Norwegian national football team
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| Association | Norges Fotballforbund (NFF) |
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| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) |
| Head coach | Lars Lagerbäck |
| Captain | Stefan Johansen |
| Most caps | John Arne Riise (110) |
| Top scorer | Jørgen Juve (33) |
| Home stadium | Ullevaal Stadion |
| FIFA code | NOR |
| FIFA ranking | |
| Current | 86  (4 May 2017)
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| Highest | 2 (October 1993, July–August 1995) |
| Lowest | 86 (April 2017) |
| Elo ranking | |
| Current | 71 (7 May 2017)
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| Highest | 6 (June 2000) |
| Lowest | 91 (May–June 1976) |
| First international | |
 Sweden 11–3 Norway  (Gothenburg, Sweden; 12 July 1908) |
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| Biggest win | |
Norway 12–0 Finland  (Bergen, Norway; 28 June 1946) |
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| Biggest defeat | |
 Denmark 12–0 Norway (Copenhagen, Denmark; 7 October 1917) |
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| World Cup | |
| Appearances | 3 (first in 1938) |
| Best result | Round of 16, 1998 |
| European Championship | |
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2000) |
| Best result | Group Stage, 2000 |
| Olympic medal record | ||
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1936 Berlin | Team |
The Norway men's national football team (Norwegian: Norges herrelandslag i fotball) represents Norway in international association football and is controlled by the Football Association of Norway, the governing body for football in Norway. Norway's home ground is Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo and their head coach is Lars Lagerbäck. It is, as of April 2017, ranked by FIFA as the 86th best national team in the world.
Norway has participated three times in the FIFA World Cup (1938, 1994, 1998), and once in the UEFA European Championship (2000).
Norway is also notable as the only national team that has never lost any of the matches it has played against Brazil. In four matches played, Norway has a 2–2–0 (2 wins and 2 draws) record against Brazil, with one of those victories coming in the 1998 World Cup.
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 hosts 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 turned out to be Norway's last World Cup finals appearance in 56 years.
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