Norway national football team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Norway women's national football team.

Norway

Nickname(s)	Drillos Løvene (The Lions)
Association	Norges Fotballforbund (NFF)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Ståle Solbakken
Captain	Martin Ødegaard
Most caps	John Arne Riise (110)
Top scorer	Jørgen Juve (33)
Home stadium	Ullevaal Stadion
FIFA code	NOR
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	50 4 (18 July 2024)
Highest	2 (October 1993, July–August 1995)
Lowest	88 (July 2017)
First international
Sweden 11–3 Norway (Gothenburg, Sweden; 12 July 1908)
Biggest win
Norway 12–0 Finland (Bergen, Norway; 28 June 1946)
Biggest defeat
Denmark 12–0 Norway (Copenhagen, Denmark; 7 October 1917)
World Cup
Appearances	3 (first in 1938)
Best result	Round of 16 (1938, 1998)
UEFA European Championship
Appearances	1 (first in 2000)
Best result	Group stage (2000)
Medal record Olympics Games 1936 Berlin Team

The Norway national football team (Norwegian: Norges herrelandslag i fotball, or informally Landslaget) represents Norway in men's international football and is controlled by the Norwegian Football Federation, the governing body for football in Norway. Norway's home ground is Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo and their head coach is Ståle Solbakken. In February 2019, they were ranked by FIFA at No. 48. Norway has participated three times in the FIFA World Cup (1938, 1994, 1998), and once in the UEFA European Championship (2000).

Norway is, along with Senegal, the only national team that remains unbeaten in all matches against Brazil. In four matches, Norway has a play record against Brazil of 2 wins and 2 draws, in three friendly matches (in 1988, 1997 and 2006) and a 1998 World Cup group stage match.

History

Main article: History of the Norway national football team

Norway's performances in international football have usually been weaker than those of their Scandinavian neighbours Sweden and Denmark, but they did have a golden age in the late 1930s. An Olympics team achieved third place in the 1936 Olympics, after beating the host Germany earlier in the tournament. Norway also qualified for the 1938 FIFA World Cup, where they lost 2–1 after extra time against eventual champions Italy. This was Norway's last World Cup finals appearance in 56 years.

In the post-war years, up to and including the 1980s, Norway was usually considered one of the weaker teams in Europe. They never qualified for a World Cup or European Championship in this period, and usually finished near the bottom of their qualifying group. Nevertheless, Norway had a reputation for producing the occasional shock result, such as the 3–0 win against Yugoslavia in 1965, the 1–0 away win against France in 1968, and the 2–1 victory against England in 1981 that prompted radio commentator Bjørge Lillelien's famous "Your boys took a hell of a beating" rant.

Norway had their most successful period from 1990 to 1998 under the legendary coach Egil "Drillo" Olsen. At its height in the mid-90s the team was ranked No. 2. Olsen started his training career with Norway with a 6–1 home victory against Cameroon on 31 October 1990 and ended it on 27 June 1998 after a 0–1 defeat against Italy in the second stage of the 1998 World Cup.

In qualifying for the 1994 World Cup, Norway topped their group, finishing above both the European Championship winning and three-time World Cup finalists the Netherlands, and also above former World Cup winners England, beating both teams in the process.

In the 1994 World Cup in the United States, Norway was knocked out at the group stage after a win against Mexico, a defeat against Italy and a draw against the Republic of Ireland. Norway failed to qualify for second round qualification on goals scored as all 4 teams in the group finished with 4 points and identical goal difference. In the 1998 World Cup in France, Norway was once again eliminated by Italy in the first round of the knock out stage after finishing second in their group, having drawn against Morocco and Scotland and won 2–1 against Brazil.

