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Norway

Nickname(s)	Løvene (The Lions)
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	50 2 (4 April 2019)[1]
Highest	2 (October 1993, July–August 1995)
Lowest	88 (July 2017)
Elo ranking
Current	44 10 (27 March 2019)[2]
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)[3]
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, or informally Landslaget) 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 February 2019, ranked by FIFA as the 48th best national football team in the world.^[4]

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,^[5] with one of those victories coming in a friendly in 1997 and the other in a 1998 World Cup group stage match.

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.^[6]

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. The Norwegians lost out on second round qualification on goal difference as all 4 teams finished with 4 points in the group. In the 1998 World Cup in France, Norway was once again 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^[7] after Norway lost at home to Switzerland and had limited chances to qualify for the 2014 World Cup with one game to spare. He was replaced with Per-Mathias Høgmo. Olsen later claimed he was sacked.^[8]

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.^[9] 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.^[10]

Championship records

FIFA 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 1930 Did not enter  –  –  –  –  –  – 1934  –  –  –  –  –  – 1938 Round of 16 12 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 6 5 1950 Did not enter  –  –  –  –  –  – 1954 Did not qualify 4 0 2 2 4 9 1958 4 1 0 3 3 15 1962 4 0 0 4 3 11 1966 6 3 1 2 10 5 1970 4 1 0 3 4 13 1974 6 2 0 4 9 16 1978 4 2 0 2 3 4 1982 8 2 2 4 8 15 1986 8 1 3 4 4 10 1990 8 2 2 4 10 9 1994 Group stage 17 3 1 1 1 1 1 10 7 2 1 25 5 1998 Round of 16 15 4 1 2 1 5 5 8 6 2 0 21 2 2002 Did not qualify 10 2 4 4 12 14 2006 12 5 3 4 12 9 2010 8 2 4 2 9 7 2014 10 3 3 4 10 13 2018 10 4 1 5 17 16 2022 To be determined 2026 To be determined Total Round of 16 3/21 8 2 3 3 7 8 126 44 30 52 170 178 UEFA European Championship Main article: Norway at the UEFA European Championship UEFA European Championship record UEFA European Championship qualifying record Year Round Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA 1960 Did not qualify 2 0 0 2 2 6 1964 2 0 1 1 1 3 1968 6 1 1 4 9 14 1972 6 0 1 5 5 18 1976 6 1 0 5 5 15 1980 8 0 1 7 5 20 1984 6 1 2 3 7 8 1988 8 1 2 5 5 12 1992 8 3 3 2 9 5 1996 10 6 2 2 17 7 2000 Group stage 3 1 1 1 1 1 10 8 1 1 21 9 2004 Did not qualify 10 4 2 4 10 10 2008 12 7 2 3 27 11 2012 8 5 1 2 10 7 2016 12 6 1 5 14 13 2020 Qualifications in progress 2 0 1 1 4 5 2024 To be determined Total Group stage 3 1 1 1 1 1 116 43 21 52 151 163

UEFA Nations League

UEFA Nations League record
Year	Division	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Rank
2018–19	C	1st (promoted)	6	4	1	1	7	2	26
2020–21	B	To be determined
Total	B	To be determined
	C	1/1	6	4	1	1	7	2	—

UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	6	Qualify for final tournament		—	10 Jun	18 Nov	15 Nov	2–1	8 Sep
2	Sweden (X)	2	1	1	0	5	4	+1	4			15 Oct	—	2–1	7 Jun	8 Sep	18 Nov
3	Romania	2	1	0	1	5	3	+2	3			5 Sep	15 Nov	—	8 Sep	15 Oct	4–1
4	Malta	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	3			0–2	12 Oct	10 Jun	—	18 Nov	2–1
5	Norway (X)	2	0	1	1	4	5	−1	1			12 Oct	3–3	7 Jun	5 Sep	—	15 Nov
6	Faroe Islands	2	0	0	2	2	6	−4	0			7 Jun	5 Sep	12 Oct	15 Oct	10 Jun	—

Players

Current squad

• 
  The following 23 players were called up for the two UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying matches:^[11]


