NSÍ Runavík

NSÍ Runavík
Full nameNes Sóknar Ítróttarfelag Runavík
Founded24 March 1957; 69 years ago (1957-03-24)
GroundRunavík Stadium, Við Løkin
Runavík, Faroes
Capacity2,000
ChairmanKarstin Joensen
ManagerSigurður Ragnar Eyjólfsson
LeagueFaroe Islands Premier League
2026Faroe Islands Premier League, 1st of 10 (champions)
Websitehttp://www.nsi.fo/

NSÍ Runavík is a Faroese professional football club, playing in Runavík on the island of Eysturoy. It was founded 24 March 1957.

In 2007, the club won the Faroe Islands Premier League for the first time. They won their second league title nineteen years later, in 2026.

The club has won the Faroe Islands Cup in 1986, 2002 and 2017. Aside from these instances, NSÍ Runavík featured in the 1980, 1985, 1988, 2004, 2015 and 2021 cup finals. They participated in Europe for the first time in 2003.

The club plays in yellow and black. Their stadium (Við Løkin) has a capacity of 2,000. It is not approved by UEFA for international play, so Runavík play their UEFA Europa League matches at Tórsvøllur in Tórshavn or Svangaskarð in Toftir. The main sponsor of NSÍ is Navigare, which is based in Runavík near Bakkafrost which is the largest salmon-farming company in the Faroe Islands. It is one of the biggest private employers in the islands, if not the biggest.

Honours

Current squad

As of 6 August 2026

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  FRO Kristian Joensen
2 MF  DEN Sammy Skytte
3 DF  FRO Viljormur Davidsen
4 DF  DEN Daniel Obbekjær
5 DF  ISL Alex Freyr Elísson
6 MF  FRO Beinir Nolsøe
7 MF  FRO Aron Knudsen
8 MF  FRO Brandur Hendriksson
9 FW  NOR Tobias Hestad
10 FW  FRO Klæmint Andrasson Olsen
11 MF  DEN Marius Kryger Lindh
12 DF  SWE Filip Drinic
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 GK  SWE Tom Amos
15 DF  FRO Pætur Hentze
16 FW  FRO Petur Knudsen
17 DF  FRO Jann Benjaminsen
18 MF  FRO Morits Heini Mortensen
23 MF  FRO Benadiktus Olsen
28 FW  FRO Markus Danielsen
29 MF  FRO Emil Weihe Joensen
30 GK  FRO Dánial Danielsen
32 DF  FRO Bárður Hansen
33 FW  POL Michał Przybylski
45 FW  FRO Meinhard Olsen

Former players

European record

Overview

Competition Matches W D L GF GA
UEFA Champions League 2 1 0 1 1 3
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League 24 2 2 20 18 71
UEFA Europa Conference League 10 3 3 4 13 17
UEFA Intertoto Cup 2 0 0 2 1 7
TOTAL 38 6 5 27 33 98

Matches

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2003–04 UEFA Cup QR Norway FK Lyn 1–3 0–6 1–9
2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1R Denmark Esbjerg fB 0–4 1–3 1–7
2005–06 UEFA Cup 1Q Latvia Liepajas Metalurgs 0–3 0–3 0–6
2008–09 UEFA Champions League 1Q Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi 1–0 0–3 1–3
2009–10 UEFA Europa League 1Q Norway Rosenborg BK 0–3 1–3 1–6
2010–11 1Q Sweden Gefle IF 0–2 1–2 1–4
2011–12 1Q England Fulham 0–0 0–3 0–3
2012–13 1Q Luxembourg Differdange 0–3 0–3 0–6
2015–16 1Q Northern Ireland Linfield 4–3 0–2 4–5
2016–17 1Q Belarus Shakhtyor Soligorsk 0–2 0–5 0–7
2017–18 1Q Belarus Dinamo Minsk 0–2 1–2 1–4
2018–19 1Q Scotland Hibernian 4–6 1–6 5–12
2019–20 PR Northern Ireland Ballymena United 0–0 0–2 0–2
2020–21 PR Wales Barry Town United 5–1 N/a N/a
1Q Scotland Aberdeen N/a 0–6 N/a
2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League 1Q Finland Honka 1–3 0–0 1–3
2025–26 UEFA Conference League 1Q Finland HJK 4–0 0–5 (a.e.t.) 4–5
2026–27 1Q Malta Hamrun Spartans 1–1 2–1 3–2
2Q Slovenia Koper 0–2 3–1 (a.e.t.) 3–3 (4–3 (p))
3Q Switzerland Lugano 2–2 0–2 2–4
Notes
  • 1R: First round
  • QR: Qualifying round
  • PR: Preliminary round
  • 1Q: First qualifying round

Managers

Top tier scorer

Season Goalscorer Goals
Premier League FI Cup FI Supercup Europa League Total
2007 - Klæmint Olsen 231 24 1 7 263

References

  1. ↑ "Bakkafrost Chief Financial Officer quits". Fishupdate.com. 7 October 2014. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "Team". FaroeSoccer.