Eiðis Bóltfelag (also known as EB) is a Faroese sports club based in

Eiði Eiði (''Northern Faroese'' �ɔiːjɪ) is a village located on the north-west tip of Eysturoy in the Faroe Islands. It is the seat of Eiði Municipality. It is located 4 km north of Ljósá and 6.5 km west of Funningur. History Eiði was first ...

. Its football section merged with Streymur Hvalvik in 1993 to form

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 ...

History

Football

The club was founded on 23 February 1913, making it the oldest football club on

Eysturoy Eysturoy (pronounced estroimeaning 'East Island') is a region and the second-largest of the Faroe Islands, both in size and population. Description Eysturoy is separated by a narrow sound from the main island of Streymoy. Eysturoy is extremely ...

The idea of a local football club was well received. Within the first few days, membership had risen to 40+ people. In the first 30 years of existence, Eiðis Bóltfelag was only active in football. In the early years, from 1913 to 1916 time was spent on building the pitch. In 1916 EB played its first game. A 9-a-side game organized together with men from

Fuglafjørður Fuglafjørður is a village on Eysturoy's east coast in the Faroe Islands. Its name means "fjord of birds". The village is at the edge of a bay and expands into the surrounding steep hills. The town centre is located close to the harbour and ...

. On the February 16 of that year, the club held its first general meeting. Oliver Øster was elected as the club's first chairman. Hans Jacob Joensen was given the role of treasurer. Other board members included, Dr. Effersøe, Johan Henrik Hansen, Olaf Ellingsgaard and Anton Ellingsgaard. In the early years, games were arranged together with players from

Leirvík Leirvík ( da, Lervig) is a town on the Faroe Islands and was an important regional ferry harbour at the east coast of the second-largest island Eysturoy. Leirvík has a population of 1,048 (2022). It was the only town in the municipality of Lei ...

and Gøta. In 1939 the Faroese sports association ÍSF was founded, and in 1942, a football league system was introduced. Eiðis Bóltfelag was quick to join. The club was given a license to play in the second tier. The club never managed to play in the best division. Yo-yoing between the second and third tier for many years. In 1993 EB merged with neighbouring football club Streymur and became

has since become a household name in the top division Betrideildin.

Handball

As the second world war intensified and many local men went to sea, football slowly lost popularity in favour of handball. In 1945 the local teacher Andreas Thomsen began teaching local youths to play handball. In 1947 EB participated in the women's handball league for the first time, and they won gold in both first and second division. This is still the only national championship won by an adult team from EB. Handball was popular in Eiði during the 1950s and 1960s but slowly died away in the 1970s and early 1980s. In 2003 the village got a new sportshall and EB handball was revived and is rapidly growing in popularity.

Honours

Football *3. deild (male): Winners 1985 *Under 16 boys: Champions 1992 Cup winners 1974, 1977 *Under 14 girls: Champions 1993 *Under 10 girls: Champions 1998 Handball * 1. deild (female): Champions 1947 * 2. deild (female): Winners 1947, 1948, 1949, 1973, 1974 * 2. deild (male): Winners 1969, 1976

References

Football clubs in the Faroe Islands Association football clubs established in 1913 1913 establishments in the Faroe Islands Defunct football clubs in the Faroe Islands {{Faroes-footyclub-stub

History

Football

Handball

Honours

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