2020 Viking FK season

The 2020 season is Viking's 2nd consecutive year in Eliteserien, and their 70th season in the top flight of Norwegian football. The club will participate in the Eliteserien, the Norwegian Cup and the UEFA Europa League.

Viking

2020 season
Chair	Thor Steinar Sandvik
Manager	Bjarne Berntsen
Stadium	Viking Stadion
Eliteserien	14th
Norwegian Cup	First round
UEFA Europa League	Second qualifying round
Home colours Away colours

Squad

As of 6 August 2020[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  NOR Iven Austbø 3 DF  NOR Viljar Vevatne (captain) 5 DF  ISL Axel Andrésson 6 DF  NOR Runar Hove 7 MF  KVX Zymer Bytyqi 8 MF  NZL Joe Bell 9 MF  NOR Fredrik Torsteinbø 10 FW  NOR Tommy Høiland 11 FW  NOR Yann-Erik de Lanlay 13 GK  WAL Michael Crowe 14 FW  NOR Veton Berisha 15 MF  NOR Johnny Furdal 16 FW  NOR Even Østensen

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 FW  NOR Sebastian Sebulonsen 18 DF  NOR Sondre Bjørshol 19 MF  NOR Sondre Auklend 20 FW  KVX Ylldren Ibrahimaj 21 MF  NOR Harald Nilsen Tangen 22 GK  NOR Arild Østbø 23 DF  NOR Rolf Daniel Vikstøl 24 MF  NOR Kristoffer Løkberg 26 FW  NOR Jefferson de Souza 30 DF  NOR Adrian Pereira 35 DF  NOR Henrik Heggheim 41 GK  NOR Trym Sølvberg Ur

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  NOR Herman Haugen (at Ull/Kisa) 4 DF  NOR Tord Salte (at Sandnes Ulf)

No. Pos. Nation Player 25 DF  NOR Sebastian Sørlie Henriksen (at Fram Larvik)

Transfers

Winter

Main article: List of Norwegian football transfers winter 2019–20

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  NOR Herman Haugen (from Viking 2) [2] 8 MF  NZL Joe Bell (from Virginia Cavaliers) [3][4] 11 FW  NOR Yann-Erik de Lanlay (from Rosenborg) [5] 14 FW  NOR Veton Berisha (from Brann) [6] 17 FW  NOR Sebastian Sebulonsen (from Sola) [7] 22 GK  NOR Arild Østbø (from Rosenborg) [8] 26 FW  NOR Jefferson de Souza (from Brodd) [9]

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 4 DF  NOR Tord Salte (on loan to Sandnes Ulf) [10] 11 FW  NOR Zlatko Tripić (to Göztepe) [11] 14 MF  NOR André Danielsen (retired) [12] 15 GK  NOR Amund Wichne (to Start) [13] 19 FW  NOR Jostein Ekeland (to Sandnes Ulf) [14] 22 MF  NOR Lasse Berg Johnsen (to Raufoss, previously on loan at Tromsdalen) [15] 25 FW  NGA Usman Sale (to KuPS) [16] 27 MF  ISL Samúel Friðjónsson (loan return to Vålerenga) [17] 28 MF  NOR Kristian Thorstvedt (to Genk) [18] 29 FW  FIN Benjamin Källman (loan return to Inter Turku) [17]

Summer

Main article: List of Norwegian football transfers summer 2020

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 13 GK  WAL Michael Crowe (from Preston North End) [19] 19 MF  NOR Sondre Auklend (from Viking 2) [20] 25 DF  NOR Sebastian Sørlie Henriksen (from Viking 2) [21] 35 DF  NOR Henrik Heggheim (from Viking 2) 41 GK  NOR Trym Sølvberg Ur (from Viking 2) [22]

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  NOR Herman Haugen (on loan to Ull/Kisa) [23] 12 GK  NOR Erik Arnebrott (released) [24][25] 25 DF  NOR Sebastian Sørlie Henriksen (on loan to Fram Larvik) [26]

Friendlies

On 12 December 2019, Viking announced the friendly matches to be played in pre-season.[27]

On 12 March 2020, all football in Norway was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[28]

Pre-season

WSG Tirol v Viking

29 January 2020 Friendly	WSG Tirol	1–3	Viking	La Manga, Spain
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Pranter  42'	Report	Bytyqi  30' Nilsen Tangen  36' Bjørshol  90'

LASK v Viking

1 February 2020 Friendly	LASK	1–0	Viking	La Finca, Spain
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Wiesinger  82'	Report

Viking v Arendal

9 February 2020 Friendly	Viking	1–1	Arendal	Stavanger
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sebulonsen  58'	Report	Arndal  75'	Stadium: Viking Stadion

Viking v Jerv

16 February 2020 Friendly	Viking	3–2	Jerv	Stavanger
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Furdal  25' Nilsen Tangen  36' Ibrahimaj  75'	Report	Campos  10' (pen.), 50'	Stadium: Viking Stadion Attendance: 250

Viking v Stabæk

23 February 2020 Friendly	Viking	1–3	Stabæk	Stavanger
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ibrahimaj  67'	Report	Bohinen  41' (pen.) Isaksen  77' Azemi  90'	Stadium: Viking Stadion

