# 2023 Viking FK season

The 2023 season was Viking's 5th consecutive year in the Eliteserien, and their 73rd season in the top flight of Norwegian football. The club participated in the Eliteserien, the 2022 Norwegian Football Cup and the 2023 Norwegian Football Cup. It was the club's third season with Bjarte Lunde Aarsheim and Morten Jensen as managers.

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 January 2023 | DF | Jošt Urbančič | Gorica | Undisclosed |
| 23 January 2023 | FW | Nicholas D'Agostino | Melbourne Victory | Undisclosed |
| 2 February 2023 | MF | Patrick Yazbek | Sydney FC | Undisclosed |
| 7 March 2023 | FW | Lars-Jørgen Salvesen | Bodø/Glimt | Undisclosed |
| 31 March 2023 | MF | Birkir Bjarnason | Adana Demirspor | Free transfer |
| 24 July 2023 | DF | Sondre Langås | Ranheim | Undisclosed |
| 29 August 2023 | MF | Joe Bell | Brøndby | Undisclosed |

### Transfers out

| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 January 2023 | DF | Rolf Daniel Vikstøl | Unattached | Free transfer |
| 1 January 2023 | DF | Sebastian Sørlie Henriksen | Grorud | Free transfer |
| 1 January 2023 | MF | Heine Åsen Larsen | Egersund | Free transfer |
| 11 January 2023 | MF | Fredrik Torsteinbø | Sandnes Ulf | Free transfer |
| 31 January 2023 | FW | Daniel Karlsbakk | Heerenveen | Undisclosed |
| 15 March 2023 | DF | Vebjørn Hagen | Retired | Retired |
| 23 March 2023 | FW | Kevin Kabran | Stabæk | Undisclosed |
| 8 August 2023 | MF | Niklas Sandberg | Sarpsborg 08 | Undisclosed |
| 10 August 2023 | MF | Birkir Bjarnason | Brescia | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Start date | Pos. | Name | From | End date | Ref. |
| 30 August 2023 | FW | Samuel Adegbenro | Beijing Guoan | End of season | |

### Loans out

| Start date | Pos. | Name | To | End date |
| 24 January 2023 | FW | Maï Traoré | OH Leuven | 31 March 2023 |
| 31 January 2023 | DF | Kristoffer Forgaard Paulsen | KA | 18 August 2023 |
| 31 March 2023 | FW | Maï Traoré | Tromsø | End of season |
| 2 April 2023 | GK | Magnus Rugland Ree | Levanger | 2 May 2023 |
| 11 April 2023 | MF | Lars Erik Sødal | Bryne | End of season |
| 2 May 2023 | MF | Sondre Auklend | Jerv | 10 August 2023 |
| 27 July 2023 | MF | Simen Kvia-Egeskog | Skeid | End of season |
| 18 August 2023 | DF | Kristoffer Forgaard Paulsen | Junkeren | End of season |

## Friendlies
### Pre-season

The following friendly matches were played in pre-season.

## Competitions
### Eliteserien
#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Brann | 30 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 55 | 35 | +20 | 61 | Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Tromsø | 30 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 48 | 33 | +15 | 61 | Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round |
| 4 | Viking | 30 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 61 | 48 | +13 | 58 | |
| 5 | Molde | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 65 | 39 | +26 | 51 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 6 | Lillestrøm | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 49 | 49 | 0 | 43 | |
* ↑ Molde qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2023 Norwegian Football Cup.

#### 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 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 20$^1$ | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | D | W | D | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | L | D | L | L | L | W | W | L |
| Position | 11 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
$^1$ Matchday 20 (vs. Molde) was postponed until further notice due to Molde's participation in the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League play-off round against Galatasaray.

#### Matches

The Eliteserien fixtures were announced on 9 December 2022.

### Norwegian Cup
#### 2022

The tournament continued from the 2022 season. The draw for the fourth round was made on 24 August 2022. The draw for the quarter-finals was made on 19 January 2023.

#### 2023

The pair-ups for the first round were announced on 12 April 2023.

## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of match played 3 December 2023
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Eliteserien | Eliteserien | Norwegian Cup | Norwegian Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | NOR | Arild Østbø | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | NOR | Herman Haugen | 26 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | NOR | Viljar Vevatne | 16 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | SVN | David Brekalo | 27 | 3 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SEN | Djibril Diop | 29 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | AUS | Gianni Stensness | 12 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | AUS | Nicholas D'Agostino | 27 | 4 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | NOR | Markus Solbakken | 30 | 2 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | NOR | Lars-Jørgen Salvesen | 35 | 12 | 29 | 10 | 6 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | NOR | Zlatko Tripić | 34 | 15 | 29 | 13 | 5 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | NOR | Yann-Erik de Lanlay | 30 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | AUS | Patrick Yazbek | 30 | 2 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | NOR | Kristoffer Løkberg | 14 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | NOR | Sondre Bjørshol | 22 | 6 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 19 | MF | NOR | Sondre Auklend | 10 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | IDN | Shayne Pattynama | 34 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | NOR | Harald Nilsen Tangen | 35 | 3 | 29 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | NOR | Sondre Langås | 10 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | SVN | Jošt Urbančič | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | NZL | Joe Bell | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | NGA | Samuel Adegbenro | 11 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | NOR | Sander Svendsen | 35 | 8 | 30 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| 30 | GK | ISL | Patrik Gunnarsson | 32 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 41 | DF | NOR | Jone Nygård Berg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 43 | FW | NOR | Jesper Fiksdal | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left Viking on loan during the season: ||||||||||
| 17 | FW | NOR | Edvin Austbø | 11 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 26 | MF | NOR | Simen Kvia-Egeskog | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | NOR | Lars Erik Sødal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who left Viking during the season: ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | SWE | Kevin Kabran | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | NOR | Niklas Sandberg | 14 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 27 | MF | ISL | Birkir Bjarnason | 15 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 3 |