Former under-21 coach Nils Johan Semb replaced Olsen after the planned retirement of the latter. Under Semb's guidance, Norway qualified for Euro 2000, which remains their last finals appearance to date. Semb resigned at the end of an unsuccessful qualifying campaign in 2003, and was replaced by Åge Hareide. Under Hareide, Norway came close to reaching both the 2006 World Cup and Euro 2008, but ultimately fell short on both occasions. Then, in 2008, it all fell apart as Norway failed to win a single game the entire calendar year. Hareide resigned at the end of 2008. His replacement, initially on a temporary basis, was the returning Egil Olsen, who began his second spell in charge with an away win against Germany, and subsequently signed a three-year contract. Olsen resigned in September 2013 after Norway lost at home to Switzerland and had limited chances to qualify for the 2014 World Cup with one game to spare. He was replaced with Per-Mathias Høgmo. Olsen later claimed he was sacked.

Team image

Crest

National football team of Norway, before the match with Bulgaria, 3-09-2015

Norway used the national flag on a white circle as their badge from the 1920s onwards. In May 2008 the NFF unveiled a new crest, a Viking-style Dragon wrapped around the NFF logo. After massive public pressure the crest was dropped. Between the 1980s and the 1990s, Norway used the NFF logo in the opposite breast of the shirt together with the national flag on a white circle. On 12 December 2014, a new crest was presented. The crest primarily features the national flag, in addition, there are two lions taken from the Coat of arms of Norway on the top. The lions are facing each other while holding a blue miniature of the NFF logo, and between the lions and above the NFF logo, it says "NORGE" (Norway) in blue letters.

Kit suppliers

Between 1996 and 2014, Norway's kits were supplied by Umbro. They took over from Adidas who supplied Norway's kit between 1992 and 1996.

On 10 September 2014, the NFF and Nike announced a new partnership that made the sportswear provider the official Norwegian team kit supplier from 1 January 2015. The new partnership will run until at least 2021.

Kit provider	Period
Le Coq Sportif	1976–1980
Hummel	1981–1991
Adidas	1992–1996
Umbro	1996–2014
Nike	2015–present

Results and fixtures

Main article: Norway national football team results (2020–present)

  Win   Draw   Loss

2021

Norway v Luxembourg

2 June 2021 Friendly	Norway	1–0	Luxembourg	Malaga, Spain
	Haaland 90+2'	Report		Stadium: La Rosaleda Stadium Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson (Sweden)

Norway v Greece

6 June 2021 Friendly	Norway	1–2	Greece	Malaga, Spain
19:00	Strandberg 64'	Report	Masouras 13' Androutsos 21'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Stadium Referee: Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)

Norway v Netherlands

1 September 2021 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Norway	1–1	Netherlands	Oslo, Norway
20:45 UTC+1	Haaland 20'	Report	Klaassen 37'	Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

Latvia v Norway

4 September 2021 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Latvia	0–2	Norway	Riga, Latvia
18:00 UTC+1		Report	Haaland 20' (pen.) M. Elyounoussi 66'	Stadium: Daugava Stadium Referee: David Fuxman (Israel)

Norway v Gibraltar

7 September 2021 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Norway	5–1	Gibraltar	Oslo, Norway
20:45 UTC+1	Thorstvedt 23' Haaland 27', 39', 90+1' Sørloth 59'	Report	Styche 43'	Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Referee: Nikolas Neokleous (Cyprus)

Turkey v Norway

8 October 2021 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Turkey	1–1	Norway	Istanbul, Turkey
20:45 UTC+1	Aktürkoğlu 6'	Report	Thorstvedt 41'	Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Norway v Montenegro

11 October 2021 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Norway	2–0	Montenegro	Oslo, Norway
20:45 UTC+1	Elyounoussi 29', 90+6'	Report		Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Referee: István Kovács (Romania)

Norway v Latvia

13 November 2021 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Norway	0–0	Latvia	Oslo, Norway
18:00 UTC+1		Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)		Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Referee: Lawrence Visser (Belgium)

