2024 Viking FK season

Viking

2024 season
Chair	Jan Henrik Jelsa
Manager(s)	Bjarte Lunde Aarsheim Morten Jensen
Stadium	Viking Stadion
Eliteserien	3rd
Norwegian Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: Lars-Jørgen Salvesen (12 goals) All: Lars-Jørgen Salvesen (17 goals)
Highest home attendance	15,900 vs Brann (14 April)
Lowest home attendance	10,024 vs HamKam (26 May)
Average home league attendance	12,364
Home colours Away colours
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The 2024 season was Viking's 6th consecutive year in the Eliteserien, and their 74th season in the top flight of Norwegian football. The club participated in the Eliteserien and the Norwegian Cup. It was the club's fourth season with Bjarte Lunde Aarsheim and Morten Jensen as managers.

Transfers

See also: List of Norwegian football transfers winter 2023–24 and List of Norwegian football transfers summer 2024

Transfers in

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
6 February 2024	MF	Jakob Segadal Hansen	Vidar	Undisclosed	[1]
7 February 2024	DF	Franco Lino	Melbourne Victory	Undisclosed	[2]
18 March 2024	FW	Peter Christiansen	Sønderjyske	Undisclosed	[3]
17 July 2024	MF	Hampus Finndell	Djurgården	Undisclosed	[4]
13 August 2024	MF	Christian Cappis	Brøndby	Undisclosed	[5]
30 August 2024	DF	Henrik Heggheim	Brøndby	Undisclosed	[6]

Transfers out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
31 December 2023 [a]	DF	Shayne Pattynama	Eupen	Free transfer	[7]
9 January 2024	MF	Markus Solbakken	Sparta Prague	Undisclosed	[8]
12 January 2024	FW	Maï Traoré	Fredrikstad	Undisclosed	[9]
5 February 2024	MF	Lars Erik Sødal	Bryne	Undisclosed	[10]
8 February 2024	DF	David Brekalo	Orlando City	Undisclosed	[11]
8 July 2024	FW	Jesper Fiksdal	Skeid	Undisclosed	[12]
16 July 2024	GK	Patrik Gunnarsson	K.V. Kortrijk	Undisclosed	[13]
22 July 2024	MF	Patrick Yazbek	Nashville SC	Undisclosed	[14]
10 August 2024	MF	Sondre Auklend	Bodø/Glimt	Undisclosed	[15]
16 August 2024	MF	Harald Nilsen Tangen	Sarpsborg 08	Undisclosed	[16]
12 September 2024	DF	Djibril Diop	Yverdon-Sport	Undisclosed	[17]
26 September 2024	DF	Jone Berg	Retired		[18]

Notes

1. Contract expired 31 December 2023. Joined Eupen on 1 February 2024.

Loans in

Start date	Pos.	Name	From	End date	Ref.
22 October 2024	GK	Jacob Storevik	Vålerenga	End of season	[19]

Loans out

Start date	Pos.	Name	To	End date	Ref.
30 March 2024	GK	Magnus Rugland Ree	Egersund	9 April 2024	[20] [21]
6 August 2024	DF	Kristoffer Forgaard Paulsen	Sogndal	End of season	[22]
10 September 2024	FW	Jørgen Galta	Egersund	End of season	[23]

Competitions

Eliteserien

Main article: 2024 Eliteserien

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bodø/Glimt (C)	30	18	8	4	71	31	+40	62	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
2	Brann	30	17	8	5	55	33	+22	59	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3	Viking	30	16	9	5	61	39	+22	57	Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
4	Rosenborg	30	16	5	9	52	39	+13	53
5	Molde	30	15	7	8	64	36	+28	52

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]
(C) Champions

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
30	16	9	5	61	39	+22	57	10	4	1	34	18	+16	6	5	4	27	21	+6

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	D	D	D	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	D	D	L	W	D	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	D
Position	7	9	9	11	9	6	5	6	5	5	5	4	4	3	4	2	2	2	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3

Source: NIFS
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 20 December 2023. ^[25]

Viking v Sarpsborg 08

1 April 20241	Viking	1–0	Sarpsborg 08	Stavanger
19:15 CEST	S. Christiansen 43' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Viking Stadion Attendance: 12,521 Referee: Kristoffer Hagenes

Bodø/Glimt v Viking

6 April 20242	Bodø/Glimt	1–0	Viking	Bodø
18:00 CEST	Saltnes 83'	Report		Stadium: Aspmyra Stadion Attendance: 6,584 Referee: Espen Eskås

