Stian Elyounoussi

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26 Nov 2027
Friday
Process

Marked for Stian Elyounoussi

38 Edition

The Viking Sentinel

19 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Triumph

Player ratings

Edvin Austbø, 21, plays like he has been here for years — 8.36

A mark of 8.36 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 21-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.

Match

Viking cannot stop winning

4 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.

Squad

Veton Berisha in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Viking this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Peter Christiansen

Successful dribbles: 20. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

The terraces

Viking supporters have found a favourite in Edvin Austbø

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 21-year-old it feels ownership of. Edvin Austbø has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

Match

Edvin Austbø the difference as Viking beat Sarpsborg 08

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Edvin Austbø. 1‑0 against Sarpsborg 08, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

In brief

Back issues
37 Edition

The Viking Sentinel

12 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Player ratings

No sign of nerves from Jakob Segadal Hansen at 21 — 7.65

The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Jakob Segadal Hansen did not need any: 7.65, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Igor Dmitriev

Successful dribbles: 25. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Match

Nobody wants to play Viking right now

3 wins in a row changes how opponents warm up: quieter, more glances across. Runs end, everybody knows that — but nobody in this dressing room is planning for it.

Squad

Tempers go at Viking

Veton Berisha was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Match

Another one collected away from home

4 on the bounce on the road for Viking. The coaches leave early, arrive at unlovely grounds in the dark, and keep coming home with three points.

Boardroom

Graduation day at Viking

6 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.

The terraces

The crowd has taken to Jakob Segadal Hansen

At 21 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

Market

One of our own: Vegard Selnaes joins the Viking first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Vegard Selnaes is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market

One of our own: Vegard Meling joins the Viking first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Vegard Meling is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

In brief