2019 Viking FK season explained

Club:Viking
Season:2019
Manager:Bjarne Berntsen
Mgrtitle:Manager
Chairman:Stig Christiansen
Chrtitle:Chair
Stadium:Viking Stadion
League:Eliteserien
League Result:5th
Cup1:Norwegian Cup
Cup1 Result:Winners
League Topscorer:Kristian Thorstvedt (10)
Season Topscorer:Kristian Thorstvedt (13)
Highest Attendance:15,197 vs Ranheim
(30 October, Norwegian Cup)
Lowest Attendance:3,469 vs Stabæk
(26 June, Norwegian Cup)
Average Attendance:8,933
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Prevseason:2018
Nextseason:2020

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.

Squad

[1]

Out on loan

Transfers

See also: List of Norwegian football transfers winter 2018–19 and List of Norwegian football transfers summer 2019.

Transfers in

DatePos.NameFromFeeRef.
1 January 2019 DF Undisclosed [2]
DF Undisclosed [3]
DF Promoted from junior squad [4]
MF Promoted from junior squad
1 April 2019 FW Undisclosed [5]
13 August 2019 MF Undisclosed [6]

Transfers out

DatePos.NameToFeeRef.
1 January 2019 DF Released [7]
DF Released [8] [9]
DF Released [10]
MF Released [11]
16 January 2019 MF Jonas Pereira Free transfer [12]
9 October 2019 FW Contract terminated [13] [14]

Loans in

Start datePos.NameFromEnd dateRef.
30 January 2019 MF End of season [15] [16]
31 July 2019 FW End of season [17]

Loans out

Start datePos.NameToEnd dateRef.
29 May 2019 MF 5 August 2019 [18]
MF End of season
4 June 2019 GK Erik Arnebrott 5 August 2019 [19] [20]
Notes

Friendlies

On 16 December 2018, Viking announced five friendly matches to be played in pre-season.[21] Five more matches were announced a few weeks later.[22]

On 31 May 2019, Viking announced two friendly matches to be played in June.[23]

Mid-season

Competitions

Eliteserien

See main article: 2019 Eliteserien.

Matches

The Eliteserien fixtures were announced on 19 December 2018.[24]

Norwegian Cup

See main article: 2019 Norwegian Football Cup.

Squad statistics

[25] [26]

Appearances and goals

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Goal scorers

RankPlayerEliteserienNorwegian CupTotal
1MFKristian Thorstvedt10313
2FWTommy Høiland9211
3FWZlatko Tripić538
4MFFredrik Torsteinbø516
MFYlldren Ibrahimaj426
6FWEven Østensen415
7FWBenjamin Källman314
MFJohnny Furdal314
MFSamúel Friðjónsson224
FWZymer Bytyqi224
11DFAdrian Pereira202
DFRunar Hove202
DFRolf Daniel Vikstøl112
14DFViljar Vevatne101
FWUsman Sale101
FWJostein Ekeland101
TOTALS551974

Notes and References

  1. Web site: A-laget. viking-fk.no. 8 October 2017. Norwegian.
  2. Web site: Viking kjøper Axel Óskar Andrésson. Stavanger Aftenblad. 19 December 2018. Norwegian. 19 December 2018.
  3. Web site: Ny midtstopper på plass. Viking FK. 20 December 2018. Norwegian. 20 December 2018.
  4. Web site: Adrian og Lasse har signert. Viking FK. 10 March 2019. Norwegian. 28 November 2018.
  5. Web site: Viking har signert ny spiss. Stavanger Aftenblad. 1 April 2019. Norwegian. 1 April 2019.
  6. Web site: Kristoffer Løkberg klar for Viking. Viking FK. 13 August 2019. Norwegian. 13 August 2019.
  7. Web site: Claes Kronberg er lyseblå. Sandnes Ulf. 20 June 2019. Norwegian. 19 June 2019.
  8. Web site: Ernemann, Kronberg, Martinsen og Novak ferdige i Viking. Stavanger Aftenblad. 26 November 2018. Norwegian. 15 November 2018. 25 March 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190325235113/https://www.aftenbladet.no/100Sport/fotball/Ernemann_-Kronberg_-Martinsen-og-Novak-ferdige-i-Viking-264569b.html. dead.
  9. Web site: Rasmus Martinsen til Brodd!. IL Brodd. 6 April 2019. Norwegian. 6 April 2019.
  10. Web site: Kristian Novak har funnet seg ny klubb. Dagsavisen. 5 March 2019. Norwegian. 4 March 2019.
  11. Web site: Skal løfta dei unge. Sogndal Fotball. 5 March 2019. Norwegian. 28 February 2019.
  12. Web site: Flytter til Larvik for å utvikle seg som person. Dagsavisen. 19 January 2019. Norwegian. 16 January 2019.
  13. Web site: Usman Sale og Viking enige - nå er han ferdig i klubben. Stavanger Aftenblad. 11 October 2019. no. 9 October 2019.
  14. Web site: Kuopion Palloseura ja Usman Sale pelaajasopimukseen. Kuopion Palloseura. 23 December 2019. Finnish. 5 December 2019.
  15. Web site: Islandsk landslagspiller klar for Viking. Viking FK. 30 January 2019. Norwegian. 30 January 2019.
  16. Web site: Berntsen og Viking vurderer fortsatt å hente målfarlig MK-spiss. Stavanger Aftenblad. 23 December 2019. Norwegian. 13 December 2019.
  17. Web site: Velkommen, Benjamin!. Viking FK. 31 July 2019. Norwegian. 31 July 2019.
  18. Web site: Viking-duo klar for Tromsdalen. Stavanger Aftenblad. 29 May 2019. Norwegian. 29 May 2019.
  19. Web site: Han er TUILs nye keeper: Rett fra U20-VM til Tromsdalen. Stavanger Aftenblad. 5 June 2019. Norwegian. 4 June 2019.
  20. Web site: Har vært på lån fra Viking: På mandag er to av disse ferdig i TUIL. Stavanger Aftenblad. 31 July 2019. Norwegian. 31 July 2019.
  21. Web site: Sesongoppkjøring 2019. www.viking-fk.no. Viking FK. 20 December 2018. Norwegian. 16 December 2018.
  22. Web site: Viking spiller ti kamper: Slik blir oppkjøringen. www.aftenbladet.no. Stavanger Aftenblad. 22 January 2019. Norwegian. 22 January 2019.
  23. Web site: Vi møter Start og Staal i juni. www.viking-fk.no. Viking FK. 31 May 2019. Norwegian. 31 May 2019.
  24. Web site: Slik spilles Eliteserien 2019. www.fotball.no. Football Association of Norway. Norwegian. 19 December 2018. 22 December 2018.
  25. Web site: Viking FK. www.soccerway.com. 13 August 2018.
  26. Web site: Viking Menn Senior A. www.fotball.no. Norwegian. 13 August 2018.