# 2020 Viking FK season

The 2020 season was Viking's 2nd consecutive year in Eliteserien, and their 70th season in the top flight of Norwegian football. The club participated in the Eliteserien and the UEFA Europa League. The Norwegian Cup was cancelled.

## Squad

    As of 28 November 2020
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 |
| 3 | DF | NOR | Viljar Vevatne (captain) |
| 5 | DF | ISL | Axel Andrésson |
| 6 | DF | NOR | Runar Hove |
| 7 | MF | KOS | Zymer Bytyqi |
| 8 | MF | NZL | Joe Bell |
| 9 | MF | NOR | Fredrik Torsteinbø |
| 10 | FW | NOR | Tommy Høiland |
| 11 | FW | NOR | Yann-Erik de Lanlay |
| 13 | GK | WAL | Michael Crowe |
| 14 | FW | NOR | Veton Berisha |
| 15 | MF | NOR | Johnny Furdal |
| 16 | FW | NOR | Even Østensen |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | FW | NOR | Sebastian Sebulonsen |
| 18 | DF | NOR | Sondre Bjørshol |
| 19 | MF | NOR | Sondre Auklend |
| 20 | FW | KOS | Ylldren Ibrahimaj |
| 22 | GK | NOR | Arild Østbø |
| 23 | DF | NOR | Rolf Daniel Vikstøl |
| 24 | MF | NOR | Kristoffer Løkberg |
| 25 | DF | NOR | Sebastian Sørlie Henriksen |
| 26 | FW | NOR | Jefferson de Souza |
| 27 | MF | ISL | Samúel Friðjónsson |
| 34 | DF | NOR | Kristoffer Forgaard Paulsen |
| 35 | DF | NOR | Henrik Heggheim |
| 41 | GK | NOR | Trym Sølvberg Ur |

### 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 |
| 2 | DF | NOR | Herman Haugen (at Ull/Kisa) |
| 4 | DF | NOR | Tord Salte (at Sandnes Ulf) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | MF | NOR | Harald Nilsen Tangen (at Åsane) |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 January 2020 | GK | Arild Østbø | Rosenborg | Free transfer |
| 1 January 2020 | FW | Yann-Erik de Lanlay | Rosenborg | Free transfer |
| 1 January 2020 | FW | Sebastian Sebulonsen | Sola | Undisclosed |
| 10 January 2020 | MF | Joe Bell | Virginia Cavaliers | Undisclosed |
| 13 January 2020 | FW | Veton Berisha | Brann | Undisclosed |
| 6 February 2020 | DF | Herman Haugen | Promoted from junior squad | Promoted from junior squad |
| 6 February 2020 | FW | Jefferson de Souza | Brodd | Undisclosed |
| 15 May 2020 | DF | Sebastian Sørlie Henriksen | Promoted from junior squad | Promoted from junior squad |
| 15 May 2020 | MF | Sondre Auklend | Promoted from junior squad | Promoted from junior squad |
| 11 June 2020 | DF | Henrik Heggheim | Promoted from junior squad | Promoted from junior squad |
| 11 June 2020 | MF | Lars Erik Sødal | Promoted from junior squad | Promoted from junior squad |
| 9 July 2020 | GK | Trym Sølvberg Ur | Promoted from junior squad | Promoted from junior squad |
| 6 August 2020 | GK | Michael Crowe | Free agent | Free agent |
| 28 August 2020 | DF | Kristoffer Forgaard Paulsen | Promoted from junior squad | Promoted from junior squad |
| 5 October 2020 | MF | Samúel Friðjónsson | Free agent | Free agent |

### Transfers out

| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 January 2020 | GK | Amund Wichne | Start | Free transfer |
| 1 January 2020 | MF | André Danielsen | Retired | Retired |
| 1 January 2020 | MF | Lasse Berg Johnsen | Released | Released |
| 1 January 2020 | FW | Jostein Ekeland | Sandnes Ulf | Free transfer |
| 3 January 2020 | MF | Kristian Thorstvedt | Genk | Undisclosed |
| 15 January 2020 | FW | Zlatko Tripić | Göztepe | Undisclosed |
| 3 July 2020 | GK | Erik Arnebrott | Contract terminated | Contract terminated |
| 12 September 2020 | DF | Adrian Pereira | PAOK | Undisclosed |

