Norway national football team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Norway women's national football 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. Norway has participated three times in the FIFA World Cup (1938, 1994, 1998), and once in the UEFA European Championship (2000).

Norway

Nickname(s)	Drillos^[a] 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	43 1 (22 December 2022)^[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 Olympic Games 1936 Berlin Team
Website	fotball.no

Norway is 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,^[4] 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 Olympic 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.^[5]

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^[6] 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.^[7]

Team image

Crest

 

Original badge of the Norwegian national team.

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.^[8] 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.^[9]

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.^[10] 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

2022

Norway   v   Slovakia

25 March 2022 Friendly	Norway	2–0	Slovakia	Oslo, Norway
18:00 UTC+1	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
19:00 UTC+2	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

2 June 2022 2022–23 UEFA Nations League	Serbia	0–1	Norway	Belgrade, Serbia
20:45 UTC+2		Report	Haaland   26'	Stadium: Red Star Stadium Attendance: 9,726 Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (Poland)

Sweden   v   Norway

5 June 2022 2022–23 UEFA Nations League	Sweden	1–2	Norway	Solna, Sweden
20:45 UTC+2	Elanga   90+2'	Report	Haaland   20' (pen.), 69'	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 42,320 Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

Norway   v   Slovenia

9 June 2022 2022–23 UEFA Nations League	Norway	0–0	Slovenia	Oslo, Norway
20:45 UTC+2		Report		Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 18,134 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Portugal)

Norway   v   Sweden

12 June 2022 2022–23 UEFA Nations League	Norway	3–2	Sweden	Oslo, Norway
18:00 UTC+2	Haaland   10', 54' (pen.) Sørloth   77'	Report	Forsberg   62' Gyökeres   90+5'	Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 24,273 Referee: Harm Osmers (Germany)

Slovenia   v   Norway

24 September 2022 2022–23 UEFA Nations League	Slovenia	2–1	Norway	Ljubljana, Slovenia
18:00 UTC+2	Šporar   69' Šeško   81'	Report	Haaland   47'	Stadium: Stožice Stadium Attendance: 14,824 Referee: Lawrence Visser (Belgium)

Norway   v   Serbia

27 September 2022 2022–23 UEFA Nations League	Norway	0–2	Serbia	Oslo, Norway
20:45 UTC+2		Report	Vlahović   42' A. Mitrović   54'	Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 24,364 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

Republic of Ireland   v   Norway

17 November 2022 (2022-11-17) Friendly	Republic of Ireland	1–2	Norway	Dublin, Ireland
19:45 UTC+1	Browne   69'	Report	Østigård   40' Omoijuanfo   85'	Stadium: Aviva Stadium Referee: Allard Lindhout (Netherlands)

Norway   v   Finland

20 November 2022 (2022-11-20) Friendly	Norway	1–1	Finland	Oslo, Norway
13:00 UTC+1	Sørloth   46'	Report	Källman   32'	Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Referee: Morten Krogh (Denmark)

2023

Spain   v   Norway

25 March 2023 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying	Spain	3–0	Norway	Málaga, Spain
20:45 UTC+2	Olmo   13' Joselu   84', 85'	Report		Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 29,214 Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)

Georgia   v   Norway

28 March 2023 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying	Georgia	1–1	Norway	Tbilisi, Georgia
18:00 UTC+2	Mikautadze   60'	Report	Sørloth   15'	Stadium: Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)

Norway   v   Scotland

17 June 2023 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying	Norway	v	Scotland	Oslo, Norway
18:00 UTC+2		Report		Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion

Norway   v   Cyprus

20 June 2023 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying	Norway	v	Cyprus	Oslo, Norway
20:45 UTC+2		Report		Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion

Norway   v   Jordan

7 September 2023 Friendly	Norway	v	Jordan	Oslo, Norway
18:00 UTC+1				Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion

Norway   v   Georgia

11 September 2023 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying	Norway	v	Georgia	Oslo, Norway
20:45 UTC+2		Report		Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion

Cyprus   v   Norway

12 October 2023 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying	Cyprus	v	Norway	TBD, Cyprus
20:45 UTC+2		Report		Stadium: TBD

Norway   v   Spain

15 October 2023 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying	Norway	v	Spain	Oslo, Norway
20:45 UTC+2		Report		Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion

Norway   v   Faroe Islands

16 November 2023 Friendly	Norway	v	Faroe Islands	Oslo, Norway
--:-- UTC+1				Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion

Scotland   v   Norway

19 November 2023 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying	Scotland	v	Norway	Glasgow, Scotland
20:45 UTC+1		Report		Stadium: Hampden Park

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.

As of 28 March 2023^[11][12]

 

Ståle Solbakken is currently the manager of Norway.

