B36 Tórshavn

B36 Tórshavn

Full name	Bóltfelagið 1936
Nickname(s)	B36 White Tigers Hvítir
Founded	28 March 1936
Ground	Gundadalur Stadium, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
Ground Capacity	5,000
Chairman	Rúni Herup Olsen
Manager	Eyðun Klakstein
League	Effodeildin
2015	Effodeildin, 1st
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

B36 Tórshavn (Faroese: Bóltfelagið 1936 Tórshavn) or F.C. Tórshavn is a Faroese semi professional football club, based in the capital of the country, Tórshavn, playing in the Faroe Islands Premier League, the top tier of Faroese football. The club was founded in 1936, and plays its home games in Gundadalur. B36 Tórshavn is among the most successful football clubs in the Faroe Islands, having won the Faroe Islands Premier League 11 times, the Faroese Cup 5 times and the Faroese Super Cup once.

History

B36 players (in white) in a match against FC Suðuroy in Vodafonedeildin, 2010. Number 23 is Hjalgrím Elttør, number 11 is Christian Mouritsen.

B36 in their new away colours against TB Tvøroyri on 15 April 2012. The player is Símun Hansen.

B36 Tórshavn was officially founded on 28 March 1936 but started to play football matches in 1935. B36 has an arch rival, HB Tórshavn, founded in 1904, the first club in Tórshavn.

The rivalry, however, has limits. When B36 Tórshavn published an official book in 1997, they used HB Tórshavn's book as the main source, as their original documents had been lost. When B36 was founded, they battled with rivals HB Tórshavn for the rights to the Gundadalur Stadium, although both teams used the venue, and played a number of derby matches there during that initial season.

B36 Tórshavn had a hard time by getting accepted by the main newspaper in the Faroe Islands, but after half a year B36 Tórshavn had achieved some good results, that resulted in that journalists had no other option but to accept B36 Tórshavn. Today, B36 Tórshavn is one of the biggest football clubs in the Faroe Islands.

Clubs in the Faroe Islands first took part in European competitions in 1992, after the Faroe Islands Football Association became a member of UEFA in 1990. B36 were drawn against Avenir Beggen in the Cup winners Cup Qualifying round in 1992. They went close but didn't make it through to the first round after a 1–0 loss and a 1–1 at home.

In 2005/06 the team reached the second round in the UEFA Cup after defeating ÍBV Vestmannaeyar of Iceland 3–2 on aggregate. In the second round they narrowly lost to Danish Superliga-club FC Midtjylland 1–2 in the away leg and drew 2–2 at home. The team reached the second qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League in 2006/07 after defeating Birkirkara FC of Malta 5–2 on aggregate and were eliminated in second qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League, losing both matches to Fenerbahçe 4–0 and 5–0.

Current squad

As of 28 March 2016^[1]

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Tórður Thomsen 2 DF Andreas H. Eriksen 3 DF Jónas Þór Næs 4 DF Robert Heðin Brockie 5 DF Odmar Færø 7 DF Alex Mellemgaard 9 FW Jákup á Borg (captain) 10 MF Róaldur Jakobsen 11 FW Łukasz Cieślewicz 13 MF Gestur B. Dam

No. Position Player 14 MF Pætur Petersen 15 MF Hannes Agnarsson 16 MF Bjarni Petersen 18 MF Benjamin Heinesen 20 DF Høgni Eysturoy 21 GK Rói Mørk Hentze 22 FW Sebastian Pingel 23 FW Jógvan Andrias Skeel Nolsøe 24 MF Hanus Thorleifsson 25 GK Trygvi Askham

Honours

• Faroe Islands Premier League: 11
  • 1946, 1948, 1950, 1959, 1962, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2011, 2014, 2015,
• Faroe Islands Cup: 5
  • 1965, 1991, 2001, 2003, 2006.
• Faroe Islands Super Cup: 1
  • 2007
• 1. deild: 1
  • 1985

UEFA club competition record

Overview

Matches

Season	Competition	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Aggregate
1992–93	European Cup Winners' Cup	QR	Avenir Beggen	1–1	0–1	1–2
1997	UEFA Intertoto Cup	Group 5	Genk	0–5	N/A	5th
			Stabæk	N/A	0–5
			Dynamo Moskva	0–1	N/A
			Panachaiki	N/A	2–4
1998–99	UEFA Champions League	1Q	Beitar Jerusalem	0–1	1–4	1–5
1999–2000	UEFA Cup	QR	Ankaragücü	0–1	0–1	0–2
2000–01	UEFA Cup	QR	AB	0–1	0–8	0–9
2002–03	UEFA Champions League	1Q	Torpedo Kutaisi	0–1	2–5	2–6
2004–05	UEFA Cup	1Q	Liepājas Metalurgs	1–3	1–8	2–11
2005–06	UEFA Cup	1Q	ÍBV	2–1	1–1	3–2
		2Q	Midtjylland	2–2	1–2	3–4
2006–07	UEFA Champions League	1Q	Birkirkara	2–2	3–0	5–2
		2Q	Fenerbahçe	0–5	0–4	0–9
2007–08	UEFA Cup	1Q	Ekranas	1–3	2–3	3–6
2008–09	UEFA Cup	1Q	Brøndby	0–2	0–1	0–3
2009–10	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Olimpi Rustavi	0–2	0–2	0–4
2012–13	UEFA Champions League	1Q	Linfield	0–0	0–0	0–0 (3–4 p)
2014–15	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Linfield	1–2	1–1	2–3
2015–16	UEFA Champions League	1Q	The New Saints	1–2	1–4	2–6
2016–17	UEFA Champions League	1Q	Valletta	2–1	0–1	2–2 (a)

Notes

• QR: Qualifying round
• 1Q: First qualifying round
• 2Q: Second qualifying round

Managers

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to B36 Tórshavn.

• Official website (Faroese)