2019 Viking FK season

Viking
2019 season
Chair	Stig Christiansen
Manager	Bjarne Berntsen
Stadium	Viking Stadion
Eliteserien	5th
Norwegian Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Kristian Thorstvedt (10); All: Kristian Thorstvedt (13)
Highest home attendance	15,197 vs Ranheim; (30 October, Norwegian Cup)
Lowest home attendance	3,469 vs Stabæk; (26 June, Norwegian Cup)
Average home league attendance	8,933
Home colours	Away colours
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ChairStig Christiansen

ManagerBjarne Berntsen

StadiumViking Stadion

Eliteserien5th

The 2019 season was Viking's 1st year back in Eliteserien, after being promoted last season. It was the club's 69th season in the top flight of Norwegian football. The club participated in the Eliteserien and the Norwegian Cup.

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 January 2019	DF	Axel Óskar Andrésson	Reading	Undisclosed	^[2]
	DF	Runar Hove	Florø	Undisclosed	^[3]
	DF	Adrian Pereira	Promoted from junior squad		^[4]
	MF	Lasse Berg Johnsen	Promoted from junior squad		^[4]
1 April 2019	FW	Jostein Ekeland	Vidar	Undisclosed	^[5]
13 August 2019	MF	Kristoffer Løkberg	Brann	Undisclosed	^[6]

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 January 2019	DF	Claes Kronberg	Released^[a]		^[7]^[8]
	DF	Rasmus Martinsen	Released^[b]		^[7]^[9]
	DF	Kristian Novak	Released^[c]		^[7]^[10]
	MF	Steffen Ernemann	Released^[d]		^[7]^[11]
16 January 2019	MF	Jonas Pereira	Fram Larvik	Free transfer	^[12]
9 October 2019	FW	Usman Sale	Contract terminated^[e]		^[13]^[14]

Start date	Pos.	Name	From	End date	Ref.
30 January 2019	MF	Samúel Friðjónsson	Vålerenga	End of season	^[15]^[16]
31 July 2019	FW	Benjamin Källman	Inter Turku	End of season	^[17]^[16]

Start date	Pos.	Name	To	End date	Ref.
29 May 2019	MF	Harald Nilsen Tangen	Tromsdalen	5 August 2019	^[18]^[19]
29 May 2019	MF	Lasse Berg Johnsen		End of season	^[18]^[19]
4 June 2019	GK	Erik Arnebrott		5 August 2019	^[20]^[19]

1 February 2019 Friendly	Viking	8–1	Sola	Stavanger, Norway
18:00 CET (UTC+2)	Thorstvedt 11', 12' Tripić 22' Bytyqi 34' Høiland 54' (pen.) Haugen 63' 67' (o.g.) Furdal 73'	Report	Eriksen 66'	Stadium: Viking Stadion Attendance: 323 Referee: Mischa Kellerhals

2019 Viking FK season

Out on loan

Transfers

Transfers in

Transfers out

Loans in

Loans out

Friendlies

Pre-season

Mid-season

Competitions

Eliteserien

Table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Norwegian Cup

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

Goal scorers

References

Related Articles

7 February 2019 Friendly	Viking	2–3	Nest-Sotra	Randaberg, Norway
18:30 CET (UTC+2)	Høiland 49', 86'	Report	Dang 43', 45' (pen.), 68'	Stadium: Randaberg Arena Attendance: 600 Referee: Daniel Higraff

13 February 2019 Friendly	Viking	5–1	Sandnes Ulf	Stavanger, Norway
18:00 CET (UTC+2)	Thorstvedt 15', 58', 77' Bytyqi 47', 87'	Report	Berntsen 10'	Stadium: Viking Stadion Attendance: 400 Referee: Mischa Kellerhals

18 February 2019 Friendly	Sandefjord	0–2	Viking	Marbella, Spain
13:00 CET (UTC+2)		Report	Tripić 52' Høiland 67'	Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Marbella Referee: Espen Eskås

21 February 2019 Friendly	Lokomotiv Moscow	5–1	Viking	Marbella, Spain
16:00 CET (UTC+2)	Eder 3' Farfán 27' Miranchuk 42', 55' (pen.) Kvaratskhelia 76'	Report	Pereira 39'	Stadium: Dama de Noche Referee: Espen Eskås

1 March 2019 Friendly	Odd	1–1	Viking	Skien, Norway
14:00 CET (UTC+2)	Børven 75'	Report	Sale 17'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Referee: Rohit Saggi

9 March 2019 Friendly	Aalesund	2–2	Viking	Marbella, Spain
16:30 CET (UTC+2)	Friðjónsson 15' (pen.) Guèye 43'	Report	Ibrahimaj 78' Høiland 90' (pen.)	Stadium: La Quinta Referee: Christian Moen

12 March 2019 Friendly	Dynamo Brest	2–1	Viking	Marbella, Spain
CET (UTC+2)	Nyakhaychyk 49' Kislyak 68'	Report	Ibrahimaj 32'	Stadium: Dama de Noche Referee: Svein Tore Sinnes

17 March 2019 Friendly	Viking	4–0	Egersund	Stavanger, Norway
18:00 CET (UTC+2)	González 30' (o.g.) Thorstvedt 69', 85' Høiland 90' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Viking Stadion Referee: Daniel Higraff

24 March 2019 Friendly	Viking	4–0	Haugesund	Stavanger, Norway
18:00 CET (UTC+2)	Vevatne 19' Tripić 39' Ibrahimaj 45' Bytyqi 90'	Report		Stadium: Viking Stadion Referee: Tore Hansen

5 June 2019 Friendly	Viking	1–2	Start	Kvernaland, Norway
15:10 CEST (UTC+1)	Ekeland 66'	Report	Sigurðarson 9' Finnbogason 26'	Stadium: Frøyland Stadion Referee: Daniel Higraff

