2014 Faroe Islands Premier League

2014 Faroe Islands Premier League was the seventy-second season of top-tier football on the Faroe Islands. For sponsorship reasons, it was known as Effodeildin. Havnar Bóltfelag were the defending champions.

Faroe Islands Premier League

Season	2014
Champions	B36 (10th title)
Relegated	B68 Skála
Champions League	B36
Europa League	Víkingur (via Faroe Islands Cup) HB NSÍ
Matches played	135
Goals scored	415 (3.07 per match)
Top goalscorer	Klæmint Olsen (22 goals)
Biggest home win	HB 6–0 B68 (R16)
Biggest away win	AB 0–7 NSÍ (R10)
Highest scoring	B68 5–3 KÍ (R9)
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Teams

AB

B36

B68

EB/Streymur

HB

ÍF

KÍ

NSÍ

Skála

Víkingur

Location of teams in Effodeildin 2014

TB and 07 Vestur had finished 9th and 10th respectively at the end of the previous season and were relegated to the 1. deild as a result.

Replacing them were the 1. deild champions B68 and runners-up Skála.

Teams summaries

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Manager	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
AB	Argir	Blue Water Arena	2,000	Oddbjørn Joensen	Adidas	Install
B36	Tórshavn	Gundadalur	5,000	Sámal Erik Hentze	Adidas	P/F Wenzel
B68	Toftir	Svangaskarð	6,000	Øssur Hansen	Nike	None
EB/Streymur	Streymnes	Við Margáir	1,000	Rúni Nolsøe	Nike	[note 1]
HB	Tórshavn	Gundadalur	5,000	Heðin Askham	Nike	Auto Service[2]
ÍF	Fuglafjørður	Í Fløtugerði	3,000	Albert Ellefsen	Puma	Bank Nordik
KÍ	Klaksvík	Við Djúpumýrar	3,000	Eyðun Klakstein	Adidas	JFK
NSÍ	Runavík	Við Løkin	2,000	Trygvi Mortensen	Nike	Bakkafrost[3]
Skála	Skála	Undir Mýruhjalla	2,000	Pauli Poulsen	Stanno	R Transport[note 2]
Víkingur	Norðragøta	Sarpugerði	3,000	Sigfríður Clementsen	Adidas	Vodafone

Note

1. Thor, Atlanticpane, Bátafiskur, Norðsetur and Vermland are the sponsors of EB/Streymur, each player wears a shirt with one of these five different sponsors.^[1]
2. Only some players use shirt with sponsor.

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
B36	Mikkjal Thomassen		26 October 2013[4]	Pre-season	Sámal Erik Hentze	26 October 2013[4]
HB	Oddbjørn Joensen		29 October 2013[5]	Pre-season	Heðin Askham	29 October 2013[5]
AB	Sámal Erik Hentze	Signed by B36	26 October 2013	Pre-season	Bill McLeod Jacobsen	5 November 2013[6]
NSÍ	Heðin Askham	Signed by HB	29 October 2013	Pre-season	Trygvi Mortensen	7 November 2013[7]
AB	Bill McLeod Jacobsen	Personal reasons	16 April 2014[8]	7th	Oddbjørn Joensen	16 April 2014[8]
Skála	Eliesar Olsen	Resigned	16 June 2014[9]	10th	Pauli Poulsen	17 June 2014[10]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	B36 Tórshavn (C)	27	19	4	4	53	25	+28	61	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	HB	27	18	6	3	59	20	+39	60	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[a]
3	Víkingur Gøta	27	13	10	4	60	30	+30	49
4	NSÍ Runavík	27	12	4	11	53	42	+11	40
5	EB/Streymur	27	11	7	9	41	33	+8	40
6	KÍ	27	10	6	11	41	38	+3	36
7	ÍF	27	7	7	13	36	52	−16	28
8	AB	27	6	7	14	30	61	−31	25
9	Skála ÍF (R)	27	3	8	16	19	54	−35	17	Relegation to 1. deild
10	B68 Toftir (R)	27	4	5	18	23	60	−37	17

