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Rosenborg Ballklub (RBK) is a Norwegian football club from the city of Trondheim. It was founded in 1917 (originally named Odd, changed to Rosenborg Ballklub in 1927) and has won the Norwegian League the last 13 seasons (1992 - 2004). This is second all-time in Europe to Skonto Riga of Latvia, which is currently on a 14-year streak of domestic titles.
Rosenborg saw the retirement of their extremely successful and popular manager, Nils Arne Eggen, after the 2002 season. He had been their manager since 1988, only to be relieved by Trond Sollied in the 1998 season.
Åge Hareide, former manager of the top Swedish and Danish teams Helsingborg and Brøndby and the Norwegian premier division club Molde F.K., replaced Eggen for the 2003 season. He in turn accepted an offer to lead the Norwegian national team, and was replaced by Rosenborg's assistant manager, Ola By Rise, in December 2003.
In spite of winning the league for 2004, and qualifying for Champions League, Ola By Rise's contract was terminated in October 2004. For a long time there was a lot of different rumours going around on who was to take over after him, but in November it was clear that Nils Arne Eggen once again would come back, this time as some sort of assistant for former assistant manager, Per Joar Hansen, who was promoted to manager. Bjørn Hansen and Rune Skarsfjord will also act as assistant managers.
Rosenborg B.K. has participated in the group phase of the European Champions League nine times in the last ten years. Eight of them were consecutive (from 1995 to 2002), which was a record until 2004, when Manchester United qualified for the group phase for a ninth successive year. Rosenborg failed to qualify in 2003, with a loss against Deportivo de La Coruña, but managed to qualify again in 2004 after beating Maccabi Haifa.
Famous players
Some of the most famous Rosenborg players are Nils Arne Eggen and Odd Iversen in the 1960s, Gøran Sørloth , Ola By Rise and Karl Petter Løken in the 1980s, Jahn Ivar "Mini" Jakobsen, Bent Skammelsrud , Erik Hoftun, Harald Martin Brattbakk and Roar Strand in the 1990s, and Jan Gunnar Solli , Frode Johnsen , Ørjan Berg, Vidar Riseth and Espen Johnsen in the 2000s.
Home ground
Rosenborg plays their home games at Lerkendal stadium. Lerkendal was originally built in 1947, and saw major upgrades in 1996, and from December 2000 to October 2002, when it was made into an all-seater, modern stadium.
The current capacity is 21,166. Record attendance through all times is 28,569 against Lillestrøm in 1985.
Field measurements are 105 × 68 meters.
Honours
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Norwegian League Champions: 1967, 1969, 1971, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004.
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Norwegian Cup Champions: 1960, 1964, 1971, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1999 and 2003.
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