There have been a few transfers since the 2002 season, and they all can be found here. Big news out of HB as Jón Rói Jacobsen has left the club for Brondby. Disappointing news about of Klaksvik as Allan Mørkøre has left KI for B36. Kurt Mørkøre has also left KI to play in Norway. http://www.hb.fo/frames_eng.htm The 2003 Faroese Cup will begin on March 9th (if the weather is good). 2003 Faroese Cup Preliminary Round March 9th (division in brackets) Fram (IV) at TB (II) Royn (III) at LIF (II) IF (II) at AB (II) Sumba at B71 (II) Round 1 (winners join groups) March 15th winner 4 vs winner 3 (winner 5) winner 1 vs winner 2 (winner 6) Group A to start on Mar 22nd W6 B68 FSV NSI Group B W5 EB/Str. KI VB Group C B36 GI HB Skala
The preliminary round of the cup is supposed to begin this weekend (March 9th). However, in the past the pre round has been postponed because of snow. TB (second division) should have no problems with fourth division club FRAM. LIF (second div) should beat Royn (third division), but this game could be close. AB could surprise a few people by beating IF. It is also a strong possiblity that B71 will upset first division club Sumba.
Results of the preliminary round (division in brackets) FRAM (IV) 0 at TB (II) 8 Royn (III) 3 at LIF (II) 2 AB (II) 0 at IF (II) 0 (AB wins 6-5 on PKs) Sumba (I) 1 at B71 (1) 1 (B71 wins 5-4 on PKs) I am shocked to see Royn beat LIF. LIF are usually one of the strongest teams in division two, and I didn't think that they would lose at home to Royn. The win by AB is also rather surprising because IF are one of the favourites to be promoted to the first division this year. AB were just promoted from the third division last year. Round 1 - Qualification to group play (winner) AB at Sumba Royn at TB I don't know if Royn will be able to upset TB because knocking off two quality second division sides is a tall order for a third division team. There is a huge drop off of talent from the second division to the third division. Both games will be played on March 15th.
How do you know about these three players? Messias Perreira has left B68 and has joined NSI Runavik. Marlon Jorge went back to Brazil and I believe Marcelo is still with B68, but I am not sure.
Thanks for the update, I have a few Faroese links (probably the only ones that exist) but do you have any useful ones? I know Marcelo was top-scorer a few seasons ago. I know about them from the book, Futebol: The Brazilian Way of Life by Alex Bellos, excellent book. The chapter is called "The Match at the End of the World." He goes to Marcelo's house to talk to him and his wife and later meets up to interview the other two Brazilians. The president, Niclas Davidsen drives him around town too.
It must be quite a culture shock for the Brazilians in the Faroe Islands. I assume that the interview is not printed in English? www.hb.fo is the best site for up to date news on the Faroese league. They also have a good links section....
Yeah, it definitely is. The player he got to know the best, Marcelo, was absolutely miserable there but he earned a lot more money then he would back in Brazil. He lives a very comfortable life and can even afford to take care of his family back home. He's one of the many professional players who grew up in the favelas. Everyone in the town works at the fish market as do the players during the day and Davidsen also runs the company. He thought all Brazilians were amazing players so he bought them without even thinking twice or evaluating them. Marlon Jorge turned out to be a very average player even for Faroese standards. But they kept him on for awhile because he was a top employee at the market. The book is in English. I'm not even sure if it was originally published in Portuguese. The author is English with a Brazilian background, he writes for a few of the big papers (Guardian, Financial Times etc.). Thanks again for the link.
Sumba or B71 If B71 wins with penalties from Sumba, how can it be that Sumba plays AB in the second round. Further questions: AB is from Argir , a small suburban town from Torshavn. Do they have there own complex in Argir. Or do they play at the B36, HB complex? Why isn't there a faroe club in Kollafjordur, Nordskali, Vestmanna and Hvivik? I like the AB blast - I would like three Torshavn representatives in the highest
Re: Sumba or B71 I made a typo, Sumba won on PKs. The only result I could find from the two games today was... AB 3 Sumba 2.... surprising road victory for AB. They now join EB/Str, KI, and VB in the group stages. I believe AB has their own field (from what I can remember about my trip to the Faroese in 1999). However, there is another club called FRAM which is based out of Torshavn. They play all of their matches at the B36/HB complex, but their top team is in the fourth division (out of five). Not sure about the villages that you listed. These villages are probably too small to have their own clubs.
