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Norway
Shirt badge/Association crest
Association[[[Football Association of Norway|Norges Fotballforbund]]] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) (NFF)
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachPer-Mathias Høgmo
CaptainPer Ciljan Skjelbred
Most capsJohn Arne Riise (110)
Top scorerJørgen Juve (33)
Home stadiumUllevaal Stadion
FIFA codeNOR
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current49 Steady (5 May 2016)
Highest2 (October 1993, July–August 1995)
Lowest76 (September 2014)
First international
 Sweden 11–3 Norway 
(Gothenburg, Sweden; 12 July 1908)
Biggest win
 Norway 12–0 Finland 
(Bergen, Norway; 28 June 1946)[1]
Biggest defeat
 Denmark 12–0 Norway 
(Copenhagen, Denmark; 7 October 1917)
World Cup
Appearances3 (first in 1938)
Best resultRound of 16, 1998
European Championship
Appearances1 (first in 2000)
Best resultGroup Stage, 2000
Olympic medal record
Men's Football
Bronze medal – third place 1936 Berlin Team

The Norway national football team (Norwegian: Norges herrelandslag i fotball, Nynorsk: Det norske herrelandslaget i fotball)) represents Norway in international association football and is controlled by the Football Association of Norway, the governing body for football in Norway. Norway's home ground is Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo and their head coach is Per-Mathias Høgmo. It is as of October 2015 currently ranked by FIFA as the 34th best national team in the world.[2]

Norway has participated three times in the FIFA World Cup (1938, 1994, 1998), and once in the European Championship (2000).

Norway is also notable as the only national team that has never lost any of the matches it has had against Brazil. In four matches played, Norway has a record of two wins and two draws against Brazil, with one of those victories coming in the 1998 World Cup.

History

Main article: History of the Norway national football team

Norway's performances in international football have usually been weaker than those of their Scandinavian neighbours Sweden and Denmark, but they did have a golden age in the late 1930s. An Olympic team achieved third place in the 1936 Olympics, after beating the hosts Germany earlier in the tournament. Norway also qualified for the 1938 World Cup, where they lost 2–1 after extra time against eventual champions Italy. This turned out to be Norway's last World Cup finals appearance in 56 years.

In the post-war years, up to and including the 1980s, Norway was usually considered as one of the weaker nations in Europe. They never qualified for a World Cup or European Championship in this period, and usually finished near the bottom of their qualifying group. Nevertheless, Norway had a reputation for producing the occasional shock result, such as the 3–0 win against Yugoslavia in 1965, the 1–0 away win against France in 1968, and the 2–1 victory against England in 1981 that prompted radio commentator Bjørge Lillelien's famous "Your boys took a hell of a beating" rant.

Norway had their most successful period from 1990 to 1998 under the legendary coach Egil "Drillo" Olsen. At its height in the mid-90s the team was even ranked second on the FIFA World Rankings. Olsen started his training career with Norway with a 6–1 home victory against Cameroon on 31 October 1990 and ended it on 27 June 1998 after a 0–1 defeat against Italy in the second stage of the 1998 FIFA World Cup.

In the 1994 World Cup in the United States, Norway was knocked out at the group stage after a win against Mexico, a defeat against Italy and a draw against the Republic of Ireland. In France 1998, Norway was eliminated by Italy in the first round of the knock out stage after finishing second in their group, having drawn against Morocco and Scotland and won 2–1 against Brazil.

The former under-21 coach Nils Johan Semb replaced Olsen after the planned retirement of the latter. Under Semb's guidance, Norway qualified for the 2000 European Championship, which remains their last finals appearance to date. Semb resigned at the end of an unsuccessful qualifying campaign in 2003, and was replaced by Åge Hareide. Under Hareide, Norway came close to reaching both the 2006 World Cup and Euro 2008, but ultimately fell short on both occasions. Then, in 2008, it all fell apart, as Norway failed to win a single game the entire calendar year. Hareide resigned at the end of 2008. His replacement, initially on a temporary basis, was the returning Egil Olsen, who began his second spell in charge with an away win against Germany, and subsequently signed a three-year contract. Olsen resigned in September 2013 after Norway lost at home to Switzerland and failed to qualify for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. He was replaced with Per-Mathias Høgmo.

