Norges Fotballforbund

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Norges Fotballforbund /
The Football Association of Norway ( Engl. ) /
Norwegens Fußballverband ( German )
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founding 1902
FIFA accession 1908
UEFA accession 1954
president Terje Svendsen
Secretary General Kai-Erik Arstad
National teams Men's
national team
Women's
national team
Clubs (approx.) 1,844
Members (approx.) 371.910
Homepage www.fotball.no

The Norges Fotballforbund (NFF - German  Norwegian Football Association , English The Football Association of Norway ) is the top football organization in Norway. It was founded in 1902.

The association organizes the men's and women's national teams and the top division . Terje Svendsen has been President of the NFF since 2016 and Kai-Erik Arstad is General Secretary. In 2017, 1,844 clubs belonged to the association. 371,910 active players played in 30,412 registered teams. Of these, 261,486 were male and 110,424 were female (30 percent).

2,927 authorized referees are available to direct the game, 95 of them at the highest association level.

The importance of futsal is growing especially in the youth sector: in 2017 there were 169 adult, 295 youth and 421 children's teams.

The NFF belongs to the Norwegian Sports Federation , joined FIFA in 1908 and UEFA in 1954.

UEFA five-year ranking

Placement in the UEFA five-year ranking ( previous year's ranking in brackets ). The abbreviations CL and EL after the country coefficients indicate the number of representatives in the 2019/20 season of the Champions League and the Europa League .

  • 21. +6( 27 ) Belarus ( league , cup ) - coefficient: 21.875 - CL: 1, EL: 3BelarusBelarus 
  • 22. ± 0( 22 ) Sweden ( league , cup ) - coefficient: 20,900 - CL: 1, EL: 3SwedenSweden 
  • 23. +6( 29 ) Norway ( league , cup ) - coefficient: 20,200 - CL: 1, EL: 3NorwayNorway 
  • 24. +4( 28 ) Kazakhstan ( league , cup ) - coefficient: 19,250 - CL: 1, EL: 3KazakhstanKazakhstan 
  • 25. −4( 21 ) Poland ( league , cup )) - coefficient: 19.250 - CL: 1, EL: 3PolandPoland 

Status: end of the European Cup season 2018/19

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Editors: Football clubs and divisions in Norway. Norway's Football Association was founded in 1902. In: Norwegenservice.net. March 10, 2016, accessed October 13, 2019 .
  2. ^ Editing: Norges Fotballforbund. Norway's Football Association (Norges Fotballforbund - NFF). In: Norwaystube.de. September 10, 2014, accessed October 13, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Statistics on January 1, 2017 Norges Fotballforbund, accessed on October 28, 2018.
  4. ↑ UEFA rankings for club competitions. In: UEFA. Retrieved July 14, 2019 .