• 
  Match date: 23 and 26 March 2019


• 
  Opposition:  Spain and  Sweden
  


• 
  Caps and goals correct as of: 26 March 2019, after the match against  Sweden.^[12]
  

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No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Rune Jarstein	(1984-09-29) 29 September 1984 (age 34)	60	0	Hertha BSC
12	1GK	Per Kristian Bråtveit	(1996-02-15) 15 February 1996 (age 23)	0	0	Djurgården
22	1GK	Sten Grytebust	(1989-10-25) 25 October 1989 (age 29)	4	0	OB
2	2DF	Haitam Aleesami	(1991-07-31) 31 July 1991 (age 27)	21	0	Palermo
3	2DF	Kristoffer Ajer	(1998-04-17) 17 April 1998 (age 20)	8	0	Celtic
4	2DF	Even Hovland	(1989-02-14) 14 February 1989 (age 30)	25	0	Rosenborg
5	2DF	Sigurd Rosted	(1994-07-22) 22 July 1994 (age 24)	5	1	Gent
6	2DF	Håvard Nordtveit	(1990-06-21) 21 June 1990 (age 28)	47	2	Fulham
14	2DF	Omar Elabdellaoui	(1991-12-05) 5 December 1991 (age 27)	36	0	Olympiacos
16	2DF	Jonas Svensson	(1993-03-06) 6 March 1993 (age 26)	16	0	AZ
17	2DF	Martin Linnes	(1991-09-20) 20 September 1991 (age 27)	23	1	Galatasaray
8	3MF	Stefan Johansen (Captain)	(1991-01-08) 8 January 1991 (age 28)	47	5	West Bromwich Albion
11	3MF	Mohamed Elyounoussi	(1994-03-02) 2 March 1994 (age 25)	24	5	Southampton
13	3MF	Iver Fossum	(1996-07-15) 15 July 1996 (age 22)	12	0	Hannover 96
15	3MF	Mats Møller Dæhli	(1995-03-02) 2 March 1995 (age 24)	21	1	St. Pauli
18	3MF	Ole Selnæs	(1994-07-07) 7 July 1994 (age 24)	25	2	Shenzhen
19	3MF	Markus Henriksen	(1992-07-25) 25 July 1992 (age 26)	47	3	Hull City
20	3MF	Martin Ødegaard	(1998-12-17) 17 December 1998 (age 20)	16	0	Vitesse
7	4FW	Joshua King	(1992-01-15) 15 January 1992 (age 27)	39	14	Bournemouth
9	4FW	Alexander Sørloth	(1995-12-05) 5 December 1995 (age 23)	18	2	Gent
10	4FW	Tarik Elyounoussi	(1988-02-23) 23 February 1988 (age 31)	54	9	AIK
21	4FW	Bjørn Maars Johnsen	(1991-11-06) 6 November 1991 (age 27)	12	3	AZ
23	4FW	Ola Kamara	(1989-10-15) 15 October 1989 (age 29)	15	7	Shenzhen

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	Ørjan NylandINJ	(1990-09-10) 10 September 1990 (age 28)	27	0	Aston Villa	v.  Cyprus, 19 November 2018
GK	Eirik Johansen	(1992-07-12) 12 July 1992 (age 26)	0	0	Brann	v.  Bulgaria, 16 October 2018
DF	Tore Reginiussen	(1986-04-10) 10 April 1986 (age 33)	26	3	Rosenborg	v.  Cyprus, 19 November 2018
DF	Birger MelingINJ	(1994-12-17) 17 December 1994 (age 24)	10	0	Rosenborg	v.  Sweden, 26 March 2019 WD
DF	Vegard Forren	(1988-02-16) 16 February 1988 (age 31)	33	1	Molde	v.  Bulgaria, 16 October 2018
DF	Vegar Eggen Hedenstad	(1991-06-26) 26 June 1991 (age 27)	4	0	Rosenborg	v.  Panama, 6 June 2018
MF	Sander BergeINJ	(1998-02-14) 14 February 1998 (age 21)	12	0	Genk	v.  Cyprus, 19 November 2018
MF	Fredrik Midtsjø	(1993-08-11) 11 August 1993 (age 25)	3	0	AZ	v.  Bulgaria, 16 October 2018
MF	Ghayas Zahid	(1994-09-08) 8 September 1994 (age 24)	1	0	APOEL	v.  Panama, 6 June 2018
MF	Jo Inge Berget	(1990-09-11) 11 September 1990 (age 28)	20	2	Malmö	v.  Iceland, 2 June 2018

Notes

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  ^WIT Withdrew from squad.


