Norway national football team

Norway
Association Norges Fotballforbund (NFF)
Confederation UEFA (Europe)
Head coach Lars Lagerbäck
Captain Stefan Johansen
Most caps John Arne Riise (110)
Top scorer Jørgen Juve (33)
Home stadium Ullevaal Stadion
FIFA code NOR
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 88 Decrease 1 (6 July 2017)
Highest 2 (October 1993, July–August 1995)
Lowest 88 (July 2017)
Elo ranking
Current 71 Steady (7 May 2017)
Highest 6 (June 2000)
Lowest 91 (May–June 1976)
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
Appearances 3 (first in 1938)
Best result Round of 16, 1998
European Championship
Appearances 1 (first in 2000)
Best result Group Stage, 2000
Olympic medal record
Men's Football
1936 Berlin Team

The Norway men's national football team (Norwegian: Norges herrelandslag 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 Lars Lagerbäck. It is, as of April 2017, ranked by FIFA as the 86th best national team in the world.[2]

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

Norway is also notable as the only national team that has never lost any of the matches it has played against Brazil. In four matches played, Norway has a 2–2–0 (2 wins and 2 draws) record against Brazil, with one of those victories coming in the 1998 World Cup.

History

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 FIFA 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 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 the 1998 World Cup in France, 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.

Former under-21 coach Nils Johan Semb replaced Olsen after the planned retirement of the latter. Under Semb's guidance, Norway qualified for Euro 2000, 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 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 match before Brazil had clinched first-place in the group). 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 massive public pressure 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

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 5 1 0 4 5 9
Qatar 2022
Total Round of 16 3/22 8 2 3 3 7 8 121 41 29 51 158 177

UEFA European Championship

Year Round GP W D* L GS GA
France 1960Did 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 2000Group Stage311111
Portugal 2004Did not qualify
AustriaSwitzerland 2008
PolandUkraine 2012
France 2016
Total1/15311111

FIFA World Cup 2018 qualifying

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Germany 6 6 0 0 27 1 +26 18 Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup 2–0 3–0 8 Oct 4 Sep 7–0
2  Northern Ireland 6 4 1 1 11 2 +9 13 Possible second round[lower-alpha 1] 5 Oct 4 Sep 4–0 2–0 4–0
3  Czech Republic 6 2 3 1 9 5 +4 9 1 Sep 0–0 0–0 2–1 8 Oct
4  Azerbaijan 6 2 1 3 3 9 6 7 1–4 0–1 5 Oct 1–0 4 Sep
5  Norway (Y) 6 1 1 4 6 10 4 4 0–3 8 Oct 1–1 1 Sep 4–1
6  San Marino (E) 6 0 0 6 1 30 29 0 0–8 1 Sep 0–6 0–1 5 Oct
Updated to match(es) played on 10 June 2017. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(E) Eliminated; (Y) Cannot qualify directly, but can still qualify via play-offs.
Notes:
  1. The eight best runners-up across all groups will advance to the second round (play-offs). The ninth-ranked runners-up will be eliminated.

Current squad

The following squad was called up for the 2018 World Cup qualifier matches against Czech Republic on 10 June 2017 and in a friendly against Sweden on 13 June 2017.[4]

Caps and goals correct as of 13 June 2017, after the friendly against Sweden.[5]

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Rune Jarstein (1984-09-29) 29 September 1984 46 0 Germany Hertha BSC
12 1GK Ørjan Nyland (1990-09-10) 10 September 1990 24 0 Germany FC Ingolstadt
22 1GK Mathias Dyngeland (1995-10-07) 7 October 1995 0 0 Norway Sogndal

2 2DF Haitam Aleesami (1991-07-31) 31 July 1991 14 0 Italy Palermo
3 2DF Even Hovland (1989-02-14) 14 February 1989 24 0 Germany 1. FC Nürnberg
4 2DF Sigurd Rosted (1994-07-22) 22 July 1994 0 0 Norway Sarpsborg 08
5 2DF Gustav Valsvik (1993-05-26) 26 May 1993 3 0 Germany Eintracht Braunschweig
6 2DF Håvard Nordtveit (1990-06-21) 21 June 1990 32 2 Germany Hoffenheim
14 2DF Per Egil Flo (1989-01-18) 18 January 1989 5 0 Czech Republic Slavia Praha
16 2DF Jonas Svensson (1993-03-06) 6 March 1993 8 0 Netherlands AZ Alkmaar
17 2DF Birger Meling (1994-12-17) 17 December 1994 0 0 Norway Rosenborg

