2026 Viking FK season

Viking
2026 season
ChairmanJan Henrik Jelsa
Manager(s)Bjarte Lunde Aarsheim
Morten Jensen
StadiumViking Stadion

The 2026 season is Viking's 8th consecutive year in the Eliteserien, and their 76th season in the top flight of Norwegian football. The club participates in the 2026 Eliteserien, 2025–26 Norwegian Cup, 2026–27 Norwegian Cup and the 2026–27 UEFA Champions League. It is the club's sixth season with Bjarte Lunde Aarsheim and Morten Jensen as managers.

Transfers

See also: List of Norwegian football transfers winter 2025–26

Transfers in

Date Pos. Name From Fee Ref.
2 February 2026 GK Ľubomír Belko Žilina Undisclosed [1]
12 March 2026 FW Kelvin Frimpong African Vikings Academy Undisclosed [2][3]

Transfers out

Date Pos. Name To Fee Ref.
31 December 2025 FW Sander Svendsen Released[a] [4]
MF Yann-Erik de Lanlay Released[b] [5][6]
13 January 2026 GK Kristoffer Klaesson Aalesund Undisclosed [7]
3 February 2026 MF Kasper Sætherbø Egersund Undisclosed [8]
11 February 2026 GK Aksel Bergsvik Hødd Undisclosed [9]
21 February 2026 GK Magnus Rugland Ree Bryne Undisclosed [10]
  1. ^ Joined Konyaspor on 3 January 2026.
  2. ^ Joined Sandnes Ulf on 26 February 2026.

Loans out

Start date Pos. Name To End date Ref.
7 January 2026 DF Fillip Voster Botnen Sandnes Ulf End of season [11]
16 January 2026 FW Nicholas D'Agostino Brisbane Roar End of 2025–26 season [12]

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Eliteserien 14 March 2026 6 December 2026 Matchday 1 2 1 0 1 5 3 +2 050.00
2025–26 Norwegian Cup 7 March 2026 18 March 2026 Fourth round Quarter-final 2 1 0 1 4 2 +2 050.00
2026–27 Norwegian Cup 23 August 2026 First round 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
UEFA Champions League 18 or 19 August 2026 Play-off round 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Total 4 2 0 2 9 5 +4 050.00

Last updated: 21 March 2026
Source: Competitions

Eliteserien

Main article: 2026 Eliteserien

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Tromsø 2 2 0 0 6 1 +5 6 Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
2 Vålerenga 2 2 0 0 3 0 +3 6 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3 Viking 2 1 0 1 5 3 +2 3 Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
4 Lillestrøm 1 1 0 0 3 1 +2 3
5 Sarpsborg 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 3
Updated to match(es) played on 22 March 2026. 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.[13]

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
2 1 0 1 5 3  +2 3 1 0 0 4 1  +3 0 0 1 1 2  −1

Source: see below

Results by round

Round123
GroundAHA
ResultLW
Position
Source: NIFS
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 19 December 2025.[14]

14 March 2026 1 HamKam 2–1 Viking Hamar
16:00 CET Udahl 36'
Mettler 38'		 Report Stensness 45+4' Stadium: Briskeby Stadion
Attendance: 3,802
Referee: Marius Hansen Grøtta
21 March 2026 2 Viking 4–1 Molde Stavanger
18:00 CET Fuglestad 7', 61'
Heggheim 25', 32'		 Report Breivik 9' Stadium: Viking Stadion
Attendance: 15,503
Referee: Sivert Amland
6 April 2026 3 Vålerenga v Viking Oslo
14:30 CEST Report Stadium: Intility Arena

2025–26 Norwegian Cup

Main article: 2025–26 Norwegian Football Cup
7 March 2026 Fourth round Bjarg 0–3 Viking Bergen
16:00 CET Report Mikaelsson 37' (pen.)
H. Haugen 83'
Alte 87'		 Stadium: Stavollen Idrettsplass
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Jørgen Haugen
18 March 2026 Quarter-final Viking 1–2 Aalesund Stavanger
18:00 CET Visted 15' Report Andresen 65'
Christensen 75'		 Stadium: Viking Stadion
Attendance: 7,120
Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen

