# 2018 Viking FK season

The 2018 season was Viking's 1st year back in 1. divisjon, after 29 consecutive seasons in the top flight of Norwegian football.

## Season events

On 18 December 2017, Bjarne Berntsen was appointed manager.

## Squad

    As of 25 September 2018
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | NOR | Iven Austbø |
| 2 | DF | NOR | Rasmus Martinsen |
| 3 | DF | NOR | Viljar Vevatne (captain) |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Tord Salte |
| 5 | DF | NOR | Markus Nakkim (on loan from Vålerenga) |
| 6 | DF | ISL | Axel Andrésson (on loan from Reading) |
| 7 | FW | NOR | Zymer Bytyqi |
| 9 | MF | NOR | Fredrik Torsteinbø |
| 10 | FW | NOR | Tommy Høiland |
| 11 | FW | NOR | Zlatko Tripić (vice-captain) |
| 12 | GK | NOR | Erik Arnebrott |
| 14 | MF | NOR | André Danielsen |
| 15 | GK | NOR | Amund Wichne |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | FW | NOR | Even Østensen |
| 17 | MF | DEN | Steffen Ernemann |
| 18 | DF | NOR | Sondre Bjørshol |
| 19 | DF | NOR | Kristian Novak |
| 20 | FW | NOR | Ylldren Ibrahimaj |
| 21 | MF | NOR | Harald Nilsen Tangen |
| 22 | DF | DEN | Claes Kronberg |
| 23 | DF | NOR | Rolf Daniel Vikstøl |
| 24 | MF | NOR | Jonas Pereira |
| 25 | FW | NGA | Usman Sale |
| 27 | MF | NOR | Johnny Furdal |
| 28 | MF | NOR | Kristian Thorstvedt |

## Transfers
### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | NOR | Viljar Vevatne (from Sandnes Ulf) |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Tord Salte (on loan from Lyon) |
| 5 | DF | NOR | Markus Nakkim (on loan from Vålerenga) |
| 6 | DF | NOR | Leo Skiri Østigård (on loan from Molde) |
| 8 | FW | NGA | Aniekpeno Udo (loan return from Ljungskile) |
| 11 | FW | NOR | Zlatko Tripić (from Sheriff Tiraspol) |
| 12 | GK | NOR | Erik Arnebrott (from Viking 2) |
| 21 | MF | ENG | Jordan Hallam (on loan from Sheffield United) |
| 23 | DF | NOR | Rolf Daniel Vikstøl (from Start) |
| 28 | MF | NOR | Kristian Thorstvedt (from Stabæk) |
| 30 | FW | NOR | Stian Michalsen (loan return from Ljungskile) |
| 31 | MF | NOR | Harald Nilsen Tangen (from Viking 2) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | NOR | Andreas Nordvik (to Fredericia) |
| 4 | DF | ESP | José Cruz (to Mérida) |
| 7 | MF | ENG | George Green (to Nuneaton Town) |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Ross Jenkins (to Hamilton Academical) |
| 13 | DF | CRO | Šime Gregov (to Tractor Sazi) |
| 19 | MF | NOR | Michael Haukås (released) |
| 20 | FW | NOR | Tor André Skimmeland Aasheim (to Jerv) |
| 21 | MF | NOR | Herman Kleppa (to Sandnes Ulf, previously on loan at Vidar) |
| 27 | FW | NOR | Mathias Bringaker (to Start) |
| 28 | DF | NOR | Kristoffer Haugen (to Molde) |
| 99 | FW | CIV | Ghislain Guessan (released) |
| — | DF | NOR | Erik Steen (to Vidar, previously on loan) |

### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Tord Salte (from Lyon, previously on loan) |
| 6 | DF | ISL | Axel Andrésson (on loan from Reading) |
| 16 | FW | NOR | Even Østensen (from Staal Jørpeland) |
| 18 | DF | NOR | Sondre Bjørshol (from Åsane) |
| 20 | FW | NOR | Ylldren Ibrahimaj (from Mjøndalen) |
| 27 | MF | NOR | Johnny Furdal (from Nest-Sotra) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | DF | NOR | Leo Skiri Østigård (loan return to Molde) |
| 8 | FW | NGA | Aniekpeno Udo (to Ljungskile) |
| 18 | MF | NOR | Julian Ryerson (to Union Berlin) |
| 21 | MF | ENG | Jordan Hallam (loan return to Sheffield United) |
| 26 | MF | NOR | Tore André Sørås (to KFUM Oslo) |
| 30 | FW | NOR | Stian Michalsen (to Arendal) |

