Viking FK

Viking
Full name	Viking Fotballklubb
Nickname(s)	De mørkeblå (The dark blues)
Founded	10 August 1899 (as Idrætsklubben Viking)
Ground	Viking Stadion, Stavanger
Capacity	15,900
Chairman	Jan Henrik Jelsa
Head coaches	Bjarte Lunde Aarsheim & Morten Jensen
League	Eliteserien
2023	Eliteserien, 4th of 16
Website	Club website
Home colours	Away colours
	Current season

Viking Fotballklubb, commonly known as Viking or Viking Stavanger internationally, is a Norwegian football club from the city of Stavanger. The club was founded in 1899. It is one of the most successful clubs in Norwegian football, having won 8 Norwegian top division titles, most recently in 1991, and 6 domestic Norwegian Cup titles, most recently in 2019. The club has played more top-flight league games than any other club in Norway.^[1] It has played in the top division since the league was established, except for the years 1966–67, 1987–88 and 2018.^[2] Notable European successes include knocking English side Chelsea out of the UEFA Cup during the 2002–03 season, knocking out Sporting CP from the same tournament in 1999–2000, and qualifying for the group stages of the 2005–06 UEFA Cup.

^ "Maratontabell". www.nifs.no (in Norwegian). Norsk & Internasjonal Fotballstatistikk. Archived from the original on 21 March 2023. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
^ "Viking Fotballklubb". www.snl.no (in Norwegian). Store norske leksikon. 4 July 2017. Archived from the original on 21 March 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2017.

[1] "Maratontabell". www.nifs.no (in Norwegian). Norsk & Internasjonal Fotballstatistikk. Archived from the original on 21 March 2023. Retrieved 13 December 2017.

[honours-2] "Viking Fotballklubb". www.snl.no (in Norwegian). Store norske leksikon. 4 July 2017. Archived from the original on 21 March 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2017.

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