2026 Viking FK season
| 2026 season | |||
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| Chairman | Jan Henrik Jelsa | ||
| Manager(s) | Bjarte Lunde Aarsheim Morten Jensen | ||
| Stadium | Viking Stadion | ||
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The 2026 season is Viking's 8th consecutive year in the Eliteserien, and their 76th season in the top flight of Norwegian football. The club participates in the 2026 Eliteserien, 2025–26 Norwegian Cup, 2026–27 Norwegian Cup and the 2026–27 UEFA Champions League. It is the club's sixth season with Bjarte Lunde Aarsheim and Morten Jensen as managers.
Transfers
Transfers in
| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 February 2026 | GK |  Ľubomír Belko |
Žilina |
Undisclosed | [1] |
Transfers out
| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2025[a] | FW |  Sander Svendsen |
 Konyaspor |
Free transfer | [2] |
| 31 December 2025 | MF | Yann-Erik de Lanlay |
Free agent | [3] | |
| 13 January 2026 | GK | Kristoffer Klaesson |
Aalesund | Undisclosed | [4] |
| 3 February 2026 | MF | Kasper Sætherbø |
Egersund | Undisclosed | [5] |
| 11 February 2026 | GK | Aksel Bergsvik |
Hødd | Undisclosed | [6] |
- ^ Contract expired 31 December 2025. Joined Konyaspor on 3 January 2026.
Loans out
| Start date | Pos. | Name | To | End date | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 January 2026 | DF | Fillip Voster Botnen |
Sandnes Ulf | End of season | [7] |
| 16 January 2026 | FW | .svg.png){kind=small} Nicholas D'Agostino |
Brisbane Roar |
End of 2025–26 season | [8] |
Competitions
Overall record
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
| Eliteserien | 14 March 2026 | 6 December 2026 | Matchday 1 | — | |||||||
| 2025–26 Norwegian Cup | 7 March 2026 | Fourth round | — | ||||||||
| 2026–27 Norwegian Cup | 23 August 2026 | First round | — | ||||||||
| UEFA Champions League | 18 or 19 August 2026 | Play-off round | — | ||||||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — | |||
Source: Competitions
Eliteserien
Table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | Sarpsborg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | Start | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | Tromsø | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 15 | Viking | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Relegation to First Division |
| 16 | Vålerenga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
First match(es) will be played: 14 March 2026. Source: Football Association of Norway (in Norwegian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored.[9]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored.[9]
Results summary
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: see below
Results by round
Matches
The league fixtures were announced on 19 December 2025.[10]
| 14 March 2026 1 | HamKam | v | Viking | Hamar |
| 16:00 CET | Report | Stadium: Briskeby Stadion |
2025–26 Norwegian Cup
2026–27 Norwegian Cup
The first round is scheduled to be played on 23 August 2026.[11]
UEFA Champions League
Qualifying
The first leg of the play-off round is scheduled to be played on 18 or 19 August 2026. The second leg is scheduled to be played on 25 or 26 August 2026.[12]
References
- ^ Bjørnevaag, Sigurd Seglem (2 February 2026). "Hils på Vikings nye keeper!". Viking FK (in Norwegian). Retrieved 10 February 2026.
- ^ "Viking-profil til tyrkisk fotball". TV 2 (in Norwegian). 3 January 2026. Retrieved 10 February 2026.
- ^ "Viking-veteran ferdig etter sesongen: – Trist og vemodig". Nettavisen (in Norwegian). 10 October 2025. Retrieved 10 February 2026.
- ^ "Takk, Kristoffer Klaesson". Viking FK (in Norwegian). 13 January 2026. Retrieved 10 February 2026.
- ^ "Takk, Kasper Sætherbø". Viking FK (in Norwegian). 3 February 2026. Retrieved 10 February 2026.
- ^ "Aksel Bergsvik klar for Hødd". IL Hødd (in Norwegian). 11 February 2026. Retrieved 11 February 2026.
- ^ "Fillip Voster Botnen (19) kommer på lån fra Viking". Sandnes Ulf (in Norwegian). 7 January 2026. Retrieved 10 February 2026.
- ^ "Nicholas D'Agostino drar på utlån". Viking FK (in Norwegian). 16 January 2026. Retrieved 10 February 2026.
- ^ "Eliteserien tabell". www.nifs.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ "Her er spilleplanen for 2026". Eliteserien (in Norwegian). 19 December 2025. Retrieved 10 February 2026.
- ^ "Hovedterminliste menn 2026" (PDF). Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian). Retrieved 10 February 2026.
- ^ "2026 European football calendar: Match and draw dates for all UEFA competitions, draws and events". Union of European Football Associations. 15 December 2025. Retrieved 10 February 2026.
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