Norway's best single result is arguably the 2–1 win against Brazil on 23 June 1998 in the World Cup group stage (a game, before which Brazil were already the group winner). Norway is in fact the only team in the world that has played against Brazil and never lost. In its four matches all-time against Brazil, Norway have won twice, and drawn on the other two occasions.

Crest

Norway used the national flag on a white circle as their badge from the 1920s onwards. In May 2008 the NFF unveiled a new crest, a Viking-style Dragon wrapped around the NFF logo. After complaints were received the crest was dropped. Between the 1980s and the 1990s, Norway used the NFF logo in the opposite breast of the shirt together with the national flag on a white circle. On 12 December 2014, a new crest was presented. The crest primarily features the national flag, in addition, there are two lions taken from the Coat of arms of Norway on the top. The lions are facing each other while holding a blue miniature of the NFF logo, and between the lions and above the NFF logo it says "NORGE" (Norway) in blue letters.[3]

Championship records

World Cup

Main article: Norway at the FIFA World Cup
FIFA World Cup record FIFA World Cup Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
Uruguay 1930 Did Not Enter
Italy 1934
France 1938 Round 1 12 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 6 5
Brazil 1950 Did Not Enter
Switzerland 1954 Did Not Qualify 4 0 2 2 4 9
Sweden 1958 4 1 0 3 3 15
Chile 1962 4 0 0 4 3 11
England 1966 6 3 1 2 10 5
Mexico 1970 4 1 0 3 4 19
West Germany 1974 6 2 0 4 9 16
Argentina 1978 4 2 0 2 3 4
Spain 1982 8 2 2 4 8 15
Mexico 1986 8 1 3 4 4 10
Italy 1990 8 2 2 4 10 9
United States 1994 Group Stage 17 3 1 1 1 1 1 10 7 2 1 25 5
France 1998 Round of 16 15 4 1 2 1 5 5 8 6 2 0 21 2
South KoreaJapan 2002 Did Not Qualify 10 2 4 4 12 14
Germany 2006 12 5 3 4 12 9
South Africa 2010 8 2 4 2 9 7
Brazil 2014 10 3 3 4 10 13
Russia 2018 To be determined
Qatar 2022
Total Round of 16 3/20 8 2 3 3 7 8 116 40 29 47 153 168

European Championship

Main article: Norway at the UEFA European Football Championship
Year Round GP W D* L GS GA
France 1960 Did not qualify
Spain 1964
Italy 1968
Belgium 1972
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1976
Italy 1980
France 1984
West Germany 1988
Sweden 1992
England 1996
BelgiumNetherlands 2000 Group Stage 3 1 1 1 1 1
Portugal 2004 Did not qualify
AustriaSwitzerland 2008
PolandUkraine 2012
France 2016
Total 1/15 3 1 1 1 1 1

UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying

Play-offs

12 November 2015 (2015-11-12) Norway  0 – 1  Hungary Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo
20:45 UTC+1 Report Kleinheisler 20' Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)
15 November 2015 (2015-11-15) Hungary  2 – 1
(3 – 1 agg.)		  Norway Groupama Arena, Budapest
20:45 UTC+1 Priskin 14'
Henriksen 83' (o.g.)		 Report Henriksen 87' Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)

