Ungmennafélagið Víkingur (, ), also known as U.M.F. Víkingur or Víkingur Ólafsvík, is an

Iceland Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is culturally and politically linked with Europe and is the regi ...

ic multi-sport club from the town of

Ólafsvík Ólafsvík () is a small town in Iceland on the northern side of the Snæfellsnes Peninsula. At one point in the 17th and 18th centuries, commercial vessels sailed between Ólafsvík and Denmark, and the village was one of the larger trading ports ...

located on the west coast of Iceland situated on the western end of the

Snæfellsnes The Snæfellsnes () is a peninsula situated to the west of Borgarfjörður, in western Iceland. The peninsula has a volcanic origin having the Snæfellsnes volcanic belt down its centre, and the Snæfellsjökull volcano A volcano is com ...

. It was founded on 6 October 1928.

Football

Men's football

Víkingur men's football team played in the Úrvalsdeild karla, the Icelandic top tier, for the first time in

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

History

*1928 : Foundation of club *1974 : 2. deild karla hampions*2003 : 3. deild karla hampions*2004 : 2. deild karla romoted*2010 : 2. deild karla hampions*2012 : 1. deild karla romoted*2015 : 1. deild karla hampions The team has spent most of its history in the lowest league, but were promoted to the second tier for the 1975 season, but were instantly relegated back to the third tier, then the lowest tier. They didn't participate every season until recently, sending a merged team with other clubs from

on occasion, and were last part of such a merger in the 2002 season. They sent a team under their name for the 2003 season and were instantly promoted to 2. deild karla, where they played in 2004 and were promoted again. They finished the 2005 1. deild karla season in a respectable fifth and stayed in that division until

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

, when they were relegated. They won the 2. deild in 2010 to bounce straight back up, finishing 4th, their best ever, in

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

. In the 2012 season Víkingur finished 2nd in the league, 9 points ahead of 3rd, to be promoted to the top tier for the first time. They played in the

Úrvalsdeild The Besta deild karla () is a professional association football league in Iceland and the highest level of the Icelandic football league system. The competition was founded in 1912 as the Icelandic Championship. Because of the harsh winters in I ...

for the first time in 2013. The team got relegated the following season but will play again in the top division in 2016, after having won the 2015 1. deild karla.

Players

Current squad

''For details of current and former players, see :Ungmennafélagið Víkingur players.''

Basketball

Men's basketball

Víkingur men's basketball team last played in the 2. deild karla during the 2012–2013 season when it finished last in Group A.

Seasons

Footnotes

References

External links

Official Website

KSÍ's online record of Icelandic football

Olafsvikurvöllur on Nordic Stadiums
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