Víkingur Gøta
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| Full name | GÍ/LÍF Víkingur |
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| Nickname(s) | Vikings |
| Founded | 4 February 2008 |
| Ground |
Serpugerdi Stadium Gøta, Faroe Islands |
| Capacity | 2,000 |
| Chairman | Brandur Jacobsen |
| Manager | Sámal Erik Hentze (Bagge) |
| League | Effodeildin |
| 2016 | Effodeildin, 1st |
| Website | Club home page |
Víkingur is a semi professional football club in the Faroe Islands. The club was founded in 2008 after the merger of GÍ Gøta and Leirvík ÍF. The club is based in Leirvík, while the stadium is in Norðragøta. Both are located on the island of Eysturoy and are about 5 kilometers away from each other. They are usually just referred to as Víkingur. In 2016 the club won the Faroese championship for the first time.
In November 2007, GÍ Gøta and 1. deild club Leirvík ÍF merged. Originally the new name of the club was undecided, but on 4 February 2008, the name of the club was chosen by working together the old names of the previous clubs. Most of the players that formed the squad were former GÍ players, but some of players from Leirvík ÍF were also included.
Víkingur debuted in the Vodafonedeildin on 31 March 2008, the first match was a meeting at home against B68 Toftir, Víkingur 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 Víkingur finished 3rd in the league, three points ahead of NSÍ Runavík. In the Faroese Cup, they recorded a 5–0 win in the first round against MB Midvagur, in quarter-final Víkingur knocked out HB Torshavn defeating them 2–1. The cup run continued when they defeated ÍF over two legs, 1–0 away and 5–0 at home. Their opponents in the final were EB/Streymur, Víkingur were winning 2–1 in the second half against favourites EB/Streymur, when Finnur Justinussen scored with 3 minutes to go, to seal the win. EB managed to score a goal minutes later, but the match finished 3–2 and Víkingur won the trophy.
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