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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.
Mar 9, 2021 · Although not exclusively an under-23 selection, only eight players were born outside the 2020 Olympics age-criteria set by FIFA. This is still very much a Norway squad for the future.
Dec 1, 2022 · It was a golden age in Norwegian football, bookended by successive FIFA World Cup appearances in 1994 and 1998 and added further sheen to by a sensational win over Brazil in the group stages...
Jun 16, 2021 · Permanently frozen in this one still frame is the demise of Norway’s golden generation, who perished on a warm summer evening in Arnhem. Few could have predicted it at the time, but Euro 2000 marked the last time the world would witness Landslaget at a major international tournament. It has been a long, lonely two decades in the wilderness ...
Dec 20, 2020 · In the spring of 2016, a 15-year-old was touted as one the biggest talent in Norway. But instead of creating ripples at his home-town club Bryne, in the second level of Norwegian league football, 16 goalless games almost killed his dreams and career.
Oct 15, 2023 · Norway haven’t reached an international men’s football tournament since 2000. A country with a population of 5.5 million people might not be expected to be high achievers, though Croatia (3.8 million) make a good fist of it, while far smaller European nations have qualified for either the World Cup or the European Championship since.
On 4 September 2020, Haaland scored his first senior international goal for Norway in a 1–2 loss against Austria in the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League B. Three days later, he scored a brace in a 5–1 victory against Northern Ireland . [153]
