Knattspyrnufélagið Víkingur

Víkingur

Víkingar (Vikings)

Founded

Ground

Chairman

Björn Einarsson

Manager

Jesper Tollefsen

League

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.

[edit] Current squad

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Ingvar Þór Kale (on loan to Berserkir)
3	MF	Arnar Jón Sigurgeirsson
5	DF	Miloš Glogovac
6	MF	Haukur Armin Úlfarsson
8	MF	Gunnar Kristjánsson
9	FW	Sinisa Kekic
12	GK	Kjartan Olafsson (on loan to Berserkir)
13	DF	Valur Adolf Úlfarsson
14	MF	Pétur Örn Svansson
17	MF	Stefán Kári Sveinbjörnsson
21	DF	Þorvaldur Sveinn Sveinsson
22	GK	Magnús Þór Magnússon
23	FW	Egill Atlason
24	MF	Arnar Jónsson
25	DF	Hörður Sigurjón Bjarnason

No.	Position	Player
26	DF	Kristján Vilhjálmsson
27	FW	Arnar Þórarinsson
29	MF	Jón Steinar Ágústsson
31	DF	Örn Úlfarsson
	GK	Orri Einarsson
	DF	Runólfur Sveinn Sigmundsson
	MF	Kári Einarsson
	MF	Chris Vorenkamp
	DF	Andri Tómast Gunnarsson (on loan to Berserkir)
	MF	Halldór Smári Sigurðsson (on loan to Berserkir)
	MF	Viktor Sigurjónsson
4	MF	Jón Guðbrandsson (out of contract)
7	FW	Björn Viðar Ásbjörnsson (out of contract)
10	MF	Jökull Elisabetarson (out of contract)
28	MF	Jón Björgvin Hermannsson (out of contract)

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.