What do we know about Klaksvik?

Olimpija will play an away game on Faroe Islands today at 18:45. The match will take place in the capital Torshavn, at the Torsvollur Stadium, which seats 6 500 spectators. The referee, Harm Osmers, is from Germany.

With only 5 000 inhabitants, Klaksvik is the second largest town in the Faroe Islands. Founded in 1904, the club has been national champions 20 times. He has been runner-up 13 times, and has six Cup titles and three Super Cup titles to his name.

The home stadium of the Dragons’ most distant rival in European Group A (3,000 kilometres away) is Vid Djupumyrar, with a capacity of only 2,600 spectators. Due to the inadequacy of the facility, all UEFA matches, with the exception of the first two qualifying rounds, are played in Torshavn.

This year’s breakthrough to the UEFA Europa Conference League group stage is considered the biggest achievement in the club’s history. The Faroese champions, after Hungary’s Ferencvaros, knocked out Sweden’s BK Häcken in the Champions League qualifiers. Later, Molde and Sheriff were only for a goal bette in aggregate score.

The head coach of the team, which currently leads the domestic championship by a margin with 76 points from 26 games, is 43-year-old Norwegian Magne Hoseth. In this year’s 10 European games, he has recorded 3 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.

According to Transfermarkt, the players of KI Klaksvik are worth €2.81 million in total, the most valuable players are Patrick Da Silva, Hallur Hansson and Jakup Andreasen (€300k). The 33-year-old Pall Klettskard is the team’s top scorer with 17 goals, followed by 31-year-old Arni Frederiksberg with 13.

Klaksvik has registered three draws in its last three matches. Two meetings ended 0:0 (B36 Torshavn, Lille), against last-placed AB Argir it was 1:1.