Norwegian national football team
Association | Norges Fotballforbund | ||||||
confederacy | UEFA | ||||||
Technical sponsor | Nike | ||||||
Head coach | Lars Lagerbäck (since 2017) | ||||||
captain | Stefan Johansen | ||||||
Record scorer | Jørgen Juve (33) | ||||||
Record player | John Arne Riise (110) | ||||||
FIFA code | NOR | ||||||
FIFA rank | 44th (1451 points) (as of July 16, 2020) |
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Balance sheet | |||||||
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849 games 301 wins 199 draws 349 defeats |
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statistics | |||||||
First international match Sweden 11-3 Norway ( Gothenburg , Sweden ; July 12, 1908 )
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Biggest win Norway 12-0 Finland ( Bergen , Norway ; June 28, 1946 )
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Biggest defeat Denmark 12-0 Norway ( Copenhagen , Denmark ; October 7, 1917 )
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Successes in tournaments | |||||||
World Championship | |||||||
Participation in the finals | 3 ( first : 1938 ) | ||||||
Best results | Round of 16, 1998 | ||||||
European Championship | |||||||
Participation in the finals | 1 ( first : 2000 ) | ||||||
Best results | Group stage, 2000 | ||||||
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(As of November 19, 2019) |
The Norwegian national football team is the men's national team of the Kingdom of Norway . Lars Lagerbäck has been the national coach since February 2017 . In October 2017, Norway was ranked 58th in the FIFA World Ranking .
history
The Norwegian Football Association NFF was founded in 1902 and joined FIFA in 1908 and UEFA in 1954 . Up until the 1990s, Norwegian football was more of a follower in international competition. The greatest success was the bronze medal at the Olympic Games in 1936 , with host Germany being defeated in the quarterfinals .
It was only in qualifying for the 1994 World Cup that the Norwegian national team first attracted attention. Although the team was in a qualifying group with England and the Netherlands , it was surprisingly able to qualify early for the finals. In the USA, Norway failed only because of the fewer goals scored in the preliminary round.
The Norwegians were also able to qualify unbeaten for the 1998 World Cup . This time, thanks to a 2-1 win over defending champions Brazil , the team reached the round of 16, where it ended against Italy .
In 2000 Norway also took part in a European Championship finals for the first time. But despite an opening win against Spain , the team was eliminated in the preliminary round.
Both in qualifying for the 2004 European Championship and qualifying for the 2006 World Cup , Norway reached second place in its group and lost both times in the play-offs. In qualifying for the 2010 World Cup , the Norwegians were in second place in group 9. As the worst runner-up in the table of all groups, however, they missed the play-off games.
The Scandinavians did not win a single game in 2008. The year 2009, however, began with a surprising 1-0 victory in Düsseldorf against the reigning runner-up European champions Germany .
In August 2010 Norway beat France 2-1 ; double goalscorer was Erik Huseklepp . In qualifying for Euro 2012 , however, Norway only took third place.
Qualification for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil was also missed. After eight game days, when a successful qualification after a 2-0 defeat against Switzerland seemed unlikely, they parted ways with coach Egil Olsen .
As a result, Per-Mathias Högmo was hired as the new head coach. In the friendly against the United Arab Emirates on August 27, 2014, Martin Ødegaard made his debut in the Norwegian senior team at the age of 15, becoming Norway's youngest national player.
In qualifying for the European Championship 2016 in France , the “Fotballandslaget” reached third place with numerous Bundesliga professionals, which was entitled to the play-off. However, both games were lost against Hungary and the team missed their second participation in a European Championship finals.
Coach Högmo's team started qualifying for the 2018 World Cup: The only win from the first three games was a 4-1 win against San Marino , which scored its first away goal in a World Cup qualifying game in 15 years, which caused the mood of the Supporters in the country against the team boss tipped.
In October 2016, the "Association of Norwegian Football Fans" called for Högmo's dismissal in the form of an open letter, which the association carried out five days after a 2-1 defeat against the Czech Republic in November.
At this point in time, the Scandinavian coaching legend Lars Lagerbäck was already being considered a possible successor. The Swede surprisingly led Iceland into the quarter-finals at the 2016 European Championship and took over the position of the team that was fifth and penultimate in the World Cup qualifiers on February 1, 2017.
From October 22 to November 19, 1993 Norway was in first place in the FIFA football world rankings together with Brazil and Italy, and from March 15 to April 19, 1994 together with Germany and Brazil; for a total of 63 days.
Norway, along with Hungary and the Netherlands, are among the only countries to have a positive international match record against the Brazilian national team (two draws, two wins for Norway).