### Loans out

| Start date | Pos. | Name | To | End date |
| 5 February 2020 | DF | Tord Salte | Sandnes Ulf | End of season |
| 26 June 2020 | DF | Herman Haugen | Ull/Kisa | End of season |
| 8 August 2020 | DF | Sebastian Sørlie Henriksen | Fram Larvik | End of season |
| 26 August 2020 | MF | Harald Nilsen Tangen | Åsane | End of season |

#### Notes

* ↑ Previous club: Preston North End
* ↑ Previous club: SC Paderborn
* ↑ Joined Raufoss on 23 January 2020

## Friendlies

On 12 December 2019, Viking announced the friendly matches to be played in pre-season.
On 12 March 2020, all football in Norway was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

### Pre-season
## Competitions
### Eliteserien
#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 4 | Rosenborg | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 50 | 35 | +15 | 52 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 5 | Kristiansund | 30 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 57 | 45 | +12 | 48 | |
| 6 | Viking | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 54 | 52 | +2 | 44 | |
| 7 | Odd | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 52 | 51 | +1 | 43 | |
| 8 | Stabæk | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 41 | 45 | −4 | 39 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | D | L | W | D | L | L | W | W | L | L | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | D | L | W | W | W | W | D | D | L |
| Position | 15 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 |

#### Matches

The Eliteserien fixtures were announced on 19 December 2019. The season was originally scheduled to start on 4 April, but due to the coronavirus pandemic the football season was delayed. The new start date for the league was 16 June.

### Norwegian Cup

The 2020 edition of the Norwegian Football Cup was cancelled.

### UEFA Europa League
#### Qualifying rounds
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 19 December 2020

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Eliteserien | Eliteserien | Norwegian Cup | Norwegian Cup | UEFA Europa League | UEFA Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | NOR | Iven Austbø | 18 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | NOR | Viljar Vevatne | 28 | 3 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ISL | Axel Andrésson | 18 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | NOR | Runar Hove | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | KOS | Zymer Bytyqi | 30 | 10 | 29 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | NZL | Joe Bell | 30 | 2 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | NOR | Fredrik Torsteinbø | 31 | 4 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | NOR | Tommy Høiland | 27 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | NOR | Yann-Erik de Lanlay | 20 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | WAL | Michael Crowe | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | NOR | Veton Berisha | 29 | 16 | 28 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | NOR | Johnny Furdal | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | NOR | Even Østensen | 18 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | NOR | Sebastian Sebulonsen | 20 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | NOR | Sondre Bjørshol | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | NOR | Sondre Auklend | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | KOS | Ylldren Ibrahimaj | 30 | 7 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | NOR | Arild Østbø | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | NOR | Rolf Daniel Vikstøl | 19 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | NOR | Kristoffer Løkberg | 24 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | NOR | Jefferson de Souza | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ISL | Samúel Friðjónsson | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | NOR | Kristoffer Forgaard Paulsen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | NOR | Henrik Heggheim | 27 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players away from Viking on loan: ||||||||||||
| 21 | MF | NOR | Harald Nilsen Tangen | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left Viking during the season: ||||||||||||
| 30 | DF | NOR | Adrian Pereira | 15 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Rank | Pos. | Nat. | Player | Eliteserien | Norwegian Cup | UEFA Europa League | Total |
| 1 | FW | | Veton Berisha | 16 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 2 | MF | | Zymer Bytyqi | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | FW | | Ylldren Ibrahimaj | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | MF | | Fredrik Torsteinbø | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | DF | | Viljar Vevatne | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | | Joe Bell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | FW | | Yann-Erik de Lanlay | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | | Kristoffer Løkberg | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | DF | | Adrian Pereira | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | | Tommy Høiland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | | Even Østensen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | | Sebastian Sebulonsen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | | Rolf Daniel Vikstøl | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | | Samúel Friðjónsson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 54 | 0 | 0 | 54 |