Current squad

The following squad was called up for the friendly matches against Estonia and Finland on 24 and 29 March 2016, respectively A. Le Coq Arena in Tallinn, Estonia and Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo, Norway.[4]
Caps and goals correct as of 29 March 2016, after the game against Finland.[5]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Rune Jarstein (1984-09-29) 29 September 1984 (age 39) 39 0 Germany Hertha Berlin
12 1GK Ørjan Nyland (1990-09-10) 10 September 1990 (age 34) 20 0 Germany Ingolstadt 04
22 1GK André Hansen (1989-12-17) 17 December 1989 (age 34) 3 0 Norway Rosenborg
2 2DF Haitam Aleesami (1991-07-31) 31 July 1991 (age 33) 5 0 Sweden IFK Göteborg
3 2DF Even Hovland (1989-02-14) 14 February 1989 (age 35) 14 0 Germany Nürnberg
4 2DF Stefan Strandberg (1990-07-25) 25 July 1990 (age 34) 5 0 Russia Krasnodar
5 2DF Jonas Svensson (1993-03-06) 6 March 1993 (age 31) 0 0 Norway Rosenborg|- class="nat-fs-player" 6 2DF Håvard Nordtveit (1990-06-21) 21 June 1990 (age 34) 28 2 Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach
14 2DF Omar Elabdellaoui (1991-12-05) 5 December 1991 (age 32) 22 0 Greece Olympiacos
17 2DF Martin Linnes (1991-09-20) 20 September 1991 (age 32) 13 0 Turkey Galatasaray
21 2DF Vegard Forren (1988-02-16) 16 February 1988 (age 36) 30 1 Norway Molde
8 3MF Stefan Johansen (1991-01-08) 8 January 1991 (age 33) 26 2 Scotland Celtic
11 3MF Martin Ødegaard (1998-12-17) 17 December 1998 (age 25) 9 0 Spain Real Madrid Castilla
13 3MF Fredrik Midtsjø (1993-08-11) 11 August 1993 (age 31) 1 0 Norway Rosenborg
15 3MF Per Ciljan Skjelbred (Captain) (1987-06-16) 16 June 1987 (age 37) 40 1 Germany Hertha Berlin
18 3MF Ole Selnæs (1994-07-07) 7 July 1994 (age 30) 2 0 France Saint-Etienne
19 3MF Ruben Yttergård Jenssen (1988-05-04) 4 May 1988 (age 36) 35 0 Germany Kaiserslautern|- class="nat-fs-player" 20 3MF Valon Berisha (1993-02-07) 7 February 1993 (age 31) 18 0 Austria Red Bull Salzburg
9 4FW Alexander Søderlund (1987-08-03) 3 August 1987 (age 37) 26 1 France Saint-Etienne
10 4FW Adama Diomandé (1990-02-14) 14 February 1990 (age 34) 3 0 England Hull City
16 4FW Fredrik Gulbrandsen (1992-09-10) 10 September 1992 (age 32) 3 0 Norway Molde
23 4FW Jo Inge Berget (1990-09-11) 11 September 1990 (age 34) 12 2 Sweden Malmö

