Argja Bóltfelag (Women)
Encyclopedia
Argja Bóltfelag is an Faroese
football
club based in Argir
.
The womens team of Argja Bóltfelag
play in the 1. deild kvinnur
, the top division in Faroese football. They play their home games at Vika Stadium, in Argir.
resident Johnny Nyby and other football lovers on Argir
. In the spring of 1974 AB got a board, composed of Johnny Nyby, Chairman; Fróði Olsen, Co-Chairman; Sonja á Argjaboða, accountant; and Kristian Arge, board writer. Other members of the board were Erling Olsen, Sæmundur Mortensen and Jens Hansen. In the same year the team started in the regular competition.
They had poor training facilities at first - they trained in a school yard. Later they got a small ground to train on, but it was only 20 x 40 m². There was no football field on Argir at the time, but they were allowed to loan the field Gundadalur, which belongs to HB and B36. AB practiced and played their matches in Gundadalur
, and this helped the team to survive.
In 1983 a football field was built on Argjum. This helped the team a lot, because they had their own field. In 1985 a new two-stores house was built for AB. AB did get the lower store, and the second store was a school classroom.
For some years, the second store remained a kindergarten school. In 1998 artificial grass was put on the football field, and the team had the same training facility as the rest of the football teams in the Faroes. In 2004 AB had grown enough to get the whole house.
In the summer of 2009, they are building seats for the fans to sit down, AB have never had seats, and that is the rules from FIFA.
. AB made history and they won the cup for the first time. The result was 2–1 to AB, Mona Brekkman scored the first goal to make it 1–0, then KÍ Klaksvík equalized, but Brekkman scored again and the final score was 2–1 to AB.
In 2011 they again reached the cup final, but this time lost 1–0 to KI.
Faroe Islands
The Faroe Islands are an island group situated between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, approximately halfway between Scotland and Iceland. The Faroe Islands are a self-governing territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, along with Denmark proper and Greenland...
football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
club based in Argir
Argir
Argir is a village in the Faroe Islands.*Population: 1907*Postal code . FO 160*Location: *Municipality: Tórshavnar kommuna*Football team: AB...
.
The womens team of Argja Bóltfelag
Argja Bóltfelag
Argja Bóltfelag is an Faroese football club based in Argir. They played in the 1. deild, the second highest division in Faroese football, and they came in as runners up in second place, so now they played in Faroe Islands Premier League in 2010. However, they ended as number 10 and are now back in...
play in the 1. deild kvinnur
1. deild kvinnur
The 1. deild kvinnur is the top level women's football league of the Faroe Islands.The winning team of the league qualifies for a spot in the UEFA Women's Champions League....
, the top division in Faroese football. They play their home games at Vika Stadium, in Argir.
History
Argja Bóltfelag (or AB) was founded on 15 August 1973 by DanishDenmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
resident Johnny Nyby and other football lovers on Argir
Argir
Argir is a village in the Faroe Islands.*Population: 1907*Postal code . FO 160*Location: *Municipality: Tórshavnar kommuna*Football team: AB...
. In the spring of 1974 AB got a board, composed of Johnny Nyby, Chairman; Fróði Olsen, Co-Chairman; Sonja á Argjaboða, accountant; and Kristian Arge, board writer. Other members of the board were Erling Olsen, Sæmundur Mortensen and Jens Hansen. In the same year the team started in the regular competition.
They had poor training facilities at first - they trained in a school yard. Later they got a small ground to train on, but it was only 20 x 40 m². There was no football field on Argir at the time, but they were allowed to loan the field Gundadalur, which belongs to HB and B36. AB practiced and played their matches in Gundadalur
Gundadalur
Gundadalur is the name of an area in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands. It is home of different football fields and other sports facilities . The largest one is the National stadium Tórsvøllur, a multi-use stadium....
, and this helped the team to survive.
In 1983 a football field was built on Argjum. This helped the team a lot, because they had their own field. In 1985 a new two-stores house was built for AB. AB did get the lower store, and the second store was a school classroom.
For some years, the second store remained a kindergarten school. In 1998 artificial grass was put on the football field, and the team had the same training facility as the rest of the football teams in the Faroes. In 2004 AB had grown enough to get the whole house.
In the summer of 2009, they are building seats for the fans to sit down, AB have never had seats, and that is the rules from FIFA.
Recent History
In 2009 AB had a chance to win cup final, it was against record cup winner KÍ KlaksvíkKÍ Klaksvík (women)
KÍ Klaksvík women is the women's football team of KÍ Klaksvík, a Faroese football club, based in Klaksvík and founded in 1904. The club plays in blue and white. Their stadium, Injector Arena, has a capacity of 3000....
. AB made history and they won the cup for the first time. The result was 2–1 to AB, Mona Brekkman scored the first goal to make it 1–0, then KÍ Klaksvík equalized, but Brekkman scored again and the final score was 2–1 to AB.
In 2011 they again reached the cup final, but this time lost 1–0 to KI.
Current squad
The current tram:Technical staff
As of 1 August 2008.| Manager: |  Lennard Petersen |
| Assistant Manager: |  Hans Eivind Olsen |
| Manager Under 19s: | Odd Færø |
External links
- Club's website (in Faorese)