2012 Faroe Islands Premier League

Football league season

Faroe Islands Premier LeagueSeason| 2012

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Champions| EB/Streymur
Relegated| B68 Toftir
Suðuroy
Champions League| EB/Streymur
Europa League| ÍF Fuglafjørður
HB Tórshavn
Víkingur (via domestic cup)
Matches played| 135
Goals scored| 412 (3.05 per match)
Top goalscorer|  Clayton Soares do Nascimento,  Páll Klettskarð (ÍF, KÍ 22 goals)
Biggest home win| HB 6–0 Suðuroy (R13)
KÍ 7–1 Suðuroy (R27)
Biggest away win| Suðuroy 0–6 ÍF (R9)
Highest scoring| KÍ 7–1 Suðuroy (R27)

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2012 Faroe Islands Premier League was the seventieth season of top-tier football on the Faroe Islands. For sponsorship reasons, it was known as Effodeildin. The season began on 24 March 2012 with a match between B36 Tórshavn and FC Suðuroy,[1] and ended on 6 October 2012.[2] EB/Streymur won their second league title.[3][4] B36 Tórshavn were the defending champions.

## Teams

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07 Vestur and B71 Sandoy had finished 9th and 10th respectively at the end of the previous season and were relegated to the 1\. deild as a result. 07 Vestur were relegated after just one season in the league while B71 Sandoy left after a two-year stay.

Replacing them were the 1. deild champions FC Suðuroy and runners-up TB Tvøroyri. FC Suðuroy returned to the top flight after a one-year absence, while TB Tvøroyri returned after a six-year absence.

### Team summaries

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B36

B68

EB/Streymur

NSÍ

Suðuroy

Víkingur

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Geographical location of the 2012 Faroese Premier League teams

Team  | City  | Stadium  | Capacity  | Manager

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B36 Tórshavn | Tórshavn | Gundadalur | 5,000  |  Mikkjal Thomassen
B68 Toftir | Toftir | Svangaskarð | 6,000  |  Pauli Poulsen
Bill McLeod Jacobsen
EB/Streymur | Streymnes | við Margáir | 1,000  |  Heðin Askham
Havnar Bóltfelag | Tórshavn | Gundadalur | 5,000  |  Sigfríður Clementsen
ÍF Fuglafjørður | Fuglafjørður | í Fløtugerði | 3,000  |  Flemming Christensen
KÍ Klaksvík | Klaksvík | Við Djúpumýrar | 3,000  |  Páll Guðlaugsson
NSÍ Runavík | Runavík | Við Løkin | 2,000  |  Kári Reynheim
FC Suðuroy | Vágur | á Eiðinum | 3,000  |  Pól F. Joensen
Saša Kolman
TB Tvøroyri | Tvøroyri | Við Stórá[5] | 4,000  |  Milan Kuljić
Víkingur Gøta | Norðragøta | Sarpugerði | 3,000  |  Jógvan Martin Olsen

## League table

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TB Tvøroyri vs. B36 Tórshavn on 15 April 2012. TB Tvøroyri vs. ÍF Fuglafjørður in 6. round on 29 April 2012, the first match on TB's new stadium Við Stórá. Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation

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1  | EB/Streymur (C) | 27  | 17  | 7  | 3  | 51  | 25  | +26  | 58  | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2  | ÍF | 27  | 16  | 6  | 5  | 55  | 23  | +32  | 54  | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3  | HB | 27  | 13  | 6  | 8  | 56  | 34  | +22  | 45
4  | KÍ | 27  | 13  | 6  | 8  | 59  | 44  | +15  | 45  |
5  | Víkingur Gøta | 27  | 12  | 9  | 6  | 43  | 35  | +8  | 45  | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[a]
6  | B36 Tórshavn | 27  | 10  | 8  | 9  | 42  | 36  | +6  | 38  |
7  | NSÍ Runavík | 27  | 9  | 4  | 14  | 36  | 43  | −7  | 31
8  | TB | 27  | 5  | 9  | 13  | 30  | 50  | −20  | 24
9  | B68 Toftir (R) | 27  | 6  | 6  | 15  | 23  | 43  | −20  | 24  | Relegation to 1\. deild
10  | Suðuroy (R) | 27  | 2  | 3  | 22  | 16  | 78  | −62  | 9

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

1. ^ Víkingur, winners of the 2012 Faroe Islands Cup, qualified for the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.

