Full name FC Suðuroy Chairman Julius Vest Joensen League 1. deild Founded 2005 | Ground Capacity 3,000 Arena/Stadium Vesturi á Eiðinum Stadium Location Vágur, Faroe Islands | |
Ground Vesturi á Eiðinum Stadium
Vágur, Faroe Islands Manager Palli Augustinussen
Mamuka Toronjadze
Valerian Iobashvili 2015 Effodeildin, 9th (relegated) | ||
FC Suðuroy is a Faroese Football club, which was founded in January 2010 and consists currently of the former clubs VB Vágur (founded in 1905) and SÍ Sumba (founded in 1949), which merged in 2005 to form VB/Sumba. FC Suðuroy's first team in the men's championship competes in the 1. deild in 2014. All teams play their home games at the Vesturi á Eiðinum Stadium in Vágur. The FC Suðuroy logo was designed by the photographer Rógvi Nolsøe Johansen in 2010, the same year he won the competition to design a logo for the club.
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- History
- Honours
- Current squad
- Notable former players for VB Vgur SumbaVB and VBSumba
- Managers of FC Suuroy
- Chairmen of FC Suuroy
- Top Scorers for FC Suuroy VB Vgur SumbaVB and VBSumba
- References
After the end of the 2016 season it was decided on 15 December 2016 that the three clubs of the island Suðuroy, which are TB Tvøroyri, FC Suðuroy and Royn Hvalba would merge into a new club for the 2017 season. The merger will not be complete until 2018 and the name will be all three names togehter for the 2017 season: TB/FC Suðuroy/Royn. The three clubs have not been dissolved yet, they continue separately for the children's and women's teams. In 2017 it will only be the men's teams which will play for the new cooperation. In Faroese the new team is referred to as Suðuroyarliðið (the Suðuroy-team). The first head coach for the Suðuroy-team is Maurice Ross.
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History
VB/Sumba played in 1. deild (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, which was called Vodafonedeildin from 2009–2011. FC Suðuroy played their first league match 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 played in 1. deild in 2011. They won the division with 70 points and were promoted to Effodeildin along with TB Tvøroyri, which is a club from the same island, Suðuroy.
Honours
Current squad
As of 3 April 2016
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Notable former players for VB Vágur, Sumba/VB, and VB/Sumba
Players who have played for national teams or for fully pro clubs.