FC Suðuroy is a Faroese

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 club, which was founded in January 2010 and consists currently of the former clubs VB Vágur

VB Vágur

VB Vágur is a Faroese handball club. VB is short for Vágs Bóltfelag. It started as a football club, which was founded in 1905, but later the sport handball became a part of the club. The handball club is based in Vágur in Suduroy. They play their home matches in the sports hall, Vágshøll on Eiðinum...

 (founded in 1905) and SÍ Sumba (founded in 1949), which merged in 2005 to form VB/Sumba. FC Suðuroy has invited the other two football clubs from Suðuroy

Suðuroy

Suðuroy is the southernmost of the Faroe Islands. The island covers 163.7 km². In 2010 there were 4763 inhabitants, but there has been a gradual decline in the population numbers ever since the 1950s....

 TB Tvøroyri

TB Tvøroyri

Tvøroyrar Bóltfelag is a Faroese football club from Tvøroyri, currently playing in the second tier of Faroese football.TB Tvøroyri is the oldest football club in the Faroe Islands and also one of the oldest in Denmark where the islands officially belong to....

 and Royn

Royn Hvalba

Royn Hvalba or Bóltfelagið Royn or just Royn is a Faroese football and sports association from Hvalba in Suðuroy, founded 23 October 1923. Chairman for Royn Hvalba is Maud Næs. Manager is Ingi Mortensen. Royn has currently a team in the Faroese second division and several teams for girls and boys...

 from Hvalba

Hvalba

Hvalba is a village and a municipality, which consists of Hvalba, Nes-Hvalba and Sandvík. The total population of Hvalba Municipality was 723 as of 1 January 2010; the population of Hvalba and Nes was 626 and the population of Sandvík was 97. Hvalba is one of the larger villages in the Faroe...

 to join the new football club, but until now those two football clubs from the northern part of the island

Island

An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, cays or keys. An island in a river or lake may be called an eyot , or holm...

 Suðuroy

Suðuroy

Suðuroy is the southernmost of the Faroe Islands. The island covers 163.7 km². In 2010 there were 4763 inhabitants, but there has been a gradual decline in the population numbers ever since the 1950s....

 have not accepted to merge with FC Suðuroy. FC Suðuroy's first team competed in the Vodafonedeildin in 2010, but they ended as number 9 of 10 teams and were relegated to 1. deild

1. deild

1. deild is the second tier of football in the Faroe Islands, it was founded in 1942. The league is organised by the Faroe Islands Football Association....

. The best team plays their home games at the Vesturi á Eiðinum Stadium in Vágur

Vágur

Vágur meaning Bay is a town on the Faroe Islands of Suðuroy, it is situated on the east coast of the island on the Vágsfjørður fjord, and dates from the fourteenth century. Expansion has meant that the nearby town of Nes is now a suburb of Vágur...

. Other teams can play their home games either at the Vesturi á Eiðinum Stadium in Vágur or at the Krossi Stadium in Sumba

Sumba, Faroe Islands

Sumba is the southernmost place of the Faroe Islands on the island of Suðuroy. It is located in the Sumbiar municipality.The municipality has 385 inhabitants. 258 of these people are living in Sumba. The other villages in the Municipality of Sumba are: Lopra , Akrar , Víkarbyrgi .Sumba is known for...

.

Vodafonedeildin - Faroe Islands Premier League

VB/Sumba played in 1. deild

1. deild

1. deild is the second tier of football in the Faroe Islands, it was founded in 1942. The league is organised by the Faroe Islands Football Association....

 (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

2010 Faroe Islands Premier League Football

2010 Faroe Islands Premier League Football, also known as Vodafonedeildin for sponsoring reasons, was the sixty-eighth season of top-tier football on the Faroe Islands. It began on 31 March 2010 with a match between NSÍ Runavík and ÍF Fuglafjørður and ended on 23 October 2010...