• 
  ^INJ Injured, ill or recovering from surgery.


• 
  ^RET Retired from international football.

Individual all-time records

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

#	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 2019.^[13][14]

Manager	Nationality	Tenure	P	W	D	L	F	A	Finals
Willibald Hahn	Austria	1 August 1953 – 31 December 1955	26	7	7	12	28	42
Ron Lewin	England	1 January 1956 – 31 December 1957	17	5	4	8	25	38
Edmund Majowski	Poland	1 January 1958 – 15 September 1958	5	3	1	1	10	8
Ragnar Larsen	Norway	16 September 1958 – 31 December 1958	1	0	0	1	1	4
Kristian Henriksen	Norway	1 January 1959 – 31 December 1959	10	3	0	7	15	29
Wilhelm Kment	Austria	1 January 1960 – 15 August 1962	20	6	2	12	32	45
Ragnar Larsen	Norway	16 August 1962 – 31 December 1966	33	11	7	15	47	74
Wilhelm Kment	Austria	1 January 1967 – 31 December 1969	25	9	3	13	39	61
Øivind Johannessen	Norway	1 January 1970 – 31 December 1971	17	4	2	11	18	43
George Curtis	England	1 January 1972 – August 1974	17	4	2	11	18	43
Kjell Schou-Andreassen and Nils Arne Eggen	Norway	August 1974 – 31 December 1977	27	6	4	17	26	52
Tor Røste Fossen	Norway	1 January 1978 – 30 June 1987	94	28	28	38	96	119
Tord Grip	Sweden	1 July 1987 – 30 June 1988	7	0	4	3	3	7
Ingvar Stadheim	Norway	1 July 1988 – 10 October 1990	24	5	8	11	32	37
Egil Olsen	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	1 July 1998 – 31 December 2003	68	29	21	18	89	61	Euro 2000 – Group stage
Åge Hareide	Norway	1 January 2004 – 8 December 2008	58	24	18	16	88	65
Egil Olsen	Norway	14 January 2009 – 27 September 2013	48	25	8	16	61	50
Per-Mathias Høgmo	Norway	27 September 2013 – 16 November 2016	35	10	7	18	33	49
Lars Lagerbäck	Sweden	1 February 2017 –	21	11	4	6	33	23

All-time team record

The following table shows Norway's all-time international record, correct as of 19 November 2018.^[15]