### Positions by round

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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

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EB/Streymur| 5| 6| 6| 5| 5| 5| 3| 3| 2| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 2| 2| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 2| 1| 1| 1
ÍF| 3| 2| 3| 2| 4| 4| 5| 5| 3| 4| 3| 4| 5| 5| 4| 4| 3| 3| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 1| 2| 2| 2
HB| 1| 1| 2| 4| 2| 2| 2| 2| 5| 3| 4| 5| 4| 4| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 5| 4| 3| 3
KÍ| 5| 7| 7| 8| 8| 7| 6| 6| 4| 5| 5| 3| 3| 2| 2| 1| 1| 2| 3| 4| 3| 3| 3| 3| 3| 5| 4
Víkingur Gøta| 2| 2| 1| 2| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1| 2| 2| 2| 2| 3| 3| 3| 4| 4| 4| 3| 4| 4| 4| 4| 5| 4| 5
B36 Tórshavn| 4| 4| 4| 1| 3| 3| 4| 4| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6| 6
NSÍ Runavík| 7| 5| 5| 6| 7| 9| 9| 9| 9| 8| 9| 8| 8| 8| 8| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7
TB| 9| 9| 9| 10| 9| 8| 8| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 7| 8| 9| 9| 9| 9| 9| 9| 9| 8| 8| 8| 8
B68 Toftir| 10| 10| 10| 7| 6| 6| 7| 8| 8| 9| 8| 9| 9| 9| 9| 9| 8| 8| 8| 8| 8| 8| 8| 9| 9| 9| 9
Suðuroy| 8| 8| 8| 9| 10| 10| 10| 10| 10| 10| 10| 10| 10| 10| 10| 10| 10| 10| 10| 10| 10| 10| 10| 10| 10| 10| 10

Source: kicker.de (in German)

## Results

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FC Suðuroy vs. KÍ Klaksvík in the 15. round on 30. June 2012. FC Suðuroy vs. HB Tórshavn, just before the match on 23 September 2012. HB won 4–0. TB Tvøroyri vs. B68 Toftir in the final round of the Faroe Islands Premier League 2012. B68 Toftir won 4–1, but it was not enough in order not to get relegated, they needed to win with four goals.

The schedule consisted of a total of 27 rounds. Each team played 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

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Home \ Away  | B36 | B68 | EBS | HB | ÍF | KÍ | NSÍ | SUÐ | TB | VÍK

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B36 Tórshavn |  | 1–2  | 1–2  | 1–0  | 1–1  | 2–3  | 5–1  | 1–0  | 2–2  | 3–0
B68 Toftir | 1–1  |  | 1–2  | 1–2  | 0–2  | 0–2  | 3–2  | 2–0  | 1–1  | 1–1
EB/Streymur | 1–1  | 0–0  |  | 2–2  | 2–1  | 1–1  | 1–0  | 3–0  | 1–1  | 0–1
Havnar Bóltfelag | 2–1  | 4–0  | 0–1  |  | 1–4  | 5–0  | 2–4  | 6–0  | 4–1  | 1–1
ÍF Fuglafjørður | 1–1  | 2–0  | 1–2  | 2–0  |  | 2–0  | 2–1  | 3–2  | 1–1  | 1–2
KÍ Klaksvík | 0–2  | 3–0  | 1–3  | 1–1  | 1–0  |  | 3–2  | 5–1  | 0–0  | 3–3
NSÍ Runavík | 3–1  | 0–2  | 1–0  | 2–4  | 1–2  | 0–2  |  | 0–0  | 2–0  | 0–2
Suðuroy | 0–2  | 0–1  | 0–2  | 0–1  | 0–6  | 1–4  | 0–2  |  | 1–1  | 1–1
TB Tvøroyri | 1–4  | 3–1  | 0–3  | 4–2  | 1–0  | 1–6  | 1–3  | 3–0  |  | 0–2
Víkingur Gøta | 3–2  | 2–0  | 2–1  | 2–2  | 1–4  | 0–1  | 1–1  | 4–0  | 1–0  |

