2017 Viking FK season

Viking

2017 season
Chair	Stig Christiansen
Manager	Ian Burchnall (until 9 November) Bjarte Lunde Aarsheim (from 9 November)
Stadium	Viking Stadion
Eliteserien	16th (relegated)
Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Samuel Adegbenro (6) All: Samuel Adegbenro (6)
Highest home attendance	9,838 vs Brann (20 August)
Lowest home attendance	6,157 vs Stabæk (26 November)
Average home league attendance	7,380
Home colours Away colours
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The 2017 season was Viking's 29th consecutive year in Eliteserien, and their 68th season in the top flight of Norwegian football.

Season events

Ian Burchnall replaced Kjell Jonevret as manager on 24 November 2016. ^[1]

Almost a year later, on 9 November 2017, Burchnall was fired from the job following the club's relegation to OBOS-ligaen. ^[2]

Squad

As of match played 26 November 2017 ^[3]

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 (vice-captain) 2 DF   NOR Rasmus Martinsen 3 DF   NOR Andreas Nordvik 4 DF   ESP José Cruz 7 MF   ENG George Green 8 MF   ENG Ross Jenkins 9 MF   NOR Fredrik Torsteinbø 10 FW   NOR Tommy Høiland 11 FW   NOR Zymer Bytyqi 13 DF   CRO Šime Gregov 14 MF   NOR André Danielsen (captain)

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 GK   NOR Amund Wichne 17 MF   DEN Steffen Ernemann 18 MF   NOR Julian Ryerson 19 MF   NOR Michael Haukås 20 FW   NOR Tor André Skimmeland Aasheim 22 DF   DEN Claes Kronberg 25 FW   NGA Usman Sale 26 MF   NOR Tore André Sørås 27 FW   NOR Mathias Bringaker 28 DF   NOR Kristoffer Haugen 99 FW   CIV Ghislain Guessan

Out on loan

As of 9 August 2017

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 MF   NOR Herman Kleppa (at Vidar) 30 FW   NOR Stian Michalsen (at Ljungskile)

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF   NOR Erik Steen(at Vidar) — FW   NGA Aniekpeno Udo (at Ljungskile)

Transfers

Winter

Main article: List of Norwegian football transfers winter 2016–17

In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 6 DF   ENG Michael Ledger (on loan from Sunderland) [4] 10 FW   GHA Kwesi Appiah (on loan from Crystal Palace) [5] 17 MF   DEN Steffen Ernemann (from Sarpsborg 08) [6] 23 FW   NIR Robin Shroot (on loan from Hødd) [7] 41 DF   NOR Kristian Novak (from Ålgård) [8]

Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 4 DF   NOR Joackim Jørgensen (to Sarpsborg 08) [9] 8 MF   ENG Chris Dawson (loan return to Rotherham United) [9] 8 FW   NGA Aniekpeno Udo (on loan to Levanger) [10] 16 MF   NOR Abdisalam Ibrahim (to Vålerenga) [11] 23 MF   ISL Steinþór Þorsteinsson (to KA) [12] 24 GK   NOR Pål Vestly Heigre (to Aalesund) [13] 26 DF   NOR Erik Steen(on loan to Vidar) [14] 29 FW   NOR Martin Hummervoll(to Vidar) [9] — DF   NOR Per Magnus Steiring (loan return to Rosenborg) [15]

Summer

Main article: List of Norwegian football transfers summer 2017

In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 3 DF   NOR Andreas Nordvik (from Esbjerg) [16] 4 DF   ESP José Cruz (from Racing Ferrol) [17] 7 MF   ENG George Green (from Burnley) [18] 8 MF   ENG Ross Jenkins (from Pirin Blagoevgrad) [19] 9 MF   NOR Fredrik Torsteinbø (from Hammarby) [20] 10 FW   NOR Tommy Høiland (from Strømsgodset) [21] 13 DF   CRO Šime Gregov (from Koper) [22] 26 MF   NOR Tore André Sørås(from Follo) [23] 99 FW   CIV Ghislain Guessan (from RC Arbaâ) [24] — FW   NGA Aniekpeno Udo (loan return from Levanger)

Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 4 DF   ENG Michael Ledger (loan return to Sunderland) [25] 6 DF   EST Karol Mets (to NAC Breda) [26] 7 FW   NGA Samuel Adegbenro (to Rosenborg) [27] 9 FW   DEN Patrick Pedersen (to Valur) [28] 10 FW   GHA Kwesi Appiah (loan return to Crystal Palace) [29] 21 MF   NOR Herman Kleppa (on loan to Vidar) [30] 23 FW   NIR Robin Shroot (loan return to Hødd) [25] 30 FW   NOR Stian Michalsen (on loan to Ljungskile) [31] — FW   NGA Aniekpeno Udo (on loan to Ljungskile) [31]

Competitions

Eliteserien

Main article: 2017 Eliteserien

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
12	Lillestrøm	30	10	7	13	40	43	−3	37	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round [lower-alpha 1]
13	Sandefjord	30	11	3	16	38	51	−13	36
14	Sogndal (R)	30	8	8	14	38	48	−10	32	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
15	Aalesund (R)	30	8	8	14	38	50	−12	32	Relegation to First Division
16	Viking (R)	30	6	6	18	33	57	−24	24

Source: Football Association of Norway (in Norwegian), Soccerway
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 away goals scored (only if between two teams); 7) Head-to-head goals scored; 8) Play-off (only used to decide champions or relegation). ^[32]
(R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Lillestrøm qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round as winners of the 2017 Norwegian Cup.

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
30	6	6	18	33	57	−24	24	4	3	8	20	28	−8	2	3	10	13	29	−16

Last updated: 26 November 2017.
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	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	L	L	W	D	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	D	L	D	W	D	D	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	W
Position	12	13	16	16	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

Updated to match(es) played on 26 November 2017. Source: see below
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Vålerenga v Viking

3 April 20171	Vålerenga	1–0	Viking	Oslo
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Finne 53'	Report		Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 8,559 Referee: Dag Vidar Hafsås

Viking v Tromsø

6 April 20172	Viking	1–2	Tromsø	Stavanger
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ernemann  56' Ryerson 58' Haugen  79'	Report	Ledger 6' (o.g.) Gundersen  21' Landu-Landu  79' Åsen 90'	Stadium: Viking Stadion Attendance: 6,321 Referee: Kristoffer Hagenes

Sarpsborg 08 v Viking

9 April 20173	Sarpsborg 08	3–0	Viking	Sarpsborg
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Trondsen 2' Østli 56' Mortensen 68'	Report	Shroot  19' Mets  77'	Stadium: Sarpsborg Stadion Attendance: 4,230 Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen

Viking v Rosenborg

17 April 20174	Viking	0–1	Rosenborg	Stavanger
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ryerson  36' Haugen  84'	Report	Helland 9' Bendtner  45' Jensen  53' Reginiussen  78'	Stadium: Viking Stadion Attendance: 6,804 Referee: Martin Lundby

Viking v Odd

23 April 20175	Viking	3–0	Odd	Stavanger
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Adegbenro 27' Mets  54' Bringaker 58' Danielsen 62' (pen.)	Report	Ruud  41'	Stadium: Viking Stadion Attendance: 6,914 Referee: Trygve Kjensli

Brann v Viking

29 April 20176	Brann	1–1	Viking	Bergen
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Haugen 22' Nilsen  67' Barmen  77'	Report	Adegbenro  64'90+3' Ryerson  67'	Stadium: Brann Stadion Attendance: 12,613 Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen

Viking v Sandefjord

7 May 20177	Viking	0–2	Sandefjord	Stavanger
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Adegbenro  55'	Report	Kane  43' Storbæk  45'71' Kurtovic  62' Morer 69'	Stadium: Viking Stadion Attendance: 7,261 Referee: Rohit Saggi

Sogndal v Viking

13 May 20178	Sogndal	4–0	Viking	Sogndal
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Koomson 1', 38', 69' (pen.) Ramsland  33'87' Grodås  56'	Report	Austbø  68'	Stadium: Fosshaugane Campus Attendance: 2,512 Referee: Kai Erik Steen

Viking v Aalesund

16 May 20179	Viking	1–2	Aalesund	Stavanger
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hoff 11' (o.g.)	Report	Abdellaoue 28' (pen.) Veldwijk  30' Gyasi 87' Lie  90+2'	Stadium: Viking Stadion Attendance: 8,431 Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen

