Hondbóltsfelagið H71

Faroese handball club

Website
Official site

Hondbóltsfelagið H71 is a Faroese handball club from Hoyvík, that plays in the Burn Menn League.

Hoyvík

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Location of H71

History

The club was founded in 1971. The club was promoted to the first division for the first time in 1985. In 1988, the team won a bronze medal. In 1997, the club won silver for the first time in the first division. And in 1998, the first big success happened when the team won the Faroe Islands Cup against Kyndil. The club became champions for the first time in 2009, after winning both games of the final against VÍF. The club won the league 7 times in total (in 2009, 2012, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022 and 2023) and won the cup 7 times (in 1998, 2016, 2017, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023).

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2023–24 season^[1]

H71

Goalkeepers

01 Torstein Sivertsen
12 Jakup Johannesen
16 Ingi Johannsesen

Left Wingers

03 Louis Daniel Christy
05 Rói Seyer Hjaltason
20 John Vilhelm

Right Wingers

09 Jón Rói Mohr Høgnesen
30 William Napoleon Djurhuus
71 Bogi Hansen

Line Players

18 Helgi Jacob Halldórsson
44 Sakaris Aniano Sakarisson
47 Ísak Jógvan Djurhuus Vedelsbøl
55 Rói H. Thomsen

Left Backs

31 Sveinur Olafsson
33 Hilmar Leon Jakobsen
39 Rókur Ziskason

Central Backs

15 Haraldur Karlsson
17 Helgi Poulsen
38 Høgni Heinason
91 Jógvan Andreas Lamhauge

Right Backs

08 Silas Wang
11 Hans Kári Hansen
22 Andras Klein
23 Høgni Højsted
45 Peter Krogh

Technical staff

Head coach: Mark Lausen-Marcher
Assistant coach: Djóni Gaard Joensen
Goalkeeping coach: Ári Egason Dam
Physiotherapist: Sebastian Christensen

Transfers

Transfers for the 2023–24 season

Joining

Leaving

Alexander Lein Martinsen (GK) to TuS 04 Kaiserslautern-Dansenberg

Titles

Faroe Islands Handball League
- Winner (7) : 2009, 2012, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023
Faroe Islands Cup
- Winner (7) : 1998, 2016, 2017, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023

EHF ranking

As of 6/12/2023^[2]

Rank	Team	Points
162	Hapoel Ashdod	26
163	SC DHfK Leipzig	25
164	SKIF Krasnodar	25
165	H71	25
166	HSV Hamburg	25
167	CSM Focșani	24
168	Viljandi HC	24

Former club members

Notable former players

Pauli Jacobsen (2017–2018, 2021–2022)
Peter Krogh (2017–)
Óli Mittún (2021–2022)
Elias Ellefsen á Skipagøtu (2017–2018, 2019–2020)
Hákun West av Teigum (2017–2018)

References

^ "H71 - Players, Team & Season Info | EHF". ehfec.eurohandball.com. Retrieved 2023-12-24.
^ "Eurotopteam, classement européen des clubs de Handball".