Viking v Brann

14 April 20243	Viking	1–1	Brann	Stavanger
14:30 CEST	Salvesen 22'	Report	Blomberg 71'	Stadium: Viking Stadion Attendance: 15,900 Referee: Tore Hansen

Viking v Fredrikstad

21 April 20244	Viking	1–1	Fredrikstad	Stavanger
17:00 CEST	D'Agostino 33'	Report	Bjørlo 8'	Stadium: Viking Stadion Attendance: 15,009 Referee: Marius Hansen Grøtta

Odd v Viking

28 April 20245	Odd	3–3	Viking	Skien
19:15 CEST	Svendsen 30', 35' Ingebrigtsen 90+7'	Report	Tangen 25' P. Christiansen 87' Tripić 90+4'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 4,337 Referee: Sigurd Smehus Kringstad

Viking v Tromsø

5 May 20246	Viking	2–1	Tromsø	Stavanger
19:15 CEST	Salvesen 52' Tripić 90+6' (pen.)	Report	R. Y. Jenssen 54'	Stadium: Viking Stadion Attendance: 10,093 Referee: Rohit Saggi

Strømsgodset v Viking

12 May 20247	Strømsgodset	0–1	Viking	Drammen
17:00 CEST		Report	Salvesen 53'	Stadium: Marienlyst Stadion Attendance: 4,669 Referee: Svein Tore Sinnes

Viking v Lillestrøm

16 May 20248	Viking	1–4	Lillestrøm	Stavanger
18:00 CEST	Tripić 68' (pen.)	Report	Olsen 5' (pen.) Åsen 8' Kitolano 38' Knudtzon 90+1'	Stadium: Viking Stadion Attendance: 15,800 Referee: Sivert Amland

Sandefjord v Viking

20 May 20249	Sandefjord	0–3	Viking	Sandefjord
17:00 CEST		Report	Tripić 4' Salvesen 54' Kvia-Egeskog 70'	Stadium: Jotun Arena Attendance: 3,696 Referee: Mathias Støfringshaug

Viking v HamKam

26 May 202410	Viking	3–0	HamKam	Stavanger
17:00 CEST	Auklend 16', 77' Kvia-Egeskog 45+3'	Report		Stadium: Viking Stadion Attendance: 10,024 Referee: Sigurd Kringstad

Molde v Viking

2 June 202411	Molde	2–2	Viking	Molde
14:30 CEST	Gulbrandsen 7' Eriksen 74'	Report	Amundsen 20' (o.g.) McDermott 46' (o.g.)	Stadium: Aker Stadion Attendance: 6,879 Referee: Tore Hansen

Viking v Rosenborg

30 June 202412	Viking	4–2	Rosenborg	Stavanger
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Tripić 19' (pen.), 73' Bjørshol 69' P. Christiansen 84'	Report	Tagseth 48' Sæter 90+4' (pen.)	Stadium: Viking Stadion Attendance: 11,512 Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen

KFUM Oslo v Viking

7 July 202413	KFUM Oslo	1–2	Viking	Oslo
17:00 CEST	Nosa Dahl 22'	Report	Svendsen 81' Tangen 85'	Stadium: KFUM Arena Attendance: 2,807 Referee: Marius Hansen Grøtta

Viking v Kristiansund

13 July 202414	Viking	2–0	Kristiansund	Stavanger
17:00 CEST	Svendsen 46', 67'	Report		Stadium: Viking Stadion Attendance: 10,126 Referee: Svein Tore Sinnes

Haugesund v Viking

21 July 202415	Haugesund	1–0	Viking	Haugesund
17:00 CEST	Tounekti 47'	Report		Stadium: Haugesund Stadion Attendance: 6,828 Referee: Tore Hansen

Viking v Molde

28 July 202416	Viking	1–0	Molde	Stavanger
19:15 CEST	Bjørshol 47'	Report		Stadium: Viking Stadion Attendance: 10,622 Referee: Rohit Saggi

HamKam v Viking

4 August 202417	HamKam	3–3	Viking	Hamar
17:00 CEST	Bjørshol 60' (o.g.) Langås 72' (o.g.) Bjarnason 84'	Report	Tripić 26' (pen.) Austbø 66' Svendsen 86'	Stadium: Briskeby Stadion Attendance: 3,504 Referee: Christian Moen

Viking v Bodø/Glimt

10 August 202418	Viking	1–1	Bodø/Glimt	Stavanger
18:00 CEST	Austbø 89'	Report	Evjen 58'	Stadium: Viking Stadion Attendance: 14,976 Referee: Mohammed Usman Aslam

