Norge Vikings

 Norge Vikings (222919)

Managed by ZeekLTK
Club information
Location	Michigan, USA
Arena	Fjord Field
Fan Club	Norsemen

The Norge Vikings are a club owned and operated in the United States by ZeekLTK who are currently in division V.233. The club is based in Michigan and plays its matches at Fjord Field.

History

The Norge Vikings were formed on Febuary 10, 2004, playing their first season in VI.130 during Season 22. The club finished 4th that season and then managed to beat out the Dallas Red Knights to capture the championship the following season. After earning first place, the Vikings were promoted to V.233 where they have been ever since, finishing 3rd in the inagural season followed by numerous top 5 finishes ever since.

In Season 30, the team's seventh season in V.233, the Vikings finally won the championship. The season started out poorly, with losses to KalveKEK and Greeley Soro in the first two weeks of the season. The manager decided that drastic measures needed to be taken to make the team competative, and the club purchased midfielder Andrea Vaccaro the following week for $2.2 million. Vaccaro was worth it, as he led the team to the 5th round of the US Open Cup, the furthest they had ever been. Combined with all-star keeper Dennis Figueroa and set piece specialist Peter Sedstad, Vaccaro led the team to an 11-1 finish in league play, including two back-to-back 3-1 wins over the defending champions Titan FC. In the last two weeks of the season, the Vikings avenged their earlier losses with 6-0 and 6-1 victories over Greeley Soro and KalevKEK to clinch the championship. Sedstad scored 4 goals in the final game against KalevKEK to ensure the Vikings first division V title, beating out Titan FC by 2 points in the standings, 33-31.

The Vikings also field a cricket team in Battrick. That squad competes in the West Indies division III.7. It was founded on April 29, 2005 and has competed in the same division, III.7, every season so far. Inbetween Seasons 5 and 6 the Vikings were put into the international spotlight when 24 year old wicket keeper Junior Mason was called up to the West Indies' national team.

The Norge Vikings have also competed in many cups over the seasons. The team won the Utopia Cup, a minor eight-team competition of teams from NCAA Utopia, in Season 23. The team also entered a Polish Cup (Polonia Cup II) during Season 24, which they fielded mostly reserve squads for. The Vikings were the only non-Polish team in the cup. The team managed to advance past the group stage, but lost in the first knockout round to the cup's eventual runner up, SKS Star.

The Vikings also originally created the Norge Invitational which was held from Seasons 23-26. It was discontinued as the Vikings preferred to compete in the newly formed V.233 Cup and did not even enter the Norge Invitational IV. In the competition, the team failed to advance from the group stage in two of the three appearances (I and III), and were eliminated in the first knockout round, the quarterfinals, in the only competition that they progressed from the group stage (II).

The Norge Vikings have also been a main force in establishing the V.233 Cup, which was first contested in Season 26 by 16 teams from 13 different nations, all of which were in Division V.233 at the time. The Vikings took second place in a group which included teams from Hungary, France, and Croatia to qualify for the knockout stage. There, they upset Hapoel Mishmar, the Israeli V.233 Champions that season, to advance to the semifinals. Their run was finally ended by a German team, the Mystic Knights, who went on to win the championship.

In the 2nd V.233 Cup (during Season 27) the Vikings again qualified for the knockout round by placing second in a group which included teams from Switzerland, Sweden, France, Malaysia, and Poland. The team was eliminated in the knockout round by the Portuguese side Congregação dos Infames, who ended up winning the Cup.

The Vikings participated in the 3rd V.233 Cup during Season 28. The team topped their group that included teams from Holland, Germany, Romania, Poland, and Bolivia. The Vikings knocked out FC Mazepa II from Romania in the first knockout round and then Vienna Bolzers from Austria in the quarterfinals before falling to FC Smuzie from Holland in the semifinals. FC Smuzie went on to beat Teenage Mutants Ninja Turtles from Oceania for the cup's championship.

In Season 29 the Vikings again participated in the 4th V.233 Cup but the cup was discontinued midway through due to the owner traveling to Bamako, Mali (Africa) for five weeks and not having access to update the tournament. By the time he returned to the United States, the season was over and it was impossible to resume the cup, which was still in the group stage. It was cancelled, and has not been continued since.

Season 31 saw the return of the Utopia Cup which the Vikings participated in again to defend their title from eight seasons ago. This edition was slightly larger than the first cup, with 13 teams participating. The Vikings did not get a first round BYE and promptly smashed their opening opposition, FC Stay Puft, 5-0. The next two fixtures saw the Vikings scrape out two one-goal victories in the quarterfinals and semifinals against Junior Irish (2-1) and Texas Aggies (3-2), respectively. The Vikings met Project Mayhem in the championship match, which was the team they had defeated in the first Utopia Cup championship back in Season 23. That time it was a 2-0 win for the Vikings. This time, with their top 2 keepers injured, the Vikings saw their former scoreline reversed as it was Project Mayhem winning 2-0 for the title.

Norge Vikings on Hattrick
Season 22 - 4th place in VI.130, Eliminated in US Open Cup Round 1, Fourth in Group Stage in Big Soccer Cup I
Season 23 - 1st place in VI.130, Eliminated in US Open Cup Round 2, Champion of Utopia Cup, Group Runner Up in Norge Invitational I
Season 24 - 3rd place in V.233, Eliminated in US Open Cup Round 1, Quarterfinalist in Norge Invitational II, Round of 32 in Polonia Cup II
Season 25 - 4th place in V.233, Eliminated in US Open Cup Round 3, Third in Group Stage in Norge Invitational III
Season 26 - 5th place in V.233, Eliminated in US Open Cup Round 2, Semifinalist in V.233 Cup
Season 27 - 2nd place in V.233, Eliminated in US Open Cup Round 3, Quarterfinalist in V.233 Cup
Season 28 - 5th place in V.233, Eliminated in US Open Cup Round 1, Semifinalist in V.233 Cup
Season 29 - 5th place in V.233, Eliminated in US Open Cup Round 4, Semifinalist in Big Soccer Cup VIII
Season 30 - 1st place in V.233, Eliminated in US Open Cup Round 5
Season 31 - ??? place in V.233, Eliminated in US Open Cup Round 3, Second Place in Utopia Cup II

Norge Vikings on Battrick
Season 1 - 5th place in III.7, Eliminated in West Indies Cup Round 3
Season 2 - 2nd place in III.7, Eliminated in West Indies Cup Round 4
Season 3 - 3rd place in III.7, Eliminated in West Indies Cup Round 2
Season 4 - 3rd place in III.7, Eliminated in West Indies Cup Round 3
Season 5 - 3rd place in III.7, Eliminated in West Indies Cup Round 3
Season 6 - ??? place in III.7, Eliminated in West Indies Cup Round 3

Trophies

V.233 Champions (Season 30)

Travel

The Vikings have visited numerous nations in hattrick. Below are all of the flags collected by the Vikings as of Februrary 21, 2007.

File:Norway.gif File:Sweden.gif File:Finland.gif File:England.gif File:Greece.gif File:Iceland.gif File:Peru.gif
File:Estonia.gif File:Chile.gif
File:Hungary.gif File:Israel.gif File:Czech Republic.gif File:FYR Macedonia.gif
File:Belarus.gif File:Switzerland.gif
File:Faroe Islands.gif File:India.gif File:Malta.gif File:Bosnia and Hercegovina.gif
File:Bolivia.gif File:Germany.gif File:Uruguay.gif File:Spain.gif
File:Ukraine.gif File:Honduras.gif File:Turkey.gif File:Paraguay.gif