Havnar Bóltfelag

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Havnar Bóltfelag
Full nameHavnar Bóltfelag
Founded1904; 120 years ago (1904)
GroundGundadalur, Tórshavn
Capacity5,000
ChairmanRansin N. Djurhuus
ManagerAdolfo Sormani
LeagueFaroe Islands Premier League
2023Faroe Islands Premier League, 3rd of 10
HB Tórshavn against Suðuroy on 23 September 2012
HB Tórshavn against NSÍ Runavík in 2008. Fróði Benjaminsen is to the left.

Havnar Bóltfelag (HB, lit. 'Harbour football club') is a Faroese professional football club, and is one of the oldest in the Faroe Islands. The club was founded in 1904, and is based in the city of Tórshavn. Home matches are played in Gundadalur and they compete in the Faroe Islands Premier League.

History

HB Tórshavn was founded in October 1904. The club's first board was elected in a meeting, on 14 November 1904. The board consisted of three people: Mads Andrias Winther, Joan Pauli Joensen and Jakup Mouritsen. The future mayor of Tórshavn (1909–12), Mads Andrias Winther, was HB's first chairman. HB's first match against

TB Tvøroyri took place on 23 May 1909, in Tvøroyri. The match ended in a 2–2 draw. Two months later, on 18 July 1909, a second match was organized against TB Tvøroyri, this time held in Tórshavn
. HB won the match 3–1. The first match against future rivals
KÍ Klaksvík
was held on 16 July 1911, which finished in a 3–3 draw.

In 1942, a

1954. Then in 1955, HB won the double, by winning the league and the first ever national cup competition, beating KÍ Klaksvík in the final. HB went on to win many more trophies; despite this by 1970, KÍ Klaksvík were the most successful club in the Faroe Islands at the time. That year HB were due to play KÍ Klaksvík in the national cup final. But the final never took place, as KÍ refused to play the final in Tórshavn. HB was not named the winners of the cup that year, even though KÍ failed to appear. HB were the current holders at the time, after beating B36 Tórshavn
in the cup final, the previous year. They finished runners-up in 1970 after KÍ Klaksvík won their 5th title in a row. It was the fourth time HB had finished runners-up in the league in the past 4 seasons. The following year it was HB v TB in the cup final, the match went ahead this time and HB won. In the final round of the league there was fighting in the match between HB and KÍ players. HB were the eventual winners of the league and KÍ finished runners-up. HB also won the cup in 1972 and 1973, making them 11 times winners, and winning the cup for 5 consecutive years. They also won the cup 5 times in a row, in the years between 1978 and 1982. HB are the only club in the Faroe Islands to achieve this, with other clubs only having won the cup 2 years consecutively. By this time they had won the Faroe Islands Cup many more times than all other clubs in the Faroe Islands, but KÍ still held the most league titles.

In 1992, clubs in the Faroe Islands took part in European competitions for the first time, after the

. This would turn out to be the only time HB Torshavn or any other Faroese club managed to get through the qualifying round(s) of any European Club Competition to date (June 2018). Since then HB has been involved in European competitions every season except for 2002–03 and 2012–13.

In 2003, HB won the league and equalled KÍ Klaksvík's record of 17 league titles. A year later HB won the league again and bettered KÍ's record, making HB Tórshavn the most successful team in the Faroe Islands, as they had now won the most national cups and won the most league titles.

HB won the league in 2013 and participated in the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League.

In November 2017, HB hired

KÍ, 2–1. With the victory, no team could catch HB even with four matches remaining.[3]

Current squad

As of 2 August 2023[4][5] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Faroe Islands FRO Teitur Gestsson (captain)
3 DF Faroe Islands FRO Viljormur Davidsen
4 MF Faroe Islands FRO Heðin Hansen
6 DF Faroe Islands FRO Hanus Sørensen
7 FW Faroe Islands FRO Adrian Justinussen
8 MF Faroe Islands FRO Dan í Soylu
9 MF Faroe Islands FRO Tróndur Jensen
10 MF Faroe Islands FRO Áki Samuelsen
14 FW Faroe Islands FRO Jákup Thomsen
15 DF Faroe Islands FRO Heri Mohr
17 DF Faroe Islands FRO Bartal Wardum
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF Sweden SWE Emil Berger
19 FW Denmark DEN Mikkel Dahl
21 FW Denmark DEN Ejvind Mouritsen
22 DF Faroe Islands FRO Ári Jónsson
23 MF Denmark DEN Matthias Præst
25 GK Faroe Islands FRO Bjarti Vitalis Mørk
26 MF Faroe Islands FRO Dánjal Reginsson
28 MF Faroe Islands FRO Samuel Chukwudi
29 FW Faroe Islands FRO Rani Sørensen
30 MF Faroe Islands FRO Leivur Guttesen

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
20 FW Faroe Islands FRO Ási Dam (at 07 Vestur until 31 October 2023)

Notable former players

Former players who have played for a national team and/or for a fully pro league.