Manager	Tenure	P	W	D	L	F	A	Finals
Willibald Hahn	1 August 1953 – 31 December 1955	26	7	7	12	28	42
Ron Lewin	1 January 1956 – 31 December 1957	17	5	4	8	25	38
Edmund Majowski	1 January 1958 – 15 September 1958	5	3	1	1	10	8
Ragnar Larsen	16 September 1958 – 31 December 1958	1	0	0	1	1	4
Kristian Henriksen	1 January 1959 – 31 December 1959	10	3	0	7	15	29
Wilhelm Kment	1 January 1960 – 15 August 1962	20	6	2	12	32	45
Ragnar Larsen	16 August 1962 – 31 December 1966	33	11	7	15	47	74
Wilhelm Kment	1 January 1967 – 31 December 1969	25	9	3	13	39	61
Øivind Johannessen	1 January 1970 – 31 December 1971	17	4	2	11	18	43
George Curtis	1 January 1972 – August 1974	17	3	2	12	17	30
Kjell Schou-Andreassen   Nils Arne Eggen	August 1974 – 31 December 1977	27	6	4	17	26	52
Tor Røste Fossen	1 January 1978 – 30 June 1987	94	28	28	38	96	119
Tord Grip	1 July 1987 – 30 June 1988	7	0	4	3	3	7
Ingvar Stadheim	1 July 1988 – 10 October 1990	24	5	8	11	32	37
Egil Olsen	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	1 July 1998 – 31 December 2003	68	29	21	18	89	61	Euro 2000 – Group stage
Åge Hareide	1 January 2004 – 8 December 2008	58	24	18	16	88	65
Egil Olsen	14 January 2009 – 27 September 2013	49	25	8	16	61	50
Per-Mathias Høgmo	27 September 2013 – 16 November 2016	35	10	7	18	33	49
Lars Lagerbäck	1 February 2017 – 6 December 2020	34	18	8	8	60	34
Leif Gunnar Smerud	18 November 2020	1	0	1	0	1	1
Ståle Solbakken	7 December 2020 –	24	12	6	6	39	23

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying games against Spain and Georgia on 25 and 28 March 2023, respectively.^[13]

Caps and goals correct as of 28 March 2023, after the match against Georgia.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Ørjan Nyland	(1990-09-10) 10 September 1990 (age 32)	44	0	RB Leipzig
12	1GK	Jacob Karlstrøm	(1997-01-09) 9 January 1997 (age 26)	0	0	Molde
13	1GK	Egil Selvik	(1997-07-30) 30 July 1997 (age 25)	0	0	Haugesund
3	2DF	Stian Rode Gregersen	(1995-05-17) 17 May 1995 (age 27)	7	0	Bordeaux
4	2DF	Stefan Strandberg	(1990-07-25) 25 July 1990 (age 32)	31	1	Vålerenga
5	2DF	Birger Meling	(1994-12-17) 17 December 1994 (age 28)	35	0	Rennes
14	2DF	Julian Ryerson	(1997-11-17) 17 November 1997 (age 25)	17	0	Borussia Dortmund
15	2DF	Leo Skiri Østigård	(1999-11-28) 28 November 1999 (age 23)	11	1	Napoli
17	2DF	Fredrik André Bjørkan	(1998-08-21) 21 August 1998 (age 24)	9	0	Bodø/Glimt
21	2DF	Andreas Hanche-Olsen	(1997-01-17) 17 January 1997 (age 26)	14	0	Mainz
22	2DF	Marcus Holmgren Pedersen	(2000-07-16) 16 July 2000 (age 22)	18	0	Feyenoord
2	3MF	Morten Thorsby	(1996-05-05) 5 May 1996 (age 26)	17	0	Union Berlin
6	3MF	Patrick Berg	(1997-11-24) 24 November 1997 (age 25)	16	0	Bodø/Glimt
7	3MF	Ola Brynhildsen	(1999-05-28) 28 May 1999 (age 23)	4	0	Molde
8	3MF	Sander Berge	(1998-02-14) 14 February 1998 (age 25)	34	1	Sheffield United
9	3MF	Ola Solbakken	(1998-09-07) 7 September 1998 (age 24)	6	0	Roma
10	3MF	Martin Ødegaard (captain)	(1998-12-17) 17 December 1998 (age 24)	49	2	Arsenal
11	3MF	Mohamed Elyounoussi	(1994-08-04) 4 August 1994 (age 28)	51	9	Southampton
16	3MF	Fredrik Aursnes	(1995-12-10) 10 December 1995 (age 27)	12	0	Benfica
18	3MF	Kristian Thorstvedt	(1999-03-13) 13 March 1999 (age 24)	19	4	Sassuolo
20	3MF	Hugo Vetlesen	(2000-02-29) 29 February 2000 (age 23)	1	0	Bodø/Glimt
	3MF	Mats Møller Dæhli	(1995-03-02) 2 March 1995 (age 28)	35	2	1. FC Nürnberg
19	4FW	Alexander Sørloth	(1995-12-05) 5 December 1995 (age 27)	47	17	Real Sociedad
23	4FW	Jørgen Strand Larsen	(2000-02-06) 6 February 2000 (age 23)	5	0	Celta Vigo