Netherlands v Norway

2022

Norway v Slovakia

25 March 2022 Friendly	Norway	2–0	Slovakia	Oslo, Norway
	Haaland 77' Ødegaard 80'	Report		Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Referee: Mattias Gestranius (Finland)

Norway v Armenia

29 March 2022 Friendly	Norway	9–0	Armenia	Oslo, Norway
	Haaland 24', 45+1' King 28' (pen.), 33', 59' Thorstvedt 30' Dæhli 80' Sørloth 86', 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen (Denmark)

Serbia v Norway

Sweden v Norway

Norway v Slovenia

Norway v Sweden

Slovenia v Norway

Norway v Serbia

27 September 2022 2022–23 UEFA Nations League	Norway	v	Serbia	Norway
20:45 UTC+2		Report

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the friendly matches against Slovakia and Armenia on 25 and 29 March 2022.

Caps and goals correct as of 29 March 2022, after the match against Armenia.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	André Hansen	(1989-12-17) 17 December 1989	11	0	Rosenborg
13	1GK	Jacob Karlstrøm	(1997-01-09) 9 January 1997	0	0	Molde
3	2DF	Kristoffer Ajer	(1998-04-17) 17 April 1998	26	0	Brentford
4	2DF	Stefan Strandberg	(1990-07-25) 25 July 1990	24	1	Salernitana
5	2DF	Leo Skiri Østigård	(1999-11-28) 28 November 1999	1	0	Brighton & Hove Albion
12	2DF	Stian Rode Gregersen	(1995-05-17) 17 May 1995	5	0	Bordeaux
14	2DF	Julian Ryerson	(1997-11-17) 17 November 1997	9	0	Union Berlin
17	2DF	Fredrik André Bjørkan	(1998-08-21) 21 August 1998	4	0	Hertha BSC
21	2DF	Andreas Hanche-Olsen	(1997-01-17) 17 January 1997	10	0	Gent
22	2DF	Marcus Holmgren Pedersen	(2000-07-16) 16 July 2000	9	0	Feyenoord
2	3MF	Morten Thorsby	(1996-05-05) 5 May 1996	12	0	Sampdoria
6	3MF	Mathias Normann	(1996-05-28) 28 May 1996	12	1	Norwich City
8	3MF	Sander Berge	(1998-02-14) 14 February 1998	26	1	Sheffield United
10	3MF	Martin Ødegaard (captain)	(1998-12-17) 17 December 1998	39	2	Arsenal
11	3MF	Mohamed Elyounoussi	(1994-08-04) 4 August 1994	41	9	Southampton
15	3MF	Jens Petter Hauge	(1999-10-12) 12 October 1999	8	0	Eintracht Frankfurt
16	3MF	Fredrik Aursnes	(1995-12-10) 10 December 1995	6	0	Feyenoord
20	3MF	Mats Møller Dæhli	(1995-03-02) 2 March 1995	31	3	1. FC Nürnberg
7	4FW	Joshua King	(1992-01-15) 15 January 1992	59	20	Watford
9	4FW	Erling Haaland	(2000-07-21) 21 July 2000	17	15	Manchester City
18	4FW	Kristian Thorstvedt	(1999-03-13) 13 March 1999	13	4	Genk
19	4FW	Alexander Sørloth	(1995-12-05) 5 December 1995	38	14	Real Sociedad
23	4FW	Veton Berisha	(1994-04-13) 13 April 1994	9	1	Viking

