The Norway 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.
History
An Olympic team achieved third place in the 1936 Olympics, after beating the hosts Germany earlier in the tournament.
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.
In the 1994 World Cup in the USA, Norway was knocked out at the group stage after a win against Mexico, a draw against Italy and a draw against the Republic of Ireland. In France 1998, Norway got to the first cup-round after a draw against Scotland and Morocco, and a 2-1 win over Brazil in the last match. Norway finished second in their group. Norway then had to face Italy, but was defeated by a 1-0 result. During the 1998 World Cup tournament Norway received some criticism, because of their somewhat defensive tactics.
The former U-21 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 on June 23, 1998 in the World Cup group stage, and Norway-Brazil 4-2 on May 30, 1997. In fact, Norway is one of few teams that Brazil never have managed to beat.
World Cup record
European Championship record
Selected famous players
See also: Category:Norwegian footballers
Top Norway goalscorers
Norway managers
- Willibald Hahn 1953-1955
- Ron Lewin 1956-1957
- Edmund Majowsky 1958
- Ragnar Nikolai Larsen 1958
- Kristian Henriksen 1959
- Wilhelm Friedrich Kment 1960-1962
- Ragnar Nikolai Larsen 1962-1966
- Wilhelm Friedrich Kment 1967-1969
- Øivind Johannessen 1970-1971
- George Curtis 1972-1974
- Kjell Schou-Andreassen and Nils Arne Eggen 1975-1977
- Tor Røste Fossen 1978-1987
- Tord Grip 1987-1988
- Ingvar Stadheim 1988-1990
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Egil "Drillo" Olsen 1990-1998
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Nils Johan Semb 1998-2003
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Åge Hareide 2003-
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