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

1. Víkingur qualified for 2015–16 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2014 Faroe Islands Cup.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27
AB	2	5	7	7	8	8	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
B36 Tórshavn	2	2	3	4	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
B68 Toftir	7	7	9	9	10	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	10
EB/Streymur	5	6	5	2	6	5	6	4	5	4	4	4	5	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5
HB	5	4	2	3	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
ÍF	8	9	6	5	4	6	5	6	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
KÍ	1	2	4	6	5	3	3	3	4	6	7	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
NSÍ Runavík	4	1	1	1	3	4	4	5	6	3	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4
Skála ÍF	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	9
Víkingur Gøta	10	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	3	5	5	5	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

Updated to match(es) played on 25 October 2014. Source: Faroe Soccer

Results

The schedule consists of a total of 27 rounds. Each team plays three games against every opponent in no particular order. At least one of the games had to be at home and at least one had to be away. The additional home game for every match-up was randomly assigned prior to the season, with the top five teams of the previous season having 5 home games.

Regular home games

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

Source: Faroe Soccer
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Additional home games

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

Source: Faroe Soccer
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

As of 25 October.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals (Pen.)
1	Klæmint Olsen	NSÍ	22 (2)
2	Finnur Justinussen	Víkingur	19
3	Adeshina Lawal	B36	13 (1)
	Hans Pauli Samuelsen	EB/Streymur	13 (5)
5	Páll Klettskarð	KÍ	12 (1)
	Fróði Benjaminsen	HB	12 (1)
7	Andrew av Fløtum	HB	10
	Arnbjørn Hansen	EB/Streymur	10
	Árni Frederiksberg	NSÍ	10
	Súni Olsen	Víkingur	10 (3)

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Klæmint Olsen	NSÍ	Skála	1–5[11]	23 March 2014
Arnbjørn Hansen	EB/Streymur	AB	5–0[12]	11 May 2014
Sorin Anghel	AB	ÍF	1–4[13]	18 May 2014
Klæmint Olsen1	NSÍ	AB	0–7[14]	25 May 2014
Árni Frederiksberg	NSÍ	Skála	6–1[15]	1 June 2014
Klæmint Olsen	NSÍ	AB	3–1[16]	14 September 2014
Páll Klettskarð	KÍ	Skála	3–0[17]	1 October 2014
Andrew av Fløtum	HB	AB	1–3[18]	5 October 2014
Hallur Hansson	Víkingur	ÍF	5–0[19]	5 October 2014

• ¹ Scored four goals.

Awards

Season awards

Award	Winner	Team	Reference
Best Player	Adeshina Lawal[20]	B36	[21]
Best Coach	Sámal Erik Hentze	B36
Best Goalkeeper	Teitur Gestsson	HB
Best Defender	Jóhan Troest Davidsen	HB
Best Midfielder	Łukasz Cieślewicz	B36
Best Forward	Adeshina Lawal	B36
Best Young Player	Bárður Hansen	Víkingur
Best Referee	Lars Müller	–
Fair Play	B36

Team of the Season

Source: ^[22]

• Goalkeeper: Teitur M. Gestsson (HB)
• Defenders: Bárður Hansen (Víkingur), Jóhan T. Davidsen (HB), Hørður Askham (B36), Alex Mellemgaard (B36).
• Midfielders: Árni Frederiksberg (NSÍ), Hallur Hansson (Víkingur), Łukasz Cieślewicz (B36), Hans Pauli Samuelsen (EB/Streymur).
• Forwards: Klæmint Olsen, Adeshina Lawal (B36).

Goal of the Month

Month	Winner	Team
March	Róaldur Jakobsen[23]	B36
April	Jákup á Borg[24]	B36
May	Fróði Benjaminsen[25]	HB
June/July	Niels Pauli Danielsen[26]	EB/Streymur
August	Clayton Soares[27]	ÍF
September/October	Jóhan Dávur Højgaard	B68

Goal of the Year

Rank	Player	Team	Vote percentage
1	Jóhan Dávur Højgaard[28]	B68	27%
2	Niels Pauli Danielsen	EB/Streymur	24%
3	Róaldur Jakobsen	B36	21%
4	Fróði Benjaminsen	HB	14%
5	Jákup á Borg	B36	7%
6	Clayton Soares	ÍF	7%

See also

• 2014 Faroe Islands Cup
• Faroe Islands Super Cup