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 B36 Tórshavn ( fo, Bóltfelagið 1936 Tórshavn) is a Faroe Islands, Faroese semi professional Association football, football club based in the capital of Tórshavn, playing in the Faroe Islands Premier League, the top tier of Faroese football. ...

and FC Suðuroy, and ended on 6 October 2012. EB/Streymur won their second league title.

were the defending champions.

Teams

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 ...

and

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 ...

had finished 9th and 10th respectively at the end of the previous season and were relegated to the

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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

League table

TB Tvoroyri vs IF Fuglafjordur 1-0 on 29-04-2012

Positions by round

Results

FC Suduroy - KI Klaksvik Effodeildin 2012

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

Additional home games

Top goalscorers

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Awards

Best Referee:

Lars Müller Lars Müller (born 22 March 1976) is a German former professional footballer and head coach of Werner SC. Career Müller was born in Werne. In his youth, he played for Sportfreunde Werne-West, a sports club based in his hometown, before being s ...

Fair Play:
EB/Streymur

Team of the Season

*Goalkeeper:

Jákup Mikkelsen Jákup Nolsøe Mikkelsen (born 14 August 1970) is a Faroese former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He made 522 league appearances in representing six clubs in a career spanning 25 years, also representing his country at international lev ...

( ÍF) *Defenders: Bárður Hansen ( Víkingur),

Bartal Eliasen Bartal Eliasen (born 23 August 1976) is a Faroese international footballer who plays professionally as a defender for ÍF Fuglafjørður. Eliasen started his career in ÍF Fuglafjørður and has also played for GÍ Gøta. He has been capped ...

( ÍF), Marni Djurhuus ( EB/Streymur), Jan Ó. Ellingsgaard ( ÍF) *Midfielders:

Kaj Leo í Bartalsstovu Kaj Leo í Bartalsstovu (born 23 June 1991) is a Faroese professional footballer who plays for Icelandic club Njarðvík. He has also been capped at senior and junior level for his country. Club career Bartalsstovu started his career at Vík ...

( Víkingur),

Hallur Hansson Hallur Hansson (born 8 July 1992) is a Faroese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for KÍ. Starting his professional career in Scotland as part of Aberdeen, he moved to Denmark to play for AaB from 2012 until 31 January 2014. ...

( HB),

Høgni Madsen Høgni Madsen (born 1985) is a Faroese footballer who plays for B68 Toftir in Effodeildin as a midfielder. He has earlier played for other Faroese clubs like EB/Streymur, ÍF Fuglafjørður and KÍ Klaksvík, and for the Icelandic clubs Fra ...

( ÍF),

Símun Samuelsen Símun Samuelsen (born 21 May 1985 in Vágur) is a retired Faroese football striker who played as a right or left winger and current head coach of AB Argir. Career Club career He made his debut in Faroe Islands Premier League Football with ...

( HB) *Forwards: Arnbjørn Hansen ( EB/Streymur), Clayton Soares ( ÍF)

References

External links

Official website

Faroe Islands soccer news, results, statistics and information
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