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for the Norway squad within the last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Ørjan Nyland	(1990-09-10) 10 September 1990	34	0	Reading	v. Slovakia, 25 March 2022 WD
GK	Sten Grytebust	(1989-10-25) 25 October 1989	5	0	Aalesund	v. Montenegro, 11 October 2021
GK	Viljar Myhra	(1996-07-21) 21 July 1996	0	0	Strømsgodset	v. Montenegro, 11 October 2021
GK	Per Kristian Bråtveit	(1996-02-15) 15 February 1996	1	0	Nîmes	v. Turkey, 8 October 2021 INJ
DF	Birger Meling	(1994-12-17) 17 December 1994	26	0	Rennes	v. Slovakia, 25 March 2022 WD
DF	Omar Elabdellaoui	(1991-12-05) 5 December 1991	49	0	Galatasaray	v. Slovakia, 25 March 2022 WD
DF	Anders Trondsen	(1995-03-30) 30 March 1995	4	0	Trabzonspor	v. Netherlands, 16 November 2021
DF	Marius Lode	(1993-03-11) 11 March 1993	2	0	Schalke 04	v. Netherlands, 16 November 2021
DF	Ruben Gabrielsen	(1992-03-10) 10 March 1992	2	0	Austin FC	v. Netherlands, 16 November 2021
DF	Jonas Svensson	(1993-03-06) 6 March 1993	23	1	Adana Demirspor	v. Turkey, 8 October 2021 INJ
MF	Ola Solbakken	(1998-09-07) 7 September 1998	2	0	Bodø/Glimt	v. Slovakia, 25 March 2022 WD
MF	Fredrik Midtsjø	(1993-08-11) 11 August 1993	11	0	AZ	v. Netherlands, 16 November 2021 INJ
MF	Iver Fossum	(1996-07-15) 15 July 1996	14	1	AaB	v. Montenegro, 11 October 2021
MF	Patrick Berg	(1997-11-24) 24 November 1997	9	0	Lens	v. Montenegro, 11 October 2021 INJ
MF	Dennis Johnsen	(1998-02-17) 17 February 1998	1	0	Venezia	v. Montenegro, 11 October 2021
MF	Aron Dønnum	(1998-04-20) 20 April 1998	2	0	Standard Liège	v. Gibraltar, 7 September 2021
MF	Kristoffer Zachariassen	(1994-01-27) 27 January 1994	1	0	Ferencváros	v. Greece, 6 June 2021
FW	Thomas Lehne Olsen	(1991-06-29) 29 June 1991	1	0	Shabab Al Ahli	v. Netherlands, 16 November 2021
FW	Ohi Omoijuanfo	(1994-01-10) 10 January 1994	1	0	Red Star Belgrade	v. Montenegro, 11 October 2021
FW	Erik Botheim	(2000-01-10) 10 January 2000	0	0	Unattached	v. Netherlands, 1 September 2021
INJ Withdrew due to injury PRE Preliminary squad / standby RET Retired from the national team SUS Serving suspension QUA Placed in mandatory quarantine WD Withdrew due to non-injury issue.

Player records

Main article: List of Norway international footballers

As of 29 March 2022

Players in bold are still active with Norway.

Top appearances

John Arne Riise is the most capped male player in the history of Norway with 110 caps.

Rank	Player	Caps	Goals	Career
1	John Arne Riise	110	16	2000–2013
2	Thorbjørn Svenssen	104	0	1947–1962
3	Henning Berg	100	9	1992–2004
4	Erik Thorstvedt	97	0	1982–1996
5	John Carew	91	24	1998–2011
	Brede Hangeland	91	4	2002–2014
7	Øyvind Leonhardsen	86	19	1990–2003
8	Kjetil Rekdal	83	17	1987–2000
	Morten Gamst Pedersen	83	17	2004–2014
10	Steffen Iversen	79	21	1998–2011

Top goalscorers

Jørgen Juve is the top male goalscorer in the history of Norway with 33 goals.

