Ungmennafélagið Víkingur

Ungmennafélagið Víkingur, also known as Víkingur Ólafsvík (to distinguish them from Víkingur Reykjavík), is an Icelandic football club from the town of Ólafsvík located on the west coast of Iceland situated on the western end of the Snæfellsnes. They played in the Úrvalsdeild, the Icelandic top tier, for the first time in 2013.

Víkingur Ólafsvík
Full nameUngmennafélagið Víkingur Ólafsvík
Founded1928
GroundÓlafsvíkurvöllur, Ólafsvík
Capacity1,130
ChairmanJóhann Pétursson
ManagerJón Páll Pálmason
LeagueInkasso-Deildin
20184th

History

The team has spent most of its history in the lowest league, but were promoted to the second tier for the 1975 season, but were instantly relegated back to the third tier, then the lowest tier. They didn't participate every season until recently, sending a merged team with other clubs from Snæfellsnes on occasion, and were last part of such a merger in the 2002 season. They sent a team under their name for the 2003 season and were instantly promoted to 2. deild karla, where they played in 2004 and were promoted again. They finished the 2005 1. deild karla season in a respectable fifth and stayed in that division until 2009, when they were relegated. They won the 2. deild in 2010 to bounce straight back up, finishing 4th, their best ever, in 2011. In the 2012 season Víkingur finished 2nd in the league, 9 points ahead of 3rd, to be promoted to the top tier for the first time. They played in the Úrvalsdeild for the first time in 2013. The team got relegated the following season but will play again in the top division in 2016, after having won the 2015 1. deild karla.

Current squad
As of 21 July 2018

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

No. Position Player
GK Einar Hjörleifsson
GK Fran Marmolejo
GK Konráð Ragnarsson
DF Emir Dokara
DF Nacho Heras
DF Emmanuel Keke
DF Michael Newberry
DF Kristófer Reyes
MF Óttar Ásbjörnsson
MF Kristófer James Eggertsson
MF Sanjin Horoz
MF Pétur Steinar Jóhannsson
MF Sigurjón Kristinsson
MF Sumarliði Kristmundsson
MF Sasha Litwin
No. Position Player
MF Kristinn Magnus Pétursson
MF Ibrahim Sorie
MF Vignir Snær Stefánsson
MF Ástbjörn Thórdarson
MF Brynjar Vilhjálmsson
MF Rashid Yussuff
MF Gonzalo Zamorano
FW Ívar Reynir Antonsson
FW Martin Kuittinen
FW Bjartur Bjarmi Barkarson
FW Hilmar Björnsson
FW Ragnar Smári Gudmundsson
FW Alexander Helgi Sigurdarson
FW Ingibergur Kort Sigurdsson
FW Jacob Getachew Andersen

Former players

For details of current and former players, see Category:Ungmennafélagið Víkingur players.

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