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for the Norway squad within the last 12 months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Sten Grytebust (1989-10-25) 25 October 1989 (age 34) 2 0 Denmark OB v.  Sweden, 8 June 2015[a] [6]
DF Tom Høgli RET (1984-02-24) 24 February 1984 (age 40) 49 2 Denmark Copenhagen v.  Hungary, 15 November 2015 [7]
DF Vegar Eggen Hedenstad (1991-06-26) 26 June 1991 (age 33) 4 0 Germany Freiburg v.  Azerbaijan, 12 June 2015 [6]
DF Steffen Hagen (1986-03-08) 8 March 1986 (age 38) 3 0 Norway Odd v.  Azerbaijan, 12 June 2015 [6]
DF Ruben Gabrielsen (1992-03-10) 10 March 1992 (age 32) 0 0 Norway Molde v.  Croatia, 28 March 2015 [8]
DF Tore Reginiussen (1986-04-10) 10 April 1986 (age 38) 21 2 Norway Rosenborg v.  Croatia, 28 March 2015 [a] [8]
MF Markus Henriksen INJ (1992-07-25) 25 July 1992 (age 32) 24 2 Netherlands AZ v.  Hungary, 15 November 2015 [7]
MF Alexander Tettey INJ (1986-04-04) 4 April 1986 (age 38) 30 3 England Norwich City v.  Hungary, 15 November 2015 [7]
MF Jone Samuelsen (1984-07-06) 6 July 1984 (age 40) 10 0 Norway Odd v.  Italy, 13 October 2015 [9]
MF Magnus Wolff Eikrem (1990-08-08) 8 August 1990 (age 34) 16 0 Sweden Malmö v.  Azerbaijan, 12 June 2015 [6]
MF Anders Konradsen (1990-07-18) 18 July 1990 (age 34) 8 1 Norway Rosenborg v.  Azerbaijan, 12 June 2015 [6]
MF Henning Hauger (1985-07-17) 17 July 1985 (age 39) 23 0 Sweden Elfsborg v.  Sweden, 8 June 2015 [a] [6]
MF Harmeet Singh (1990-11-12) 12 November 1990 (age 33) 7 0 Norway Molde v.  Sweden, 8 June 2015 [a] [6]
MF Mats Møller Dæhli INJ (1995-03-02) 2 March 1995 (age 29) 12 1 Germany Freiburg v.  Croatia, 28 March 2015 [8]
FW Joshua King INJ (1992-01-15) 15 January 1992 (age 32) 19 4 England Bournemouth v.  Estonia, 24 March 2016 [a] [4]
FW Veton Berisha (1994-04-13) 13 April 1994 (age 30) 0 0 Germany Greuther Fürth v.  Hungary, 15 November 2015 [7]
FW Pål André Helland INJ (1990-01-04) 4 January 1990 (age 34) 4 0 Norway Rosenborg v.  Hungary, 15 November 2015 [7]
FW Mohamed Elyounoussi (1994-08-04) 4 August 1994 (age 30) 5 0 Norway Molde v.  Hungary, 15 November 2015 [7]
FW Marcus Pedersen INJ (1990-06-08) 8 June 1990 (age 34) 9 1 Norway Strømsgodset v.  Hungary, 15 November 2015 [7]
FW Håvard Nielsen (1993-07-15) 15 July 1993 (age 31) 14 2 Germany Freiburg v.  Croatia, 6 September 2015 [10]
FW Tarik Elyounoussi INJ (1988-02-23) 23 February 1988 (age 36) 39 9 Germany Hoffenheim v.  Sweden, 8 June 2015 [6]
FW Mohammed Abdellaoue INJ (1985-10-23) 23 October 1985 (age 38) 33 7 Norway Vålerenga v.  Croatia, 28 March 2015 [8]
Notes
  • [a] Withdrew from squad.
  • INJ Injured or recovering from surgery.
  • PRE Preliminary squad.
  • RET Retired from international football.
  • SUS Suspended from competitive match.

Individual all-time records

John Arne Riise is the most capped player in the history of Norway with 110 caps.
  Still active players are highlighted

Top appearances

Main article: List of Norway international footballers
# Player Career Matches
1 John Arne Riise 2000–2013 110
2 Thorbjørn Svenssen 1947–1962 104
3 Henning Berg 1992–2004 100
4 Erik Thorstvedt 1982–1996 97
5 John Carew 1998–2011 91
Brede Hangeland 2002–2014 91
7 Øyvind Leonhardsen 1990–2003 86
8 Kjetil Rekdal 1987–2000 83
Morten Gamst Pedersen 2004–2014 83
10 Steffen Iversen 1998–2011 79