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

### Additional home games

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Home \ Away  | B36 | B68 | EBS | HB | ÍF | KÍ | NSÍ | SUÐ | TB | VÍK

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B36 Tórshavn |  | 1–0  | 1–4  |  | 0–2  |  |  | 3–1  |  | 1–1
B68 Toftir |  |  | 0–1  |  | 0–0  | 1–3  | 1–1  |  |  |
EB/Streymur |  |  |  | 3–2  |  | 1–1  | 4–0  | 4–2  | 3–2  |
Havnar Bóltfelag | 2–0  | 4–0  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3–1  | 0–0
ÍF Fuglafjørður |  |  | 1–1  | 0–0  |  | 5–2  | 3–1  |  |  |
KÍ Klaksvík | 3–4  |  |  | 1–2  |  |  | 2–1  | 7–1  | 1–1  |
NSÍ Runavík | 0–0  |  |  | 2–0  |  |  |  | 5–1  | 0–1  | 1–0
Suðuroy |  | 2–1  |  | 0–4  | 1–4  |  |  |  | 1–0  |
TB Tvøroyri | 0–0  | 1–4  |  |  | 1–2  |  |  |  |  | 2–2
Víkingur Gøta |  | 2–0  | 2–3  |  | 0–3  | 4–3  |  | 3–1  |  |

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

## Top goalscorers

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Clayton Sorares do Nascimento (number 8 in red/white) was one of two top goalscorers 2012. Páll Klettskarð (number 9 in white) was one of the top goalscorers 2012). Rank  | Player  | Club  | Goals

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1  |  Clayton Soares  | ÍF Fuglafjørður | 22
Páll Klettskarð | KÍ Klaksvík
2  |  Arnbjørn Hansen | EB/Streymur | 16
3  |  Klæmint Olsen | NSÍ Runavík | 14
4  |  Christian Mouritsen | HB Tórshavn | 12
5  |  Kaj Leo í Bartalsstovu | Víkingur | 11
6  |  Andy Olsen | KÍ Klaksvík | 9
7  |  Fróði Benjaminsen | HB Tórshavn | 8
Hjartvard Hansen  | Víkingur
Leif Niclasen  | EB/Streymur
Łukasz Cieślewicz  | B36 Tórshavn
Símun Samuelsen | HB Tórshavn

Source: Soccerway

## Awards

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Award  | Winner  | Team  | Reference

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Best Goalkeeper  |  Jákup Mikkelsen | ÍF | [6]
Best Defender  |  Marni Djurhuus | EB/Streymur
Best Midfielder  |  Hallur Hansson | HB
Best Forward  |  Clayton Soares  | ÍF
Best Young Player  |  Páll Klettskarð | KÍ
Best Coach  |  Flemming Christensen | ÍF
Best Player  |  Clayton Soares  | ÍF

Best Referee:
Lars Müller

Fair Play:
EB/Streymur

### Team of the Season

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* Goalkeeper: Jákup Mikkelsen (ÍF)
* Defenders: Bárður Hansen (Víkingur),  Bartal Eliasen (ÍF),  Marni Djurhuus (EB/Streymur),  Jan Ó. Ellingsgaard (ÍF)
* Midfielders: Kaj Leo í Bartalsstovu (Víkingur),  Hallur Hansson (HB),  Høgni Madsen (ÍF),  Símun Samuelsen (HB)
* Forwards: Arnbjørn Hansen (EB/Streymur),  Clayton Soares (ÍF)

## See also

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* 2012 Faroe Islands Cup

## References

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1. ^ "Aktuelt.fo, Og navnið er: Effo-deildin (And the name is: Effo-deildin) (Faroese)". Archived from the original on 2012-02-29. Retrieved 2012-02-28.
2. ^ "FSF, Fótbóltsamband Føroya (Faroe Islands Football Association), Effodeildin's matches in 2012". Archived from the original on 2020-03-12. Retrieved 2012-02-28.
3. ^ "Season review: Faroe Islands". UEFA. 10 October 2012. Archived from the original on October 15, 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
4. ^ "EB/Streymur pip Fuglafjørdur to Faroese title". UEFA. 6 October 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
5. ^ TB.fo
6. ^ Rannvá og Clayton ársins leikarar 2012

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