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| Association | Norges Fotballforbund |
|---|---|
| Confederation | UEFA |
| FIFA code | NOR |
| FIFA ranking | 15 |
| Highest FIFA ranking | 9 (1928-1930) |
| Lowest FIFA ranking | 22 (1936) |
| First international | |
 Norway 0-2  Germany(Oslo, Norway; 13 March 1909) | |
| FIFA World Cup | |
| Appearances | 5 (First in 1910) |
| Best result | 3rd (1950) |
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's Football | ||
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1912 Stockholm | Team |
The Norway national football team represents Norway is international association football. It is controlled by the Norges Fotballforbund.
History
Early history
The first instance of a Norway football team took place on October 20, 1908 as they were one of five teams to compete at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. In their first match against Sweden, they would get demolished 8-0. The following tournament which was the 1910 FIFA World Cup held in Austria wouldn't be much better with the team being bundled to a 5-0 defeat to Belgium in the opening round of the competition.
The following summer, Norway competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. With the chances of not going fair being high, they shocked the Austrians 2-0 to record their first international victory in a tournament. Two more straight wins over the Russian Empire and Denmark later, they had qualified through to a Olympic final against the Olympic champions in the Netherlands. For Norway, that it would be where it would end, losing 6-0 to the Dutch and recording a silver medal. The following year, they competed in the first qualifier match in FIFA World Cup history as they took on Finland. This match also would become the first to be played with a replay attached as Sverre Andersen scored the winning goal to book Norway's spot in the World Cup.
Tournament history
FIFA World Cup
Gold Silver Bronze
| FIFA World Cup record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D * | L | GF | GA |
 1906
|
Did Not Compete | |||||||
 1910
|
Round 1 | =14th | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
 1914
|
Quarter Finalist | 8th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 10 |
| Did Not Compete | ||||||||
 1926
|
Did Not Qualify | |||||||
 1930
|
Group Stage | 11th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
 1934
|
Group Stage | 14th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
 1938
|
Did Not Qualify | |||||||
 1950
|
Semi Finalist | 3rd | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 |
 1954
|
Did Not Qualify | |||||||
 1958
| ||||||||
| Total | Semi Finalist | 5/11 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 29 | 34 |
External Links
Template:Norway (AEWCF)