2009 Faroe Islands Premier League

2009 Faroe Islands Premier League, also known as Vodafonedeildin for sponsoring reasons, was the sixty-seventh season of top-tier football on the Faroe Islands. It began on 4 April 2009 and ended on 3 October 2009.^[1] EB/Streymur were the defending champions. The league was won by HB Tórshavn.

Faroe Islands Premier League

Season	2009
Champions	HB Tórshavn 20th title
Relegated	KÍ Klaksvík 07 Vestur
Champions League	HB Tórshavn
Europa League	EB/Streymur Víkingur (via dom. cup) NSÍ Runavík
Matches played	135
Goals scored	450 (3.33 per match)
Top goalscorer	Finnur Justinussen (19)
Biggest home win	EB/Streymur 7–0 KÍ
Biggest away win	07 Vestur 1–4 NSÍ AB 0–3 B68 EB/Streymur 0–3 AB AB 0–3 EB/Streymur
Highest scoring	07 Vestur 3–5 EB/Streymur Víkingur 6–2 07 Vestur
← 2008 2010 →

Team changes from the previous season

B71 Sandoy and Skála ÍF were relegated to 1. deild after finishing 9th and 10th in the 2008 season. They were replaced by 1. deild champions 07 Vestur and runners-up AB Argir.

Overview

07 Vestur

AB

B36
HB

B68

EB/Streymur

ÍF

KÍ

NSÍ

Víkingur

Location of teams in Faroe Islands Premier League 2009

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity	Manager
07 Vestur	Sørvágur	á Dungasandi	2,000	Piotr Krakowski
AB	Argir	Inni í Vika	2,000	Allan Mørkøre
B36	Tórshavn	Gundadalur	5,000	Milan Cimburovic
B68	Toftir	Svangaskarð	1,200	Bill McLeod Jacobsen
EB/Streymur	Streymnes	við Margáir	1,000	Heðin Askham
HB	Tórshavn	Gundadalur	5,000	Sámal Erik Hentze
ÍF	Fuglafjørður	í Fløtugerði	3,000	Jón Simonsen
KÍ	Klaksvík	Injector Arena	3,000	Aleksandar Djordjević Jákup Mikkelsen
NSÍ	Runavík	við Løkin	2,000	Pauli Poulsen
Víkingur	Norðragøta	Sarpugerði	2,000	Anton Skorðadal

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	HB (C)	27	16	7	4	59	37	+22	55	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	EB/Streymur	27	15	5	7	56	34	+22	50	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	Víkingur Gøta	27	14	5	8	51	36	+15	47	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[a]
4	NSÍ Runavík	27	13	5	9	56	46	+10	44	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
5	B68 Toftir	27	12	7	8	48	41	+7	43
6	AB	27	9	7	11	29	35	−6	34
7	ÍF	27	8	6	13	45	48	−3	30
8	B36 Tórshavn	27	7	7	13	37	53	−16	28
9	KÍ (R)	27	6	6	15	30	57	−27	24	Relegation to 1. deild
10	07 Vestur (R)	27	4	7	16	39	63	−24	19

Source: soccerandequipment.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Vikingur have won the 2009 Faroe Islands Cup competition and have qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.

Results

The schedule consisted of a total of 27 games. Each team played three games against every opponent in no particular order. At least one of the games was at home and one was away. The additional home game for every match-up was randomly assigned prior to the season.

Regular home games

Home \ Away	07V	AB	B36	B68	EBS	HB	ÍF	KÍ	NSÍ	VÍK
07 Vestur		0–0	4–2	1–0	3–5	2–3	1–1	1–3	1–4	0–0
Argja Bóltfelag	2–2		3–1	0–3	1–1	0–0	2–0	0–2	3–1	0–1
B36 Tórshavn	2–1	3–2		0–2	1–3	2–2	0–0	1–0	2–3	1–3
B68 Toftir	2–1	1–0	3–0		3–2	3–3	2–1	2–0	2–2	2–2
EB/Streymur	2–1	0–3	0–0	3–0		2–3	2–2	7–0	3–4	1–0
Havnar Bóltfelag	4–3	4–0	2–2	3–1	1–0		0–0	4–2	5–2	2–1
ÍF Fuglafjørður	3–0	3–0	1–2	3–2	3–1	1–3		1–0	1–2	1–2
KÍ Klaksvík	2–2	0–1	2–2	2–4	0–0	0–2	3–2		0–2	2–2
NSÍ Runavík	5–1	0–1	3–0	2–2	1–2	2–1	4–1	1–1		1–2
Víkingur Gøta	6–2	1–0	3–1	3–3	0–2	2–3	2–0	4–1	1–0

Source: soccerandequipment.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Additional home games

Home \ Away	07V	AB	B36	B68	EBS	HB	ÍF	KÍ	NSÍ	VÍK
07 Vestur			2–0			2–3	2–2		2–2
Argja Bóltfelag	2–1				0–3		4–2			0–1
B36 Tórshavn		0–2		1–1		1–0		2–0	5–2
B68 Toftir	3–0	0–0					5–2	0–1
EB/Streymur	1–0		4–1	4–0			3–2		2–2
Havnar Bóltfelag		1–1		3–1	0–1			4–2		1–1
ÍF Fuglafjørður			1–1			3–0		5–0	1–3
KÍ Klaksvík	2–1	1–1			0–2					2–0
NSÍ Runavík		3–1		0–1		0–2		3–2		2–1
Víkingur Gøta	2–3		4–3	2–0	3–0		2–3

Source: soccerandequipment.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Source: ^[2]

19 goals

• Finnur Justinussen (Víkingur Gøta)

17 goals

• Arnbjørn Hansen (EB/Streymur)

15 goals

• Ameth Keita (B68 Toftir)

14 goals

• Andrew av Fløtum (HB Tórshavn)
• Károly Potemkin (NSÍ Runavík)

12 goals

• Hjalgrím Elttør (KÍ Klaksvík (5) / NSÍ Runavík (7))

10 goals

• Fróði Benjaminsen (HB Tórshavn)
• Jens Erik Rasmussen (07 Vestur)

9 goals

• Christian Høgni Jacobsen (NSÍ Runavík)
• Bogi Løkin (NSÍ Runavík)
• Andy Olsen (ÍF Fuglafjørður)
• Rógvi Poulsen (HB Tórshavn)

See also

• 2009 Faroe Islands Cup

External links

• Official website (in Faroese)
• Faroe Islands soccer news, results and information