2023 Viking FK season

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ChairStig Christiansen
Manager(s)Bjarte Lunde Aarsheim
Morten Jensen
StadiumViking Stadion
Eliteserien4th
Viking
2023 season
ChairStig Christiansen
Manager(s)Bjarte Lunde Aarsheim
Morten Jensen
StadiumViking Stadion
Eliteserien4th
2022 Norwegian CupQuarter-final
2023 Norwegian CupFourth round
Top goalscorerLeague: Zlatko Tripić (13 goals)
All: Zlatko Tripić (15 goals)
Highest home attendance15,900 vs Odd
(16 May)
Lowest home attendance5,433 vs Rosenborg
(12 March)
Average home league attendance12,923
← 2022
2024 →
All statistics correct as of 3 December 2023.

The 2023 season was Viking's 5th consecutive year in the Eliteserien, and their 73rd season in the top flight of Norwegian football. The club participated in the Eliteserien, the 2022 Norwegian Football Cup and the 2023 Norwegian Football Cup. It was the club's third season with Bjarte Lunde Aarsheim and Morten Jensen as managers.

Transfers in

Date Pos. Name From Fee Ref.
1 January 2023DFSlovenia Jošt UrbančičSlovenia GoricaUndisclosed[1]
23 January 2023FWAustralia Nicholas D'AgostinoAustralia Melbourne VictoryUndisclosed[2]
2 February 2023MFAustralia Patrick YazbekAustralia Sydney FCUndisclosed[3]
7 March 2023FWNorway Lars-Jørgen SalvesenBodø/GlimtUndisclosed[4]
31 March 2023MFIceland Birkir BjarnasonTurkey Adana DemirsporFree transfer[5]
24 July 2023DFNorway Sondre LangåsRanheimUndisclosed[6]
29 August 2023MFNew Zealand Joe BellDenmark BrøndbyUndisclosed[7]

Transfers out

Date Pos. Name To Fee Ref.
1 January 2023DFNorway Rolf Daniel VikstølUnattachedFree transfer[8]
DFNorway Sebastian Sørlie HenriksenGrorudFree transfer[9][10]
MFNorway Heine Åsen LarsenEgersundFree transfer[9][11]
11 January 2023MFNorway Fredrik TorsteinbøSandnes UlfFree transfer[12]
31 January 2023FWNorway Daniel KarlsbakkNetherlands HeerenveenUndisclosed[13]
15 March 2023DFNorway Vebjørn HagenRetired[14]
23 March 2023FWSweden Kevin KabranStabækUndisclosed[15]
8 August 2023MFNorway Niklas SandbergSarpsborg 08Undisclosed[16]
10 August 2023MFIceland Birkir BjarnasonItaly BresciaUndisclosed[17]

Loans in

Start date Pos. Name From End date Ref.
30 August 2023FWNigeria Samuel AdegbenroChina Beijing GuoanEnd of season[18]

Loans out

Start date Pos. Name To End date Ref.
24 January 2023FWGuinea Maï TraoréBelgium OH Leuven31 March 2023[19]
31 January 2023DFNorway Kristoffer Forgaard PaulsenIceland KA18 August 2023[20]
31 March 2023FWGuinea Maï TraoréTromsøEnd of season[21]
2 April 2023GKNorway Magnus Rugland ReeLevanger2 May 2023[22][23]
11 April 2023MFNorway Lars Erik SødalBryneEnd of season[24]
2 May 2023MFNorway Sondre AuklendJerv10 August 2023[25][26]
27 July 2023MFNorway Simen Kvia-EgeskogSkeidEnd of season[27]
18 August 2023DFNorway Kristoffer Forgaard PaulsenJunkerenEnd of season[28]

Friendlies

Pre-season

The following friendly matches were played in pre-season.[29][30][31]

19 January 2023 Friendly Bodø/Glimt 1–0 Viking Alicante, Spain
16:00 CET Nordås 51' (pen.) Report Stadium: Pinatar Arena
27 January 2023 Friendly Sandnes Ulf 1–4 Viking Sandnes, Norway
19:00 CET Pattynama 90+1' (o.g.) Report D'Agostino 12'
Brekalo 29'
Tangen 39'
Kabran 79'		 Stadium: Øster Hus Arena
3 February 2023 Friendly Viking Norway 2–0 Sweden Halmstad Algarve, Portugal
18:00 CET Sandberg 3'
Svendsen 89'		 Report
7 February 2023 Friendly Viking Norway 0–0
(6–5 p)		 Denmark Copenhagen Algarve, Portugal
20:00 CET Report
10 February 2023 Friendly Viking Norway 2–3 Denmark Brøndby Algarve, Portugal
15:30 CET Austbø 19'
Svendsen 90'		 Report Sebulonsen 36'
Omoijuanfo 42'
Hedlund 45'
14 February 2023 Friendly Viking 4–4 Egersund Stavanger, Norway
14:00 CET Austbø 50'
Kvia-Egeskog 59', 90'
Fiksdal 90'		 Report Michalsen 1'
Vevatne 36' (o.g.)
Larsen 65'
Lynum 89'		 Stadium: Viking Stadion
16 February 2023 Friendly Bryne 0–2 Viking Bryne, Norway
14:00 CET Report Husebø 40' (o.g.)
D'Agostino 42'		 Stadium: Aarbakkebanen
23 February 2023 Friendly Viking 2–3 Strømsgodset Marbella, Spain
14:00 CET Løkberg 61'
Tripić 90+2'		 Report Ekeland 43'
Therkelsen 54'
Mehnert 56'
26 February 2023 Friendly Viking 2–2 Lillestrøm Marbella, Spain
13:00 CET Austbø 27'
Haugen 45+2'		 Report Olsen 19'
Adams 46'
2 March 2023 Friendly Viking 0–1 Jerv Marbella, Spain
13:00 CET Report Hustad 82'
24 March 2023 Friendly Kristiansund 4–1 Viking Kristiansund, Norway
17:00 CET 9'
12'
82'
90+3'		 Report Kvia-Egeskog 8'
2 April 2023 Friendly Haugesund 1–1 Viking Haugesund, Norway
15:00 CEST Diarra 42' Report D'Agostino 80'

Competitions

Squad statistics

References

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