Knattspyrnufélagið Víkingur

Infobox Football club
clubname = Víkingur


fullname = Knattspyrnufélagið Víkingur
nickname = "Víkingar" (Vikings)
founded = April 21,1908
ground = Víkin, Reykjavík, Iceland
capacity = 1,100
chairman = Björn Einarsson
manager = Jesper Tollefsen
league = 1. deild karla
season = 2007
position = Landsbankadeild, 10th
shirtsupplier = Prostar
shirtsponsors = Kaupthing Bank
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Knattspyrnufélagið Víkingur is a sports club in Reykjavík, Iceland. It is best known for its football team. The club was founded in 1908 and has been fairly successful over the years. Its last Icelandic title came in 1991, when the team won the Icelandic championship.

The club operates several other sport divisions including Team handball, Tennis, Table tennis, Karate & Skiing. All sports include both male and female teams.

Vikingur's coach is Magnús Gylfason, formerly a coach of ÍBV and KR Reykjavík.

Current squad

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*Coach: Jesper Tollefsen
**Appointed in the fall of 2007.
*Assistant Coach: Gunnar Örn Gunnarsson
*Physio: Veigur Sveinsson
*Chairman: Björn Einarsson
*Boardmember: Friðrik Magnússon
*Boardmember: Halldór Sæmundsson
*Boardmember: Heimir Gunnlaugsson
*Boardmember: Jón Otti Jónsson
*Boardmember: Kjartan Hjaltasted
*Secretary: Agnar Agnarsson

Club Honours

*Icelandic Champions: 1920, 1924, 1981, 1982, 1991
*Icelandic Cup: 1971
*Icelandic Champions of Champions: 1982, 1983
*Icelandic 1st Division Champions: 1969, 1971, 1973, 1987
*Reykjavik Champions: 1940, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1982
*Spring Champions: 1951

European Games

Champions Cup

*30.09.1992 Víkingur - CSKA Moskva 2 - 4
*16.09.1992 Víkingur - CSKA Moskva 0 - 1
*28.09.1983 Víkingur - Raba ETO 0 - 2
*14.09.1983 Víkingur - Raba ETO 1 - 2
*29.09.1982 Víkingur - Real Sociedad 2 - 3
*15.09.1982 Víkingur - Real Sociedad 0 - 1

Cup Winner's Cup

*27.9.1972 Víkingur - Legia 0 - 9
*13.9.1972 Víkingur - Legia 0 - 2

Other Information

*For the first 10 years of Vikingur's history, the team only lost one match. In that period Vikingur scored 58 goals and conceded 16. The team did not win a single title in that time because they did not yet have a senior side. It wasn't until 1918 that the team first competed in the Icelandic league.
*Vikingur have had players from Stoke City F.C. on loan before. In 2004 they also had two players on loan, Jermaine Palmer and Richard Keogh.
*The last time Vikingur played in the Icelandic top-flight, the team was relegated by conceding a 90th minute goal in their last match of the season against UMFG.
*While Vikingur's fan base is rather small, they have got a fan club in Dublin, Ireland, which goes by the name of "Jerry Palmer's Barmy Army"- dedicated to the former Vikingur goal machine.

Notable players

*flagicon|Scotland Alan Prentice
*flagicon|Iceland Arnór Guðjohnsen
*flagicon|England Carl Dickinson
*flagicon|Scotland Colin McKee
*flagicon|Scotland Gordon Hunter
*flagicon|Iceland Heimir Karlsson
*flagicon|Iceland Helgi Sigurðsson
*flagicon|Iceland Kári Árnason
*flagicon|Scotland Kevin Fotheringham
*flagicon|Iceland Lárus Guðmundsson
*flagicon|England Jermaine Palmer
*flagicon|Denmark Jimmy Høyer
*flagicon|Serbia Miloš Glogovac
*flagicon|England Richard Keogh
*flagicon|Serbia Sinisa Kekic
*flagicon|Iceland Sölvi Ottesen
*flagicon|Iceland Viktor Bjarki Arnarsson

External links

* [http://www.vikingur.is/ Official website]
* [http://www.vikingur.net Vikingur's supporters club]