2010

Faroe Islands Premier League The Faroe Islands Premier League (also known as ''Betri deildin menn'' for sponsorship reasons) is the top level of football in the Faroe Islands. It was founded in 1942 as Meistaradeildin, and it is played in current format since 2005, when Premi ...

, also known as ''Vodafonedeildin'' for sponsoring reasons, was the sixty-eighth season of top-tier football on the

Faroe Islands The Faroe Islands ( ), or simply the Faroes ( fo, Føroyar ; da, Færøerne ), are a North Atlantic island group and an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark. They are located north-northwest of Scotland, and about halfway bet ...

. It began on 31 March 2010 with a match between

NSÍ Runavík NSÍ Runavík is a Faroese football club, playing in Runavík on the island of Eysturoy. It was founded 24 March 1957. In 2003 NSÍ participated for the first time on a European stage. In 2007, the club won the Faroe Islands Premier League for t ...

and ÍF Fuglafjørður and ended on 23 October 2010.

HB Tórshavn HB or Hb may refer to: Academia * H-b index, an extension of the h-index used in determining academic impact * H-B Woodlawn, a secondary education program in Arlington, Virginia, US * Hathaway Brown School, an all-girls private school in Shaker H ...

were the defending champions, having won their 20th league championship last season.

Teams

KÍ Klaksvík and

07 Vestur 07 Vestur is a Faroese football club, which was founded in 2007. It is located in Sandavágur and Sørvágur on Vágar island. History The club was founded 18 December 1993 as FS Vágar. It was a merger of Vágar island teams MB Miðvágur an ...

were relegated to

1. deild 1. deild is the second tier league of football in the Faroe Islands. It was founded in 1943. The league is organised by the Faroe Islands Football Association. It was originally the top level of Faroe Islands football but was replaced by the Faro ...

after finishing 9th and 10th in the 2009 season. They were replaced by 1. deild champions VB/Sumba and runners-up

B71 Sandoy B71 (Sandoy) (B71 being short for Bóltfelagið 1971 – literal translation: "Ball Club 1971") is a Faroese sports club, playing their home games '' Inni í Dal'', Sandur. Teams are made up of players from all the towns on the island of S ...

. In other changes, VB/Sumba were renamed

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 ...

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Team summaries

League table

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

Additional home games

Top goalscorers

''Including matches on 23 October; Source
Faroese FA
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Arnbjørn Hansen Arnbjørn Theodor Hansen (; born 27 February 1986 in Eiði) is a Faroese football striker who plays for EB/Streymur in the Faroe Islands Premier League. He has also played for the Faroe Islands national team from 2006 to 2014. As of 20 Novem ...

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EB/Streymur EB/Streymur is a Faroe Islands, Faroese semi-professional association football, football club based in Streymnes and Eiði. The club was founded in 1993, as result of the merger between Eiðis Bóltfelag, EB and Ítróttarfelagið Streymur, Strey ...

) *

Christian Høgni Jacobsen Christian Høgni Jacobsen (born 12 May 1980) is a Faroese football striker, who lastly played for NSÍ. Jacobsen has also played for HB, and B68. He has been the topscorer of the Faroe Islands Premier League 3 times. Jacobsen had spells in D ...

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) ;13 goals *

Fróði Benjaminsen Fróði Benjaminsen (born 14 December 1977) is a Faroese international footballer who plays as a defender or midfielder for Skála ÍF. Benjaminsen previously played for HB Tórshavn, B68 Toftir, Fram Reykjavík and B36 Tórshavn. He has appea ...

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) ;11 goals * Øssur Dalbúð ( ÍF Fuglafjørður) *

Klæmint Olsen Klæmint Andrasson Olsen (born 17 July 1990) is a Faroese footballer who plays as a striker for Besta deild karla club Breiðablik and the Faroe Islands national team. Olsen spent his entire football career with his hometown club NSÍ Runavík ...

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) ;10 goals *

Pól Jóhannus Justinussen Pól Jóhannus Justinussen (born 13 January 1989) is a Faroese international footballer who plays for the Faroese team NSÍ, as a defender or winger. He previously played for Valur in Iceland and for the Faroese football clubs B68 Toftir, E ...

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B68 Toftir B68 Toftir is a Faroese football club, playing in the village of Toftir in Betri deildin. History After being promoted to the 1. deild (now called Effodeildin) in 1980, they won the league 3 times: in 1984, 1985, and 1992. In 2004 they were ...

) * Jón Krosslá Poulsen (

) * Sølvi Vatnhamar ( Víkingur) ;8 goals * Rógvi Poulsen (

) *

Hans Pauli Samuelsen Hans Pauli Samuelsen (born 18 October 1984) is a retired Faroese professional footballer who played as a left winger. Club career Samuelsen started his professional career in EB/Streymur where he stayed for 13 years, playing 309 competitive ma ...

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) * Nenad Sarić ( ÍF Fuglafjørður) *

Daniel Udsen Daniel Udsen (born 2 September 1983 ) is a former Faroese footballer of Danish descent, whose primary position was in midfield. Club career Udsen has previously played for Hvidovre IF and Albertslund IF in Denmark. During his stay at Albertslu ...

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References

External links

Official website

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