Extended squad
Status: October 2019
No. | Surname | birthday | Games | Gates | society | debut | Last use |
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goalkeeper | |||||||
Sten Grytebust | 10/25/1989 | 5 | 0 | Odense BK | 2013 | 07.06.2019 | |
André Hansen | 12/17/1989 | 4th | 0 | Rosenborg Trondheim | 2013 | 06/10/2019 | |
1 | Jarstein rune | 09/29/1984 | 64 | 0 | Hertha BSC | 2007 | October 15, 2019 |
12 | Ørjan Nyland | 09/10/1990 | 27 | 0 | FC Ingolstadt 04 | 2013 | 06/06/2018 |
22nd | Sondre Løvseth Rossbach | 02/07/1996 | 0 | 0 | Odds BK | - | |
Defense | |||||||
3 | Kristoffer Ajer | 04/17/1998 | 12 | 0 | Celtic Glasgow | 2018 | October 15, 2019 |
14th | Omar Elabdellaoui | 05.12.1991 | 42 | 0 | Olympiacos Piraeus | 2013 | October 15, 2019 |
Lunan Ruben Gabrielsen | 02/14/1989 | 0 | 0 | Rosenborg Trondheim | - | ||
5 | Even Hovland | 02/14/1989 | 28 | 0 | Rosenborg Trondheim | 2012 | October 15, 2019 |
17th | Birger Meling | 12/17/1994 | 10 | 0 | Rosenborg Trondheim | 2017 | November 19, 2018 |
Tore Reginiussen | 04/10/1986 | 27 | 3 | Rosenborg Trondheim | 2008 | 09/08/2019 | |
4th | Sigurd Rosted | 07/22/1994 | 5 | 1 | Brøndby IF | 2018 | November 19, 2018 |
16 | Jonas Svensson | 03/06/1993 | 16 | 0 | AZ Alkmaar | 2016 | 02.06.2018 |
midfield | |||||||
2 | Haitam Aleesami | 07/31/1991 | 27 | 0 | Amiens SC | 2015 | October 15, 2019 |
15th | Sander mountains | 02/14/1998 | 18th | 1 | KRC Genk | 2017 | October 15, 2019 |
11 | Mohamed Elyounoussi | 08/04/1994 | 24 | 5 | Southampton FC | 2014 | March 26, 2019 |
19th | Markus Henriksen | 07/25/1992 | 52 | 3 | Hull City | 2010 | October 15, 2019 |
8th | Stefan Johansen | 01/08/1991 | 52 | 3 | Fulham FC | 2013 | October 15, 2019 |
13 | Fredrik Midtsjö | 08/11/1993 | 4th | 0 | AZ Alkmaar | 2016 | 06/10/2019 |
6th | Håvard Nordtveit | 06/21/1990 | 52 | 2 | TSG 1899 Hoffenheim | 2011 | October 12, 2019 |
23 | Mathias Normann | 05/28/1996 | 2 | 2 | FK Rostov | 2019 | October 15, 2019 |
18th | Ole Selnæs | 07/07/1994 | 31 | 2 | Shenzhen FC | 2016 | October 15, 2019 |
20th | Martin Ødegaard | 12/17/1998 | 22nd | 1 | Real Sociedad | 2014 | October 15, 2019 |
Storm | |||||||
10 | Tarik Elyounoussi | 02/23/1988 | 58 | 10 | AIK Solna | 2008 | 09/08/2019 |
Erling Haaland | 07/21/2000 | 2 | 0 | Borussia Dortmund | 2019 | 09/08/2019 | |
21st | Bjørn Maars Johnsen | 11/06/1991 | 16 | 5 | Rosenborg Trondheim | 2017 | October 15, 2019 |
7th | Joshua King | 01/15/1992 | 44 | 16 | Bournemouth AFC | 2012 | October 15, 2019 |
9 | Alexander Sørloth | 05.12.1995 | 20th | 3 | Trabzonspor | 2016 | October 15, 2019 |
International competitions
World championships
Norway have taken part in the World Cup finals three times so far and always met Italy.
