FC Suðuroy is a Faroese football club which was founded in January 2010 and consists currently of the former clubs VB (founded in 1905) and

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(founded in 1949), which merged in 2005 to form VB/Sumba. FC Suðuroy's first team in the men's championship competes in the 1. deild in 2021. All teams play their home games at the á Eiðinum Stadium in

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. The club logo was designed by the photographer Rógvi Nolsøe Johansen in 2010, the same year he won the competition to design a logo for the club.

History

VB/Sumba played in 1. deild (1. division, which is the second tier) in 2009 and won the division. FC Suðuroy therefore played their first season 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 Premi ...

, which was called

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from 2009 to 2011. FC Suðuroy played their first league match on 1 April 2010 against the champions

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. The result was 4–4. FC Suðuroy didn't make it in

, they were relegated and played in 1. deild in 2011. They won the division with 70 points and were promoted to Effodeildin along with

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, which is a club from the same island,

Suðuroy Suðuroy (literally South Island, da, Suderø) is the southernmost of the Faroe Islands. The island covers 163.7 square kilometres (63.2 sq mi). In 2018 the population was 4,601. Suðuroy region (sýsla) comprises this island and Lítla ...

. After the end of the 2016 season it was decided on 15 December 2016 that the three clubs of the island

, which are

, FC Suðuroy and Royn Hvalba would join together for the 2017 season for the men's teams. They played as TB/FC Suðuroy/Royn. The three clubs continued separately for the children's and women's teams. In 2017 and 2018 it was only the men's teams which were playing for the new cooperation. In Faroese the team was referred to as ''Suðuroyarliðið'' or Suðringar (the Suðuroy-team). The first head coach for the Suðuroy-team was

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. The cooperation ended after the 2018 season. FC Suðuroy played in the 2 division for two seasons. At the end of the 2020 season they won promotion to the 1. deild, the second best division.

Honours

* 1. deild: 1 :: 2011.

Current squad

FC Suduroy vs B68 Toftir 2012 Heini Vatnsdal

FC Suduroy vs Skala, Faroe Islands Cup 9 April 2012

''As of 24 December 2020'' Football Match FC Suduroy-B68 Toftir Vodafonedeildin

Notable former players for VB Vágur, Sumba/VB, and VB/Sumba

Players who have played for national teams or for fully pro clubs. Kvinnufótbóltur 2012 FC Suðuroy - Skála

Faroese Football Match FC Suðuroy vs B68 Toftir 2-1

* Jóannes Jakobsen *

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* Jan Allan Müller * Rúni Nolsøe * Jón Pauli Olsen * Símun Samuelsen *

Pól Thorsteinsson Pól Thorsteinsson (born 17 November 1973 in Vágur, Suðuroy) is a retired Faroese football player. He has been spent most of his career in the Faroe Islands, while he had brief stints in Iceland and Denmark. At the end of his career Pól Tho ...

Heini Vatnsdal Heini Vatnsdal (born 18 October 1991) is a Faroese professional football player. He currently plays for KÍ Klaksvík and for the Faroe Islands national football team. He plays as a midfielder. Vatnsdal has also played for the youth teams of t ...

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* Saša Kolman *

Stanislav Kuzma Stanislav Kűzma (born 16 September 1976) is a retired Slovenian footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He played for clubs in Cyprus, in the Faroe Islands, in Austria and in his homeland Slovenia.Jón Pauli Olsen (2010–11) * Pól F. Joensen (2011 – May 22, 2012) * Tórður Wiberg Holm, Bogi Mortensen and Egill Steinþórsson ''(interim)'' (May 22, 2012 – May 29, 2012) * Saša Kolman (May 29, 2012 – Oct 31, 2012) * Jón Johannesen (13 Nov 2012– 22 July 2014) * Jón Pauli Olsen (1 August 2014) * Sigfríður Clementsen (2018) * Palli Augustinussen (2019 – )

Chairmen of FC Suðuroy

(2010–11) * Julius Vest Joensen (2011–)

References

Sportal.fo
(Faroese) Article about the new goal keeper from Slovenia.
Kringvarp.fo
(Faroese) VB/Sumba becomes FC Suðuroy.
Kringvarp.fo
(Faroese) Article about the new logo.
Kringvarp.fo
(Faroese) Article about FC Suðuroy, the goal keeper,

and

.
Kringvarp.fo
(Faroese) Article about FC Suðuroy and how they will manage in Vodafonedeildin.
Kringvarp.fo
(Faroese) Article about the manager Jón Pauli Olsen.
Sudurras.com
(Faroese) Article about new foreign football players to FC Suðuroy.
vflnet.com
Logo of FC Suðuroy * Dimmalætting, Fótfimi from March 19, 2010.

FC Suðuroy – formerly VB/Sumba".

External links

FC Suðuroy's official website

Faroese Football Association's Website

FC Suðuroy on Facebook

Visitsuduroy.fo
, Tourist Information about Suðuroy.
Vesturi á Eiðinum
Nordic Stadiums {{DEFAULTSORT:Fc Suduroy Football clubs in the Faroe Islands Association football clubs established in 2010 2010 establishments in the Faroe Islands Sport in Vágur