8 3MF Stefan Johansen (Captain) (1991-01-08) 8 January 1991 35 3 England Fulham
11 3MF Mohamed Elyounoussi (1994-08-04) 4 August 1994 8 1 Switzerland Basel
13 3MF Anders Trondsen (1995-03-30) 30 March 1995 2 0 Norway Sarpsborg 08
15 3MF Sander Berge (1998-02-14) 14 February 1998 3 0 Belgium Racing Genk
18 3MF Ole Selnæs (1994-07-07) 7 July 1994 10 0 France Saint-Étienne
20 3MF Mats Møller Dæhli (1995-03-02) 2 March 1995 16 1 Germany FC St. Pauli
21 3MF Fredrik Midtsjø (1993-08-11) 11 August 1993 1 0 Norway Rosenborg
23 3MF Jo Inge Berget (1990-09-11) 11 September 1990 17 2 Sweden Malmö FF
3MF Markus Henriksen (1992-07-25) 25 July 1992 30 2 England Hull City

7 4FW Ohi Omoijuanfo (1994-01-10) 10 January 1994 1 0 Norway Stabæk
9 4FW Alexander Søderlund (1987-08-03) 3 August 1987 29 2 France Saint-Étienne
10 4FW Tarik Elyounoussi (1988-02-23) 23 February 1988 43 9 Greece Olympiacos
19 4FW Bjørn Maars Johnsen (1991-11-06) 6 November 1991 2 0 Netherlands ADO Den Haag

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 André Hansen (1989-12-17) 17 December 1989 3 0 Norway Rosenborg v.  Northern Ireland, 26 March 2017
GK Sten Grytebust (1989-10-25) 25 October 1989 2 0 Denmark Odense v.  Czech Republic, 11 November 2016

DF Vegard Forren (1988-02-16) 16 February 1988 33 1 Norway Molde v.  Czech Republic, 11 November 2016
DF Omar Elabdellaoui INJ (1991-12-05) 5 December 1991 24 0 England Hull City v.  Czech Republic, 10 June 2017
DF Tore Reginiussen INJ (1986-04-10) 10 April 1986 22 2 Norway Rosenborg v.  Czech Republic, 10 June 2017
DF Martin Linnes INJ (1991-09-20) 20 September 1991 15 0 Turkey Galatasaray v.  Czech Republic, 10 June 2017
DF Stefan Strandberg (1990-07-25) 25 July 1990 10 0 Russia Krasnodar v.  Czech Republic, 11 November 2016
DF Jonathan Parr (1988-10-21) 21 October 1988 9 0 Norway Strømsgodset v.  San Marino, 11 October 2016
DF Vegar Eggen Hedenstad (1991-06-26) 26 June 1991 4 0 Norway Rosenborg v.  Northern Ireland, 26 March 2017
DF Jørgen Skjelvik (1991-07-05) 5 July 1991 4 0 Norway Rosenborg v.  Northern Ireland, 26 March 2017
DF Fredrik Semb Berge (1990-02-06) 6 February 1990 3 0 Norway Odd v.  Northern Ireland, 26 March 2017
DF Thomas Rogne (1990-06-29) 29 June 1990 2 0 Sweden IFK Göteborg v.  Germany, 4 September 2016
DF Ruben Gabrielsen (1992-03-10) 10 March 1992 0 0 Norway Molde v.  San Marino, 11 October 2016

MF Per Ciljan Skjelbred RET (1987-06-16) 16 June 1987 43 1 Germany Hertha BSC v.  Czech Republic, 11 November 2016
MF Ruben Yttergård Jenssen (1988-05-04) 4 May 1988 39 0 Netherlands Groningen v.  Czech Republic, 11 November 2016
MF Alexander Tettey RET (1986-04-04) 4 April 1986 34 3 England Norwich City v.  Czech Republic, 11 November 2016
MF Valon Berisha KOS (1993-02-07) 7 February 1993 20 0 Austria Red Bull Salzburg v.  Belarus, 31 August 2016
MF Magnus Wolff Eikrem (1990-08-08) 8 August 1990 17 0 Sweden Malmö FF v.  Germany, 4 September 2016
MF Anders Konradsen (1990-07-18) 18 July 1990 8 1 Norway Rosenborg v.  Northern Ireland, 26 March 2017
MF Martin Samuelsen (1997-04-17) 17 April 1997 3 1 England West Ham United v.  Czech Republic, 11 November 2016

