2023 Viking FK season

The 2023 season will be Viking's 5th consecutive year in the Eliteserien, and their 73rd season in the top flight of Norwegian football. The club is participating in the Eliteserien, the 2022–23 Norwegian Football Cup and the 2023 Norwegian Football Cup. It is the club's third season with Bjarte Lunde Aarsheim and Morten Jensen as managers.

Viking
2023 season
ChairStig Christiansen
Manager(s)Bjarte Lunde Aarsheim
Morten Jensen
StadiumViking Stadion
Eliteserien3rd
2022–23 Norwegian CupQuarter-final
2023 Norwegian CupFirst round
All statistics correct as of 03:12, 1 May 2023 (UTC).

Transfers
See also: List of Norwegian football transfers winter 2022–23 and List of Norwegian football transfers summer 2023

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]

Transfers out
Date Pos. Name To Fee Ref.
1 January 2023DFNorway Rolf Daniel VikstølUnattachedFree transfer[6]
DFNorway Sebastian Sørlie HenriksenGrorudFree transfer[7][8]
MFNorway Heine Åsen LarsenEgersundFree transfer[7][9]
11 January 2023MFNorway Fredrik TorsteinbøSandnes UlfFree transfer[10]
31 January 2023FWNorway Daniel KarlsbakkNetherlands HeerenveenUndisclosed[11]
15 March 2023DFNorway Vebjørn HagenRetired[12]
23 March 2023FWSweden Kevin KabranStabækUndisclosed[13]

Loans out
Start date Pos. Name To End date Ref.
24 January 2023FWGuinea Maï TraoréBelgium OH Leuven31 March 2023[14]
31 January 2023DFNorway Kristoffer Forgaard PaulsenIceland KAEnd of season[15]
31 March 2023FWGuinea Maï TraoréTromsøEnd of season[16]
2 April 2023GKNorway Magnus Rugland ReeLevanger2 May 2023[17][18]
11 April 2023MFNorway Lars Erik SødalBryneEnd of season[19]
2 May 2023MFNorway Sondre AuklendJervEnd of season[20]

Friendlies

Pre-season

The following friendly matches were played in pre-season.[21][22][23]

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

Eliteserien
Main article: 2023 Eliteserien

Table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Bodø/Glimt 8 7 1 0 21 7 +14 22 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Viking 7 4 2 1 16 9 +7 14 Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
3 Brann 8 4 2 2 15 8 +7 14
4 Sarpsborg 7 3 3 1 7 5 +2 12
5 Lillestrøm 7 4 0 3 13 13 0 12
Updated to match(es) played on 16 May 2023. Source: Football Association of Norway (in Norwegian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored.[24]

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
7 4 2 1 16 9  +7 14 3 1 0 13 6  +7 1 1 1 3 3  0

Last updated: 16 May 2023.
Source: see below

Results by round
Round1234567
GroundAHAHHAH
ResultLWDWDWW
Position1178443
Updated to match(es) played on 16 May 2023. Source: NIFS
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The Eliteserien fixtures were announced on 9 December 2022.[25]

