Vikingur

Vikingur is a semi-professional football club in the Faroe Islands. The club was founded in 2008 after the merger of GI Gota and Leirvik IF. The club is based in Leirvik, while the stadium is in Norðragota. Both villages are part of the same municipality Eysturkommuna, located on the island of Eysturoy and about 5 kilometers away from each other. The club won the Faroese championship for the first time in the 2016 season. In the 2017 season, Vikingur won the championship again.

History

Vikingur was founded on 14 January 2008 with the merger of first division GI Gota and second division club Leirvik IF. The clubs from two villages linked by a 2.2km tunnel through a mountain named the new club in honour to Trondur i Gotu, a Viking chief from around 1,000 years ago who lived in the settlement that bears his name, and Leirvik which has also Viking origins. First contacts for a merger of the two clubs date back to 2006, but only in summer 2007 drafts for a merger started. On 14 January 2008 in front of 180 members in Leirvik, the merger was decided with the temporary name of a combination of the previous clubs: GI/LIF. Finally, on 4 February, the new name Vikingur was announced, as the best choice out of 18 name proposals.

Vikingur debuted in the Vodafonedeildin on 31 March 2008, the first match was a meeting at home against B68 Toftir, Vikingur won the match 4–1. It was a mixed season for them, one of the highest points of the season was a 5–0 win at B71 Sandoy. They finished their debut season in a respectable 5th place. They went out of the Faroe Islands Cup at the first hurdle, the match against 07 Vestur was 1–1 after extra time and lost 4–2 in a Penalty shoot-out.

In the 2009 season, Vikingur finished 3rd in the league, three points ahead of NSI Runavik. In the Faroese Cup, they recorded a 5–0 win in the first round against MB Midvagur, in quarter-final Vikingur knocked out HB Torshavn defeating them 2–1. The cup run continued when they defeated IF over two legs, 1–0 away and 5–0 at h

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