year | Host country | Participation until ... | Last opponent | Result | Trainer | Comments and special features |
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1930 | Uruguay | not participated | ||||
1934 | Italy | not participated | ||||
1938 | France | Round of 16 | Italy | 12. | Asbjørn Halvorsen | Defeat in extra time |
1950 | Brazil | not participated | ||||
1954 | Switzerland | not qualified | In qualifying at eventual champions Germany failed | |||
1958 | Sweden | not qualified | In the qualifications of vice world champion Hungary failed | |||
1962 | Chile | not qualified | In the qualification of the USSR failed | |||
1966 | England | not qualified | In the qualification of France failed | |||
1970 | Mexico | not qualified | In the qualification of Sweden failed | |||
1974 | Germany | not qualified | In the qualification to the Netherlands failed | |||
1978 | Argentina | not qualified | In the qualification again Sweden failed | |||
1982 | Spain | not qualified | In qualifying at Hungary and England failed | |||
1986 | Mexico | not qualified | In the qualification of Denmark and the USSR failed | |||
1990 | Italy | not qualified | In the qualification of Yugoslavia and Scotland failed | |||
1994 | United States | Preliminary round | Mexico , Italy , Ireland | 17th | Egil Olsen | Bottom group with the same number of points and the same goal difference as the three group opponents, but the lower number of goals. |
1998 | France | Round of 16 | Italy | 15th | Egil Olsen | |
2002 | South Korea / Japan | not qualified | In the qualification to Poland and Ukraine failed, which also failed in the play-offs | |||
2006 | Germany | not qualified | In the qualification in the relegation play the runners-up in the Czech Republic failed. | |||
2010 | South Africa | not qualified | In the qualification to the Netherlands failed and ceased to be a bad tester second in the group. | |||
2014 | Brazil | not qualified | In qualifying , Norway met Albania , Iceland , Switzerland , Slovenia and Cyprus | |||
2018 | Russia | not qualified | In the qualification to world champion Germany and Northern Ireland failed. |
European championships
Norway took part in all European Championship qualifications, but has only been able to qualify for one final round so far. In the first participations, the end came in the first round, after which the team was always eliminated as the bottom of the group. Only in qualifying for the European Championship in 1992, when Rune Bratseth was a stabilizer of the defense, the third place in the group could be occupied for the first time. In 2000 the qualification for the finals was achieved for the first time and in the following years the qualification was only just missed.
year | Host country | Participation until ... | Last opponent | Result | Comments and special features |
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1960 | France | not qualified | In the second round of Austria failed could not even qualify for the final round. | ||
1964 | Spain | not qualified | In qualifying on neighbors Sweden failed, which also failed to qualify for the final round. | ||
1968 | Italy | not qualified | In the qualification of Bulgaria failed, could not qualify for the final round. | ||
1972 | Belgium | not qualified | Hungary failed in the qualification at the later fourth place . | ||
1976 | Yugoslavia | not qualified | In qualifying later in the host and the Fourth Yugoslavia failed. | ||
1980 | Italy | not qualified | In qualifying later in the European Vice Champion Belgium failed. | ||
1984 | France | not qualified | Failed in the qualification to Yugoslavia . | ||
1988 | Germany | not qualified | Failed in the qualification at the later Vice European Champion USSR . | ||
1992 | Sweden | not qualified | In the qualification failed again to Vice European Champion USSR . | ||
1996 | England | not qualified | In qualifying the late Vice European champion Czech Republic and the Netherlands failed. | ||
2000 | Netherlands and Belgium | Preliminary round | Spain , FR Yugoslavia , Slovenia | - | After a win, a defeat and a draw as third party with the fewest goals conceded of all participants in the preliminary round, eliminated. |
2004 | Portugal | not qualified | Failed in the relegation games to Spain . | ||
2008 | Austria and Switzerland | not qualified | In the qualification of Greece and after a home defeat in the penultimate round at the Turkey failed. | ||
2012 | Poland and Ukraine | not qualified | In the qualification of Denmark and on goal difference to Portugal failed. | ||
2016 | France | not qualified | Failed in the relegation games to Hungary . | ||
2021 | Europe |
Olympic Games open to senior national teams
1908 in London | not participated |
1912 in Stockholm | not participated |
1920 in Antwerp | Quarter finals |
1924 in Paris | not participated |
1928 in Amsterdam | not participated |
1936 in Berlin | 3rd place |
1948 in London | not participated |
1952 in Helsinki | Round of 16 |
Note: Unlike the NFF, FIFA no longer takes the games of 1952 into account .
