Ungmennafélagið Víkingur

Ungmennafélagið Víkingur, also known as Víkingur Ólafsvík (to distinguish them from Víkingur Reykjavík), is an Icelandic football club from the town of Ólafsvík located on the west coast of Iceland situated on the western end of the Snæfellsnes. They played in the Úrvalsdeild, the Icelandic top tier, for the first time in 2013.

Víkingur Ólafsvík
Full nameUngmennafélagið Víkingur Ólafsvík
Founded1928
GroundÓlafsvíkurvöllur, Ólafsvík
Capacity1,130
ChairmanJóhann Pétursson
ManagerJón Páll Pálmason
LeagueInkasso-Deildin
20184th

History

The team has spent most of its history in the lowest league, but were promoted to the second tier for the 1975 season, but were instantly relegated back to the third tier, then the lowest tier. They didn't participate every season until recently, sending a merged team with other clubs from Snæfellsnes on occasion, and were last part of such a merger in the 2002 season. They sent a team under their name for the 2003 season and were instantly promoted to 2. deild karla, where they played in 2004 and were promoted again. They finished the 2005 1. deild karla season in a respectable fifth and stayed in that division until 2009, when they were relegated. They won the 2. deild in 2010 to bounce straight back up, finishing 4th, their best ever, in 2011. In the 2012 season Víkingur finished 2nd in the league, 9 points ahead of 3rd, to be promoted to the top tier for the first time. They played in the Úrvalsdeild for the first time in 2013. The team got relegated the following season but will play again in the top division in 2016, after having won the 2015 1. deild karla.

Current squad
As of 21 July 2018

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK  ISL Einar Hjörleifsson
— GK  ESP Fran Marmolejo
— GK  ISL Konráð Ragnarsson
— DF  BIH Emir Dokara
— DF  ESP Nacho Heras
— DF  GHA Emmanuel Keke
— DF  ENG Michael Newberry
— DF  ISL Kristófer Reyes
— MF  ISL Óttar Ásbjörnsson
— MF  ISL Kristófer James Eggertsson
— MF  ISL Sanjin Horoz
— MF  ISL Pétur Steinar Jóhannsson
— MF  ISL Sigurjón Kristinsson
— MF  ISL Sumarliði Kristmundsson
— MF  ARG Sasha Litwin
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  ISL Kristinn Magnus Pétursson
— MF  SLE Ibrahim Sorie
— MF  ISL Vignir Snær Stefánsson
— MF  ISL Ástbjörn Thórdarson
— MF  ISL Brynjar Vilhjálmsson
— MF  ENG Rashid Yussuff
— MF  ESP Gonzalo Zamorano
— FW  ISL Ívar Reynir Antonsson
— FW  POL Martin Kuittinen
— FW  ISL Bjartur Bjarmi Barkarson
— FW  ISL Hilmar Björnsson
— FW  ISL Ragnar Smári Gudmundsson
— FW  ISL Alexander Helgi Sigurdarson
— FW  ISL Ingibergur Kort Sigurdsson
— FW  DEN Jacob Getachew Andersen

Former players

For details of current and former players, see Category:Ungmennafélagið Víkingur players.

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