Last updated: 9 September 2014
Source: RSSSF.no

Top goalscorers

Jørgen Juve is the top goalscorer in the history of Norway with 33 goals.
# Player Career Goals Matches Average
1 Jørgen Juve 1928–1937 33 45 0.73
2 Einar Gundersen 1917–1928 26 33 0.79
3 Harald Hennum 1949–1960 25 43 0.58
4 John Carew 1998–2011 24 91 0.26
5 Ole Gunnar Solskjær 1995–2007 23 67 0.34
Tore André Flo 1995–2004 23 76 0.30
7 Gunnar Thoresen 1946–1959 22 64 0.34
8 Steffen Iversen 1998–2011 21 79 0.27
9 Jan Åge Fjørtoft 1986–1996 20 71 0.28
10 Odd Iversen 1967–1979 19 45 0.42
Olav Nilsen 1962–1971 19 62 0.31
Øyvind Leonhardsen 1990–2003 19 86 0.22

Last updated: 9 September 2014
Source: RSSSF.no

Managers

The following is a list of all managers of the national team. Prior to 1953, the team was selected by a selection committee, which also continued to select the team until 1969. The table lists the manager, his nationality, the period he was manager, games played (P), games won (W), games drawn (D), games lost (L), goals for (F) and goals against (A). It also lists any finals reached and how far the team progressed. The list is up to date as of 15 November 2015.[11][12]

Manager Nationality Tenure P W D L F A Finals
Willibald Hahn Austria Austria 1 August 1953 – 31 December 1955 26 7 7 12 28 42
Ron Lewin England England 1 January 1956 – 31 December 1957 17 5 4 8 25 38
Edmund Majowski Poland Poland 1 January 1958 – 15 September 1958 5 3 1 1 10 8
Ragnar Larsen Norway Norway 16 September 1958 – 31 December 1958 1 0 0 1 1 4
Kristian Henriksen Norway Norway 1 January 1959 – 31 December 1959 10 3 0 7 15 29
Wilhelm Kment Austria Austria 1 January 1960 – 15 August 1962 20 6 2 12 32 45
Ragnar Larsen Norway Norway 16 August 1962 – 31 December 1966 33 11 7 15 47 74
Wilhelm Kment Austria Austria 1 January 1967 – 31 December 1969 25 9 3 13 39 61
Øivind Johannessen Norway Norway 1 January 1970 – 31 December 1971 17 4 2 11 18 43
George Curtis England England 1 January 1972 – August 1974 17 4 2 11 18 43
Kjell Schou-Andreassen and
Nils Arne Eggen		 Norway Norway August 1974 – 31 December 1977 27 6 4 17 26 52
Tor Røste Fossen Norway Norway 1 January 1978 – 30 June 1987 94 28 28 38 96 119
Tord Grip Sweden Sweden 1 July 1987 – 30 June 1988 7 0 4 3 3 7
Ingvar Stadheim Norway Norway 1 July 1988 – 10 October 1990 24 5 8 11 32 37
Egil Olsen Norway Norway 11 October 1990 – 30 June 1998 88 46 26 16 168 63 1994 World Cup – Group stage
1998 World Cup – Round of 16
Nils Johan Semb Norway Norway 1 July 1998 – 31 December 2003 68 29 21 18 89 61 Euro 2000 – Group stage
Åge Hareide Norway Norway 1 January 2004 – 8 December 2008 58 24 18 16 88 65
Egil Olsen Norway Norway 14 January 2009 – 27 September 2013 48 25 8 15 62 46
Per-Mathias Høgmo Norway Norway 27 September 2013 – 25 7 6 12 21 33

All-time team record

The following table shows Norway's all-time international record, correct as of 12 November 2015.[13]

