07 Vestur
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| Full name | 07 Vestur | ||
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| Founded | 6 November 2007 | ||
| Ground | á Dungasandi | ||
| Capacity | 2000 | ||
| Chairman | Jón Nordendal | ||
| Manager | Steffen Landro | ||
| League | Faroe Islands Premier League | ||
| 2024 | Faroe Islands Premier League, 6th of 10 | ||
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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
- Winners: 1999, 2002, 2008, 2010, 2012
Current squad
- As of 4 September 2024
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Out on loan
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Notable former players
National players
- File:Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg Torkil Nielsen – former national player for the Faroe Islands; scored the goal for the Faroe Islands in 1990 in the match against Austria, which Faroe Islands won 1–0.
Managers
- File:Flag of Denmark.svg Tommy Christiansen (1990)
- File:Flag of Denmark.svg Finn Røntved (1995)
- File:Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg Albert Ellefsen & Páll Fróði Joensen (1995)
- File:Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg Albert Ellefsen (1996)
- File:Flag of Poland.svg Piotr Krakowski (1997)
- File:Flag of Lithuania.svg Kęstutis Latoža (2000–01)
- File:Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg Albert Ellefsen (2001)
- File:Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg Suni á Dalbø (2002)
- File:Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg Albert Ellefsen (2002–03)
- File:Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg Jógvan Nordbúð (2004)
- File:Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg Bill McLeod Jacobsen (2005–06)
- File:Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg Hegga Samuelsen (2006)
- File:Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg Jan Dam (2007)
- File:Flag of Poland.svg Piotr Krakowski (January 1, 2008 – December 31, 2009)
- File:Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg Hegga Samuelsen (October 1, 2010 – May 27, 2011)
- File:Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg Jóhan Nielsen (June 1 – Dec 31, 2011)
- File:Flag of Poland.svg Piotr Krakowski (Jan 1, 2012 – 2013)
- File:Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg Hegga Samuelsen (2014—2016)
- File:Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg Trygvi Mortensen (2017)
- File:Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg Pauli Poulsen (2018)
- File:Flag of Norway.svg Julian Madsen (2019—2020)
- File:Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg Heðin Askham (2020—2021)
- File:Flag of Sweden.svg Magnus Powell (2021)
- File:Flag of Denmark.svgMichael Schjønberg 2022---2023
- File:Flag of Norway.svgLars Arne Nielsen (2023)
- File:Flag of Norway.svgSteffen Landro 2024--