FW Mohammed Abdellaoue (1985-10-23) 23 October 1985 33 7 Norway Vålerenga v.  Germany, 4 September 2016
FW Joshua King (1992-01-15) 15 January 1992 28 7 England Bournemouth v.  Northern Ireland, 26 March 2017
FW Adama Diomande (1990-02-14) 14 February 1990 11 1 England Hull City v.  Northern Ireland, 26 March 2017
FW Alexander Sørloth (1995-12-05) 5 December 1995 7 1 Denmark Midtjylland v.  San Marino, 11 October 2016
FW Pål André Helland (1990-01-04) 4 January 1990 6 1 Norway Rosenborg v.  Czech Republic, 11 November 2016
FW Veton Berisha (1994-04-13) 13 April 1994 4 1 Germany Greuther Fürth v.  Northern Ireland, 26 March 2017
Notes

Individual all-time records

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

Top appearances

# 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 male 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 26 March 2017.[6][7]

Manager Nationality Tenure P W D L F A Finals
Hahn, WillibaldWillibald Hahn Austria Austria 1 August 1953 – 31 December 1955 26 7 7 12 28 42
Lewin, RonRon Lewin England England 1 January 1956 – 31 December 1957 17 5 4 8 25 38
Majowski, EdmundEdmund Majowski Poland Poland 1 January 1958 – 15 September 1958 5 3 1 1 10 8
Larsen, RagnarRagnar Larsen Norway Norway 16 September 1958 – 31 December 1958 1 0 0 1 1 4
Henriksen, KristianKristian Henriksen Norway Norway 1 January 1959 – 31 December 1959 10 3 0 7 15 29
Kment, WilhelmWilhelm Kment Austria Austria 1 January 1960 – 15 August 1962 20 6 2 12 32 45
Larsen, RagnarRagnar Larsen Norway Norway 16 August 1962 – 31 December 1966 33 11 7 15 47 74
Kment, WilhelmWilhelm 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
Curtis, GeorgeGeorge Curtis England England 1 January 1972 – August 1974 17 4 2 11 18 43
Schou-Andreassen, KjellKjell Schou-Andreassen and
Nils Arne Eggen
Norway Norway August 1974 – 31 December 1977 27 6 4 17 26 52
Fossen, Tor RøsteTor Røste Fossen Norway Norway 1 January 1978 – 30 June 1987 94 28 28 38 96 119
Grip, TordTord Grip Sweden Sweden 1 July 1987 – 30 June 1988 7 0 4 3 3 7
Stadheim, IngvarIngvar Stadheim Norway Norway 1 July 1988 – 10 October 1990 24 5 8 11 32 37
Olsen, EgilEgil 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
Semb, Nils JohanNils Johan Semb Norway Norway 1 July 1998 – 31 December 2003 68 29 21 18 89 61 Euro 2000 – Group stage
Hareide, ÅgeÅge Hareide Norway Norway 1 January 2004 – 8 December 2008 58 24 18 16 88 65
Olsen, EgilEgil Olsen Norway Norway 14 January 2009 – 27 September 2013 48 25 8 15 62 46
Høgmo, Per-MathiasPer-Mathias Høgmo Norway Norway 27 September 2013 – 16 November 2016 35 10 7 18 33 44
Lagerbäck, LarsLars Lagerbäck Sweden Sweden 1 February 2017  3 0 2 1 2 4

All-time team record

The following table shows Norway's all-time international record, correct as of 10 June 2017.[8]

Results and fixtures

2016

2017

Kit suppliers

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

References

  1. "Norwegian national team 1946". www.rsssf.no.
  2. http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/ranking/lastranking/gender=m/fullranking.html
  3. "Dette emblemet skal pryde den norske landslagsdrakta" [This crest shall adorn the national kit of Norway]. Dagbladet (in Norwegian). Retrieved 12 December 2014
  4. Norges tropp til kamper mot Aserbajdsjan og San Marino, fotball.no (15 March 2017) (in Norwegian)
  5. Norway national team statistics, eu-football-info. Accessed 1 September 2016.
  6. "National team coaches (1953–2011)". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 26 March 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2011.
  7. "Norwegian National Football Team Matches". NFF. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
  8. "Norway national football team". eu-football.info.

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