FC Hoyvík was a Faroese football club, which merged with

FF Giza Fótbóltsfelagið Giza, commonly known as FF Giza, was a Faroese football club from Tórshavn. History The club was founded in 2008 by some friends, who played for another club called NÍF (Nólsoyar Ítróttarfelag, founded in 1968) at the t ...

in 2012. The new club was called Giza Hoyvík and later changed its name to FC Hoyvík. This incarnation of FC Hoyvík was previously named ÍF Fram Tórshavn (Tórshavn Forward) and was located in the

Hoyvík Hoyvík is a town in the Faroe Islands. It is part of the Tórshavn Municipality, and de facto is merged as a northern suburb of Tórshavn, the Faroese capital. History Hoyvík is believed to be a very old settlement. An early source is the ' ...

district, a suburb of the capital

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History

The club was founded on 12 January 1975 as IF Fram Tórshavn, and became the third football club in Tórshavn. HB Tórshavn (1904) and

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. ...

(1936) are the first two. The fourth club in Torshavn came in 1997,

Argja Bóltfelag Argja Bóltfelag is a Professional Faroese football club based in Argir. They were playing their 2020 third season in the Faroe Islands Premier League, after being promoted from 1. deild after playing there for 1 season in 2017. After the 2020 se ...

from

Argir Argir ( da, Arge) is a village in the Faroe Islands. Argir most likely takes its name from Old Irish ''airge'' meaning ''summer pasture''.; several placenames in Faroe carry the same name with this meaning. Once a village south of Tórshavn, Arg ...

. As the suburb Argir was incorporated in 1997 in the Municipality of Tórshavn. They were founded 1973. In 1977, Fram Tórshavn played their first season in 1. deild (now named Effodeildin), but only finished seventh in the league and were relegated that season. Fram have never managed to achieve promotion back into the top flight league since. They are the only Faroese football club in history to have played in first league, down to the fourth league. In late 2008, the club changed its name to FC Hoyvík. In 2009, FC Hoyvík played their first season under the new name in the 1.Deild of the FSF (second division), after Fram Torshavn won the 2.Deild in the previous season and were promoted to 1. deild. They ended as 7th of 10 teams with 34 points.Faroesoccer.com (chose "Kappingarár" 2009)
/ref> They got the same result in 2010 with 33 points. In 2011, they ended as number 9 with 26 points and got relegated to 2. deild. FC Hoyvík also had a team in 2. deild that year, and this team got relegated to 3. deild. After the 2011 season, FC Hoyvík and

(earlier Nólsoyar Ítróttarfelag), which played in the fourth leg (3. deild) decided to join forces and merged into Giza/Hoyvík. In 2012, their team ended as number three in 2. deild with 40 points.

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II got promoted to 1. deild with 40 points, they had better goal score. B36 Tórshavn II won 2. deild and got promoted together with TB Tvøroyri II.

Honours

* 1. deild: 1 **1976 *

2. deild 2. deild is the third tier league of football in the Faroe Islands. It was founded in 1976 and is organized by the Faroe Islands Football Association. It was originally called ''3. deild'' but became ''2. deild'' after a reorganization of the Fa ...

: 2 **1989, 2008

References

External links

FC Hoyvík former website
{{DEFAULTSORT:FC Hoyvik Defunct football clubs in the Faroe Islands Hoyvík 1975 establishments in the Faroe Islands