1–5 HB (R18)
Highest scoring	KÍ 7–1 07 Vestur (R27)
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2013 Faroe Islands Premier League was the seventy-first season of top-tier football on the Faroe Islands. For sponsorship reasons, it is known as Effodeildin. EB/Streymur were the defending champions.

Teams

B68 Toftir and FC Suðuroy 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 07 Vestur and runners-up AB Argir.

Team summaries

Locations of the Faroe Islands Premier League 2013 teams

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity	Manager
07 Vestur	Sørvágur	á Dungasandi	2,000	Hegga Samuelsen
AB Argir	Argir	Inni í Vika	2,000	Sámal Erik Hentze
B36 Tórshavn	Tórshavn	Gundadalur	5,000	Mikkjal Thomassen
EB/Streymur	Streymnes	við Margáir	1,000	Rúni Nolsøe
Havnar Bóltfelag	Tórshavn	Gundadalur	5,000	Oddbjørn Joensen
ÍF Fuglafjørður	Fuglafjørður	í Fløtugerði	3,000	Albert Ellefsen
KÍ Klaksvík	Klaksvík	Við Djúpumýrar	3,000	Eyðun Klakstein
NSÍ Runavík	Runavík	við Løkin	2,000	Heðin Askham
TB Tvøroyri	Tvøroyri	Við Stórá^[1]	4,000	Páll Guðlaugsson
Víkingur Gøta	Norðragøta	Sarpugerði	3,000	Sigfríður Clementsen

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
KÍ	Páll Guðlaugsson	Mutual agreement	12 June^[2]	4th	Eyðun Klakstein	12 June^[2]
NSÍ	Abraham Løkin	Mutual agreement	30 June^[3]	5th	Heðin Askham	30 June^[3]
Víkingur	Jogvan Martin Olsen	Mutual agreement	1 July^[4]	8th	Sigfríður Clementsen	1 July^[4]
TB	Hans Fróði Hansen	Sacked	24 July^[5]	7th	Bill McLeod Jacobsen (caretaker)	24 July^[5]
TB	Bill McLeod Jacobsen	End as caretaker	17 August^[6]	9th	Páll Guðlaugsson	17 August^[6]
07 Vestur	Piotr Krakowski	Sacked	1 October^[7]	10th	Hegga Samuelsen	1 October^[7]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	HB (C)	27	16	6	5	68	34	+34	54	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	ÍF	27	14	7	6	55	48	+7	49	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	B36 Tórshavn	27	12	10	5	48	35	+13	46	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4	NSÍ Runavík	27	13	6	8	54	47	+7	45
5	EB/Streymur	27	12	5	10	55	36	+19	41
6	Víkingur Gøta	27	12	5	10	41	42	−1	41	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round^[a]
7	AB	27	9	4	14	36	48	−12	31
8	KÍ	27	6	10	11	54	55	−1	28
9	TB (R)	27	5	8	14	27	48	−21	23	Relegation to 1. deild
10	07 Vestur (R)	27	3	5	19	25	70	−45	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:

^ Víkingur qualified for the first qualifying round of UEFA Europa League by winning the 2013 Faroe Islands Cup.

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
HB	5	4	3	2	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
ÍF	3	2	1	3	4	4	5	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
B36 Tórshavn	5	3	5	5	5	5	6	5	7	7	8	6	6	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	3	3
NSÍ Runavík	7	8	8	8	6	6	4	6	5	4	4	5	3	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	3	3	4	4
EB/Streymur	1	5	6	7	9	8	9	8	6	5	5	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	5	6	5
Víkingur Gøta	3	7	4	4	1	3	2	3	3	6	6	8	8	8	8	7	4	4	4	4	5	6	6	6	6	5	6
AB	7	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
KÍ	2	1	2	1	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	4	5	6	6	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
TB	9	10	9	9	8	7	7	7	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
07 Vestur	10	6	7	6	7	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

Source: Faroe Soccer (in Faroese)

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	07V	AB	B36	EBS	HB	ÍF	KÍ	NSÍ	TB	VÍK
07 Vestur		1–1	0–3	0–2	1–2	1–3	2–1	1–1	4–1	0–1
Argja Bóltfelag	0–0		3–2	3–1	1–3	0–1	1–3	2–3	2–1	3–1
B36 Tórshavn	0–0	1–1		2–0	3–3	2–2	2–1	3–1	1–1	4–0
EB/Streymur	4–0	6–0	4–1		2–0	1–2	4–3	5–1	2–2	0–0
Havnar Bóltfelag	0–0	5–1	1–1	2–0		0–0	3–0	3–2	3–0	3–0
ÍF Fuglafjørður	3–1	2–1	1–3	2–2	0–2		3–3	3–3	4–3	2–1
KÍ Klaksvík	5–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–4	2–2		1–1	3–0	1–2
NSÍ Runavík	2–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	0–4	3–2	2–3		0–0	3–0
TB Tvøroyri	2–0	2–0	0–0	0–2	1–5	2–2	1–1	0–0		1–0
Víkingur Gøta	2–2	1–0	1–1	3–0	2–4	3–2	1–1	2–1	3–1