National coach (incomplete)
- Ingvar Stadheim (1988–1990)
- Egil Olsen (1990-1998)
- Nils Johan Semb (1998-2003)
- Åge Hareide (2003-2008)
- Egil Olsen (2009-2013)
- Per-Mathias Högmo (2013-2016)
- Lars Lagerbäck (since 2017)
Record player
In its statistics, the Norwegian Association also takes into account the matches against the English national football team of amateurs , which FIFA does not take into account. The number of matches considered by FIFA is shown in brackets, if different. Of the current national team, goalkeeper Rune Jarstein with 65 and Tarik Elyounoussi have played the most games with 60. (As of November 18, 2019)
- Sources: fotball.no: Adelskalender Norge Menn Senior A, fifa.com: Hunderterclub (as of August 1, 2019), eu-football.info: PLAYERS - played for Norway national team
rank | Surname | Calls | Gates | position | Period | World Cup games | EM games | Record international player |
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1. | John Arne Riise | 110 | 16 | Defense / midfield | 2000-2013 | 0 | 0 | since September 7, 2012 |
2. | Thorbjørn Svenssen † | 104 (101) | 0 | Defense | 1947-1962 | 0 | 0 | May 25, 1955 to September 7, 2012 (from September 11 to 25, 1955 together with Harry Boye Karlsen , when both played 57 games) |
3. | Henning Berg | 100 | 9 | Defense | 1992-2000 | 7th | 1 | |
4th | Erik Thorstvedt | 97 | 0 | goal | 1982-1996 | 3 | 0 | |
5. | John Carew | 91 | 24 | attack | 1998-2011 | 0 | 3 | |
Brede Hangeland | 91 | 4th | Defense | 2004-2014 | 0 | 0 | ||
7th | Øyvind Leonhardsen | 86 | 19th | midfield | 1990-2003 | 6th | 0 | |
8th. | Morten Gamst Pedersen | 83 | 16 | midfield | 2004-2014 | 0 | 0 | |
Kjetil Rekdal | 83 | 17th | Defense / midfield | 1987-2000 | 7th | 0 | ||
10. | Steffen Iversen | 79 | 21st | attack | 1998-2011 | 0 | 3 | |
11. | Erik Mykland | 78 | 2 | Defense | 1990-2000 | 6th | 3 |
Record goal scorers
Jørgen Juve has been Norway's record goalscorer since June 20, 1933 when he beat Einar Gundersen's record in a 4-2 win against the Hungarian amateur team with his 27th international goal . Of the current internationals, Joshua King has scored the most international goals with 17 goals.
rank | Surname | Gates | Calls | Quota | Period | WM / OL goals | EM goals |
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1. | Jørgen Juve † | 33 | 45 | 0.73 | 1928-1937 | - / 0 | |
2. | Einar Gundersen † | 26th | 33 | 0.79 | 1917-1928 | - / 2 | |
3. | Harald Hennum † | 25th | 43 | 0.58 | 1949-1960 | ||
4th | John Carew | 24 | 91 | 0.26 | 1998-2011 | 0 | |
5. | Goals André Flo | 23 | 76 | 0.30 | 1995-2004 | 1 | 0 |
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer | 23 | 67 | 0.34 | 1995-2007 | 0 | 0 | |
7th | Gunnar Thoresen | 22nd | 64 | 0.34 | 1946-1959 | - / 0 | |
8th. | Steffen Iversen | 21st | 79 | 0.27 | 1999-2008 | 1 | |
9. | Jan Åge Fjørtoft | 20th | 71 | 0.28 | 1986-1996 | 0 |
Other known previous players
- Lars Bohinen
- Bratseth rune
- Frode Grodås
- Ronny Johnsen
- Reidar Kvammen , former national record player, bronze medalist in 1936
- Jan Ove Pedersen
- Jan Derek Sørensen
Main article: List of Norwegian national soccer players
See also
- List of international matches for the Norwegian national football team
- Norwegian national football team (U-17 juniors)
- Norwegian national football team (U-20 men)
- Norwegian national football team (U-21 men)
Web links
- Official website of the Norwegian Football Association (NFF) (English and Norwegian)
- International match results (table, English) 1908-
Individual evidence
- ↑ The FIFA / Coca-Cola World Ranking. In: fifa.com. July 16, 2020, accessed July 21, 2020 .
- ↑ kicker.de: Lagerbäck should bring Norway on course
- ↑ 15-year-old child prodigy Martin Ödegaard makes his debut for Norway and breaks another record - WELT. Retrieved April 1, 2017 .
- ↑ Football World Cup qualification: Open letter: Norway fans are calling for Högmo to be replaced . In: The time . October 13, 2016, ISSN 0044-2070 ( zeit.de [accessed April 1, 2017]). Football World Cup qualification: Open letter: Norway fans call for Högmo to be replaced ( memento of the original from April 2, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Football World Cup qualification: Open letter: Norway fans are calling for Högmo to be replaced . In: The time . October 13, 2016, ISSN 0044-2070 ( zeit.de [accessed April 1, 2017]). Football World Cup qualification: Open letter: Norway fans call for Högmo to be replaced ( memento of the original from April 2, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Norges tropp mot Spania og Romania
- ↑ Numbers for the games against Spain and Romania
- ↑ The placements from 5th place onwards were determined by FIFA without any placement games. See: All-time FIFA World Cup Ranking 1930–2010 (PDF; 200 kB)
- ↑ Peerage Norge Menn Senior A ( Norwegian ) fotball.no. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
- ↑ Men who have played 100 or more "A" internationals for their country ( English , PDF) FIFA. August 1, 2019. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
- ↑ Norway national football team individual records and stats ( English ) eu-football.info. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
- ↑ rsssf.com: Goalscoring for Norwegian National Team