Results and fixtures

2015

28 March 2015 Euro 2016 Q
Group H		 Croatia  5–1  Norway Zagreb, Croatia
18:00 UTC+1 Brozović 30'
Perišić 53'
Olić 63'
Schildenfeld 90'
Pranjić 90'		 Report Tettey 81' Stadium: Maksimir Stadium
Attendance: 23,912
Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)
8 June 2015 Friendly Norway  0–0  Sweden Oslo, Norway
20:00 UTC+1 Report Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion
Attendance: 26,659
Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)
12 June 2015 Euro 2016 Q
Group H		 Norway  0–0  Azerbaijan Oslo, Norway
20:45 UTC+2 Report Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion
Attendance: 21,228
Referee: Paweł Gil (Poland)
3 September 2015 Euro 2016 Q
Group H		 Bulgaria  0–1  Norway Sofia, Bulgaria
21:45 UTC+3 Report Forren 57' Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Attendance: 12,913
Referee: Bas Nijhuis (Netherlands)
6 September 2015 Euro 2016 Q
Group H		 Norway  2–0  Croatia Oslo, Norway
18:00 UTC+2 Berget 51'
Ćorluka 69' (o.g.)		 Report Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion
Attendance: 26,751
Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)
10 October 2015 (2015-10-10) Euro 2016 Q
Group H		 Norway  2–0  Malta Oslo, Norway
18:00 UTC+2 Tettey 19'
Søderlund 52'		 Report Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion
Attendance: 27,120
Referee: Arnold Hunter (Northern Ireland)
13 October 2015 (2015-10-13) Euro 2016 Q
Group H		 Italy  2–1  Norway Rome, Italy
20:45 UTC+2 Florenzi 73'
Pellè 82'		 Report Tettey 23' Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
12 November 2015 (2015-11-12) Euro 2016 Q
Play-offs		 Norway  0–1  Hungary Oslo, Norway
20:45 UTC+1 Report Kleinheisler 26' Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion
Attendance: 27,182
Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)
15 November 2015 (2015-11-15) Euro 2016 Q
Play-offs		 Hungary  2–1  Norway Budapest, Hungary
20:45 UTC+1 Priskin 14'
Henriksen 83' (o.g.)		 Report Henriksen 87' Stadium: Groupama Arena
Attendance: 22,189
Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)

2016

24 March 2016 Friendly Estonia  0–0  Norway Tallinn, Estonia
18:00 Report Stadium: A. Le Coq Arena
Attendance: 2,892
Referee: Andrew Dallas (Scotland
29 March 2016 Friendly Norway  2–0  Finland Oslo, Norway
20:00 Berget 57'
Johansen 84'		 Report Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion
Referee: Neil Doyle (Republic of Ireland)
29 May 2016 Friendly Portugal  v  Norway
1 June 2016 Friendly Norway  v  Iceland
5 June 2016 Friendly Belgium  v  Norway

Kit suppliers

Since 1996, Norway's kit has been supplied by Umbro. They took over from Adidas who supplied Norway's kit between 1992 to 1996.

Norway and Nike have announced a new partnership that will see the sportswear provider become the official Norwegian team kit supplier from 1 January 2015. The new partnership will run until at least until 2021.

See also

Notes


References

  1. ^ http://www.rsssf.no/1946/National.html
  2. ^ http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/ranking/lastranking/gender=m/fullranking.html
  3. ^ "Dette emblemet skal pryde den norske landslagsdrakta". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help) Retrieved 12 December 2014
  4. ^ a b Norges tropp mot Estland og Finland, fotball.no (15 mars 2016)
  5. ^ "Finn klubber, lag, personer og anlegg". Retrieved 11 June 2015.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h Norges tropp mot Sverige og Aserbajdsjan, fotball.no (28 May 2015)
  7. ^ a b c d e f g Her er troppen til kampene mot Ungarn, fotball.no (3 November 2015)
  8. ^ a b c d Her er troppen mot Kroatia, fotball.no (17 March 2015)
  9. ^ Norges tropp mot Malta og Italia, fotball.no (28 September 2015)
  10. ^ Her er troppen mot Bulgaria og Kroatia, fotball.no (25 August 2015)
  11. ^ "National team coaches (1953–2011)". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 26 March 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2011.
  12. ^ "Norwegian National Football Team Matches". NFF. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
  13. ^ EU-football.info

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