NSÍ Runavík

NSÍ Runavík is a Faroese professional football club, playing in Runavík on the island of Eysturoy. It was founded 24 March 1957. In 2003 NSÍ participated for the first time on a European stage.

NSÍ Runavík

Full name	Nes Sóknar Ítróttarfelag Runavík
Founded	24 March 1957 (1957-03-24)
Ground	Runavík Stadium, Við Løkin Runavík, Faroes
Capacity	2,000
Chairman	Karstin Joensen
Manager	Jens Wedeborg
League	Faroe Islands Premier League
2025	Faroe Islands Premier League, 3rd of 10
Website	http://www.nsi.fo/
Home colours Away colours

In 2007, the club won the Faroe Islands Premier League for the first time.

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 and 2015 tournament finals.

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.

Achievements

• Faroe Islands Premier League: 1
  • 2007
• Faroe Islands Cup: 3
  • 1986, 2002, 2017
• Faroe Islands Super Cup: 1
  • 2008
• Faroe Islands second tier (1. deild since 2005): 5
  • 1978, 1983, 1990, 1993, 1996

Current squad

As of 10 March 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	SWE	Adrian Edqvist
3	DF	FRO	Viljormur Davidsen
4	DF	DEN	Daniel Obbekjær
5	DF	ISL	Alex Freyr Elisson
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 Lindh

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
12	DF	SWE	Filip Drinic
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
33	FW	POL	Michał Przybylski

Former players

• András Gángó

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	2	0	1	1	1	3
UEFA Intertoto Cup	2	0	0	2	1	7
TOTAL	30	3	3	24	21	84

Matches

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2003–04	UEFA Cup	QR	FK Lyn	1–3	0–6	1–9
2004	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1R	Esbjerg fB	0–4	1–3	1–7
2005–06	UEFA Cup	1Q	Liepajas Metalurgs	0–3	0–3	0–6
2008–09	UEFA Champions League	1Q	Dinamo Tbilisi	1–0	0–3	1–3
2009–10	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Rosenborg BK	0–3	1–3	1–6
2010–11		1Q	Gefle IF	0–2	1–2	1–4
2011–12		1Q	Fulham	0–0	0–3	0–3
2012–13		1Q	Differdange	0–3	0–3	0–6
2015–16		1Q	Linfield	4–3	0–2	4–5
2016–17		1Q	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	0–2	0–5	0–7
2017–18		1Q	Dinamo Minsk	0–2	1–2	1–4
2018–19		1Q	Hibernian	4–6	1–6	5–12
2019–20		PR	Ballymena United	0–0	0–2	0–2
2020–21		PR	Barry Town United	5–1	—N/a	—N/a
		1Q	Aberdeen	—N/a	0–6	—N/a
2021–22	UEFA Europa Conference League	1Q	Honka	1–3	0–0	1–3
2025–26	UEFA Conference League	1Q	HJK	4–0	0–5 (a.e.t.)	4–5
2026–27		1Q

Notes

• 1R: First round
• QR: Qualifying round
• PR: Preliminary round
• 1Q: First qualifying round

Managers

• Abraham Løkin (1984)
• Asbjørn Mikkelsen (1984)
• Abraham Løkin (1986)
• Poli Justinussen (1987)
• Kim Truesen (1988)
• Bobby Bolton (January 1991 – May 92)
• Trygvi Mortensen (May 1992 – December 92)
• Petur Simonsen (January 1994 – December 94)
• January 85 – Nov 85Ian Salter (January 1995 – July 95)
• Meinhard Dalbúð & Jógvan Nordbúð (August 1995 – December 95)
• Petur Mohr (January 1997 – December 98)
• Milan Cimburovic (January 1999 – April 99)
• Trygvi Mortensen (May 1999 – December 00)
• Petur Mohr (January 2001 – 1 December)
• Jógvan Martin Olsen (January 2002 – 4 December)
• Trygvi Mortensen (January 2005 – 6 August)
• Arnfinn Langgaard & Bogi Lervig (Sept 2006 – 6 December)
• Jóhan Nielsen (1 January 2007 – 31 December 2008)
• Pauli Poulsen (1 January 2009 – 31 December 2011)
• Kári Reynheim (1 January 2012 – 31 December 2012)
• Abraham Løkin (1 January 2013 – 30 June 2013)
• Heðin Askham (1 July 2013 – 31 December 2013)
• Trygvi Mortensen (1 January 2014 – 31 December 2015)
• Anders Gerber (1 January 2016 – 6 October 2017)
• Sámal Erik Hentze (2 November 2017 – 2 November 2018)
• Guðjón Þórðarson (3 November 2018 – 29 November 2019)
• Glenn Ståhl (29 October 2019 – 29 September 2020)
• Allan K. Jepsen (24 October 2020 – 28 Jul 2021)
• Bill McLeod Jacobsen (4 August 2021 – 04. december 2021)

Top tier scorer

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

External links

• Media related to NSÍ Runavík at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website
• Guliganz Fan Club Archived 22 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine
• Bakkafrost – the main sponsor of NSÍ Runavík FC