Knattspyrnufélagið Víkingur (, ) , commonly referred to as Víkingur Reykjavík (to distinguish them from Víkingur Ólafsvík) and internationally known as Vikingur F.C., is a professional

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based in the Fossvogur neighbourhood of

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. It is one of the oldest sports clubs in Iceland, founded on 21 April 1908. Originally founded as a football club, it is now a multi-sport club that also operates divisions in

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. All sports include both male and female teams. Its men's football team currently plays in the top-tier Besta deildin and has won seven

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titles and five

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titles. Víkingur's handball department is one of the more successful ones in Iceland, with its men's team having won seven

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and the women's handball team having won three

Crest and colours

Club crest

Þorbjörn Þórðarson, who was the chairman of the Vikingur in the period of 1943–44, designed the original Víkingur badge.
In the foreground of Vikingur's original crest is a brownish 19th century leather ball framed with white badges and has red and black stripes in the background.

Team outfit

Víkingur have played in red and black striped outfits since the club's early years.

Home ground

Víkin

Facilities and home ground are located at Víkin since 1984 when a football pitch was first laid there. The club residence followed in 1988 and indoor facilities were built in 1991, significantly improving the overall facilities. Víkin is located in the district of Fossvogur ( Háaleiti & Bústaðir), on the east side of

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The sports venue was constructed in 2004 and completed in 2005.

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holds around 2000 spectators.

Youth training

The youth training program at Víkin is notable for its contribution to the Iceland national senior and youth teams, providing in recent years players such as

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Club history

The Founding Fathers of Víkingur (1908)

Víkingur Reykjavik was founded on the 21 April 1908 with the purpose of financing a ball purchase for a group of boys in a Reykjavik neighborhood to play football.
The club's inaugural meeting, with 32 boys present, was held in the basement of Túngata 12 in Reykjavik. ''The founding fathers of Víkingur Reykjavik Football Club were:
'' * Axel Andrésson (12 years old) who initially chaired the board of directors. * Emil Thoroddsen (9 years old) who served as a secretary. *Davíð Jóhannesson (11 years old) who took on the role of treasurer. *Páll Andrésson and Þórður Albertsson.

The Unbeaten Decade (1908–1918)

In the first 10 years of Vikingur's history, the team failed to win in only a single match. In that period Vikingur scored 58 goals and conceded 16.
However, the team did not win a single title in that time due to them not yet having a regular senior side to play in the Icelandic Championship.

First Championship Titles (1918–1947)

The Viking's first match in the Championship took place on 9 June 1918 – when the team ensured a 5–0 victory over their rivals Valur.
Two years later the club won its first Championship title. The second Championship title came in 1924. During the first 40 years of Vikingur's history, the club did not to have any actual club facilities.

Residence at Suðurgata (1947–1950)

Vikingur's first residence was a former "Iglo officers club" in Camp Tripoli at Suðurgata which the club took on lease in the years between 1946 and 1950 by promises of being slotted an area of land south of University of Iceland at Vatnsmýri.
The residence at Camp Tripoli proved to be a true lever for the club for a period of time, since in Víkingur's first decades, meetings were held in various places in Reykjavik and the club did not have any sporting facilities.
Vikingur was later assigned an area of land in conjunction with Íþróttafélag Reykjavíkur at Vatnsmýri.

Hæðargarður & First Cup Win (1950–1975)

Following the years at Suðurgata, Víkingur continued its search for a suitable club location since the given area at Vatnsmýri was considered too small for the club. In 1953, building constructions began for a new club house at Hæðargarður in the district of Bústaða- og smáíbúðahverfi Reykjavíkur, which at the time was being organized. However, despite the new club house, the club's working environment was poor as there were no sporting facilities or home pitch. Training continued to take place in various settings in Reykjavik. Víkingur's first Icelandic Cup title in men's football came in the year 1971, when the team was victorious in the final over rivals UBK Kópavogur, 1–0.

Growth in Fossvogur (since 1976)

It wasn't until the year 1976 that Víkingur got assigned an area of land in Fossvogur and began to build up its residence and sporting facilities.
In general, the main service area of the club is demarcated by Fossvogsdalur, Kringlumýrarbraut, Miklabraut and Reykjanesbraut. Much work was done to prepare the grounds in Fossvogur during the years of 1981,1982 and 1983 when the Vikingur team clinched the first consecutive football

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titles in the club's history. A couple of years later, in 1984, footballers could start training at Víkin. Construction of the indoor facilities were completed in 1991. Construction began in 2004 on the sports venue at Víkin and was inaugurated in 2005. Víkin seats around 1,200 spectators. In the 2015 season, the men's football team will take part in the

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, having reached the club's highest league position of 4th place since winning the

in 1991.

League history

Men's football

*1918–56: Division 1 *1957–69: Division 2 *1970: Division 1 *1971: Division 2 *1972: Division 1 *1973: Division 2 *1974–85: Division 1 *1986–87: Division 2 *1988–93: Division 1 *1994: Division 2 *1995: Division 1 *1996–98: Division 2 *1999: Division 1 *2000–03: Division 2 *2004: Division 1 *2005: Division 2 *2006–07: Division 1 *2008–10: Division 2 *2011: Division 1 *2012–13: Division 2 *2014–: Division 1

2013 Season

After a period of struggle and re-organization at Víkin in the 2012 season, the Víkingur team won promotion to the football

was chosen both as the 'most promising' and 'best' player in the league.

2014 Season

Having regained their place in the football

in 2013, the team finished 4th place, achieving the club's highest league position since 1991.

