07 Vestur

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07 Vestur
07-Vestur-Logo.svg
Full name07 Vestur
Founded6 November 2007; 14 years ago (2007-11-06)
Ground
Capacity2000
ChairmanJón Nordendal
ManagerMichael Schjønberg
LeaguePremier League
20216th
07 Vestur (in white) vs. TB Tvøroyri, Effodeildin in May 2013.

07 Vestur is a Faroese football club, which was founded in 2007. It is located in Sandavágur and Sørvágur on Vágar island.

History[]

The club was founded 18 December 1993 as FS Vágar. It was a merger of Vágar island teams MB Miðvágur and SÍF Sandavágur in order to increase the footballing standard of this part of the Faroe Islands. SÍ Sørvágur, also located on Vágar, joined the club in 1998. Soon, the newly founded club promoted to the national top league which, at that point in 1995, was called 1. deild. Unfortunately, the team was not able to permanently secure a top-tier spot over the years. In 2003, FS Vágar was relegated for good. Soon after that, the alliance between the three founding clubs began to crumble, and FS Vágar was eventually disbanded in the fall of 2004.

Despite the controversy, many people wanted to keep the club alive or, if this was not possible, found another club. So, on 8 November 2004, the club was re-founded as FS Vágar 2004 (FSV04). In fall 2007, talks about a merger between FSV04 and SÍ Sørvágur, one of the members of the first incarnation of the club, started and were successfully concluded on 6 November 2007.[1] The club was renamed 07 Vestur, shortly afterwards. The new name refers both to the founding year of the new club and the location of Vágar island, which is approximately 7° W.[2]

The club currently maintains two men's teams and also a women's team. In 2009, the men's first team played in the Faroe Islands Premier League, but they were relegated and played in 1. deild in 2010. They won 1. deild and were promoted to the Premier League; in 2011, they were playing in the Premier League of Faroese football, but again they remained there for only one season, they ended as 9th with 24 points and got relegated to 1. deild. The first-team gained promotion to Effodeildin in 2012 after winning 1. deild with 68 points.[3] In 2013, the team was relegated to 1. deild again and played there until they were promoted again after the 2016 season.

Honours[]

1. deild

  • Winners: 1999, 2002, 2008, 2010, 2012

Current squad[]

As of 14 January 2022
07 Vestur 1. deild vs. FC Suðuroy, October 2011
07 Vestur vs FC Suðuroy, Boys U16, April 2012

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Faroe Islands FRO Silas Eyðsteinsson
2 DF Faroe Islands FRO Eiler Fróðason
3 DF Faroe Islands FRO Dánial Lervig
4 DF Faroe Islands FRO Dann Fróðason
5 DF Faroe Islands FRO Heine Mortensen
6 MF Norway NOR Kevin Jablinski
7 DF Faroe Islands FRO Högni Nielsen
8 MF Faroe Islands FRO Martin Tausen (captain)
9 MF Norway NOR Martin Pettersson
12 FW Faroe Islands FRO Tór-Ingar Akselsen
14 FW Faroe Islands FRO Ragnar Weihe
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 GK Serbia SRB Ivan Stojkovic
17 FW Faroe Islands FRO Ingi Joensen
19 MF Faroe Islands FRO Janus Samuelsen
20 FW Finland FIN John Fagerström
21 MF Faroe Islands FRO Teitur Olsen
23 DF Faroe Islands FRO Jóannis á Steig
24 MF Faroe Islands FRO Sölvi Egilsson
70 FW Faroe Islands FRO Albert Theis Nielsen
— FW Belgium BEL Jasper Van Der Heyden
— FW Denmark DEN Ronni Møller-Iversen

Notable former players[]

National players

  • Faroe Islands Torkil Nielsen, former national player for the Faroe Islands. He scored the goal for the Faroe Islands in 1990 in the match against Austria, which Faroe Islands won 1–0.

Managers[]

  • Denmark Tommy Christiansen (1990)
  • Denmark (1995)
  • Faroe Islands & (1995)
  • Faroe Islands (1996)
  • Poland Piotr Krakowski (1997)
  • Lithuania Kęstutis Latoža (2000–01)
  • Faroe Islands (2001)
  • Faroe Islands (2002)
  • Faroe Islands (2002–03)
  • Faroe Islands (2004)
  • Faroe Islands Bill McLeod Jacobsen (2005–06)
  • Faroe Islands (2006)
  • Faroe Islands Jan Dam (2007)
  • Poland Piotr Krakowski (January 1, 2008 – December 31, 2009)
  • Faroe Islands (October 1, 2010 – May 27, 2011)
  • Faroe Islands (June 1 – Dec 31, 2011)
  • Poland Piotr Krakowski (Jan 1, 2012 – 2013)
  • Faroe Islands (2014—2016)
  • Faroe Islands Trygvi Mortensen (2017)
  • Faroe Islands Pauli Poulsen (2018)
  • Norway Julian Madsen (2019—2020)
  • Faroe Islands Heðin Askham (2020—2021)
  • Sweden Magnus Powell (2021)
  • England Matthew Potter (2021-)

References[]

  1. ^ Merging of clubs
  2. ^ 07 Vestur
  3. ^ Faroesoccer.com

External links[]

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