Chayka v Viking

28 February 2020 Friendly	Chayka	3–5	Viking	Marbella, Spain
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Østbø  45' (o.g.) Kulik  67' Bezdenezhnykh  69' (pen.)	Report	Hove  48' Torsteinbø  50', 55' Østensen  82' Høiland  89'

Tromsø v Viking

1 March 2020 Friendly	Tromsø	1–1	Viking	Marbella, Spain
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Grønli  88'	Report	Vevatne  63'

Honka v Viking

6 March 2020 Friendly	Honka	2–1	Viking	Marbella, Spain
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kandji  18' Arko-Mensah  83'	Report	Vevatne  37'

Sandnes Ulf v Viking

6 June 2020 Friendly	Sandnes Ulf	1–3	Viking	Sandnes
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Berntsen  33'	Report	Ibrahimaj  40' Sebulonsen  71', 78'	Stadium: Øster Hus Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Daniel Higraff

Haugesund v Viking

10 June 2020 Friendly	Haugesund	1–1	Viking	Haugesund
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ammitzbøll  63'	Report	Vevatne  29'	Stadium: Haugesund Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Aleksander Vermundsen

Viking v Sandnes Ulf

11 June 2020 Friendly	Viking	5–0	Sandnes Ulf	Stavanger
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Østensen  33', 53' (pen.) de Souza  59' Nilsen Tangen  65' Bell  67'	Report		Stadium: Viking Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Tore Hansen

Competitions

Eliteserien

Main article: 2020 Eliteserien

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
12	Haugesund	14	4	3	7	12	21	−9	15
13	Mjøndalen	14	4	2	8	12	18	−6	14
14	Viking	14	3	4	7	19	28	−9	13	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
15	Start	15	2	6	7	17	28	−11	12	Relegation to 1. divisjon
16	Aalesund	14	1	4	9	20	43	−23	7

Updated to match(es) played on 17 August 2020. 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 away goals scored (only if between two teams); 7) Head-to-head goals scored; 8) Play-off (only used to decide champions or relegation).[29]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
14	3	4	7	19	28	−9	13	2	2	3	13	12	+1	1	2	4	6	16	−10

Source: see below

Results by round

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	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	D	L	W	D	L	L	W	W	L	L	D	D
Position	15	14	13	15	12	12	13	14	12	10	12	13	13	14

Source: nifs.no
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The Eliteserien fixtures were announced on 19 December 2019.[30] The season was originally scheduled to start on 4 April, but due to the coronavirus pandemic the football season was delayed. The new start date for the league was 16 June.[31]

Viking v Bodø/Glimt

16 June 2020 1	Viking	2–4	Bodø/Glimt	Stavanger
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Torsteinbø  21' Østensen  42'	Report	Saltnes  27' Hauge  57' Fet  69' Zinckernagel  80'	Stadium: Viking Stadion Attendance: 200[32] Referee: Kristoffer Hagenes

Brann v Viking

21 June 2020 2	Brann	3–0	Viking	Bergen
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bamba  52' Koomson  61' Hustad  90+4'	Report		Stadium: Brann Stadion Attendance: 200[32] Referee: Tommy Skjerven

Viking v Mjøndalen

24 June 2020 3	Viking	1–1	Mjøndalen	Stavanger
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Berisha  41' (pen.)	Report	Ibrahim  19'	Stadium: Viking Stadion Attendance: 200[32] Referee: Kai Erik Steen

Vålerenga v Viking

27 June 2020 4	Vålerenga	2–1	Viking	Oslo
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Vilhjálmsson  18' Vega  86'	Report	Ibrahimaj  71'	Stadium: Intility Arena Attendance: 200[32] Referee: Espen Eskås

Viking v Sandefjord

1 July 2020 5	Viking	2–0	Sandefjord	Stavanger
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Løkberg  56' Berisha  60'	Report		Stadium: Viking Stadion Attendance: 200[32] Referee: Rohit Saggi

Start v Viking

4 July 2020 6	Start	1–1	Viking	Kristiansand
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Schulze  75'	Report	Bytyqi  84'	Stadium: Sør Arena Attendance: 200[32] Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen

Viking v Odd

12 July 2020 7	Viking	1–2	Odd	Stavanger
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Vevatne  61'	Report	Lauritsen  17' Jakobsen  90+2'	Stadium: Viking Stadion Attendance: 200[32] Referee: Tommy Skjerven

Molde v Viking

15 July 2020 8	Molde	5–0	Viking	Molde
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	James  5' (pen.), 64' Hussain  13' Wingo  77' Andersen  81'	Report		Stadium: Aker Stadion Attendance: 200[32] Referee: Tom Harald Hagen

Haugesund v Viking

18 July 2020 9	Haugesund	0–2	Viking	Haugesund
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Ibrahimaj  30' Bytyqi  80'	Stadium: Haugesund Stadion Attendance: 200[32] Referee: Kristoffer Hagenes