Stabæk v Viking

22 May 201710	Stabæk	1–1	Viking	Bærum
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gyasi  84' Omoijuanfo 90+5'	Report	Appiah 41' Sale  58' Ernemann  81'	Stadium: Nadderud Stadion Attendance: 3,644 Referee: Tore Hansen

Strømsgodset v Viking

29 May 201711	Strømsgodset	4–2	Viking	Drammen
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Andersen 10' 79' Glesnes 32' Jradi 50', 53' Sivodedov  58' Vilsvik  70'	Report	Danielsen  60' Bytyqi 66' Adegbenro 80'	Stadium: Marienlyst Stadion Attendance: 5,652 Referee: Espen Eskås

Viking v Kristiansund

4 June 201712	Viking	2–1	Kristiansund	Stavanger
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Adegbenro  3' Appiah 55' (pen.) Pedersen 90+5' 90+5'	Report	Ulvestad  22' Mendy 62' Baranov  79' McDermott  90+2'	Stadium: Viking Stadion Attendance: 7,261 Referee: Kristoffer Hagenes

Lillestrøm v Viking

18 June 201713	Lillestrøm	1–0	Viking	Lillestrøm
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Knudtzon  44' Melgalvis 90+3'	Report	Ryerson  59'	Stadium: Åråsen Stadion Attendance: 5,714 Referee: Martin Lundby

Viking v Haugesund

25 June 201714	Viking	1–1	Haugesund	Stavanger
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Appiah 29' Martinsen  32' Sale  64' Ernemann  83'	Report	Abdi  39' Hajradinović  43' Knudsen  80' Skjerve 88' 90+3'	Stadium: Viking Stadion Attendance: 8,234 Referee: Rohit Saggi

Molde v Viking

2 July 201715	Molde	3–2	Viking	Molde
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Strand 5' Sigurðarson 30' (pen.) Amang  82'  90+5'90+4' Hussain  83'	Report	Martinsen  29' Ryerson  54' Bringaker 72' 90+1' Haugen 84' Sale  90+1'	Stadium: Aker Stadion Attendance: 7,831 Referee: Espen Eskås

Viking v Sogndal

9 July 201716	Viking	1–1	Sogndal	Stavanger
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mets  53' Martinsen 66' Danielsen  90+3'	Report	Steiring  40' Ramsland 67' Fredriksen  69'	Stadium: Viking Stadion Attendance: 7,238 Referee: Dag Vidar Hafsås

Odd v Viking

16 July 201717	Odd	0–2	Viking	Skien
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Zekhnini  61' Diouf  71'	Report	Adegbenro 6', 24'	Stadium: Skagerak Arena Attendance: 6,780 Referee: Kristoffer Hagenes

Viking v Lillestrøm

6 August 201718	Viking	2–2	Lillestrøm	Stavanger
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Adegbenro 60' Høiland 68'	Report	Krogstad 19' (pen.) Haakenstad 44' Origi  66'	Stadium: Viking Stadion Attendance: 8,052 Referee: Tommy Skjerven

Aalesund v Viking

13 August 201719	Aalesund	1–1	Viking	Ålesund
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Grétarsson  80' Riise  88' Papazoglou 90+3'	Report	Høiland 12' Jenkins  31' Martinsen  51' Adegbenro  56'	Stadium: Color Line Stadion Attendance: 5,480 Referee: Kristoffer Hagenes

Viking v Brann

20 August 201720	Viking	2–4	Brann	Stavanger
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Danielsen  18' Høiland 39' (pen.) Ryerson 61' Cruz  90'	Report	Vega 28' Skaanes 63' Haugen 69' Larsen 90'	Stadium: Viking Stadion Attendance: 9,838 Referee: Tore Hansen

Sandefjord v Viking

10 September 201721	Sandefjord	3–1	Viking	Sandefjord
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Grossmüller 18', 28' Storbæk  23' Kastrati 59' (pen.) Hansen  82'	Report	Guessan 14' Gregov  16'  58' Høiland  23' Ryerson  49' Green  73'	Stadium: Komplett Arena Attendance: 3,159 Referee: Sigurd Kringstad

