2025 Viking FK season
| 2025 season | |||
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| Chairman | Jan Henrik Jelsa | ||
| Manager(s) | Bjarte Lunde Aarsheim Morten Jensen | ||
| Stadium | Viking Stadion | ||
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The 2025 season is Viking's 7th consecutive year in the Eliteserien, and their 75th season in the top flight of Norwegian football. The club is participating in the 2025 Eliteserien, 2025 Norwegian Football Cup and the 2025–26 UEFA Conference League. It is the club's fifth season with Bjarte Lunde Aarsheim and Morten Jensen as managers.
Transfers
Transfers in
| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 December 2024 | DF | Henrik Falchener | Egersund | Undisclosed | [1] |
| 10 January 2025 | FW | Hilmir Rafn Mikaelsson | Venezia | Undisclosed | [2] |
| 15 January 2025 | GK | Kristoffer Klaesson | AGF | Undisclosed | [3] |
| 18 February 2025 | DF | Martin Ove Roseth | Lillestrøm | Undisclosed | [4] |
| 28 February 2025 | GK | Thomas Kinn | Free agent[a] | [5] | |
| 12 March 2025 | DF | Anders Bærtelsen | Haugesund | Undisclosed | [6] |
| 26 March 2025 | MF | Kristoffer Askildsen | Midtjylland | Undisclosed | [7] |
Transfers out
| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2024 | MF | Kristoffer Løkberg | Retired | [8] | |
| 15 January 2025 | MF | Hampus Finndell | Djurgården | Undisclosed | [9] |
| FW | Lars-Jørgen Salvesen | Derby County | Undisclosed | [10] | |
| 18 January 2025 | DF | Kristoffer Forgaard Paulsen | Retired | [11] | |
| 1 February 2025 | DF | Sondre Langås | Derby County | Undisclosed | [12] |
Loans out
| Start date | Pos. | Name | To | End date | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 February 2025 | FW | Jørgen Galta | Sandnes Ulf | End of season | [13] |
| 26 February 2025 | DF | Felix Lillehammer | Jerv | End of season | [14] |
| 25 March 2025 | GK | Aksel Bergsvik | Sandviken | End of season | [15] |
| 27 March 2025 | MF | Ola Visted | Hødd | End of season | [16] |
Competitions
Eliteserien
Table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Viking | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 39 | 17 | +22 | 36 | Qualification for the Champions League play-off round |
| 2 | Brann | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 21 | +3 | 27 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Tromsø | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 15 | +6 | 25 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 4 | Rosenborg | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 14 | +1 | 23 | Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round |
| 5 | Sandefjord | 12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 16 | +6 | 21 |
Updated to match(es) played on 6 July 2025. 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.[17]
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.[17]
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 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 12 | +9 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 |
Last updated: 4 May 2025.
Source: see below
Results by round
Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2025. Source: NIFS
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
The league fixtures were announced on 20 December 2024.[18]
| 30 March 2025 1 | Vålerenga | 3–1 | Viking | Oslo |
| 14:30 CEST | Sørensen 41' Bjørdal 66', 79' |
Report | Mikaelsson 62' | Stadium: Intility Arena Attendance: 14,859 Referee: Rohit Saggi |
| 6 April 2025 2 | Viking | 3–1 | KFUM | Stavanger |
| 19:15 CEST | Urbančič 39' Tønnessen 74' (o.g.) Tripić 83' (pen.) |
Report | Njie 29' | Stadium: Viking Stadion Attendance: 12,612 Referee: Tore Hansen |
| 10 April 2025 16 | Viking | 3–1 | Kristiansund | Stavanger |
| 19:00 CEST | Bell 47' Heggheim 58' Kvia-Egeskog 67' |
