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Gender:Male

Est:2008

Players:25

Vikingur

Also known as: GÍ Gøta, Leirvík ÍF

📍 Gøta, Faroe Islands, Faroe Islands•Faroe Islands Premier League

ID: team_134026

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About

Víkingur is a 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 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.

City:Gøta, Faroe Islands

Country:Faroe Islands

Stadium:Sarpugerði

Capacity:2,000

Home Venue

Sarpugerði

Capacity:2,000

Location:Gøta, Faroe Islands

Sarpugerði is a stadium in Norðragøta, Faroe Islands. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Víkingur Gøta and has a capacity of 1,600 (440 seated).