Rank	Player	Goals	Caps	Average	Career
1	Jørgen Juve	33	45	0.73	1928–1937
2	Einar Gundersen	26	33	0.79	1917–1928
3	Harald Hennum	25	43	0.58	1949–1960
4	John Carew	24	91	0.26	1998–2011
5	Ole Gunnar Solskjær	23	67	0.34	1995–2007
	Tore André Flo	23	76	0.3	1995–2004
7	Gunnar Thoresen	22	64	0.34	1946–1959
8	Steffen Iversen	21	79	0.27	1998–2011
9	Joshua King	20	59	0.34	2012–present
	Jan Åge Fjørtoft	20	71	0.28	1986–1996

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

Main article: Norway at the FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup record											Qualification record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930	Did not enter										Did not enter
1934
1938	Round of 16	12th	1	0	0	1	1	2	Squad		2	1	1	0	6	5
1950	Did not enter										Did not enter
1954	Did not qualify										4	0	2	2	4	9
1958											4	1	0	3	3	15
1962											4	0	0	4	3	11
1966											6	3	1	2	10	5
1970											4	1	0	3	4	13
1974											6	2	0	4	9	16
1978											4	2	0	2	3	4
1982											8	2	2	4	8	15
1986											8	1	3	4	4	10
1990											8	2	2	4	10	9
1994	Group stage	17th	3	1	1	1	1	1	Squad		10	7	2	1	25	5
1998	Round of 16	15th	4	1	2	1	5	5	Squad		8	6	2	0	21	2
2002	Did not qualify										10	2	4	4	12	14
2006											12	5	3	4	12	9
2010											8	2	4	2	9	7
2014											10	3	3	4	10	13
2018											10	4	1	5	17	16
2022											10	5	3	2	15	8
2026	To be determined										To be determined
Total	Round of 16	3/21	8	2	3	3	7	8	—		136	49	33	54	185	186

UEFA European Championship

Main article: Norway at the UEFA European Championship

UEFA European Championship record											Qualifying record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1960	Did not qualify										2	0	0	2	2	6
1964											2	0	1	1	1	3
1968											6	1	1	4	9	14
1972											6	0	1	5	5	18
1976											6	1	0	5	5	15
1980											8	0	1	7	5	20
1984											6	1	2	3	7	8
1988											8	1	2	5	5	12
1992											8	3	3	2	9	5
1996											10	6	2	2	17	7
2000	Group stage	9th	3	1	1	1	1	1	Squad		10	8	1	1	21	9
2004	Did not qualify										10	4	2	4	10	10
2008											12	7	2	3	27	11
2012											8	5	1	2	10	7
2016											12	6	1	5	14	13
2020											11	4	5	2	20	13
2024	To be determined										To be determined
Total	Group stage	1/16	3	1	1	1	1	1	—		125	47	25	53	167	171

UEFA Nations League

UEFA Nations League record
Season	Division	Group	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	P/R	RK
2018–19	C	3	6	4	1	1	7	2		26th
2020–21	B	1	6	3	1	2	12	7		22nd
2022–23	B	To be determined
Total			12	7	2	3	19	9	22nd

Olympics Games

Olympics Games record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
1908	Did not enter
1912	Quarter-finals	1	0	0	1	0	7	Squad
1920		2	1	0	1	3	5	Squad
1924	Did not enter
1928
1936	Bronze medal	4	3	0	1	10	4	Squad
1948	Did not enter
1952	Round of 16	1	0	0	1	1	4	Squad
1956	Did not enter
1960	Did not qualify
1964	Did not enter
1968
1972
1976
1980	Did not qualify
1984	Group stage	3	1	1	1	3	2	Squad
Since 1992	Olympics football has been an under-23 tournament
Total	Bronze medal	11	5	1	5	17	22	—

All-time team record

The following table shows Norway's all-time international record, correct as of 11 October 2021.