Report | Tufekčić 28' (pen.) | Stadium: Viking Stadion Attendance: 9,644 Referee: Mohammad Usman Aslam |
| 21 April 2025 3 | HamKam | 2–5 | Viking | Hamar |
| 17:00 CEST | Falchener 68' (o.g.) Gonstad 90+6' (pen.) |
Report | Falchener 2', 37' Svendsen 4' Tripić 13' (pen.) Christiansen 54' |
Stadium: Briskeby Stadion Attendance: 3,917 Referee: Sivert Amland |
| 27 April 2025 4 | Viking | 4–4 | Tromsø | Stavanger |
| 19:15 CEST | Heggheim 53' Austbø 57' Haugen 90+4' Roseth 90+7' |
Report | Erlien 9', 47', 90+8' Hjertø-Dahl 55' |
Stadium: Viking Stadion Attendance: 10,151 Referee: Marius Hansen Grøtta |
| 30 April 2025 18 | Viking | 5–1 | Haugesund | Stavanger |
| 18:00 CEST | Tripić 21' (pen.), 45+6' (pen.), 62' Kvia-Egeskog 90+2' Askildsen 90+4' |
Report | Espejord 36' (pen.) | Stadium: Viking Stadion Attendance: 12,158 Referee: Marius Lien |
| 4 May 2025 5 | Viking | 0–0 | Sarpsborg 08 | Stavanger |
| 17:00 CEST | Report | Stadium: Viking Stadion Attendance: 10,572 Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen |
| 11 May 2025 6 | Haugesund | v | Viking | Haugesund |
| 19:15 CEST | Report | Stadium: Haugesund Stadion |
Norwegian Cup
| 13 April 2025 First round | Hana | 0–6 | Viking | Sandnes |
| 16:00 CEST | Report | Botnen 20' Mikaelsson 29', 82' (pen.) Cappis 36' Austbø 85' Fuglestad 89' |
Stadium: Hanabanen Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Amir Ajjour |
| 24 April 2025 Second round | Fløy | 0–3 | Viking | Kristiansand |
| 18:00 CEST | Report | Christiansen 71' Hansen 79' Svendsen 90' |
Stadium: Cemo Arena Referee: Svein Tore Sinnes |
| 7 May 2025 Third round | Moss | 0–1 | Viking | Moss |
| 19:05 CEST | Report | Mikaelsson 90+3' | Stadium: Melløs Stadion Attendance: 1,093 Referee: Rohit Saggi |
| 21 May 2025 Fourth round | Åsane | v | Viking | Bergen |
| 18:00 CEST | Report | Stadium: Åsane Arena |
UEFA Conference League
Qualifying phase and play-off round
- Second qualifying round
| 24 July 2025 First leg | Viking | v | Viking Stadion, Stavanger |
| 31 July 2025 Second leg | v | Viking |
References
- ^ "Falchener er mørkeblå". Viking FK (in Norwegian). 18 December 2024.
- ^ "Mikaelsson klar for Viking". Viking FK (in Norwegian). 10 January 2025.
- ^ "Klaesson er ny Viking-keeper: - Jeg gleder meg veldig". Viking FK (in Norwegian). 15 January 2025.
- ^ "Roseth er ny Viking-spiller". Viking FK (in Norwegian). 18 February 2025.
- ^ "Ny keeper på plass". Viking FK (in Norwegian). 28 February 2025. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
- ^ "Bærtelsen er mørkeblå". Viking FK (in Norwegian). 12 March 2025. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
- ^ "Askildsen klar for Viking". Viking FK (in Norwegian). 26 March 2025. Retrieved 26 March 2025.
- ^ "Løkberg legger opp etter sesongen: – En klump i magen". VG (in Norwegian). NTB. 28 October 2024.
- ^ "Finndell vender hjem". Viking FK (in Norwegian). 15 January 2025.
- ^ "Salvesen forlater Viking: - Jeg er utrolig takknemlig". Viking FK (in Norwegian). 15 January 2025.
- ^ "Kristoffer Forgaard Paulsen gir seg i Viking". Viking FK (in Norwegian). 18 January 2025.
- ^ "Historisk overgang: Langås er tidenes største Viking-salg". Viking FK (in Norwegian). 1 February 2025.
- ^ "Galta lånes ut". Viking FK (in Norwegian). 4 February 2025.
- ^ "Lillehammer forlenger - lånes ut til Jerv". Viking FK (in Norwegian). 26 February 2025. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
- ^ "Bergsvik drar på utlån". Viking FK (in Norwegian). 25 March 2025. Retrieved 26 March 2025.
- ^ "Visted lånes ut". Viking FK (in Norwegian). 27 March 2025. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
- ^ "Eliteserien tabell". www.nifs.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ "Her er spilleplanen for 2025". Eliteserien (in Norwegian). 20 December 2024.