Viking
VIK1899- Country
- Norway
- Venue
- SR-Bank Arena • Stavanger
- Capacity
- 15,900
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Where the club stands among the world's teams on current strength. Moves after every match: beating a stronger side counts more.
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UEFA's official club ranking, from the last five seasons in European competitions. It decides the draw pots; it does not measure current form.
Key players
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The season's most-used players; the rating breaks ties on minutes.
Club Profile
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Basic facts from the provider: code, founding year, country, ground.
- Team
- Viking
- Short code
- VIK
- Founded
- 1899
- Country
- Norway
- Stadium
- SR-Bank Arena
- City
- Stavanger
Stadium
Staff
Achievements
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Wins and podium places per competition; a card opens the competition.
Rivals
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Derby opponents as the provider records them.
Brann
StartSeason Cycle
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Everything the club is in now, then the last finished seasons; a row opens the competition.
Active seasons
Season timeline
Europa Conference LeagueJul 2025 – May 2026 · finished2025/2026Europa Conference LeagueJul 2022 – Jun 2023 · finished2022/2023
Europa LeagueAug 2020 – May 2021 · finished2020/2021Europa LeagueJul 2008 – May 2009 · finished2008/2009Europa LeagueJul 2005 – May 2006 · finished2005/2006Europa LeagueAug 2002 – May 2003 · finished2002/2003Europa LeagueAug 2001 – May 2002 · finished2001/2002Goalkeepers
2Defenders
12
Midfielders
6
Forwards
8
Staff
Former coaches
Bjarte Lunde AarsheimCoach · 2021–2020Absentees
5Transfers
15
Erik BotheimMalmö FF → 2 Sept 2026€3M
Essien Bassey2 Sept 2026€1M
Romano PostemaFC Groningen → 14 Jul 2026€800kLubomir BelkoŽilina → 2 Feb 2026€1M
Kristoffer HaugenMolde → 12 Jul 2025free / n/a
Kristoffer AskildsenFC Midtjylland → 26 Mar 2025free / n/a
Henrik Falchener30 Jan 2025€250kTobias Moi28 Jan 2025free / n/aJakob Segadal Hansen29 Nov 2024free / n/aNiklas Fuglestad1 Jul 2024free / n/a
Peter ChristiansenSønderjyske Fodbold → 22 Mar 2024€600kVetle Auklend16 Jan 2024free / n/a
Joe BellBrøndby IF → 30 Aug 2023€600k
Zlatko TripicGöztepe → 7 May 2021free / n/aHenrik Heggheim11 Jun 2020free / n/aHow the current squad arrived, from SportMonks' transfer records.
Expiring contracts
2Contracts that run out within the next 12 months.
Season statistics
Champions League 2026/2027- Played
- 3
- Wins
- 1 (H 1 · A 0) · 33%
- Draws
- 1 (H 0 · A 1)
- Losses
- 1 (H 0 · A 1)
- Goals scored
- 6 (H 3 · A 3) · 2/match
- Goals conceded
- 6 (H 1 · A 5) · 2/match
- Clean sheets
- 0 · 0%
- Both teams scored
- 100%
- Failed to score
- 0%
- Possession (avg)
- 38%
- Shots / match
- 9.3
- Corners / match
- 3.7
- Attacks / match
- 79.0
- Dangerous attacks / match
- 33.7
- Offsides / match
- 1.3
- Fouls / match
- 13.0
- Tackles / match
- 14.0
- Yellow cards
- 9
- Average rating
- 6.68
When the goals come
Goals scored (purple) and conceded (blue) in 15-minute bands.
- Season's best rated
- Henrik Bjørdal · 7.59
Elo strength
World rankingWhat is Elo?
Elo moves after every match by the gap between the expected and the actual result: an underdog's win is worth a lot, a favourite's little. The number is projected onto a 100 scale; the world ranking puts the club at #70 right now with 78.1 points. The 181 days shown are the window the provider gives.
Elo score over the window the provider gives; it moves after every match by the gap between the expected and the actual result.
Rankings
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Every ranking the club appears in, as the provider carries it.
Champions League · League Stage
currentRound 1 · 2026-09-08
Round 2 · 2026-10-13
Round 3 · 2026-10-20
Round 4 · 2026-11-03
Round 5 · 2026-11-24
Round 6 · 2026-12-08
Round 7 · 2027-01-19
Round 8 · 2027-01-27
Latest results
Upcoming fixtures
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