á Eiðinum is a multi-use stadium in

Vágur Vágur meaning ''Bay'' ( da, Våg) is a town on the island of Suðuroy, part of the Faroe Islands It is situated on the east coast of the island on the Vágsfjørður fjord, and was founded in the fourteenth century. Expansion has meant that the ...

, which is one of the larger villages in the southernmost island Suduroy in the

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. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of

FC Suðuroy FC Suðuroy is a Faroese football club which was founded in January 2010 and consists currently of the former clubs VB (founded in 1905) and Sumba (founded in 1949), which merged in 2005 to form VB/Sumba. FC Suðuroy's first team in the men's ch ...

, formerly called VB/Sumba (until 31 Dec. 2009). The stadium holds 3,000 people, but has only 330 seats.

Vágshøll - The Sports Hall of Vágur

Next to the Football Stadium on Eiðinum in

is a sports hall, which is called Vágshøll. It was built in 1980.Sudurras1.com
/ref> Another building next to the football stadium is a community hall which was built in 1978 and is called VB-húsið (The house of VB). VB was the first football association in Vágur, founded in 1905. VB was not the first football association in the

or in Suduroy. TB from Tvøroyri is even older, founded in 1892. VB got together with Sumba in 2005 and now these two teams are called

. They hope that this team will be for the whole island, but TB and Royn from

Hvalba Hvalba ( da, Kvalbø) is a village and a municipality in the Faroe Islands, which consists of Hvalba, Nes-Hvalba and Sandvík. The village spreads around the bottom of a deep inlet, Hvalbiarfjørður, in the northeast of Suðuroy. Population Hv ...

have not yet accepted the invitation (March 2010).

FC Suðuroy

is a result of the prior merging of VB Vágur and Sumba in 2005.

was founded on January 1, 2010. Chairman of the board is Bjarni Johansen, who until the end of 2008 used to be goal keeper for VB Vágur and VB/Sumba. Chief Financial Officer for

Pól Thorsteinsson Pól Thorsteinsson (born 17 November 1973 in Vágur, Suðuroy) is a retired Faroese football player. He has been spent most of his career in the Faroe Islands, while he had brief stints in Iceland and Denmark. At the end of his career Pól Thor ...

, who started his football career in Vágur for VB Vágur and ended his football career in the second best division of VB/Sumba in 2009, the same year as they won the 1. division and they decided to change the name from VB/Sumba to

. In the meantime Thorsteinsson was playing for other Faroese clubs and also an

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ic football club. Manager for FC Suðuroy is

Jón Pauli Olsen Jón Pauli Olsen (born 17 August 1968) is a former manager for the Faroe Islands women's national football team. He was also manager for the Faroe Islands Women's U17 national team. Olsen is also a former football player, he mostly played as a ...

References

External links

FC Suðuroy
The Football Association of Suðuroy, currently the southern part of the island Suduroy.
VB Handball

The Municipality of Vágur

Municipality of Sumba

FC Suðuroy on Facebook

Vesturi á Eiðinum stadium - Nordic Stadiums

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Article in Faroese about the lake Vatnið in Vágur and the history of the football stadium, the sports hall and VB Húsið. {{DEFAULTSORT:Vesturi A Eidinum Stadium Football venues in the Faroe Islands Sport in Vágur