Faroe Islands Football Association
Fótbóltssamband Føroya ( " Football Federation of the Faroe Islands " ), abbreviated FSF, is the umbrella organization of all regular football clubs in the Faroe Islands and responsible for the Faroese national football team.
The FSF is a member of FIFA, UEFA, the ISF ( Faroese Sports Association ) and the National Olympic Committee of the Faroe Islands ( Olympiska Nevnd Føroya - ONF ).
The association was founded on 13 January 1979.
History
Football in the Faroe Islands goes back to the year 1892, when the TB Tvøroyri was founded. 1939 the Faroese Sports Federation ISF was founded, which was also responsible for football. Since 1942, there is a Faroese football championship. 1966-78 there was a football section in ISF ( Fótbóltsdeildin ), which was replaced in 1979 by the FSF.
In the early years football was played only by men and boys from the first league to the very small. Since 1985, there are also women leagues: the first league, U17 and U13 girls. Early 90s were going to add the youngest age group of girls.
Mid -80s, the first artificial grass courts were built in the Faroe Islands. The FSF began training coaches and referees and thereby got help from Denmark. Since the mid- 90s all coaches and referees will only be trained by the FSF.
One of the main goals of the FSF has always been to be able to participate like any other football nations at the international football on 2 July 1988, the Faroe Islands were included in the FIFA and on 18 April, 1990 in the UEFA. Since then, the Faroe Islands took part in all European and World Championship qualifying rounds and the European club competitions.
By 1930, there were semi-official international matches against the Faroe Islands, Iceland (A, B, and Juniors), Shetland, Orkney, Greenland and even against the U21 and senior citizens in Denmark. Until the early 90s, the Faroese team also participated in the international Iceland games.
The first regular international match took place on August 24, 1988 in Akranes take on Iceland. In this friendly game won the Icelandic national football team 1-0.
1990/91 the Faroe first took part in a European Championship qualifier. The soccer match Faroe Austria in Landskrona in 1990 should be remembered as a " football fairy tale" in the story. It was the first competitive match of the Faroe Islands in general, which they won 1-0. 1992/93 took the Faroe Islands for the first time participated in a World Cup qualifier. Since 1992, home games were played in the Faroe Islands, when the stadium was completed in Svangaskarð Toftir. Followed in 1999, the National Stadium Tórsvøllur in Tórshavn.
1992 took Faroese clubs for the first time participate in the UEFA Cup. 2001, the women followed in the UEFA Women 's Cup. In addition, take the Faroe Islands part in the Under-17 Championships in the Nordic countries and the Under-17 and Under-19 qualifications.
Since 2003, the FSF has its registered office in a new house in Gundadalur, Tórshavn.
Structure
The highest body of the FSF is the General Assembly. There is a seven -member board is elected. On the board there is a Secretary with three full-time employees. In addition, the coach employees of the Association.
President
Secretaries General
UEFA five year ranking
Position in the UEFA five year ranking ( in parentheses the last year placement). The abbreviation CL and EL countries behind the coefficients indicate the number of representatives in the 2014/15 season of the Champions League and the Europa League.
- 49 (47 ) Estonia (league, cup ) - coefficient: 2.208 - CL: 1, EL: 3
- 50 (50 ) Armenia Armenia (league, cup ) - coefficient: 1,750 - CL: 1, EL: 3
- 51 (51 ) Faroe Faroe Islands (league, cup ) - coefficient: 1.583 - CL: 1, EL: 3
- 52 (53 ) San Marino (league, cup ) - coefficient: 0.666 - CL: 1, EL: 2
- 53 (52 ) Andorra (league, cup ) - coefficient: 0.500 - CL: 1, EL: 2
As of the end of the European campaign of 2012/13