10 April 2023 1 Rosenborg 1–0 Viking Trondheim
14:30 CEST Pereira 58' Report Stadium: Lerkendal Stadion
Attendance: 15,104
Referee: Espen Eskås
15 April 2023 2 Viking 2–0 Lillestrøm Stavanger
18:00 CEST Bjørshol 76'
Yazbek 90+4'		 Report Stadium: Viking Stadion
Attendance: 15,231
Referee: Mohammad Usman Aslam
23 April 2023 3 Tromsø 1–1 Viking Tromsø
17:00 CEST Erlien 30' (pen.) Report Svendsen 70' Stadium: Alfheim Stadion
Attendance: 5,028
Referee: Sivert Amland
30 April 2023 4 Viking 7–3 HamKam Stavanger
17:00 CEST D'Agostino 48'
Svendsen 50'
Bjørshol 61'
Salvesen 69'
Pattynama 72'
Tripić 78' (pen.)
Tangen 85'		 Report Kirkevold 23'
Norheim 74'
Andreassen 83'		 Stadium: Viking Stadion
Attendance: 9,932
Referee: Marius Hansen Grøtta
7 May 2023 5 Viking 1–1 Strømsgodset Stavanger
17:00 CEST Bjarnason 89' Report Brunes 75' Stadium: Viking Stadion
Attendance: 9,477
Referee: Tore Hansen
13 May 2023 6 Sandefjord 1–2 Viking Sandefjord
17:00 CEST Tveter 11' Report D'Agostino 14'
Løkberg 90'		 Stadium: Sandefjord Arena
Attendance: 3,463
Referee: Steinar Hauge
16 May 2023 7 Viking 3–2 Odd Stavanger
18:00 CEST Tripić 62' (pen.), 81' (pen.)
Svendsen 87'		 Report Jørgensen 10'
Wallem 45+3'		 Stadium: Viking Stadion
Attendance: 15,900
Referee: Kristoffer Hagenes
29 May 2023 8 Bodø/Glimt v Viking Bodø
17:00 CEST Stadium: Aspmyra Stadion
4 June 2023 9 Viking v Molde Stavanger
19:15 CEST Stadium: Viking Stadion
11 June 2023 10 Sarpsborg 08 v Viking Sarpsborg
17:00 CEST Stadium: Sarpsborg Stadion
24 June 2023 11 Viking v Brann Stavanger
18:00 CEST Stadium: Viking Stadion
1 July 2023 12 Vålerenga v Viking Oslo
18:00 CEST Stadium: Intility Arena
8 July 2023 13 Viking v Haugesund Stavanger
18:00 CEST Stadium: Viking Stadion
16 July 2023 14 Stabæk v Viking Bærum
17:00 CEST Stadium: Nadderud Stadion
24 July 2023 15 Viking v Aalesund Stavanger
19:00 CEST Stadium: Viking Stadion
30 July 2023 16 Brann v Viking Bergen
17:00 CEST Stadium: Brann Stadion
6 August 2023 17 Viking v Bodø/Glimt Stavanger
17:00 CEST Stadium: Viking Stadion
13 August 2023 18 Lillestrøm v Viking Lillestrøm
17:00 CEST Stadium: Åråsen Stadion
20 August 2023 19 Viking v Stabæk Bærum
17:00 CEST Stadium: Nadderud Stadion
27 August 2023 20 Molde v Viking Molde
17:00 CEST Stadium: Aker Stadion
3 September 2023 21 Viking v Vålerenga Stavanger
17:00 CEST Stadium: Viking Stadion
17 September 2023 22 Haugesund v Viking Haugesund
17:00 CEST Stadium: Haugesund Stadion
24 September 2023 23 Viking v Sandefjord Stavanger
17:00 CEST Stadium: Viking Stadion
8 October 2023 24 Odd v Viking Skien
17:00 CEST Stadium: Skagerak Arena
22 October 2023 25 Viking v Tromsø Stavanger
17:00 CEST Stadium: Viking Stadion
29 October 2023 26 Strømsgodset v Viking Drammen
17:00 CET Stadium: Marienlyst Stadion
5 November 2023 27 HamKam v Viking Hamar
17:00 CET Stadium: Briskeby Arena
12 November 2023 28 Viking v Sarpsborg 08 Stavanger
17:00 CET Stadium: Viking Stadion
26 November 2023 29 Aalesund v Viking Ålesund
17:00 CET Stadium: Color Line Stadion
2 December 2023 30 Viking v Rosenborg Stavanger
17:00 CET Stadium: Viking Stadion

2022–23
Main article: 2022–23 Norwegian Football Cup

The tournament continued from the 2022 season. The draw for the fourth round was made on 24 August 2022.[26] The draw for the quarter-finals was made on 19 January 2023.[27]

12 March 2023 Fourth round Viking 2–0 Rosenborg Stavanger
20:15 CET Svendsen 64'
Salvesen 67'		 Report Stadium: Viking Stadion
Attendance: 5,411
Referee: Rohit Saggi
18 March 2023 Quarter-final Bodø/Glimt 5–3 Viking Bodø
16:15 CET Espejord 52', 81'
Žugelj 70', 75'
Pellegrino 90+1'		 Report Tripić 35'
Stensness 45+2'
Salvesen 59'		 Stadium: Aspmyra Stadion
Referee: Kristoffer Hagenes

2023
Main article: 2023 Norwegian Football Cup

The pair-ups for the first round were announced on 12 April 2023.[28]

24 May 2023 First round Forus og Gausel v Viking

Squad statistics
As of match played 16 May 2023[29]

Appearances and goals
No. Pos Nat Player TotalEliteserienNorwegian Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
2 DF Norway NOR Herman Haugen 504010
3 DF Norway NOR Viljar Vevatne 101000
4 DF Slovenia SVN David Brekalo 907020
5 DF Senegal SEN Djibril Diop 302010
6 DF Australia AUS Gianni Stensness 816021
7 FW Australia AUS Nicholas D'Agostino 927220
8 MF Norway NOR Markus Solbakken 806020
9 FW Norway NOR Lars-Jørgen Salvesen 836122
10 FW Norway NOR Zlatko Tripić 947321
11 MF Norway NOR Yann-Erik de Lanlay 806020
14 MF Australia AUS Patrick Yazbek 917120
15 FW Norway NOR Niklas Sandberg 505000
16 MF Norway NOR Kristoffer Løkberg 614120
17 FW Norway NOR Edvin Austbø 403010
18 DF Norway NOR Sondre Bjørshol 626200
20 DF Indonesia IDN Shayne Pattynama 816120
21 MF Norway NOR Harald Nilsen Tangen 917120
23 DF Slovenia SVN Jošt Urbančič 100010
26 MF Norway NOR Simen Kvia-Egeskog 100010
27 MF Iceland ISL Birkir Bjarnason 414100
28 MF Norway NOR Lars Erik Sødal 100010
29 FW Norway NOR Sander Svendsen 847311
30 GK Iceland ISL Patrik Gunnarsson 907020
Players who left Viking during the season:
9 FW Sweden SWE Kevin Kabran 100010

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