Norway's all-time international record, 1908–2021
Opponents	Played	Won	Drawn*	Lost	GF	GA	GD	% Won
Albania	5	2	2	1	6	5	+1	50%
Argentina	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2	100%
Armenia	2	1	1	0	4	1	+3	50%
Australia	3	1	1	1	6	4	+2	50%
Austria	12	2	2	8	10	24	−14	17%
Azerbaijan	6	4	1	1	9	1	+8	57%
Bahrain	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100%
Belarus	7	3	2	2	9	5	+4	43%
Belgium	9	0	3	6	8	17	−9	0%
Bermuda	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5	100%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	4	2	0	2	5	3	+2	50%
Brazil	4	2	2	0	8	5	+3	50%
Bulgaria	18	5	5	8	16	31	−15	28%
Cameroon	1	1	0	0	6	1	+5	100%
Chile	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0%
China	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100%
Colombia	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0%
Costa Rica	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	50%
Croatia	5	1	1	3	6	10	−4	20%
Cyprus	11	11	0	0	28	4	+24	100%
Czechoslovakia	5	0	1	4	5	13	−8	0%
Czech Republic	8	1	3	4	8	10	−2	13%
Denmark	90	21	15	54	107	229	−121	23%
East Germany	9	1	2	6	8	15	−7	11%
Egypt	6	3	3	0	7	2	+5	50%
England	16	2	4	8	14	33	−18	27%
Estonia	7	4	2	1	16	5	+11	57%
Faroe Islands	4	4	0	0	15	0	+15	100%
Finland	66	41	16	9	181	81	+100	62%
France	16	4	4	8	16	24	−8	25%
Georgia	3	3	0	0	6	1	+5	100%
Germany	15	2	4	9	11	34	−23	13%
Ghana	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	100%
Gibraltar	2	2	0	0	8	1	+7	100%
Greece	9	2	2	5	10	13	−3	28%
Grenada	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100%
Guatemala	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100%
Honduras	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100%
Hungary	21	7	6	8	26	36	−9	33%
Iceland	34	20	6	8	64	35	+29	59%
Israel	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	50%
Italy	17	3	4	10	13	22	−8	18%
Jamaica	2	1	1	0	7	1	+6	50%
Japan	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100%
Jordan	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0%
Kuwait	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	0%
Latvia	3	2	0	1	5	4	−1	50%
Lithuania	2	2	0	0	2	0	+2	100%
Luxembourg	12	9	1	2	25	9	+15	73%
Malta	12	10	2	0	30	4	+26	83%
Mexico	6	2	1	3	8	11	−3	33%
Moldova	5	4	1	0	6	1	+5	80%
Montenegro	4	3	0	1	6	4	+2	66%
Morocco	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0%
Netherlands	20	5	6	9	27	44	−17	25%
New Zealand	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100%
Nigeria	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0%
North Korea	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100%
North Macedonia	4	2	1	1	4	3	+1	50%
Northern Ireland	11	9	0	2	25	10	+15	82%
Oman	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100%
Panama	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100%
Paraguay	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0%
Poland	21	4	3	14	26	60	−34	18%
Portugal	11	1	2	8	5	18	−13	9%
Qatar	2	2	0	0	8	1	+7	100%
Republic of Ireland	20	4	9	7	21	30	−9	20%
Romania	14	3	7	4	14	14	0	21%
Russia	16	1	5	10	10	31	-21	16%
Saar	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	0%
San Marino	4	4	0	0	24	1	+23	100%
Saudi Arabia	1	1	0	0	6	0	+6	100%
Scotland	17	3	6	8	18	27	−9	17%
Senegal	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	0%
Serbia	2	0	1	1	2	3	0	0%
Serbia and Montenegro	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100%
Singapore	1	1	0	0	5	2	+3	100%
Slovakia	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	100%
Slovenia	9	6	2	1	16	8	+8	67%
South Africa	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	67%
South Korea	5	2	1	2	8	6	+2	40%
Spain	8	1	2	5	4	12	−8	13%
Sweden	109	24	26	59	148	277	−129	22%
Switzerland	21	8	6	7	26	21	+5	38%
Thailand	2	2	0	0	8	0	+8	100%
Trinidad and Tobago	1	0	0	1	2	3	−1	0%
Tunisia	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	50%
Turkey	11	3	3	5	15	14	+1	27%
United Arab Emirates	2	2	2	0	2	2	0	50%
United States	5	2	1	2	14	8	+6	40%
Ukraine	5	0	1	4	0	5	−5	0%
Uruguay	2	0	1	1	3	2	−1	0%
Wales	12	4	4	4	15	17	−2	33%
West Germany	9	2	1	6	9	25	−16	22%
Yugoslavia	13	2	1	10	15	29	−14	16%
Zambia	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0%
Total	852	303	201	348	1249	1402	−153	35%