Rosenborg v Viking

18 August 202419	Rosenborg	2–1	Viking	Trondheim
19:15 CEST	Jenssen 26' Pereira 35'	Report	Svendsen 79'	Stadium: Lerkendal Stadion Attendance: 12,218 Referee: Espen Eskås

Viking v Strømsgodset

25 August 202420	Viking	5–2	Strømsgodset	Stavanger
17:00 CEST	Tripić 6', 36' (pen.) Salvesen 58' Svendsen 61' Stensness 82'	Report	Melkersen 29' Therkelsen 74'	Stadium: Viking Stadion Attendance: 10,211 Referee: Marius Hansen Grøtta

Tromsø v Viking

1 September 202421	Tromsø	2–2	Viking	Tromsø
17:00 CESTz	Erlien 16' Jenssen 31'	Report	P. Christiansen 84' Vevatne 86'	Stadium: Romssa Arena Attendance: 4,807 Referee: Kristoffer Hagenes

Viking v KFUM Oslo

14 September 202422	Viking	1–0	KFUM Oslo	Stavanger
16:00 CEST	Njie 39' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Viking Stadion Attendance: 10,099 Referee: Mohammad Usman Aslam

Fredrikstad v Viking

22 September 202423	Fredrikstad	3–2	Viking	Fredrikstad
19:15 CEST	Fall 14' Molde 42' Sørløkk 55'	Report	Kvia-Egeskog 79' Salvesen 84'	Stadium: Fredrikstad Stadion Attendance: 6,171 Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen

Lillestrøm v Viking

29 September 202424	Lillestrøm	1–4	Viking	Lillestrøm
17:00 CEST	Vá 68'	Report	Christiansen 45+1', 66' Heggheim 46' Svendsen 59'	Stadium: Åråsen Stadion Attendance: 6,478 Referee: Svein Tore Sinnes

Viking v Odd

20 October 202425	Viking	3–3	Odd	Stavanger
17:00 CEST	Heggheim 35' Salvesen 79' D'Agostino 90+5'	Report	Ree 15' (o.g.) Sinyan 18' Njie 90'	Stadium: Viking Stadion Attendance: 13,244 Referee: Marius Hansen Grøtta

Sarpsborg 08 v Viking

27 October 202426	Sarpsborg 08	1–2	Viking	Sarpsborg
17:00 CET	Halvorsen 21'	Report	Salvesen 43' Stensness 70'	Stadium: Sarpsborg Stadion Attendance: 4,793 Referee: Kristoffer Hagenes

Viking v Sandefjord

2 November 202427	Viking	3–2	Sandefjord	Stavanger
18:00 CET	Salvesen 27', 43', 65'	Report	Dunsby 7' Mettler 24'	Stadium: Viking Stadion Attendance: 10,627 Referee: Espen Eskås

Kristiansund v Viking

10 November 202428	Kristiansund	0–1	Viking	Kristiansund
17:00 CET		Report	Tripić 12'	Stadium: Kristiansund Stadion Attendance: 3,395 Referee: Tore Hansen

Viking v Haugesund

23 November 202429	Viking	5–1	Haugesund	Stavanger
17:00 CET	Langås 40' D'Agostino 55', 59' Salvesen 73' Løkberg 90'	Report	Storevik 7' (o.g.)	Stadium: Viking Stadion Attendance: 14,701 Referee: Kristoffer Hagenes

Brann v Viking

1 December 202430	Brann	1–1	Viking	Bergen
17:00 CET	Castro 76' (pen.)	Report	Christiansen 55'	Stadium: Brann Stadion Attendance: 16,500 Referee: Rohit Saggi

Norwegian Cup

Main article: 2024 Norwegian Football Cup

Varhaug v Viking

10 April 2024First round	Varhaug	0–5	Viking	Varhaug
18:00 CEST		Report	Paulsen 7' D'Agostino 12' de Lanlay 50' Løkberg 53' Christiansen 55'	Stadium: Varhaug Stadion Attendance: 1,602 Referee: Amir Ajjour

Torvastad v Viking

24 April 2024Second round	Torvastad	3–4	Viking	Torvastad
18:00 CEST	Grønningen 45+1' Lippestad 49' Miljeteig 53'	Report	Salvesen 7', 16', 87' (pen.) Kvia-Egeskog 75'	Stadium: Torvastad idrettssenter Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Freek van Herk

Tromsdalen v Viking

1 May 2024Third round	Tromsdalen	0–4	Viking	Tromsø
16:00 CEST		Report	Svendsen 17' Christiansen 57' Salvesen 70', 83'	Stadium: TUIL Arena Attendance: 1,504 Referee: Magnus Nicolai Koløy

