The three-time CL champion Vipers Kristiansand ends as a club with a lot of of red digits in the economy. Late Sunday evening, the news came that the board found no possibility to prolong the effort.
**** UPDATE: Half a day after the first communication, Vipers presented an update where the bankruptcy is avoided and the club will be run by a new board.**** Read More >>
Viper’s financial problems have been in the public eye for at least six months. During the spring, a rescue operation was successful in which the players, among other things, participated by collecting money.
The club also changed the board and communicated some positive news. But the shock announcement that 25 million Norwegian kroner was missing and needed to be deposited into the account within a few days finally pulled the plug for the venture that yielded seven Norwegian league golds and took the CL trophy in 2021-23.
– Vipers Kristiansand have played their last home game. You can tell by the look on my face that this is incredibly painful.
– We have done our best to preserve the club, said chairman Peter Gitmark during a press conference.
The star signing, Anna Vyakhireva departed earlier in 2024 for Brest Bretagne HB but Lois Abbingh, Jamina Roberts, Silje Solberg and many more lose their jobs.
A total of 19 players become out of contract. All Vipers’ results during the autumn, in the league games and Champions League are deleted.
According to information to VG and TV2, Vipers was far from collecting the 25 million kroner that was needed, nor could the minimum requirement of ten to twelve million be met according to Norwegian media.