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January 31, 2007: January Round-Up: However, we start this January round-up with an amusing story from Japan: Japanese Amused at Faroese Soccer :-)
Last season we wrote about a match in the Formula Division that had to be replayed because ÍF Fuglafjørður had scored a goal while they were actually 12 players on the field. Well, funny stories travel fast on the Internet, even from the Faroe Islands to Japan, where we have found the story on a Japanese Yahoo-blog. You can read the full story at this URL: http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/foroyer/19731452.html - Oh, by the way, it's all in Japanese signs :-) But with Google's translation tool, it's possible to understand at least bits of the Japanese article.
Formula-Clubs NewsAB Argir AB have also had a Dane on trial for a while, whom AB's website only call Peter with no surname. No news out whether he'll be staying or not. AB will probably want to get hold of a quality midfielder, as their midfield looks a bit week if they want to avoid relegation. ---- B36 Tórshavn Influential midfielder (and sometimes defender) Fróði Benjaminsen was on trial at Danish Superliga club Silkeborg in December and last Monday, Fróði left the Faroes again, because the Danes wanted to have another look at him. – No news out yet, if there will be a contract or not. ---- B71 Sandoy B71 Sandoy wrote on their website, that they expected 23 year-old Dane Anders Rasmussen on trial for the last week of January, but there is no news out, how it went. They hoped he could replace Bergleif Sólsker in defence. ---- EB/Streymur ---- GÍ Gøta ---- HB Tórshavn ---- KÍ Klaksvík KÍ Klaksvík's coach, Toni Paris, has been looking to find a defensive replacement for Atli Danielsen, and just recently he announced that he had found one in Florida. And in California he found a forward who he thinks will suit KÍ very well. So, when Tony Paris comes back to Klaksvík, he'll have two new players with him. One is a 22 year old defender called Kareem Smith and has been playing for American club University of South Florida Bulls (yep, that sounds American:-), shortened USF. He's said to be a strong and powerful defender and is also very consistent one, as he has played in every minute of the latest 56 matches. That's more than 5000 minutes in a row. Smith has also appeared for Trinidad and Tobago's U-20 national team, as well as United States' U-18 National team. But if the player has any idea of were he's coming to (Klaksvík, Faroe Islands) is maybe a bit doubtful, as this is what the headline of the USF Bull's website says: "Former Bull Kareem Smith Signs On With Professional Team In Denmark". – Lol :-) professional team in Denmark... sigh. - Calling it Denmark is one thing, but professional? Nah, not really, eh...? You can read the full announcement at this link The other new KÍ player is a 23 year-old forward from California who has played for Rollins College. His name is Chris Cerroni, born in England. He's said to be an expert finisher; very quick and experienced. Sound like a quality signing for KÍ, as he has also had a trainee-contract with Premier League club Charlton, when he was younger. Cerroni leaves Rollins as one of most successful forwards in its 51 years. He ranks fourth in school history in goals (46), eighth in assists (25), and fourth in points (117), their website reports: http://rollinssports.athleticsite.com/article.asp?articleID=638 ---- NSÍ Runavík ---- Skála ---- VB/Sumba VB/Sumbas squad will be more or less the same as last season, but they are looking for a new forward. ---- A few results from pre-seasons friendly games: Note: Several key players were missing for several of the teams, so these results are not much worth in regards to benchmarking. Annual Klaksvík TournamentThe annual KÍ Klaksvík pre-season tournament between last season's top 3 + the hosts KÍ, will be played on March 10 and 11. The draw looks like this: March 10: March 11: ("Ironic sidebar": This is the tournament KÍ Klaksvík often win and then they think that they'll of course also win the league championship... Well, most often they don't;-)
Faroe Islands U-21 National TeamThe Faroese Soccer Association has appointed two coaches for the newly founded U-21 national team. The coaches are Heðin Askham og Bill McLeod Jacobsen, who both are experienced youth coaches and have been coaches for several other Faroese youth national teams. The draw for the UEFA European U-21 Qualification Tournament will be held in Sweden on February 13th. The squad for the first U-21 training session was this: Jóhan Mouritsen, Svenn Jacobsen, Páll M. Joensen, Emil N. Leifsson, Poul Thomas Dam, Pætur T. Jørgensen, Ólavur í Ólavstovu - HB Tórshavn Jóhan Gunnarsson, Ásbjørn Gunnarsson, John Hansen - B36 Tórshavn Tórður Thomsen, Jóhan Petur Poulsen - B68 Toftir Símun Louis Jacobsen, Sverri Jacobsen, Sam Jacobsen - GÍ Gøta Fritleif í Lambanum - ÍF Fuglafjørður Poul N. Poulsen, Levi Hanssen - SKÁLA Debes Danielsen, Einar Hansen, Jóhan Davidsen, Bogi A. Løkin - NSÍ Runavík Arnbjørn T. Hansen, Leif Niclasen - EB/Streymur Símun Rógvi Hansen - B71 Sandoy Andreas Lava Olsen - LÍF Leirvík Jóhan Hendrik Ellefsen - MB Miðvágur Jón Krosslág - VB Vágur Trygvi Askham - FS Vágar 2004 Mathias Samuelsen, Kristoffur Jakobsen - KÍ Klaksvík Christian R. Mouritsen - Manchester City Gunnar Nielsen - BK Frem (Denmark) and Jónas Tór Næs -(former BK Frem (Denmark), now without a club)
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