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The Norway national football team secured a bronze medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. They defeated host nation Germany before losing to Czechoslovakia in the semi-finals and beating Romania in the third-place play-off match.
Egil Olsen took charge of the Norway national team in October 1990 with a decisive 6, 1 home victory against Cameroon. Fans and critics began calling him Drillo during his tenure until 1998 when he led the squad to world ranking number two.
Norway missed twelve consecutive major tournaments following Euro 2000 before securing their spot in the 2026 FIFA World Cup. That achievement ended a twenty-eight year drought since their last appearance in 1998.
Norway holds a unique statistical record against Brazil among all national teams as they have never lost to the South American giants across four official matches. The results include two wins and two draws including a 2, 1 win during the group stage of the 1998 World Cup in France.
Nike became the official supplier starting the 1st of January 2015 under a partnership announced on the 10th of September 2014. A special gold version of the logo was worn against Italy on the 16th of November 2025 to mark World Cup qualification.
Erling Haaland leads all-time goal scorers with fifty-five goals in forty-eight matches since 2019. John Arne Riise holds the record for most appearances with 110 caps between 2000 and 2013 while Thorbjørn Svenssen earned 104 caps without scoring any goals from 1947 to 1962.