Ungmennafélagið Víkingur

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Víkingur Ólafsvík
Full name Ungmennafélagið Víkingur Ólafsvík
Founded 1928
Ground Ólafsvíkurvöllur, Ólafsvík
Ground Capacity 1,130
Chairman Jónas Gestur Jónasson
Manager Ejub Purisevic
League Pepsi deildin

Ungmennafélagið Víkingur, also known as Víkingur Ólafsvík, 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.

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 May 2016

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

No. Position Player
1 Iceland GK Einar Hjörleifsson
2 Spain DF Alexis Egea Acame
3 Togo MF Farid Zato-Arouna
4 Iceland MF Egill Jónsson
5 Iceland MF Björn Pálsson
6 Iceland MF Óttar Ásbjörnsson
7 Poland DF Tomasz Luba
8 Brazil MF William Dominguez Da Silva
9 Iceland FW Kristinn Magnús Pétursson
10 Iceland FW Þorsteinn Már Ragnarsson (Captain)
11 Iceland MF Gísli Eyjólfsson (loan from Breiðablik)
12 Iceland MF Þórhallur Kári Knútsson (loan from Stjarnan)
No. Position Player
13 Bosnia and Herzegovina DF Emir Dokara
15 Sweden DF Pontus Nordenberg
17 Croatia FW Hrvoje Tokić
18 Iceland FW Alfreð Már Hjaltalín
19 Iceland FW Papa Mamadou Faye
20 Iceland MF Leó Örn Þrastarson
21 Iceland FW Fannar Hilmarsson
22 Iceland MF Vignir Snær Stefánsson
23 Bosnia and Herzegovina DF Admir Kubat
24 Bosnia and Herzegovina MF Kenan Turudija
30 Spain GK Cristian Martinez Liberato

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