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6 unusual facts about Norway national football team


Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

Oxlade-Chamberlain made his debut for the senior England side on 26 May 2012 in a 1–0 win against Norway in a friendly.

Dick Spalding

During the six game tour, the U.S. played two recognized international games, one on August 21, 1916 against Sweden and another on September 3, 1916 against Norway.

Frigg Oslo FK

It had several players for the Norwegian national team, including Harald Hennum and Per Pettersen.

Kenneth Hegan

He earned 23 caps for England at amateur level, including at the 1920 Olympics held in Antwerp, when Great Britain were eliminated in a 3–1 defeat by Norway.

Marianne Aasen

For twelve years she was married to Simen Agdestein, an International Grandmaster of chess and former Norwegian international footballer.

Tufte IL

Tufte IL is made for the TV reality show "Heia Tufte!" (Go Tufte!), shown on the commercial TV channel TVNorge, about 16 nerds learning to play football by ex-Tottenham and Norwegian international goalkeeper Erik Thorstvedt.


1972–73 in Belgian football

Belgium continued their qualifying campaign for the 1974 FIFA World Cup with a win over Norway and a draw against the Netherlands.

2000–01 Nordic Football Championship

Six Nordic countries participated, Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.

Alexander Tettey

Tettey is now a naturalized Norwegian and has been capped for the Norwegian under-18, 19 and 21 national teams, and he made his first appearance on the Norwegian national team in their 2–1 win against Argentina on 22 August 2007.

Andy Mutch

Mutch’s goal-scoring prowess was recognised by a call-up to the England B squad in 1989 - making three appearances against Switzerland, Norway and Iceland.

Ellef Mohn

Ellef Mohn (13 August 1894 – 4 January 1974) was a Norwegian footballer who played for the clubs Lyn (Gjøvik) and SK Frigg and the Norwegian national team.

Eric Gates

Gates made his International debut on 10 September 1980 against Norway in a 4-0 World Cup qualifying victory, his only other international appearance coming in a 2-1 World Cup qualifying defeat against Romania in Bucharest.

Fredrikstad FK

The seventh and final iteration of Fredrikstad's kit was introduced after a match between Norway and Poland at Fredrikstad stadion, on 7 October 1926.

Jo Inge Bjørnebye

His son Stig Inge Bjørnebye was a professional footballer, most notably for Liverpool and the Norwegian national team.

Kristiansund BK

Since Magnar Isaksen won a bronze medal in the 1936 Summer Olympics, many footballers from Kristiansund have played for the Norwegian national team including Ole Gunnar Solskjær, Øyvind Leonhardsen and Trond Andersen.

Liban Abdi

Abdi is eligible to play for both Somalia and Norway but has not represented any of them although he has stated that he wants to play for Norway.

Madeleine Giske

Giske is the daughter of Anders Giske, a former professional footballer who captained the Norwegian National Football Team, as well as playing for clubs such as SK Brann, FC Nuremberg, Bayer Leverkusen and 1. FC Köln.

Oddvar Hansen

He also won 19 caps for Norway between 1948 and 1954, and was a member of Norway's squad at the 1952 Olympics.

Owen Kinsella

His second cap came five years later in a World Cup qualifier defeat to Norway in the Ullevaal Stadion on the October 10, 1937.

Poul Pedersen

On September 17, 1961, he broke Pauli Jørgensen's record from 1939, as Pedersen became the first Dane to play 48 games for the national team, when Denmark beat the Norway national football team 4-0 in a 1960-63 Nordic Football Championship game.

Rune Bratseth

Nicknamed Elk due to his stature, he is best known for his spell with Werder Bremen, also having appeared in the 1994 World Cup with Norway.

Sápmi football team

Sápmi footballers who have played for both the Norwegian national side and for the Sápmi team, include Morten Gamst Pedersen, Sigurd Rushfeldt and Tom Høgli.


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