Norway national football team

Norway

Nickname	-
Association	Norwegian Football Association
Coach	Åge Hareide, 2003-
Most caps	Thorbjørn Svenssen (104)
Top scorer	Jørgen Juve (33)
Home colours 　 Away colours
First International Sweden 11 - 3 Norway (Gothenburg, Sweden; 12 July, 1908)
Largest win Norway 12 - 0 Finland (Bergen, Norway; 28 June, 1946)
Worst defeat Sweden 9 - 0 Norway (Stockholm, Sweden; 8 June, 1913)
World Cup
Appearances	3 (First in 1938)
Best result	Round 2, 1998
European Championship
Appearances	1 (First in 2000)
Best result	Round 1, 2000

The Norwegian national football team, controlled by the Norwegian Football Association participated three times in the World Cup in 1938, 1994 and 1998. It plays its home games in Ullevaal Stadium, a 25500 all-seater.

Norway had their most successful period from 1990 to 1998 under the legendary coach Egil Roger Olsen, called Drillo because of his dribbling skills as a player. He started his training career with Norway with a 6-1 home victory against Cameroon October 31 1990 and ended it on June 27 1998 after a 0-1 defeat against Italy in the second stage of the 1998 World Cup.

An Olympic team achieved third place in the 1936 Olympics, after beating the hosts Germany earlier in the tournament.

The former U21 coach Nils Johan Semb replaced him after his planned retirement, but did not manage to achieve the same results as Olsen. He was replaced by Åge Hareide towards the end of 2003, who came from Rosenborg.

Some of Norway's best single results are: Norway-Brazil 2-1 June 23 1998 in the World Cup group stage, and Norway-Brazil 4-2 May 30 1997.

World Cup record

• 1930 - Did not enter
• 1934 - Did not enter
• 1938 - Round 1
• 1950 - Did not enter
• 1954 to 1990 - Did not qualify
• 1994 - Round 1
• 1998 - Round 2
• 2002 - Did not qualify

European Championship record

• 1960 to 1996 - Did not qualify
• 2000 - Round 1
• 2004 - Did not qualify

External link

• Official website of The Norwegian Football Association (NFF) in English and Norwegian (http://www.fotball.no/)
• RSSSF archive of results 1908- (http://www.rsssf.no/stats/AlltimeNational.html)

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