Viking Fotballklubb is a Norwegian football club from the city of Stavanger. The club was founded in 1899. Viking have played in the top division since the league was established in 1937, except for the years 1966–67, 1987–88 and 2018. In total, Viking have played 68 seasons in the first tier and 5 seasons in the second tier of Norwegian football. No other clubs have played more seasons in the top flight. The club has never played lower than the second tier.
Seasons Regional league SeasonRegional leagueCupDivision (Group)1911Kretsserien (Vesterlen)2nd1912Kretsserien (Vesterlen)2ndDNQ1913Kretsserien (Vesterlen)2ndDNQ1914Kretsserien (Vesterlen)2ndDNQ1915Kretsserien (Vesterlen)DNQ1916Kretsserien (Vesterlen)3rdDNQ1917Kretsserien (Vesterlen)4th1918Kretsserien (Vesterlen)4th1R1919Kretsserien (Vesterlen)2nd1R1920Kretsserien (Rogaland)3R1921Kretsserien (Rogaland)DNE1922Kretsserien (Rogaland)2R1923Kretsserien (Rogaland)1R1924Kretsserien (Rogaland)1R1925Kretsserien (Rogaland)SF1926Kretsserien (Rogaland)1st3R1927Kretsserien (Rogaland)4R1928Kretsserien (Rogaland)1st4R1929Kretsserien (Rogaland)1st4R1930Kretsserien (Rogaland)1stQF1931Kretsserien (Rogaland)4R1932Kretsserien (Rogaland)1st2R1933Kretsserien (Rogaland)1st1934Kretsserien (Rogaland)1st3R1935Kretsserien (Rogaland)1stSF1936Kretsserien (Rogaland)1st3R1937Kretsserien (Rogaland)1stQF
National league SeasonLeagueCupOther competitionsDivision (Group)Tier1937–38Norgesserien (Dist. V, B)1129033713+24181stQF 1938–39Norgesserien (Dist. V, B)125342019+1133rdSF 1939–40Norgesserien (Dist. V, B)8710318+23151st4R 1940–41QF 1945–464R 1946–473R 1947–48Norgesserien (Dist. V, B)112912298+21191st 1948–49Hovedserien (A)147432518+7183rdSF 1949–50Hovedserien (A)145632820+8163rd3R 1950–51Hovedserien (A)145451918+1144th3R 1951–52Hovedserien (A)145542119+2154thQF 1952–53Hovedserien (A)147342317+6174th2R 1953–54Hovedserien (A)144551920−1135thW 1954–55Hovedserien (A)146352324−1152ndQF 1955–56Hovedserien (A)145542526−1153rdSF 1956–57Hovedserien (A)145541915+4155thSF 1957–58Hovedserien (A)149323214+18211stQF 1958–59Hovedserien (A)147342517+8173rdSF 1959–60Hovedserien (A)146442518+7163rdW 1960–61Hovedserien (A)1454524240143rd4R 1961–62Hovedserien3014794948+1357th3R3R 19631. divisjon186572637−11177thSF 19641. divisjon185492237−15148th1R 19651. divisjon1853102032−12139thQF 19662. divisjon (B)2148242420+4182ndSF 19672. divisjon (A)1411035618+38221stQF 19681. divisjon1189363432+2213rd1R 19691. divisjon186661817+1185thQF 19701. divisjon188372720+7196th3R 19711. divisjon189454120+21223rdQF 19721. divisjon2216244215+27341st4RUEFA Cup2R19731. divisjon2213633013+17321stSFEuropean Cup1R19741. divisjon2211923110+21311stEuropean Cup1R19751. divisjon2212643820+18301stQFEuropean Cup1R19761. divisjon2261062421+3225th3REuropean Cup1R19771. divisjon229584134+7235th4R 19781. divisjon2212734222+20313rdSF 19791. divisjon2213633116+15321stWUEFA Cup1R19801. divisjon2210573427+7254thQFEuropean Cup1R19811. divisjon2211653230+2282ndSF 19821. divisjon2211743924+15291stSFUEFA Cup2R19831. divisjon228683134−3226th3REuropean Cup1R19841. divisjon229763323+10252nd 19851. divisjon228592836−8217th4RUEFA Cup1R19861. divisjon2257102333−101711th4R 19872. divisjon (A)2227693127+4328th1R 19882. divisjon (A)2214355625+31451st4R 19891. divisjon1229493633+3316thW 1990Tippeligaen2210574130+11355th4REuropean Cup Winners' Cup1R1991Tippeligaen2212553727+10411stQF 1992Tippeligaen224992534−9219thSFUEFA Champions League1R1993Tippeligaen2213273827+11414th4R 1994Tippeligaen2211654126+15393rd4R 1995Tippeligaen26124105542+13405th3RUEFA Cup1R1996Tippeligaen2612775032+18433rd4R 1997Tippeligaen2681084234+8348thSFUEFA Cup2QR1998Tippeligaen2614486644+22464th4R 1999Tippeligaen26113125148+3368th4RUEFA Cup2R2000Tippeligaen2613675139+12453rd 2001Tippeligaen2614754329+14493rdWUEFA Cup2R2002Tippeligaen26111144431+13444thQFUEFA Cup2R2003Tippeligaen2691074634+12375th4R 2004Tippeligaen2671273133−2339th3R 2005Tippeligaen2612593732+5415th4RUEFA CupGS2006Tippeligaen2685133137−62911thQF 2007Tippeligaen2614575040+10473rdQF 2008Tippeligaen2611693832+6396th4RUEFA Cup2QR2009Tippeligaen30911103840−23810th3R 2010Tippeligaen30101194841+7419thQF 2011Tippeligaen30910113340−73711thQF 2012Tippeligaen3014794136+5495th4R 2013Tippeligaen30121084136+5465th3R 2014 Tippeligaen3081210424203610thQF 2015 Tippeligaen30172115339+14535thSF 2016 Tippeligaen30127113335−2438th3R 2017Eliteserien3066183357−242416th2R 20181. divisjon23020196844+24611st2R 2019Eliteserien13013895542+13475thW 2020Eliteserien30128105452+2446thUEFA Europa League2QR2021Eliteserien3017676047+13573rdSF 2022Eliteserien3098134854−63511thQFUEFA Conference LeaguePO2023Eliteserien3018486148+13584th4R 2024Eliteserien3016956139+22573rd4R 2025Eliteserien3022537736+41711stSFUEFA Conference League3QR
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