Viking v Molde

17 September 201722	Viking	2–3	Molde	Stavanger
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sarr 2' (o.g.) Cruz  11' Jenkins  45' Høiland 77'	Report	Sigurðarson 13' (pen.) Ellingsen 33' Normann  60' Haaland 80' Telo  90+2'	Stadium: Viking Stadion Attendance: 6,737 Referee: Martin Lundby

Haugesund v Viking

23 September 201723	Haugesund	2–1	Viking	Haugesund
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kovačević  45' Stølås 78' 80' Skjerve 90+5'	Report	Høiland  45' Haugen 45+1' 80' Green  90+6'	Stadium: Haugesund Stadion Attendance: 5,919 Referee: Kai Erik Steen

Viking v Strømsgodset

1 October 201724	Viking	0–1	Strømsgodset	Stavanger
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Jenkins  71' Green  83'	Report	Jradi 31' Høibråten  33' Tokstad  50' Nguen  71'	Stadium: Viking Stadion Attendance: 6,230 Referee: Espen Eskås

Kristiansund v Viking

15 October 201725	Kristiansund	0–2	Viking	Kristiansund
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Coly  25'  67'	Report	Ryerson 15' Danielsen  25' Ernemann  28' Haugen 62'	Stadium: Kristiansund Stadion Attendance: 3,771 Referee: Kristoffer Hagenes

Viking v Vålerenga

22 October 201726	Viking	1–7	Vålerenga	Stavanger
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Haugen  64' Danielsen  70'  86' Nordvik 74' Jenkins  85'	Report	Stengel 12', 84' 37' Juklerød 15', 35', 78' Jääger 28' Friðjónsson 54'	Stadium: Viking Stadion Attendance: 7,760 Referee: Tore Hansen

Tromsø v Viking

29 October 201727	Tromsø	3–0	Viking	Tromsø
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Wangberg 30' Lehne Olsen 43', 73'	Report	Martinsen  42'  77' Green  68' Wichne  72'	Stadium: Alfheim Stadion Attendance: 3,464 Referee: Rohit Saggi

Viking v Sarpsborg 08

5 November 201728	Viking	2–1	Sarpsborg 08	Stavanger
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Green 22' 54' Bytyqi  68' Torsteinbø 88' Ryerson  90+1'	Report	Mortensen 17' Poulsen  90+2'	Stadium: Viking Stadion Attendance: 7,467 Referee: Kai Erik Steen

Rosenborg v Viking

19 November 201729	Rosenborg	2–0	Viking	Trondheim
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bendtner 8' Trondsen 40'	Report		Stadium: Lerkendal Stadion Attendance: 16,834 Referee: Ola Hobber Nilsen

Viking v Stabæk

26 November 201730	Viking	2–0	Stabæk	Stavanger
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sale  9' Bringaker 25', 51' Jenkins  27' Gregov  90+2'	Report	Moe  57' Tao  84'	Stadium: Viking Stadion Attendance: 6,157 Referee: Tommy Skjerven

Norwegian Cup

Main article: 2017 Norwegian Football Cup

Riska v Viking

26 April 2017 First round	Riska	1–4	Viking	Sandnes
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Myhre 64'	Report	Haugen 37' Michalsen 48' Pedersen 54' Shroot 79'	Stadium: Riska stadion Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Steinar Hauge

Egersund v Viking

25 May 2017 Second round	Egersund	3–1	Viking	Egersund
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sumareh 18' Sleveland 62' Madsen  70' Larsen 90+2'	Report	Sale  34' Bringaker 50' Kronberg  80'	Stadium: Idrettsparken Attendance: 1,357 Referee: Jan Morten Tennøy

