2025 Viking FK season

Viking
2025 season
ChairmanJan Henrik Jelsa
Manager(s)Bjarte Lunde Aarsheim
Morten Jensen
StadiumViking Stadion

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

See also: List of Norwegian football transfers winter 2024–25 and List of Norwegian football transfers summer 2025

Transfers in

Date Pos. Name From Fee Ref.
18 December 2024 DF Norway Henrik Falchener Egersund Undisclosed [1]
10 January 2025 FW Iceland Hilmir Rafn Mikaelsson Italy Venezia Undisclosed [2]
15 January 2025 GK Norway Kristoffer Klaesson Denmark AGF Undisclosed [3]
18 February 2025 DF Norway Martin Ove Roseth Lillestrøm Undisclosed [4]
28 February 2025 GK Norway Thomas Kinn Free agent[a] [5]
12 March 2025 DF Denmark Anders Bærtelsen Haugesund Undisclosed [6]
26 March 2025 MF Norway Kristoffer Askildsen Denmark Midtjylland Undisclosed [7]

Transfers out

Date Pos. Name To Fee Ref.
31 December 2024 MF Norway Kristoffer Løkberg Retired [8]
15 January 2025 MF Sweden Hampus Finndell Sweden Djurgården Undisclosed [9]
FW Norway Lars-Jørgen Salvesen England Derby County Undisclosed [10]
18 January 2025 DF Norway Kristoffer Forgaard Paulsen Retired [11]
1 February 2025 DF Norway Sondre Langås England Derby County Undisclosed [12]

Loans out

Start date Pos. Name To End date Ref.
4 February 2025 FW Norway Jørgen Galta Sandnes Ulf End of season [13]
26 February 2025 DF Norway Felix Lillehammer Jerv End of season [14]
25 March 2025 GK Norway Aksel Bergsvik Sandviken End of season [15]
27 March 2025 MF Norway Ola Visted Hødd End of season [16]
  1. ^ Previous club: Mjøndalen

Competitions

Eliteserien

Main article: 2025 Eliteserien

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Bodø/Glimt 19 13 3 3 49 17 +32 42 Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
2 Viking 19 13 3 3 47 26 +21 42 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3 Brann 18 11 3 4 33 26 +7 36 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
4 Tromsø 18 10 3 5 30 25 +5 33 Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
5 Rosenborg 18 8 6 4 24 21 +3 30
Updated to match(es) played on 17 August 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]

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

Round123456789101112131415161718
GroundAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAHAH
ResultLWWDDWW
Position138556
Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2025. Source: NIFS
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

Main article: 2025 Norwegian Football 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

Main article: 2025–26 UEFA Conference League

Qualifying phase and play-off round

Main article: 2025–26 UEFA Conference League qualifying phase and play-off round
Second qualifying round
24 July 2025 First leg Viking Norway 7–0 Slovenia Koper Stavanger
19:00
Report Stadium: Viking Stadion
Attendance: 7,744[19]
Referee: Sam Barrott (England)
31 July 2025 Second leg Koper Slovenia 3–5
(3–12 agg.)		 Norway Viking Koper, Slovenia
20:00
Report
Stadium: Bonifika Stadium
Attendance: 1,016[20]
Referee: Cláudio Filipe Ruivo Pereira (Portugal)
Third qualifying round
7 August 2025 (2025-08-07) First leg Viking Norway 1–3 Turkey İstanbul Başakşehir Stavanger
19:00
Report
Stadium: Viking Stadion
Attendance: 11,652[21]
Referee: Miguel Nogueira (Portugal)
13 August 2025 (2025-08-13) Second leg İstanbul Başakşehir Turkey 1–1
(4–2 agg.)		 Norway Viking Istanbul, Turkey
18:00 (19:00 UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium
Attendance: 6,763[22]
Referee: Miloš Milanović (Serbia)

References

  1. ^ "Falchener er mørkeblå". Viking FK (in Norwegian). 18 December 2024.
  2. ^ "Mikaelsson klar for Viking". Viking FK (in Norwegian). 10 January 2025.
  3. ^ "Klaesson er ny Viking-keeper: - Jeg gleder meg veldig". Viking FK (in Norwegian). 15 January 2025.
  4. ^ "Roseth er ny Viking-spiller". Viking FK (in Norwegian). 18 February 2025.
  5. ^ "Ny keeper på plass". Viking FK (in Norwegian). 28 February 2025. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
  6. ^ "Bærtelsen er mørkeblå". Viking FK (in Norwegian). 12 March 2025. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
  7. ^ "Askildsen klar for Viking". Viking FK (in Norwegian). 26 March 2025. Retrieved 26 March 2025.
  8. ^ "Løkberg legger opp etter sesongen: –⁠ En klump i magen". VG (in Norwegian). NTB. 28 October 2024.
  9. ^ "Finndell vender hjem". Viking FK (in Norwegian). 15 January 2025.
  10. ^ "Salvesen forlater Viking: - Jeg er utrolig takknemlig". Viking FK (in Norwegian). 15 January 2025.
  11. ^ "Kristoffer Forgaard Paulsen gir seg i Viking". Viking FK (in Norwegian). 18 January 2025.
  12. ^ "Historisk overgang: Langås er tidenes største Viking-salg". Viking FK (in Norwegian). 1 February 2025.
  13. ^ "Galta lånes ut". Viking FK (in Norwegian). 4 February 2025.
  14. ^ "Lillehammer forlenger - lånes ut til Jerv". Viking FK (in Norwegian). 26 February 2025. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
  15. ^ "Bergsvik drar på utlån". Viking FK (in Norwegian). 25 March 2025. Retrieved 26 March 2025.
  16. ^ "Visted lånes ut". Viking FK (in Norwegian). 27 March 2025. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
  17. ^ "Eliteserien tabell". www.nifs.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 8 December 2024.
  18. ^ "Her er spilleplanen for 2025". Eliteserien (in Norwegian). 20 December 2024.
  19. ^ "Viking vs. Koper" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 24 July 2025. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
  20. ^ "Koper vs. Viking" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 31 July 2025. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
  21. ^ "Viking vs. İstanbul Başakşehir" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 7 August 2025. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
  22. ^ "İstanbul Başakşehir vs Viking" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 13 August 2025. Retrieved 13 August 2025.
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