Global InformationNorway national football team information
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| Nickname(s) | Drillos[a] Løvene (The Lions) | ||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||
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| FIFA ranking | |||||||||
| Current | 47  1 (4 April 2024)[1] | ||||||||
| 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)[2] | |||||||||
| 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
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| Website | fotball.no | ||||||||
The Norway national football team (Norwegian: Norges herrelandslag i fotball, or informally Landslaget) represents Norway in men's international football's, 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. Norway has participated three times in the FIFA World Cup (1938, 1994, 1998), and once in the UEFA European Championship (2000).
Norway is one of very few national teams never to have lost against Brazil. In four matches, Norway has a match record against Brazil of two wins and two draws,[4] in three friendly matches (in 1988, 1997 and 2006) and a 1998 World Cup group stage match.
After Euro 2000, the national team have been eliminated in 12 consecutive qualifications to a major international tournament (UEFA Euro and FIFA World Cup) as of December 2023.[5][6][7]
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- ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 4 April 2024. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
- ^ "Norwegian national team 1946". www.rsssf.no. Archived from the original on 27 June 2013. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
- ^ Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 27 March 2024. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
- ^ "Norway national football team: record v Brazil". 11v11.com. 11v11. Archived from the original on 14 December 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
- ^ "Erling Haaland to miss out on Euro 2024! How Norway have messed up qualifying for another major tournament | Goal.com Ghana". www.goal.com. 19 November 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
- ^ "Why Erling Haaland isn't at the Euros: How Man City star, Martin Odegaard missed out with Norway | Sporting News". www.sportingnews.com. 2 December 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
- ^ "Can Haaland and Odegaard take Norway back to international prominence?". France 24. 13 February 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2024.