Coaches of HB Tórshavn

Honours

Records

  • Biggest league win: HB vs.
    ÍF Fuglafjørður
    14–1 (1971)
  • Biggest league defeat: HB vs. B36 Tórshavn 0–10 (1945)
  • Biggest cup win: HB vs. Skansin Tórshavn (Division 4) 22–0 (1995)
  • Biggest cup defeat:
    TB Tvøroyri
    vs. HB 6–2 (1977)
  • Biggest European cup win: HB vs. Montenegro Budućnost Podgorica 4–0 (2021) UEFA Europa Conference League
  • Biggest European defeat: Norway Tromsø vs. HB 10–0 (1995) Intertoto Cup

UEFA club competition record

Competition Pld W D L GF GA
UEFA Champions League 21 3 5 13 19 52
17 1 4 12 11 41
UEFA Europa Conference League 6 4 0 2 11 9
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 8 1 1 6 4 24
UEFA Intertoto Cup 10 0 4 6 4 30
TOTAL 62 9 14 39 49 156

Matches

Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Aggregate
1993–94 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup QR
RAF Jelgava
3–0[a] 0–1 3–1
1R
Universitatea Craiova
0–3 0–4 0–7
1994–95 UEFA Cup PR Scotland Motherwell 1–4 0–3 1–7
1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup Group 3 Romania Universitatea Cluj 0–0 4th
Norway Tromsø 0–10
Germinal Ekeren
1–1
Switzerland Aarau 1–6
1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup QR Georgia (country) Dinamo Batumi 0–3 0–6 0–9
1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup QR Cyprus APOEL 1–1 0–6 1–7
1998–99 UEFA Cup 1Q Finland VPS Vaasa 2–0 0–4 2–4
1999–00 UEFA Champions League QR Finland Haka 1–1 0–6 1–7
2000 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1R
Tatabánya
0–4 0–3 0–7
2001–02 UEFA Cup QR Austria Grazer AK 2–2 0–4 2–6
2003–04 UEFA Champions League 1Q Lithuania FBK Kaunas 0–1 1–4 1–5
2004–05 UEFA Champions League 1Q Georgia (country) WIT Georgia 3–0 0–5 3–5
2005–06 UEFA Champions League 1Q Lithuania FBK Kaunas 2–4 0–4 2–8
2006 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1R Latvia Dinaburg 0–1 1–1 1–2
2007–08 UEFA Champions League 1Q Iceland FH Hafnarfjörður 0–0 1–4 1–4
2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1R Sweden IF Elfsborg 1–4 0–0 1–4
2009–10 UEFA Europa League 2Q Cyprus Omonia 1–4 0–4 1–8
2010–11 UEFA Champions League 2Q Austria Red Bull Salzburg 1–0 0–5 1–5
2011–12 UEFA Champions League 2Q Sweden Malmö FF 1–1 0–2 1–3
2013–14 UEFA Europa League 1Q Iceland ÍBV 0–1 1–1 1–2
2014–15 UEFA Champions League 1Q Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps 5–2 1–1 6–3
2Q Serbia Partizan 1–3 0–3 1–6
2015–16 UEFA Europa League 1Q
Trakai
1–4 0–3 1–7
2016–17 UEFA Europa League 1Q
Levadia Tallinn
0–2 1–1 1–3
2019–20 UEFA Champions League 1Q
HJK Helsinki
2–2 0–3 2–5
UEFA Europa League 2Q Northern Ireland Linfield 2–2 0–1 2–3
2020–21 UEFA Europa League PR Northern Ireland Glentoran 0–1
2021–22 UEFA Champions League PR Andorra Inter Club d'Escaldes 0–1
UEFA Europa Conference League 2Q Montenegro Budućnost Podgorica 4–0 2–0 6–0
3Q Israel Maccabi Haifa 1–0 2–7 3–7
2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League 1Q Wales Newtown 1–0 1–2 (
a.e.t.
)
2–2 (2–4 p)
2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League 1Q Republic of Ireland Derry City 0–0 0–1 0−1
2024–25 UEFA Conference League 2Q
Notes
  1. ^ Awarded by UEFA after RAF Jelgava failed to appear.[1]
  • PR: Preliminary round
  • 1R: First round
  • QR: Qualifying round
  • 1Q: First qualifying round
  • 2Q: Second qualifying round

References

  1. ^ a b James M. Ross. "Cup Winners' Cup 1993–94". RSSSF. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  2. ^ Guðmundur Hilmarsson (3 November 2017). "Heimir tekur við liði HB". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  3. ^ Runólfur Trausti Þórhallsson (23 September 2018). "Heimir stýrði HB til sigurs í deildinni". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  4. ^ "Menn". Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  5. ^ "HB 2023". Faroe Soccer. Retrieved 1 July 2023.

External links