07 Vestur is a Faroese football club, which was founded in 2007. It is located in

Sandavágur Sandavágur ( da, Sandevåg) is a city on the south coast of the Faroese island of Vágar. The name ''Sandavágur'' means ''sandy bay'' and refers to the sandy beach which used to be much larger than present. From one point in Sandavágur you ca ...

and

Sørvágur :''There is also a town called Vágur on Suðuroy.'' Sørvágur ( da, Sørvåg) is a village on the island of Vágar in the Faroe Islands. It is located at the landward end of Sørvágsfjørður. Sørvágur is the largest village in Sørvágur ...

Vágar Vágar ( da, Vågø) is one of the 18 islands in the archipelago of the Faroe Islands and the most westerly of the ''large islands''. With a size of , it ranks number three, behind Streymoy and Eysturoy. Vágar region also comprises the island ...

island.

History

The club was founded 18 December 1993 as FS Vágar. It was a merger of

island teams

MB Miðvágur MB, Mb or M. B. may refer to: Businesses and organizations * Mälarhöjden/Bredäng Hockey, a Swedish ice hockey club * Media Blasters, an American multimedia entertainment distributor * Mediobanca, and Italian company with Borsa Italiana sto ...

and

SÍF Sandavágur SÍF Sandavágur is a Faroese Football club based in Sandavágur on the island of Vágar. History SÍF Sandavágur was founded in 1906; although the club is one of oldest in the Faroe Islands, SÍF only played in the top division (now Betri ...

in order to increase the footballing standard of this part of the Faroe Islands. SÍ Sørvágur, also located on Vágar, joined the club in 1998. Soon, the newly founded club promoted to the national top league which, at that point in 1995, was called 1. deild. Unfortunately, the team was not able to permanently secure a top-tier spot over the years. In 2003, FS Vágar was relegated for good. Soon after that, the alliance between the three founding clubs began to crumble, and FS Vágar was eventually disbanded in the fall of 2004. Despite the controversy, many people wanted to keep the club alive or, if this was not possible, found another club. So, on 8 November 2004, the club was re-founded as FS Vágar 2004 (FSV04). In fall 2007, talks about a merger between FSV04 and SÍ Sørvágur, one of the members of the first incarnation of the club, started and were successfully concluded on 6 November 2007. The club was renamed 07 Vestur, shortly afterwards. The new name refers both to the founding year of the new club and the location of Vágar island, which is approximately 7° W. The club currently maintains two men's teams and also a women's team. In 2009, the men's first team played in the

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 Prem ...

, but they were relegated and played in 1. deild in 2010. They won 1. deild and were promoted to the

Premier League The Premier League (legal name: The Football Association Premier League Limited) is the highest level of the men's English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Fo ...

; in 2011, they were playing in the

of Faroese football, but again they remained there for only one season, they ended as 9th with 24 points and got relegated to 1. deild. The first-team gained promotion to Effodeildin in 2012 after winning 1. deild with 68 points.Faroesoccer.com
/ref> In 2013, the team was relegated to 1. deild again and played there until they were promoted again after the 2016 season.

Honours

1. deild * Winners: 1999, 2002, 2008, 2010, 2012

Current squad

FC Suduroy vs 07 Vestur Boys U16 28 April 2012

Notable former players

''National players'' *

Torkil Nielsen Torkil Nielsen (, born 26 January 1964) is a former Faroese football midfielder. He is also one of the Faroe Islands' best chess players. Club career He played most of his career at SÍF Sandavágur and after they merged with MB Miðvágur he ...

, former national player for the Faroe Islands. He scored the goal for the Faroe Islands in 1990 in the match against Austria, which Faroe Islands won 1–0.

Managers

* Tommy Christiansen (1990) * Finn Røntved (1995) *

Albert Ellefsen Albert may refer to: Companies * Albert (supermarket), a supermarket chain in the Czech Republic * Albert Heijn, a supermarket chain in the Netherlands * Albert Market, a street market in The Gambia * Albert Productions, a record label * Albert ...

& Páll Fróði Joensen (1995) *

(1996) * Piotr Krakowski (1997) * Kęstutis Latoža (2000–01) *

(2001) * Suni á Dalbø (2002) *

(2002–03) * Jógvan Nordbúð (2004) *

Bill McLeod Jacobsen Bill McLeod Jacobsen (born 30 November 1974 in Klaksvík, Faroe Islands) is head coach along with Heðin Askham for the Faroe Islands national under-21 football team. He was first appointed in 2007. These years have been a major success for the ...

(2005–06) * Hegga Samuelsen (2006) * Jan Dam (2007) * Piotr Krakowski (January 1, 2008 – December 31, 2009) * Hegga Samuelsen (October 1, 2010 – May 27, 2011) * Jóhan Nielsen (June 1 – Dec 31, 2011) * Piotr Krakowski (Jan 1, 2012 – 2013) * Hegga Samuelsen (2014—2016) * Trygvi Mortensen (2017) * Pauli Poulsen (2018) * Julian Madsen (2019—2020) * Heðin Askham (2020—2021) *

Magnus Powell Magnus Powell (born 28 October 1974) is a Swedish football coach and a former striker who is the head coach of Östersund. Club career Powell was born in Örnsköldsvik to English footballer Ronald Powell. He played in the Swedish Allsvenskan f ...

(2021) * Matthew Potter (2021-)

References

External links

Official page
{{Faroese Women's Football League Vagar Association football clubs established in 2007 2007 establishments in the Faroe Islands