, which is called Vodafonedeildin. FC Suðuroy played their first match in Vodafonedeildin on 1 April 2010 against the champions HB Tórshavn. The result was 4-4. FC Suðuroy didn't make it in Vodafonedeildin, they were relegated and play in 1. deild

1. deild

1. deild is the second tier of football in the Faroe Islands, it was founded in 1942. The league is organised by the Faroe Islands Football Association....

 in 2011.

Current squad

As of August 13, 2011

Notable former players for VB Vágur and VB/Sumba

Pól Thorsteinsson

Pól Thorsteinsson

Pól Thorsteinsson is a former Faroese football player, who has been playing football for Faroese and Icelandic football clubs and the national Faroe Islands team. At the end of his career Pól Thorsteinsson played with VB/Sumba, who won the Faroese 1...

 Símun Samuelsen

Símun Samuelsen

Símun Samuelsen is a Faroese football midfielder or striker currently playing for HB Tórshavn after playing in Iceland for some years for Keflavík Football Club.-Club career:...

 Jóannes Jakobsen

Jóannes Jakobsen

Jóannes Jakobsen is a former Faroese footballer, defender) musician and composer, having released 3 albums on the Faroe Islands and produced a lot of albums for other artists.-Club career:...

 Jón Krosslá Poulsen Krzysztof Popczyński

Krzysztof Popczyński

Krzysztof Popczyński is a former Polish footballer and now a coach, since July 2008 has been head coach of Aarhus Fremad....

 Mamuka Toronjadze

Mamuka Toronjadze

Mamuka Toronjadze is a Georgian football player, a midfielder, who currently plays for NSÍ Runavík. He played for the Faroese club FC Suðuroy in 2010 and scored six goals for the team in the Faroe Islands Premier League, and one goal in the Faroe Islands Cup. FC Suðuroy was relegated to 1. deild,...

 Jan Allan Müller Bjarni Johansen Jón Pauli Olsen

Jón Pauli Olsen

Jón Pauli Olsen is the manager for FC Suðuroy, the football club of Vágur and Sumba. Olsen is also a former football player, he mostly played as a forward, but sometimes he played as a midfielder and sometimes as a defender.-Manager career:Jón Pauli Olsen was manager of VB/Sumba's first team,...

 Egill Steintórsson Rúni Nolsøe Obi Ikechukwu Charles

Obi Ikechukwu Charles

Obi Ikechukwu Charles is a Nigerian professional football player, a striker. He currently plays for Yangon United FC. In the first half of 2010 he played for FC Suðuroy in the Faroe Islands, where he scored 5 goals the first three months of the Faroese football season in Vodafonedeildin, and...

 Evrard Blé Milan Kuljić Kasper Schultz

Top Scorers for FC Suðuroy, VB Vágur and VB/Sumba

Jón Krosslá Poulsen has scored 59 goals until now (23 Sep. 2010) Egill Steintórsson has scored 55 goals Jan Allan Müller has scored 53 goals Birgir Jørgensen has scored 53 goals Jón Pauli Olsen

Jón Pauli Olsen

Jón Pauli Olsen is the manager for FC Suðuroy, the football club of Vágur and Sumba. Olsen is also a former football player, he mostly played as a forward, but sometimes he played as a midfielder and sometimes as a defender.-Manager career:Jón Pauli Olsen was manager of VB/Sumba's first team,...

 has scored 52 goals Pól Thorsteinsson

Pól Thorsteinsson

Pól Thorsteinsson is a former Faroese football player, who has been playing football for Faroese and Icelandic football clubs and the national Faroe Islands team. At the end of his career Pól Thorsteinsson played with VB/Sumba, who won the Faroese 1...

 has scored 50 goals Dan Djurhuus has scored 42 goals.

Extern Links

• FC Suðuroy's official website.
• Faroese Football Association's Website
• FC Suðuroy on Facebook.
• Visitsuduroy.fo, Tourist Information about Suðuroy.