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

Additional home games

Home \ Away	07V	AB	B36	EBS	HB	ÍF	KÍ	NSÍ	TB	VÍK
07 Vestur		0–3	1–4					2–4	2–1
Argja Bóltfelag				0–3	2–1		0–1	3–1
B36 Tórshavn		2–1				1–2			2–1	3–2
EB/Streymur	4–0		1–2			5–0			3–1	0–2
Havnar Bóltfelag	6–0		2–2	4–0					1–0	1–3
ÍF Fuglafjørður	3–2	3–2			3–1		3–1	3–1
KÍ Klaksvík	7–1		0–2	3–3	3–3				2–3
NSÍ Runavík			4–0	1–0	4–2		4–3
TB Tvøroyri		2–0				0–1		1–4		1–1
Víkingur Gøta	3–1	0–2				2–1	3–0	2–4

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

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Klæmint Olsen	NSÍ	21
2	Páll Klettskarð	KÍ	20
3	Leif Niclasen	EB/Streymur	17
4	Finnur Justinussen	Víkingur	16
5	Clayton Nascimento	ÍF	14
6	Łukasz Cieślewicz	B36	12
6	Øssur Dalbúð	ÍF	12
8	Fróði Benjaminsen	HB	11
9	Adeshina Lawal	B36	10

Source: Faroe Soccer

Awards

Award	Winner	Team	Reference
Best Player	Fróði Benjaminsen	HB	^[8]
Best Coach	Albert Ellefsen	ÍF
Best Goalkeeper	Teitur Gestsson	HB
Best Defender	Jóhan Troest Davidsen	HB
Best Midfielder	Fróði Benjaminsen	HB
Best Forward	Páll Klettskarð	KÍ
Best Young Player	Hørður Askham	B36
Best Referee	Lars Müller	–
Fair Play	07 Vestur		^[9]

Team of the season

Source: ^[9]

Goalkeeper: Teitur Gestsson (HB)
Defenders: Bárður Hansen (Víkingur), Jóhan Troest Davidsen (HB), Høgni Zachariassen (ÍF), Pól Jóhannus Justinussen (NSÍ).
Midfielders: Christian R. Mouritsen (HB), Fróði Benjaminsen (HB), Símun Samuelsen (HB).
Forwards: Páll Klettskarð (KÍ), Klæmint A. Olsen (NSÍ), Finnur Justinussen (Víkingur).

Goal of the Month

Month	Winner	Team
March	Súni Olsen	B36
April	Heðin Hansen	Víkingur
May	Gunleif Olsen	07 Vestur
June	Dion Splidt	AB
July/August	Árni Frederiksberg	NSÍ
September	Ragnar Tausen	TB
October	Øssur Dalbúð	ÍF

Goal of the Year

Rank	Player	Team	Vote percentage
1st	Heðin Hansen^[10]	Víkingur	22%
2nd	Súni Olsen	B36	17%
3rd	Dion Splidt	AB	16%
4th	Ragnar Tausen	TB	16%
5th	Øssur Dalbúð	ÍF	12%
6th	Gunleif Olsen	07 Vestur	10%
7th	Árni Frederiksberg	NSÍ	7%

References

^ "TB vann debutdystin við Stórá". TB.fo. 29 April 2012.
^ ^a ^b "KÍ Klaksvík part with coach Páll Guðlaugsson and replace him with Eyðun Klakstein". Soccer and Equipment. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Heðin Askham nýggjur venjari hjá NSÍ". Sportal. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Sigfríður nýggjur venjari hjá Víkingi". Sportal. Archived from the original on 3 July 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
^ ^a ^b "TB Tvøroyri part with coach Hans Fróði Hansen". Soccer and Equipment. 24 July 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
^ ^a ^b "TB Tvøroyri appoint Páll Guðlaugsson as new coach". Soccer and Equipment. 17 August 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
^ ^a ^b "07 Vestur name Hegga Samuelsen as new coach". Soccer and Equipment. 1 October 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
^ "Her eru tey bestu í fótbólti 2013" (in Faroese). KVF. 9 November 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Heidi og Fróði ársins leikarar 2013" (in Faroese). FSF. 10 November 2013. Archived from the original on 11 November 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
^ "Heðin Hansen gjørdi Ársins mál 2013" (in Faroese). FSF. 16 December 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2013.

External links

[table_note_res_EL1Qcup0.58617709045586-8] Víkingur qualified for the first qualifying round of UEFA Europa League by winning the 2013 Faroe Islands Cup.

[1] "TB vann debutdystin við Stórá". TB.fo. 29 April 2012.

[ki-2] "KÍ Klaksvík part with coach Páll Guðlaugsson and replace him with Eyðun Klakstein". Soccer and Equipment. Retrieved 13 June 2013.

[nsi-3] "Heðin Askham nýggjur venjari hjá NSÍ". Sportal. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2013.

[vik-4] "Sigfríður nýggjur venjari hjá Víkingi". Sportal. Archived from the original on 3 July 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2013.

[tb-5] "TB Tvøroyri part with coach Hans Fróði Hansen". Soccer and Equipment. 24 July 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2013.

[tb2-6] "TB Tvøroyri appoint Páll Guðlaugsson as new coach". Soccer and Equipment. 17 August 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2013.

[07v-7] "07 Vestur name Hegga Samuelsen as new coach". Soccer and Equipment. 1 October 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2013.

[9] "Her eru tey bestu í fótbólti 2013" (in Faroese). KVF. 9 November 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2013.

[fsf-10] "Heidi og Fróði ársins leikarar 2013" (in Faroese). FSF. 10 November 2013. Archived from the original on 11 November 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2013.

[11] "Heðin Hansen gjørdi Ársins mál 2013" (in Faroese). FSF. 16 December 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2013.

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