Squad statistics

As of match played 26 November 2017

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Eliteserien		Norwegian Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	NOR	Iven Austbø	24	0	24	0	0	0
15	GK	NOR	Amund Wichne	8	0	6	0	2	0
Defenders
2	DF	NOR	Rasmus Martinsen	17	1	15	1	1+1	0
3	DF	NOR	Andreas Nordvik	8	1	8	1	0	0
4	DF	ESP	José Cruz	5	0	5	0	0	0
13	DF	CRO	Šime Gregov	10	0	7+3	0	0	0
22	DF	DEN	Claes Kronberg	28	0	26	0	1+1	0
28	DF	NOR	Kristoffer Haugen	29	4	27	3	2	1
45	DF	NOR	Adrian Pereira	2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
Midfielders
7	MF	ENG	George Green	7	1	2+5	1	0	0
8	MF	ENG	Ross Jenkins	12	0	10+2	0	0	0
9	MF	NOR	Fredrik Torsteinbø	10	1	7+3	1	0	0
14	MF	NOR	André Danielsen	30	1	28	1	2	0
17	MF	DEN	Steffen Ernemann	20	0	17+3	0	0	0
18	MF	NOR	Julian Ryerson	30	3	28	3	1+1	0
19	MF	NOR	Michael Haukås	17	0	6+9	0	2	0
26	MF	NOR	Tore André Sørås	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
10	FW	NOR	Tommy Høiland	13	4	13	4	0	0
11	FW	NOR	Zymer Bytyqi	25	1	17+8	1	0	0
20	FW	NOR	Tor André Skimmeland Aasheim	10	0	5+4	0	1	0
25	FW	NGA	Usman Sale	11	0	8+2	0	1	0
27	FW	NOR	Mathias Bringaker	25	5	12+12	4	1	1
42	FW	NOR	Jonas Pereira	2	0	0+2	0	0	0
99	FW	CIV	Ghislain Guessan	3	1	3	1	0	0
Players out on loan
21	MF	NOR	Herman Kleppa	1	0	0	0	1	0
30	FW	NOR	Stian Michalsen	7	1	1+5	0	1	1
	DF	NOR	Erik Steen	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	NGA	Aniekpeno Udo	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club
4	DF	ENG	Michael Ledger	14	0	13	0	1	0
6	DF	EST	Karol Mets	18	0	16	0	2	0
7	MF	NGA	Samuel Adegbenro	16	6	15	6	0+1	0
9	FW	DEN	Patrick Pedersen	8	2	0+6	1	1+1	1
10	FW	GHA	Kwesi Appiah	12	3	10+2	3	0	0
23	FW	NIR	Robin Shroot	8	1	2+4	0	2	1

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Eliteserien	Norwegian Cup	Total
1	MF		7	Samuel Adegbenro	6	0	6
2	FW		27	Mathias Bringaker	4	1	5
3	FW		10	Tommy Høiland	4	0	4
	DF		28	Kristoffer Haugen	3	1	4
5	FW		10	Kwesi Appiah	3	0	3
	MF		18	Julian Ryerson	3	0	3
7	FW		9	Patrick Pedersen	1	1	2
				Own goal	2	0	2
9	DF		2	Rasmus Martinsen	1	0	1
	DF		3	Andreas Nordvik	1	0	1
	MF		7	George Green	1	0	1
	MF		9	Fredrik Torsteinbø	1	0	1
	FW		11	Zymer Bytyqi	1	0	1
	MF		14	André Danielsen	1	0	1
	FW		23	Robin Shroot	0	1	1
	FW		30	Stian Michalsen	0	1	1
	FW		99	Ghislain Guessan	1	0	1
				TOTALS	33	5	38

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Eliteserien		Norwegian Cup		Total
1		GK	Iven Austbø	1	0	0	0	1	0
2		DF	Rasmus Martinsen	3	1	0	0	3	1
4		DF	José Cruz	0	1	0	0	0	1
8		MF	Ross Jenkins	5	0	0	0	5	0
10		FW	Tommy Høiland	2	0	0	0	2	0
11		FW	Zymer Bytyqi	1	0	0	0	1	0
13		DF	Šime Gregov	1	1	0	0	1	1
14		MF	André Danielsen	4	1	0	0	4	1
15		GK	Amund Wichne	1	0	0	0	1	0
17		MF	Steffen Ernemann	4	0	0	0	4	0
18		MF	Julian Ryerson	6	0	0	0	6	0
22		DF	Claes Kronberg	0	0	1	0	1	0
25		FW	Usman Sale	4	0	0	1	4	1
27		FW	Mathias Bringaker	1	0	0	0	1	0
28		DF	Kristoffer Haugen	4	0	0	0	4	0
Players who left during the season:
6		DF	Karol Mets	3	0	0	0	3	0
7		MF	George Green	5	0	0	0	5	0
7		FW	Samuel Adegbenro	4	0	0	0	4	0
9		FW	Patrick Pedersen	1	0	0	0	1	0
23		FW	Robin Shroot	1	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	51	4	1	1	52	5

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