NSÍ Runavík is a Faroese

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club, playing in

Runavík Runavík is a comparatively urbanised village in Runavík Municipality, Faroe Islands. It lies on the south half of the isle of Eysturoy. Port Founded in 1916, Runavík has an important port, originally used predominantly by fishing boats but n ...

on the island of

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 ...

. 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 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 ...

for the first time. The club has won the

Faroe Islands Cup The Faroe Islands Cup (, literally the Prime Minister Cup) is the main football cup competition in the Faroe Islands. The first edition was played in 1955. History The HB–TB decade The first decade of the competition was marked by the alternanc ...

in 1986, 2002 and 2017. Aside from these instances, NSÍ Runavík featured in the 1980, 1985, 1988, 2004 and 2015 tournament finals. The club plays in yellow and black. Their stadium ( Við Løkin) has a capacity of 2,000. It is not approved by

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for international play, so Runavík play their

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matches at

Tórsvøllur Tórsvøllur is a football stadium on the sport site of Gundadalur in Tórshavn, the capital of the Faroe Islands. The stadium holds 5,000 people, and was built in 1999 to become the country's national stadium to provide an artificial grass surfa ...

Tórshavn Tórshavn (; lit. "Thor's harbour"), usually locally referred to as simply ''Havn'', is the capital and largest city of the Faroe Islands. It is located in the southern part on the east coast of Streymoy. To the northwest of the city lies the ...

or Svangaskarð in

Toftir Toftir ( da, Tofte) is a village in Nes Municipality on the island of Eysturoy, in the Faroe Islands. It is part of a chain of villages stretching over a distance of 10 kilometres on the east side of Skálafjørður (fjord) on Eysturoy island. T ...

. The main sponsor of NSÍ is

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, which is based in

near

Bakkafrost P/F Bakkafrost () is a Faroese salmon farming company based in Glyvrar on the island of Eysturoy in the Faroe Islands. Bakkafrost is the largest fish farming company in the Faroe Islands, and is the biggest private employer in the islands. Bakk ...

which is the largest salmon-farming company in the Faroe Islands. It is one of the biggest private employers in the islands, if not the biggest.

Achievements

: 1 ** 2007 *

: 3 ** 1986, 2002, 2017 *

Faroe Islands Super Cup The Faroe Islands Super Cup (in Faroese: ''Stórsteypadystur'', or simply ''Stórsteypið'') is a football competition contested between the Faroe Islands Premier League champions and the winners of the Faroe Islands Cup from the previous season ...

: 1 ** 2008 *Faroe Islands second tier ( 1. deild since 2005): 5 ** 1978, 1983, 1990, 1993, 1996

Current squad

''As of 28 September 2021''

European record

Overview

Matches

;Notes * 1R: First round * QR: Qualifying round * PR: Preliminary round * 1Q: First qualifying round

Managers

Abraham Løkin Abraham Løkin (born Abraham Hansen 16 June 1959, Fuglafjørður, Faroe Islands) is a former Faroe Islands Association football player and former manager of Faroese football club ÍF Fuglafjørður. He is the father of Elin Løkin, Bogi Løk ...

(1984) * Asbjørn Mikkelsen (1984) *

(1986) * Poli Justinussen (1987) * Kim Truesen (1988) * Bobby Bolton (January 1991 – May 92) * Trygvi Mortensen (May 1992 – December 92) * Petur Simonsen (January 1994 – December 94) * January 85 – Nov 85 Ian Salter (January 1995 – July 95) * Meinhard Dalbúð &

Jógvan Nordbúð Jógvan is a Faroese masculine given name. People bearing the name Jógvan include: *Jógvan Hansen (born 1978), Faroese singer and guitar player *Jógvan Heinason (1541–1602), first Minister of the Faroe Islands *Jógvan Justinusson (????-16??? ...

(August 1995 – December 95) * Petur Mohr (January 1997 – December 98) * Milan Cimburovic (January 1999 – April 99) * Trygvi Mortensen (May 1999 – December 00) * Petur Mohr (January 2001 – 1 December) * Jógvan Martin Olsen (January 2002 – 4 December) * Trygvi Mortensen (January 2005 – 6 August) * Arnfinn Langgaard &

Bogi Lervig Bogi may refer to: * Bogi Fabian, Hungarian artist Boglárka Réka Fábián (born 1984) * Bogi Løkin (born 1998), Faroese footballer * Bogi Thorarensen Melsteð (1860–1929), Icelandic historian * Bogi Þorsteinsson (1918–1998), first ch ...

(Sept 2006 – 6 December) * Jóhan Nielsen (1 January 2007 – 31 December 2008) * Pauli Poulsen (1 January 2009 – 31 December 2011) *

Kári Reynheim Kári Reynheim (born 15 February 1964) is a former Faroese football striker. He is currently the manager of ÍF Fuglafjarðar. Club career A fine dribbler boasting a powerful shot, Reynheim played semi-professionally in Norway. Also, he playe ...

(1 January 2012 – 31 December 2012) *

(1 January 2013 – 30 June 2013) * Heðin Askham (1 July 2013 – 31 December 2013) * Trygvi Mortensen (1 January 2014 – 31 December 2015) * Anders Gerber (1 January 2016 – 6 October 2017) * Sámal Erik Hentze (2 November 2017 – 2 November 2018) *

Guðjón Þórðarson Guðjón Þórðarson (; born 14 September 1955) is an Icelandic footballer manager and former player. He has previously been manager of Iceland, Icelandic clubs ÍA, KA, KR, Keflavík, BÍ/Bolungarvík and Grindavík, English clubs Notts Co ...

(3 November 2018 – 29 November 2019) * Glenn Ståhl (29 October 2019 – 29 September 2020) *

Allan K. Jepsen Allan Kierstein Jepsen (born 4 July 1977 in Kolding) is a Danish former professional football player and current U17 manager at FC Midtjylland. He played as a left back for a number of clubs, spending most of his career with Aalborg Boldspil ...

(24 October 2020 – 28 Jul 2021) *

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 ...

(4 August 2021 - )

Top tier scorer

References

External links

Official Website

Guliganz Fan Club

Bakkafrost – the main sponsor of NSÍ Runavík FC
Association football clubs established in 1957 1957 establishments in the Faroe Islands {{Faroes-footyclub-stub