It looks like TB beat Royn (III), but I wasn't able to find the score. If this is correct TB will join B68, FSV, and NSI in the group stage. All three groups begin next weekend.
Results from the first games played this past weekend.... Group A TB 2 B68 2 NSI 4 FS Vagar 2 Group B AB 1 VB 2 KI 0 EB 4 Group C HB 7 Skala 1 GI 2 B36 0 A few interesting results this weekend.... TB (second division) managed to tie B68 and GI beat B36. B36 has been declared the odds on favourite to win the 2003 Faroese Championship. I am rather disappointed to see that KI lost 4-0 at home to a weak first division side.
2nd round of games were played yesterday... Group 1 B68 3 FS Vagar 2 TB 0 NSI 3 Group 2 VB 1 KI 1 AB 0 EB/Strey 1 Group 3 Skala 1 GI 4 HB vs B36 --- played today No real surprises from the games this weekend. However, nice to see that KI bounced back from a horrible loss at home. The HB vs B36 game should be intense. When these two teams play they usually attract 3,000+
Scores from this weekend (third round) Group A NSI 3 B68 0 FS Vagar 6 TB 0 1. NSI 9pts 2. B68 4pts 3. FSV 3pts 4. TB 0 pts Group B EB/Strey 1 VB 1 KI 4 AB 0 1. EBS 7pts 2. VB 5pts 3. KI 4pts 4. AB 0pts Group C B36 2 Skala 1 GI 2 HB 1 1. GI 9pts 2. HB 6pts 3. B36 3pts 4. Skala 0pts
Scores from this weekend (4th round)... Group 1 B68 6 TB 0 FSV 2 NSI 1 Group 2 EB/Strey 3 KI 1 VB vs AB played tomorrow Group 3 Skala 1 HB 4 B36 5 GI 1 The big surprise this week would have to be the result between B36 and GI. GI had won their first three games in their group before the blowout loss today....
Scores from April 17th (5th round) Group 1 FSV 0 B68 0 NSI 5 TB 0 1. NSI 12pts 2. B68 8pts 3. FSV 7pts 4. TB 1pt Group 2 KI 2 VB 0 EB/Str 7 AB 1 1. EB/Str 13pts 2. VB 8pts 3. KI 7pts 4. AB 0pts Group 3 HB 0 GI 1 Skala 1 B36 3 1. GI 12pts 2. HB 9pts 3. B36 9pts 4. Skala 0pts Top two from each group and the two best third place teams advance to the QF. Big win for KI at home against VB. If they didn't beat VB, their hopes of moving on to the QF were basically gone. KI looks to be in good shape to advance because they travel to Agrir tomorrow to play AB (should be an easy win).... I hope....
6th and final round of group stage Group A B68 2 NSI 1 TB 0 FSV 5 1. NSI 12pts (qualify for QF) 2. B68 11pts (qualify for QF) 3. FS Vagar 10pts (qualify for QF) 4. TB 1pt Group B VB 2 EB/S 2 AB 0 KI 3 1. EB/S 14pts (qualify for QF) 2. KI 10pts (qualify for QF) 3. VB 9pts 4. AB 0pts Group C B36 1 HB 1 GI 4 Skala 1 1. GI 15pts (qualify for QF) 2. HB 10pts (qualify for QF) 3. B36 10pts (qualify for QF) 4. Skala 0pts QF will be played on May 3rd. Apparently the draw hasn't been announced yet. KI just makes it into the quarter-finals... thanks to VB for being held to a tie at home.
Faroese Cup QF May 4th B68 vs KI GI vs FS Vagar EB/Streymur vs B36 NSI vs HB Good draw for KI, as I expect them to come away from Toftir with a victory. Also, HB will play playing in Reykjavík, Iceland on April 27th. They will be taking on the Icelandic champions (KR). The Icelandic and Faroese champion have been playing once every year.
HB played at KR (Iceland) today in a friendly match. I suppose the game could be called the 'North Atlantic Cup', because the Icelandic champion played the Faroese Champion over the past few years. KR won the game today 2-0.
Score from the one QF played yesterday. B68 4 KI 4 (KI wins 5-4 on PK's) KI advances to the semi-finals. The other three quarter-finals will be played today.