Viking v Sarpsborg 08

26 July 2020 10	Viking	3–0	Sarpsborg 08	Stavanger
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Løkberg  3' Pereira  36', 46'	Report		Stadium: Viking Stadion Attendance: 200[32] Referee: Sivert Amland

Rosenborg v Viking

30 July 2020 11	Rosenborg	3–0	Viking	Trondheim
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Helland  40' Hovland  56' Børven  78'	Report		Stadium: Lerkendal Stadion Attendance: 200[32] Referee: Espen Eskås

Viking v Kristiansund

2 August 2020 12	Viking	1–2	Kristiansund	Stavanger
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Berisha  12'	Report	Skarsem  65' Ulvestad  87'	Stadium: Viking Stadion Attendance: 200[32] Referee: Rohit Saggi

Aalesund v Viking

9 August 2020 13	Aalesund	2–2	Viking	Ålesund
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Larsen  6' Castro  80' (pen.)	Report	Berisha  24', 41' (pen.)	Stadium: Color Line Stadion Attendance: 200[32] Referee: Tommy Skjerven

Viking v Stabæk

16 August 2020 14	Viking	3–3	Stabæk	Stavanger
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Berisha  42', 58' (pen.) Bytyqi  53'	Report	Lundal  22' Bohinen  29' Kinoshita  81'	Stadium: Viking Stadion Attendance: 200[32] Referee: Marius Hansen Grøtta

Strømsgodset v Viking

22 August 2020 15	Strømsgodset	v	Viking	Drammen
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Marienlyst Stadion

Viking v Molde

30 August 2020 16	Viking	v	Molde	Stavanger
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Viking Stadion

Kristiansund v Viking

12 September 2020 17	Kristiansund	v	Viking	Kristiansund
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Kristiansund Stadion

Viking v Aalesund

20 September 2020 18	Viking	v	Aalesund	Stavanger
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Viking Stadion

Mjøndalen v Viking

27 September 2020 19	Mjøndalen	v	Viking	Mjøndalen
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Consto Arena

Viking v Strømsgodset

4 October 2020 20	Viking	v	Strømsgodset	Stavanger
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Viking Stadion

Odd v Viking

2020 21	Odd	v	Viking	Skien
				Stadium: Skagerak Arena

Viking v Haugesund

2020 22	Viking	v	Haugesund	Stavanger
				Stadium: Viking Stadion

Stabæk v Viking

2020 23	Stabæk	v	Viking	Bærum
				Stadium: Nadderud Stadion

Viking v Rosenborg

2020 24	Viking	v	Rosenborg	Stavanger
				Stadium: Viking Stadion

Sarpsborg 08 v Viking

2020 25	Sarpsborg 08	v	Viking	Sarpsborg
				Stadium: Sarpsborg Stadion

Viking v Start

2020 26	Viking	v	Start	Stavanger
				Stadium: Viking Stadion

Viking v Brann

2020 27	Viking	v	Brann	Stavanger
				Stadium: Viking Stadion

Sandefjord v Viking

2020 28	Sandefjord	v	Viking	Sandefjord
				Stadium: Sandefjord Arena

Viking v Vålerenga

2020 29	Viking	v	Vålerenga	Stavanger
				Stadium: Viking Stadion

Bodø/Glimt v Viking

2020 30	Bodø/Glimt	v	Viking	Bodø
				Stadium: Aspmyra Stadion

Norwegian Cup

Main article: 2020 Norwegian Football Cup

v Viking

2020 First round		v	Viking
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Europa League

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round

v

17 September 2020 Second qualifying round		v
CEST (UTC+2)

Squad statistics

As of match played 16 August 2020[33][34]

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Eliteserien		Norwegian Cup		UEFA Europa League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Iven Austbø	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF		Viljar Vevatne	14	1	14	1	0	0	0	0
5	DF		Axel Andrésson	3	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF		Runar Hove	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF		Zymer Bytyqi	14	3	10+4	3	0	0	0	0
8	MF		Joe Bell	14	0	12+2	0	0	0	0	0
9	MF		Fredrik Torsteinbø	14	1	14	1	0	0	0	0
10	FW		Tommy Høiland	13	0	1+12	0	0	0	0	0
11	FW		Yann-Erik de Lanlay	4	0	1+3	0	0	0	0	0
14	FW		Veton Berisha	14	7	14	7	0	0	0	0
15	MF		Johnny Furdal	11	0	10+1	0	0	0	0	0
16	FW		Even Østensen	5	1	4+1	1	0	0	0	0
17	FW		Sebastian Sebulonsen	10	0	1+9	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF		Sondre Auklend	8	0	1+7	0	0	0	0	0
20	FW		Ylldren Ibrahimaj	14	2	13+1	2	0	0	0	0
21	MF		Harald Nilsen Tangen	5	0	1+4	0	0	0	0	0
22	GK		Arild Østbø	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF		Rolf Daniel Vikstøl	5	0	4+1	0	0	0	0	0
24	MF		Kristoffer Løkberg	13	2	13	2	0	0	0	0
26	FW		Jefferson de Souza	3	0	1+2	0	0	0	0	0
30	DF		Adrian Pereira	13	2	11+2	2	0	0	0	0
35	DF		Henrik Heggheim	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0

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