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	Mads Hedenstad Christiansen	(2000-10-21) 21 October 2000 (age 22)	0	0	Lillestrøm	v.   Finland, 20 November 2022
GK	André Hansen	(1989-12-17) 17 December 1989 (age 33)	11	0	Rosenborg	v.   Serbia, 27 September 2022 ^RET
GK	Sten Grytebust	(1989-10-25) 25 October 1989 (age 33)	5	0	Aalesund	v.   Serbia, 27 September 2022 ^RET
DF	Kristoffer Ajer	(1998-04-17) 17 April 1998 (age 24)	27	0	Brentford	v.   Spain, 25 March 2023 ^INJ
DF	Marius Lode	(1993-03-11) 11 March 1993 (age 30)	2	0	Bodø/Glimt	v.   Finland, 20 November 2022
DF	Omar Elabdellaoui	(1991-12-05) 5 December 1991 (age 31)	49	0	Bodø/Glimt	v.   Serbia, 27 September 2022
DF	Brede Moe	(1991-12-15) 15 December 1991 (age 31)	0	0	Bodø/Glimt	v.   Sweden, 12 June 2022
MF	Kristoffer Zachariassen	(1994-01-27) 27 January 1994 (age 29)	3	0	Ferencváros	v.   Finland, 20 November 2022
MF	Sivert Mannsverk	(2002-05-08) 8 May 2002 (age 20)	0	0	Molde	v.   Finland, 20 November 2022
MF	Fredrik Midtsjø	(1993-08-11) 11 August 1993 (age 29)	11	0	Galatasaray	v.   Republic of Ireland, 17 November 2022 ^RET
MF	Mathias Normann	(1996-05-28) 28 May 1996 (age 26)	12	1	Dynamo Moscow	v.   Sweden, 12 June 2022 ^EX
MF	Jens Petter Hauge	(1999-10-12) 12 October 1999 (age 23)	10	0	Gent	v.   Sweden, 12 June 2022
MF	Dennis Johnsen	(1998-02-17) 17 February 1998 (age 25)	1	0	Venezia	v.   Sweden, 12 June 2022
FW	Erling Haaland	(2000-07-21) 21 July 2000 (age 22)	23	21	Manchester City	v.   Spain, 25 March 2023 ^INJ
FW	Ohi Omoijuanfo	(1994-01-10) 10 January 1994 (age 29)	2	1	Brøndby	v.   Finland, 20 November 2022
FW	Joshua King	(1992-01-15) 15 January 1992 (age 31)	62	20	Fenerbahçe	v.   Slovenia, 24 September 2022 ^INJ
FW	Veton Berisha	(1994-04-13) 13 April 1994 (age 28)	10	1	Molde	v.   Sweden, 12 June 2022
^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. ^EX Player expelled from the squad due to non-injury issue.

Player records

Main article: List of Norway international footballers

As of 27 September 2022^[14]

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	Morten Gamst Pedersen	83	17	2004–2014
	Kjetil Rekdal	83	17	1987–2000
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	Erling Haaland	21	23	0.91	2019–present
	Steffen Iversen	21	79	0.27	1998–2011
10	Joshua King	20	62	0.32	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	3/22	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	4	6	3	1	2	7	7		24th
2024–25	B	To be determined
Total			18	10	3	5	26	16	22nd

Olympic Games

Olympic 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	Olympic 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 27 September 2022.^[15]

Norway's all-time international record, 1908–2022
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	3	2	1	0	13	1	+12	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	4	2	1	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	21	5	6	10	27	46	−19	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	4	1	1	2	3	5	−2	25%
Serbia and Montenegro	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100%
Singapore	1	1	0	0	5	2	+3	100%
Slovakia	3	3	0	0	5	0	+5	100%
Slovenia	11	6	3	2	17	10	+7	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	111	26	26	59	153	280	−127	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%

Honours

Official

• Olympic Games
  •   Bronze medal: 1936

See also

•  Association football portal
•  Norway portal

• 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

Notes

1. In the period when Egil 'Drillo' Olsen was head coach.

References

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External links

 

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