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Rosenborg	30	14	10	6	53	41	+12	52	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4	Odd	30	15	7	8	45	40	+5	52
5	Viking	30	13	8	9	55	42	+13	47	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round^[a]
6	Kristiansund	30	11	8	11	41	41	0	41
7	Haugesund	30	9	13	8	44	37	+7	40

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	13	8	9	55	42	+13	47	9	4	2	32	15	+17	4	4	7	23	27	−4

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	W	L	L	D	D	W	L	W	L	D	D	L	L	L	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	L	D	W
Position	1	1	1	3	5	5	6	6	7	7	7	6	8	9	9	10	8	7	8	8	7	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

12 June 2019 Friendly	Staal Jørpeland	2–4	Viking	Jørpeland, Norway
18:00 CEST (UTC+1)	Ciach 29', 43'	Report	Furdal 35' Høiland 36' Ekeland 62' Vikstøl 90'	Stadium: Jørpeland Stadion Attendance: 600 Referee: Alexander Milovanovic

14 November 2019 Friendly	Viking	1–1	Start	Stavanger, Norway
15:00 CET (UTC+2)	Bytyqi 23'	Report	Markovic 15'	Stadium: Viking Stadion Referee: Mischa Kellerhals

31 March 2019 1	Viking	2–0	Kristiansund	Stavanger
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bytyqi 34' Tripić 46'	Report		Stadium: Viking Stadion Attendance: 10,059 Referee: Rohit Saggi

7 April 2019 2	Tromsø	0–2	Viking	Tromsø
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Thorstvedt 8', 90+7'	Stadium: Alfheim Stadion Attendance: 2,888 Referee: Kristoffer Hagenes

13 April 2019 3	Viking	2–1	Brann	Stavanger
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Thorstvedt 64' Ibrahimaj 79'	Report	Haugen 85'	Stadium: Viking Stadion Attendance: 13,029 Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen

23 April 2019 4	Odd	1–0	Viking	Skien
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kaasa 54'	Report		Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 4,775 Referee: Tom Harald Hagen

28 April 2019 5	Ranheim	5–2	Viking	Trondheim
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Reginiussen 9' Solbakken 52', 90+3' Storflor 74' Karlsen 90'	Report	Ibrahimaj 51' Høiland 66' (pen.)	Stadium: EXTRA Arena Attendance: 1,950 Referee: Rohit Saggi

6 May 2019 6	Viking	1–1	Vålerenga	Stavanger
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Høiland 71'	Report	Ejuke 69'	Stadium: Viking Stadion Attendance: 7,659 Referee: Tommy Skjerven

13 May 2019 7	Strømsgodset	0–0	Viking	Drammen
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Marienlyst Stadion Attendance: 4,576 Referee: Sigurd Smehus Kringstad

16 May 2019 8	Viking	3–0	Stabæk	Stavanger
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Thorstvedt 47' Høiland 60' (pen.) Bytyqi 65'	Report		Stadium: Viking Stadion Attendance: 15,029 Referee: Tore Hansen

20 May 2019 9	Molde	5–1	Viking	Molde
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Moström 10' Omoijuanfo 39', 49' (pen.), 71' Bjørshol 82' (o.g.)	Report	Høiland 36'	Stadium: Aker Stadion Attendance: 6,108 Referee: Kristoffer Hagenes

16 June 2019 10	Lillestrøm	0–2	Viking	Lillestrøm
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Thorstvedt 44' Vevatne 78'	Stadium: Åråsen Stadion Attendance: 5,676 Referee: Dag Vidar Hafsås

23 June 2019 11	Viking	3–4	Bodø/Glimt	Stavanger
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Thorstvedt 37' Sale 70' Hove 90+3'	Report	Bjørkan 18' Herrem 28' Layouni 50' Zinckernagel 66'	Stadium: Viking Stadion Attendance: 8,203 Referee: Tore Hansen

30 June 2019 12	Mjøndalen	1–1	Viking	Mjøndalen
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Scriven 54'	Report	Høiland 38'	Stadium: Consto Arena Attendance: 2,550 Referee: Kai Erik Steen

5 July 2019 13	Viking	0–0	Haugesund	Stavanger
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Viking Stadion Attendance: 8,169 Referee: Espen Eskås

13 July 2019 14	Rosenborg	5–1	Viking	Trondheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Hedenstad 36' Søderlund 40', 76' Konradsen 50', 84'	Report	Ekeland 44'	Stadium: Lerkendal Stadion Attendance: 12,659 Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen

4 August 2019 15	Viking	0–2	Molde	Stavanger
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	James 82' Eikrem 86'	Stadium: Viking Stadion Attendance: 7,069 Referee: Tom Harald Hagen

11 August 2019 16	Bodø/Glimt	2–1	Viking	Bodø
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Zinckernagel 2' Evjen 32'	Report	Tripić 51'	Stadium: Aspmyra Stadion Attendance: 3,567 Referee: Trond Ivar Døvle

14 August 2019 17	Viking	2–1	Sarpsborg 08	Stavanger
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Tripić 50' Høiland 88' (pen.)	Report	Straalman 72'	Stadium: Viking Stadion Attendance: 7,020 Referee: Sigurd Smehus Kringstad
Note: The match was supposed to be played 27 May, but was postponed due to Viking having 2 players at the U-20 World Cup.^[26]

18 August 2019 18	Viking	4–0	Strømsgodset	Stavanger
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Torsteinbø 7' Høiland 37' (pen.), 77' Pereira 83'	Report		Stadium: Viking Stadion Attendance: 6,822 Referee: Kristoffer Hagenes