# 2015 Viking FK season

The 2015 season was Viking's third full season with Kjell Jonevret as manager. They are competing in the Tippeligaen and the cup.

## Squad

    As of 10 August 2015
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 | Arild Østbø |
| 4 | MF | NOR | Joackim Jørgensen |
| 5 | DF | USA | A. J. Soares |
| 6 | DF | EST | Karol Mets |
| 7 | MF | ISL | Björn Daniel Sverrisson |
| 8 | MF | NOR | Vidar Nisja |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Kieffer Moore |
| 11 | MF | SEN | Makhtar Thioune |
| 14 | DF | NOR | André Danielsen (Vice-captain) |
| 15 | GK | NOR | Amund Wichne |
| 17 | FW | ISL | Jón Daði Böðvarsson |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | FW | NGA | Suleiman Abdullahi |
| 20 | DF | ISL | Indriði Sigurðsson (Captain) |
| 21 | MF | NOR | Julian Veen Uldal |
| 23 | FW | ISL | Steinþór Freyr Þorsteinsson |
| 24 | DF | NOR | Aleksander Solli |
| 25 | DF | NOR | Rasmus Martinsen |
| 26 | FW | NGA | Samuel Adegbenro |
| 27 | MF | NOR | Zymer Bytyqi |
| 28 | MF | NOR | Kristoffer Haugen |
| 30 | GK | NOR | Iven Austbø |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 24 | GK | NOR | Pål Vestly Heigre (at Tromsø) |

## Transfers
### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | DF | USA | A. J. Soares (from New England Revolution) |
| 6 | DF | EST | Karol Mets (from Flora) |
| 9 | MF | NOR | Magne Hoseth (from Stabæk) |
| 19 | FW | NGA | Suleiman Abdullahi (from El-Kanemi Warriors) |
| 24 | GK | NOR | Pål Vestly Heigre (loan return from Start) |
| 26 | FW | NGA | Samuel Adegbenro (from Kwara United) |
| 27 | FW | NOR | Zymer Bytyqi (from RB Salzburg) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | NOR | Trond Erik Bertelsen (to Sandnes Ulf) |
| 5 | DF | ISL | Sverrir Ingi Ingason (to Lokeren) |
| 6 | DF | NOR | Håkon Skogseid (to Odense) |
| 13 | MF | NOR | Christian Landu Landu (to Tromsø) |
| 24 | GK | NOR | Pål Vestly Heigre (on loan to Tromsø) |
| 26 | DF | NOR | Pål Fjelde (to Bryne) |
| — | DF | NOR | Øyvind Nilsen (to Nest-Sotra) |

### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Kieffer Moore (from Yeovil Town) |
| 24 | DF | NOR | Aleksander Solli (from Hønefoss) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 9 | MF | NOR | Magne Hoseth (released) |
| 10 | FW | NOR | Veton Berisha (to Greuther Fürth) |
| 16 | FW | NOR | Yann-Erik de Lanlay (to Rosenborg) |
| 18 | FW | NGA | Osita Henry Chikere (released) |
| 22 | MF | NOR | Fábian Alonso Calderon (to Sola) |
| — | FW | NOR | Martin Hummervoll (on loan to Keflavík) |

## Competitions
### Tippeligaen
#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Stabæk | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 54 | 43 | +11 | 56 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Odd | 30 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 61 | 41 | +20 | 55 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Viking | 30 | 17 | 2 | 11 | 53 | 39 | +14 | 53 | |
| 6 | Molde | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 62 | 31 | +31 | 52 | |
| 7 | Vålerenga | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 49 | 41 | +8 | 49 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 8 November 2015. 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | L | L | W | W | D | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | D | L | W | L | W | L | W |
| Position | 13 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |

#### Matches
### Norwegian Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 8 November 2015

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Tippeligaen | Tippeligaen | Norwegian Cup | Norwegian Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | NOR | Arild Østbø | 4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Joackim Jørgensen | 29 | 1 | 21+2 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | USA | A. J. Soares | 23 | 1 | 19+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | EST | Karol Mets | 34 | 0 | 27+1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ISL | Björn Daníel Sverrisson | 8 | 1 | 3+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | NOR | Vidar Nisja | 23 | 3 | 8+11 | 2 | 1+3 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Kieffer Moore | 11 | 0 | 1+8 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | SEN | Makhtar Thioune | 27 | 0 | 17+6 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | NOR | André Danielsen | 36 | 5 | 30 | 5 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | ISL | Jón Daði Böðvarsson | 35 | 15 | 22+7 | 9 | 5+1 | 6 |
| 19 | FW | NGA | Suleiman Abdullahi | 31 | 9 | 24+3 | 8 | 4 | 1 |
| 20 | DF | ISL | Indriði Sigurðsson | 31 | 2 | 25+1 | 1 | 4+1 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | NOR | Julian Veen Uldal | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ISL | Steinþór Freyr Þorsteinsson | 26 | 3 | 7+13 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| 24 | DF | NOR | Aleksander Solli | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | NOR | Rasmus Martinsen | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | NGA | Samuel Adegbenro | 28 | 7 | 23+1 | 5 | 2+2 | 2 |
| 27 | MF | NOR | Zymer Bytyqi | 25 | 5 | 12+9 | 4 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 28 | DF | NOR | Kristoffer Haugen | 36 | 2 | 30 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| 30 | GK | NOR | Iven Austbø | 33 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 50 | MF | NOR | Herman Kleppa | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | DF | NOR | Julian Ryerson | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from Viking on loan: ||||||||||
| Players who left Viking during the season: ||||||||||
| 9 | MF | NOR | Magne Hoseth | 12 | 0 | 1+8 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | NOR | Veton Berisha | 16 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 0+2 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | NOR | Yann-Erik de Lanlay | 18 | 4 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 18 | FW | NGA | Osita Henry Chikere | 8 | 8 | 0+5 | 0 | 3 | 8 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Tippeligaen | Norwegian Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 17 | Jón Daði Böðvarsson | 9 | 6 | 15 |
| 2 | FW | 10 | Veton Berisha | 11 | 1 | 12 |
| 3 | FW | 19 | Suleiman Abdullahi | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 4 | FW | 18 | Osita Henry Chikere | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 5 | FW | 26 | Samuel Adegbenro | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | MF | 14 | André Danielsen | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | MF | 27 | Zymer Bytyqi | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | MF | 16 | Yann-Erik de Lanlay | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | MF | 8 | Vidar Nisja | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | MF | 23 | Steinþór Freyr Þorsteinsson | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | DF | 20 | Indriði Sigurðsson | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | DF | 28 | Kristoffer Haugen | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | MF | 4 | Joackim Jørgensen | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | 7 | Björn Daníel Sverrisson | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | 5 | A. J. Soares | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 53 | 26 | 79 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Tippeligaen | Tippeligaen | Norwegian Cup | Norwegian Cup | Total | Total |
| 4 | DF | Joackim Jørgensen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | A. J. Soares | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Karol Mets | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Björn Daníel Sverrisson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Vidar Nisja | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Veton Berisha | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Kieffer Moore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Makhtar Thioune | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | André Danielsen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Jón Daði Böðvarsson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Suleiman Abdullahi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Indriði Sigurðsson | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Steinþór Freyr Þorsteinsson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | Samuel Adegbenro | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Zymer Bytyqi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | Kristoffer Haugen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 35 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 39 | 0 |