Norway's all-time international record, 1908–2018
Opponents	Played	Won	Drawn*	Lost	GF	GA	GD	% Won
Albania	4	2	2	1	6	5	+1	50%
Argentina	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2	100%
Armenia	2	1	1	0	4	1	+3	50%
Australia	3	1	1	1	6	4	+2	50%
Austria	11	3	1	7	12	21	−9	27%
Azerbaijan	7	4	2	1	9	1	+8	57%
Bahrain	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100%
Belarus	7	3	2	2	9	5	+4	43%
Belgium	9	0	3	6	8	17	−9	0%
Bermuda	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5	100%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	4	2	0	2	5	3	+2	50%
Brazil	4	2	2	0	8	5	+3	50%
Bulgaria	18	5	5	8	16	31	−15	28%
Cameroon	1	1	0	0	6	1	+5	100%
Chile	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0%
China PR	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100%
Colombia	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0%
Costa Rica	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	50%
Croatia	5	1	1	3	6	10	−4	20%
Cyprus	11	11	0	0	28	4	+24	100%
Czechoslovakia	5	0	1	4	5	13	−8	0%
Czech Republic	8	1	3	4	8	10	−2	13%
Denmark	90	21	15	54	107	229	−121	23%
East Germany	9	1	2	6	8	15	−7	11%
Egypt	6	3	3	0	7	2	+5	50%
England	16	4	4	8	14	33	−18	27%
Estonia	7	4	2	1	16	5	+11	57%
Faroe Islands	2	2	0	0	9	0	+9	100%
Finland	66	41	16	9	181	81	+100	62%
France	16	4	4	8	16	24	−8	25%
Georgia	3	3	0	0	6	1	+5	100%
Germany	15	2	4	9	11	34	−23	13%
Ghana	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	100%
Greece	8	2	2	4	9	11	−2	28%
Grenada	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100%
Guatemala	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100%
Honduras	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100%
Hungary	21	7	6	8	26	36	−9	33%
Iceland	34	20	6	8	64	35	+29	59%
Israel	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	50%
Italy	17	3	4	10	13	22	−8	18%
Jamaica	2	1	1	0	7	1	+6	50%
Japan	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100%
Jordan	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0%
Kuwait	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	0%
Latvia	2	1	0	1	3	4	−1	50%
Lithuania	2	2	0	0	2	0	+2	100%
Luxembourg	11	8	1	2	24	9	+15	73%
Macedonia	4	2	1	1	4	3	+1	50%
Malta	10	8	2	0	26	3	+18	80%
Mexico	6	2	1	3	8	11	−3	33%
Moldova	5	4	1	0	6	1	+5	80%
Montenegro	2	1	0	1	3	4	−1	50%
Morocco	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0%
Netherlands	20	5	6	9	27	44	−17	25%
New Zealand	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100%
Nigeria	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0%
North Korea	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100%
Northern Ireland	9	7	0	2	19	9	+10	78%
Oman	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100%
Panama	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100%
Paraguay	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0%
Poland	21	4	3	14	26	60	−34	18%
Portugal	11	1	2	8	5	18	−13	9%
Qatar	2	2	0	0	8	1	+7	100%
Republic of Ireland	20	4	9	7	21	30	−9	20%
Romania	11	2	5	4	7	11	−4	18%
Russia	4	1	3	0	6	5	+1	25%
Saar	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	0%
San Marino	4	4	0	0	24	1	+23	100%
Saudi Arabia	1	1	0	0	6	0	+6	100%
Scotland	17	3	6	8	18	27	−9	17%
Senegal	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	0%
Serbia	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0%
Serbia and Montenegro	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100%
Singapore	1	1	0	0	5	2	+3	100%
Slovakia	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	100%
Slovenia	9	6	2	1	16	8	+8	67%
South Africa	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	67%
South Korea	5	2	1	2	8	6	+2	40%
Soviet Union	12	0	2	10	4	26	−22	0%
Spain	6	1	1	4	2	9	−7	17%
Sweden	107	24	24	59	144	273	−129	22%
Switzerland	21	8	6	7	26	21	+5	38%
Thailand	2	2	0	0	8	0	+8	100%
Trinidad and Tobago	1	0	0	1	2	3	−1	0%
Tunisia	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	50%
Turkey	11	3	4	4	16	12	+4	27%
United Arab Emirates	2	2	2	0	2	2	0	50%
United States	5	2	1	2	14	8	+6	40%
Ukraine	5	0	1	4	0	5	−5	0%
Uruguay	2	0	1	1	3	2	−1	0%
Wales	12	4	4	4	15	17	−2	33%
West Germany	9	2	1	6	9	25	−16	22%
Yugoslavia	13	2	1	10	15	29	−14	16%
Zambia	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0%
Total	839	297	195	347	1223	1387	−164	35%

Results and fixtures

2018

2019

Kit suppliers

Kit provider	Period
Le Coq Sportif	1976–1980
Hummel	1981–1991
Adidas	1992–1996
Umbro	1996–2014
Nike	2015–present

Between 1996 and 2014, Norway's kits were supplied by Umbro. They took over from Adidas who supplied Norway's kit between 1992 and 1996.

On 10 September 2014, the NFF and Nike announced a new partnership that made the sportswear provider the official Norwegian team kit supplier from 1 January 2015.^[16] The new partnership will run until at least until 2021.

See also

• Norway women's national football team


• Sápmi football team

References

External links

Media related to Norway national football team at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website of The Norwegian Football Association (NFF) in English and Norwegian


• RSSSF archive of results 1908–


• RSSSF archive of most capped players and highest goalscorers


• Complete list of Norwegian international players