2015 Season

Víkingur men's team played their first Europa League qualifiers since 1992, and admit a 2–3 defeat on aggregate against

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. Arnþór Ingi Kristinsson scored both of Víkingur's goals in the away clash against

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parted ways with the club.

2016 Season

Only lacking the temporal difference to challenge for a spot in the Europa League qualification the team's fate was a mid-table finish.

was the standout player in the team as he was chosen 'most promising player' in the league.

2017 Season

The season turned sharply by Miloš Milojević surprise resignation from the gaffers position early in the season. This event cued the return to home of the then retired multiple championship winner and fans favourite

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, who steered them to a safe mid-table finish.

2018 Season

Memorable for lively supporters match day experiences at Víkin, the 2018 early season performance was however highly affected by sloppy pitch conditions. Acclaimed Iceland International Sölvi Geir Ottesen made his return to Víkin - now alternatively known as the 'Homeground of Happiness'. At the end of the season

moved back into retirement passing the managerial position to his assistant and former International

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Players

Men's Football - Current Squad

Men's Football - Out on loan

Managerial history – men's football

20th century

* Axel Andrésson (1908–24) * Guðjón Einarsson (1935–1938) * Fritz Buchloh (1939–) *

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(1969)(1971) * Pétur Bjarnason (1973) * Billy Haydock (1976–1978) * Antony Sanders (1974–1975) * Yuri Illichev (1978–79) * Yuri Sedov (1980–82)(87–89) * Jean-Paul Colonval (1983) * Björn Árnason (1984–85) * Hafsteinn Tómasson (1985) *

(1990–92) *

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(1993) * Kjartan Másson (1994) *

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(1995) *

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(1996) * Magnús Þorvaldsson (1997)

21st century

* Luka Kostić (1998–00)(02) * Björn Bjartmarz (2001) * Sigurður Jónsson (2003–05) * Magnús Gylfason (2006–07) *

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(2007–08) * Leifur Garðarsson (2009–11) *

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(2011) * Bjarnólfur Lárusson (2011) *

(2011–15) * Miloš Milojević (2015–17) *

(2017–18) *

(2018–25)

Notable former players

''Following players have represented Víkingur and either made at least 100 league appearances for the club, or made at least 10 appearances for their national team.'' *

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Player records

Men's football - Most appearances

In the current squad, Halldór Smári is the most capped player for Víkingur with 301 matches followed by Dofri Snorrason with 186. David Örn Atlason has 142 matches and Sölvi Geir Ottesen has 84 matches to his name. (May 2019)

European record

Men's football - European Clashes

UEFA Club Ranking

Achievements & club honours

Men's football

League

* Icelandic League Championships (7):

1920 Events January * January 1 ** Polish–Soviet War: The Russian Red Army increases its troops along the Polish border from 4 divisions to 20. ** Kauniainen in Finland, completely surrounded by the city of Espoo, secedes from Espoo as its ow ...

1924 Events January * January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after. * January 20–January 30, 30 – Kuomintang in Ch ...

1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 6 – A funeral service is held in West Germany for Nazi Grand Admiral ...

1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C. ...

1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

* First Division Championships (5) (tier 2):

1969 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1969th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 969th year of the 2nd millennium, the 69th year of the 20th century, and the ...

1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...

1973 Events January * January 1 – The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 14 - The 16-0 19 ...

1987 Events January * January 1 – Bolivia reintroduces the Boliviano currency. * January 2 – Chadian–Libyan conflict – Battle of Fada: The Military of Chad, Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade. * January 3 – Afghan leader ...

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

Cup

* Icelandic Cup (5):

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

* Icelandic Super Cup (4):

1983 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the ...

, 2022, 2024

Men's handball

League

* Icelandic League Championships (7): 1975, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1987 * First Division Championships(Tier 2) (5): 1961, 1966, 1969, 1997, 1999

Cup

* Icelandic Cup Championships(6): 1978, 1979, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986

Women's handball

League

* Icelandic League Championships (3): 1991, 1992, 1993

Cup

* Icelandic Cup Championships (2): 1992, 1994

Supporters

Club anthem

In celebration of the club's centennial anniversary in 2008, Vikingur supporters club held a competition for a new club anthem to be played at home games.
The winning song, Vikingur – 100 years, or simply:
Við viljum sigur í dag Víkingar!
' was composed and performed by Stefán Magnússon and Freyr Eyjólfsson

Shirt sponsors

Staff & board 2023

Men's football

*Manager: Arnar Gunnlaugsson *Assistant Coach: Sölvi Geir Ottesen *Strength Coach: Guðjón Örn Ingólfsson *GK Coach: Hajrudin Čardaklija *Physio: Rúnar Pálmarsson *Kit Manager: Þórir Ingvarsson *Managing Director: Haraldur V. Haraldsson *Sports Director: Kári Árnason *Stadium Manager: Örn I. Jóhannsson **Chairman: Heimir Gunnlaugsson **Vice chairman: Sverrir Geirdal **Project Manager: Benedikt Sveinsson **Boardmember: Hrannar Már Gunnarsson **gjaldgeri: Valdimar sigurðursson **Boardmember: Tryggvi Björnsson **Boardmember: Guðjón Guðmundsson **Head of youth development: Elías Hlynur Lárusson

Footnotes

References

External links

Official WebsiteVikingur's Supporters ClubClub Newsletter

Official Facebook PageFootball Association of IcelandVikingsvöllur stadiumVikings Football Podcast

Soccerway Profile

FC Tables - Statistics
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