Managers

The following is a list of all managers of the national team. Prior to 1953, the team was selected by a selection committee, which also continued to select the team until 1969. The table lists the manager, his nationality, the period he was manager, games played (P), games won (W), games drawn (D), games lost (L), goals for (F) and goals against (A). It also lists any finals reached and how far the team progressed. The list is up to date as of 29 March 2022.

Manager	Nationality	Tenure	P	W	D	L	F	A	Finals
Willibald Hahn	Austria	1 August 1953 – 31 December 1955	26	7	7	12	28	42
Ron Lewin	England	1 January 1956 – 31 December 1957	17	5	4	8	25	38
Edmund Majowski	Poland	1 January 1958 – 15 September 1958	5	3	1	1	10	8
Ragnar Larsen	Norway	16 September 1958 – 31 December 1958	1	0	0	1	1	4
Kristian Henriksen	Norway	1 January 1959 – 31 December 1959	10	3	0	7	15	29
Wilhelm Kment	Austria	1 January 1960 – 15 August 1962	20	6	2	12	32	45
Ragnar Larsen	Norway	16 August 1962 – 31 December 1966	33	11	7	15	47	74
Wilhelm Kment	Austria	1 January 1967 – 31 December 1969	25	9	3	13	39	61
Øivind Johannessen	Norway	1 January 1970 – 31 December 1971	17	4	2	11	18	43
George Curtis	England	1 January 1972 – August 1974	17	3	2	12	17	30
Kjell Schou-Andreassen and Nils Arne Eggen	Norway	August 1974 – 31 December 1977	27	6	4	17	26	52
Tor Røste Fossen	Norway	1 January 1978 – 30 June 1987	94	28	28	38	96	119
Tord Grip	Sweden	1 July 1987 – 30 June 1988	7	0	4	3	3	7
Ingvar Stadheim	Norway	1 July 1988 – 10 October 1990	24	5	8	11	32	37
Egil Olsen	Norway	11 October 1990 – 30 June 1998	88	46	26	16	168	63	1994 World Cup – Group stage 1998 World Cup – Round of 16
Nils Johan Semb	Norway	1 July 1998 – 31 December 2003	68	29	21	18	89	61	Euro 2000 – Group stage
Åge Hareide	Norway	1 January 2004 – 8 December 2008	58	24	18	16	88	65
Egil Olsen	Norway	14 January 2009 – 27 September 2013	49	25	8	16	61	50
Per-Mathias Høgmo	Norway	27 September 2013 – 16 November 2016	35	10	7	18	33	49
Lars Lagerbäck	Sweden	1 February 2017 – 6 December 2020	34	18	8	8	60	34
Leif Gunnar Smerud	Norway	18 November 2020	1	0	1	0	1	1
Ståle Solbakken	Norway	7 December 2020 –	14	8	3	3	28	10

Honours

Official

• Olympics Games
  • Bronze medal: 1936

See also

• Football in Norway
• Norway women's national football team
• Norway national under-21 football team
• Norway national under-20 football team
• Norway national under-19 football team
• Norway national under-17 football team
• Sápmi football team

External links

• Official website of The Norwegian Football Association (NFF)
• Norway FIFA profile
• Norway UEFA profile
• RSSSF archive of results 1908–
• RSSSF archive of most capped players and highest goalscorers
• Complete list of Norwegian international players