Sandoyar Ítróttarfelag B71

Infobox Football club
clubname = B71


fullname = Sandoyar Ítróttarfelag B71
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founded = January 1, 1970
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ground = Inni í Dal (artificial grass with sand)
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chrtitle = President
chairman = flagicon|Faroe Islands Ragnar Fossdalsá
ceo = flagicon|Faroe Islands
mgrtitle = Head Coach
manager = flagicon|Faroe Islands Eli Hentze
league = Formuladeildin
season = 2008
position = 8th
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B71 is a football club located on the island of Sandoy, part of the Faroe Islands. As stated in the clubs rules and regulation, its main objective is "to promote interest in sports and to work to get sports on its feet on the island". B71 is an amateur club, i.e. all adult players have civilian jobs.

At the moment though, the only available sport to play for B71 is football, partly due to the lack of facilities. The club was founded in January 1970, but didn't start playing football until 1971, hence the name. The first couple of years went by without noticability. It wasn't until the late 80's that B71's infamous counter attack football really shone. They became division champions in 1986, 1988, 1989, and eventually Cup winners in 1993. Prominent players at that time included local legends such as: Torbjørn Jensen, Eli Hentze and brothers Róin and Jóan Petur Clementsen. The only one still playing for B71 today from the 1989 team is current chairman Eli Hentze.

B71 continues to be the glue that holds the island of Sandoy together and sometimes causing much controversy, but it still remains the pride and joy of all the people of Sandoy.Fact|date=February 2008

Current squad

"As of March 8, 2008 Fs start

Incoming transfers

Fs start

Former managers

* Jan Kacinski
* Piotr Krakowski
* Per Langvad
* Kári Reynheim
* Ivan
* Tom Saintfiet
* Ole Andersen
* Dragan Kovačević
* Dusan Mokan

Facts and Stats

AddressSandoyar Ítróttarfelag, B71, 210 Sandur Faroe Islands,

Board
*Mr. Ragnar Fossdalsá, President
*Mr. Ingimar Thomsen, Vicepresident
*Mr. Jonhard Johannesen, Secretary
*Mr. Brandur Sandoy, Board Member
*Mr. Jens Petersen, Board Member
*Mr. Sofus Lognberg, Board Member

HomegroundInni í Dal, artificial grass with sand

OutfitHome: Yellow shirts, blue shortsAway: Blue shirts, blue shorts

Teams12 of both sexes in all ages

Head CoachEli Hentze, Faroe Islands

Major Honours [From 2007, the top faroese division was renamed from "1.deild" (1.Division) to "Formuladeildin" - subsequently, "2. deild" became "1.deild", "3. deild" became "2. deild" and so on.]

1.Division Champions1989

2.Division Champions1988, 1991 and 1998

3.Division Champions1986

Domestic Cup1993

In Europe

1994 (European Cup Winners)B71 vs HJK Helsinki 0-5 [cite web |url=http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ecwc/history/season=1994/round=141/index.html |title=Cup Winners Cup Preliminary round 1994/1995|accessdate=2008-07-01 |year=2008 |publisher=uefa.com ] HJK Helsinki vs B71 2-0 [cite web |url=http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ecwc/history/season=1994/round=141/index.html |title=Cup Winners Cup Preliminary round 1994/1995|accessdate=2008-07-01 |year=2008 |publisher=uefa.com ]

External links

* [http://www.b71-sandoy.com Official Webpage Sandoyar Ítróttarfelag, B71]
* [http://www.football.fo Official Webpage Faroese Football Association, FSF]

References