B71 Sandoy

Origins (1970–1971)

Although B71 is one of the youngest football-teams in the Faroe Islands, there has always been a considerable amount of interest in sports on the particular island from which the team fares. Football had been played well before B71 was established in 1970, but since sand-surfaces were deemed unsuitable for football, a team had yet to be formed. In the late 1960s, two of the island's towns, Sandur and Skopun, started to compete. There were no goals, so instead they used two rocks each, representing goalposts. This rivalry between two of Sandoy's biggest towns went on for several summers, bringing in truckloads of people from Skopun, even though cars had yet to be accessible to the common man. At around the same time, a new school was being built on Sandoy, where there also would be built a field on which to play sports. As a result of this, people started talking about forming a new team and on New Year's Day 1970, a sports team was established. The preliminary year, the team was called Sand, since only players from the town of Sandur were fielded. But the following year the team's name was changed to B71. Since players from the entire island wanted to be a part of the team, it no longer seemed fitting to name the team after just one town. The first year only two teams were fielded. One senior team, playing in, what in those days was referred to as Meðaldeildin and one boys-team.

The Early Years (1972–1985)

In the beginning, B71 took…

Domestic

League

Faroe Islands Premier League: Champions (1): 1989 3rd place (1): 1994 Faroe Islands 1. Deild: Champions (4): 1988, 1991, 1998, 2006 Runner-up (4): 2002, 2004, 2005, 2009 Faroe Islands 2. Deild: Champions (2): 1986, 2017 Runner-up (1): 2014

Cups

Faroe Islands Cup: Champions (1): 1993 Runner-up (2): 1989, 1994 FSF Trophy: Champions (1): 2004 Runner-up (1): 2005