2026–27 Norwegian Cup

The first round is scheduled to be played on 23 August 2026.[15]

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2026–27 UEFA Champions League

Qualifying

The first leg of the play-off round is scheduled to be played on 18 or 19 August 2026. The second leg is scheduled to be played on 25 or 26 August 2026.[16]

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

As of match played 21 March 2026[17]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Eliteserien 2025–26 Cup 2026–27 Cup Champions League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK  NOR Arild Østbø 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 DF  NOR Herman Haugen 4 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0
5 DF  NOR Henrik Heggheim 4 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
6 DF  AUS Gianni Stensness 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 MF  NOR Kristoffer Askildsen 4 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
8 MF  NZL Joe Bell 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
10 FW  NOR Zlatko Tripić 4 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
11 FW  ISL Hilmir Rafn Mikaelsson 4 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0
15 MF  NOR Ola Visted 4 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0
16 MF  NOR Ruben Alte 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
18 DF  NOR Sondre Bjørshol 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
20 FW  DEN Peter Christiansen 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
21 DF  DEN Anders Bærtelsen 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
23 FW  NOR Niklas Fuglestad 4 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
24 DF  NOR Vetle Auklend 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
25 DF  NOR Henrik Falchener 4 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
26 MF  NOR Simen Kvia-Egeskog 4 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
28 DF  NOR Kristoffer Haugen 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 MF  NOR Tobias Moi 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
30 GK  SVK Ľubomír Belko 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
33 MF  NOR Jakob Segadal Hansen 4 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

References

  1. ^ "Hils på Vikings nye keeper!". Viking FK (in Norwegian). 2 February 2026. Retrieved 10 February 2026.
  2. ^ "Kelvin Frimpong 2030". Viking FK (in Norwegian). 12 March 2026. Retrieved 12 March 2026.
  3. ^ "Frimpong enig med Viking om lang avtale". RA Stavanger (in Norwegian). 12 March 2026. Retrieved 12 March 2026.
  4. ^ "Viking-profil til tyrkisk fotball". TV 2 (in Norwegian). 3 January 2026. Retrieved 10 February 2026.
  5. ^ "Viking-veteran ferdig etter sesongen: – Trist og vemodig". Nettavisen (in Norwegian). 10 October 2025. Retrieved 10 February 2026.
  6. ^ "Yann-Erik de Lanlay klar for Sandnes Ulf!". Sandnes Ulf (in Norwegian). 26 February 2026. Retrieved 26 February 2026.
  7. ^ "Takk, Kristoffer Klaesson". Viking FK (in Norwegian). 13 January 2026. Retrieved 10 February 2026.
  8. ^ "Takk, Kasper Sætherbø". Viking FK (in Norwegian). 3 February 2026. Retrieved 10 February 2026.
  9. ^ "Aksel Bergsvik klar for Hødd". IL Hødd (in Norwegian). 11 February 2026. Retrieved 11 February 2026.
  10. ^ "Magnus Rugland Ree solgt til Bryne". Viking FK (in Norwegian). 21 February 2026. Retrieved 21 February 2026.
  11. ^ "Fillip Voster Botnen (19) kommer på lån fra Viking". Sandnes Ulf (in Norwegian). 7 January 2026. Retrieved 10 February 2026.
  12. ^ "Nicholas D'Agostino drar på utlån". Viking FK (in Norwegian). 16 January 2026. Retrieved 10 February 2026.
  13. ^ "Eliteserien tabell". www.nifs.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 8 December 2024.
  14. ^ "Her er spilleplanen for 2026". Eliteserien (in Norwegian). 19 December 2025. Retrieved 10 February 2026.
  15. ^ "Hovedterminliste menn 2026" (PDF). Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian). Retrieved 10 February 2026.
  16. ^ "2026 European football calendar: Match and draw dates for all UEFA competitions, draws and events". Union of European Football Associations. 15 December 2025. Retrieved 10 February 2026.
  17. ^ "Viking Menn Senior A Statistikk". Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian). Retrieved 21 March 2026.
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