## Friendlies
### Pre-season

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### 1. divisjon
#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Viking (C, P) | 30 | 20 | 1 | 9 | 68 | 44 | +24 | 61 | Promotion to Eliteserien |
| 2 | Mjøndalen (P) | 30 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 49 | 24 | +25 | 60 | Promotion to Eliteserien |
| 3 | Aalesund | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 58 | 31 | +27 | 59 | Qualification for the promotion play-offs |
| 4 | Sogndal | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 47 | 31 | +16 | 51 | Qualification for the promotion play-offs |
| 5 | Ull/Kisa | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 59 | 49 | +10 | 43 | Qualification for the promotion play-offs |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 11 November 2018. 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | L | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

### Norwegian Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 11 November 2018

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | 1. divisjon | 1. divisjon | Norwegian Cup | Norwegian Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | NOR | Iven Austbø | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | NOR | Rasmus Martinsen | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | NOR | Viljar Vevatne | 20 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Tord Salte | 17 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | NOR | Markus Nakkim | 29 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ISL | Axel Andrésson | 9 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | NOR | Zymer Bytyqi | 21 | 3 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | NOR | Fredrik Torsteinbø | 27 | 4 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | NOR | Tommy Høiland | 32 | 23 | 30 | 21 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | FW | NOR | Zlatko Tripić | 26 | 7 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | NOR | Erik Arnebrott | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | NOR | André Danielsen | 23 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | GK | NOR | Amund Wichne | 14 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | NOR | Even Østensen | 10 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | DEN | Steffen Ernemann | 25 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | NOR | Sondre Bjørshol | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | NOR | Kristian Novak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | NOR | Ylldren Ibrahimaj | 11 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | NOR | Harald Nilsen Tangen | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | DEN | Claes Kronberg | 25 | 3 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | NOR | Rolf Daniel Vikstøl | 17 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | NOR | Jonas Pereira | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | NGA | Usman Sale | 14 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | NOR | Johnny Furdal | 13 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | NOR | Kristian Thorstvedt | 25 | 9 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who left Viking during the season: ||||||||||
| 6 | DF | NOR | Leo Skiri Østigård | 13 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | NGA | Aniekpeno Udo | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | NOR | Julian Ryerson | 16 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ENG | Jordan Hallam | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | NOR | Tore André Sørås | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | NOR | Stian Michalsen | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Name | 1. divisjon | Norwegian Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | Tommy Høiland | 21 | 2 | 23 |
| 2 | MF | Kristian Thorstvedt | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | FW | Zlatko Tripić | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | MF | Johnny Furdal | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | MF | Fredrik Torsteinbø | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | MF | Julian Ryerson | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | DF | Claes Kronberg | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | FW | Ylldren Ibrahimaj | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | FW | Zymer Bytyqi | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | MF | André Danielsen | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | Usman Sale | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | Even Østensen | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | DF | Viljar Vevatne | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | FW | Aniekpeno Udo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | Rolf Daniel Vikstøl | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | Axel Andrésson | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | TOTALS | 68 | 2 | 70 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | 1. divisjon | 1. divisjon | Norwegian Cup | Norwegian Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Iven Austbø | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Rasmus Martinsen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Viljar Vevatne | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Tord Salte | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Markus Nakkim | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Leo Skiri Østigård | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Axel Andrésson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Zymer Bytyqi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | Fredrik Torsteinbø | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Tommy Høiland | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Zlatko Tripić | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | André Danielsen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | GK | Amund Wichne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Steffen Ernemann | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Julian Ryerson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Ylldren Ibrahimaj | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Claes Kronberg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Rolf Daniel Vikstøl | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 25 | FW | Usman Sale | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Johnny Furdal | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | MF | Kristian Thorstvedt | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 51 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 53 | 2 |