Levanger v Viking

8 May 2024Fourth round	Levanger	4–2 (a.e.t.)	Viking	Levanger
19:05 CEST	Gunnes 1' Bojadzic 50' (pen.) Lorentsen 96' Bruseth 108'	Report	Christiansen 16' Kvia-Egeskog 76'	Stadium: Moan Fritidspark Attendance: 2,003 Referee: Marius Lien

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

As of match played 1 December 2024 ^{[26] [27]}

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Eliteserien		Norwegian Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	NOR	Arild Østbø	11	0	7	0	4	0
2	DF	NOR	Herman Haugen	22	0	21	0	1	0
3	DF	NOR	Viljar Vevatne	28	1	24	1	4	0
4	DF	NOR	Sondre Langås	33	1	30	1	3	0
5	DF	SEN	Djibril Diop	13	0	11	0	2	0
6	DF	AUS	Gianni Stensness	28	2	25	2	3	0
7	FW	AUS	Nicholas D'Agostino	18	5	17	4	1	1
8	MF	NZL	Joe Bell	31	0	28	0	3	0
9	FW	NOR	Lars-Jørgen Salvesen	30	17	27	12	3	5
10	FW	NOR	Zlatko Tripić	29	10	28	10	1	0
11	MF	NOR	Yann-Erik de Lanlay	24	1	20	0	4	1
12	GK	NOR	Magnus Rugland Ree	4	0	4	0	0	0
13	MF	SWE	Hampus Finndell	11	0	11	0	0	0
14	MF	AUS	Patrick Yazbek	15	0	13	0	2	0
15	DF	NOR	Henrik Heggheim	8	2	8	2	0	0
16	MF	NOR	Kristoffer Løkberg	6	2	5	1	1	1
17	FW	NOR	Edvin Austbø	9	2	9	2	0	0
18	DF	NOR	Sondre Bjørshol	14	2	14	2	0	0
19	MF	NOR	Sondre Auklend	15	2	11	2	4	0
20	FW	DEN	Peter Christiansen	32	9	28	6	4	3
21	MF	NOR	Harald Nilsen Tangen	15	2	13	2	2	0
22	DF	AUS	Franco Lino	1	0	0	0	1	0
23	DF	SVN	Jošt Urbančič	26	0	24	0	2	0
24	DF	NOR	Vetle Auklend	9	0	5	0	4	0
26	MF	NOR	Simen Kvia-Egeskog	28	5	24	3	4	2
27	MF	USA	Christian Cappis	12	0	12	0	0	0
29	FW	NOR	Sander Svendsen	30	8	27	7	3	1
30	GK	ISL	Patrik Gunnarsson	14	0	14	0	0	0
30	GK	NOR	Jacob Storevik	5	0	5	0	0	0
31	MF	NOR	Niklas Fuglestad	7	0	7	0	0	0
32	MF	NOR	Kasper Sætherbø	4	0	2	0	2	0
33	FW	NOR	Jesper Fiksdal	1	0	0	0	1	0
33	MF	NOR	Jakob Segadal Hansen	3	0	2	0	1	0
34	DF	NOR	Kristoffer Forgaard Paulsen	3	1	1	0	2	1
35	MF	NOR	Ola Visted	1	0	0	0	1	0
35	DF	NOR	Tobias Moi Séne	2	0	1	0	1	0
41	MF	NOR	Felix Taraldset	1	0	0	0	1	0

References

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2. "Lino er mørkeblå". Viking FK (in Norwegian). 7 February 2024.
3. "Her er vår nysignering på plass". Viking FK (in Norwegian). 18 March 2024.
4. "Sommerens første forsterkning på plass". Viking FK (in Norwegian). 17 July 2024.
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6. "Heggheim er tilbake: – Dette er klubben min". Viking FK (in Norwegian). 30 August 2024.
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10. "Sødal er rød". Bryne FK (in Norwegian). 5 February 2024.
11. "Brekalo solgt for rekordsum". Viking FK (in Norwegian). 8 February 2024.
12. "Velkommen til Skeid Jesper". Skeid Fotball (in Norwegian). 8 July 2024.
13. "Gunnarsson solgt til Kortrijk". Viking FK (in Norwegian). 16 July 2024.
14. "Nashville Soccer Club Signs Midfielder Patrick Yazbek". Nashville SC. 22 July 2024.
15. "Auklend solgt til Bodø/Glimt". Viking FK. 10 August 2024.
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