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Norway at the FIFA World Cup

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Norway has participated in the qualification for 18 FIFA World Cup tournaments and reached the finals three times, in 1938, 1994 and 1998.

Record at the FIFA World Cup

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Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
Uruguay 1930 Did not enter
Italy 1934
France 1938 Round of 16 12th 1 0 0 1 1 2
Brazil 1950 Did not enter
Switzerland 1954 Did not qualify
Sweden 1958
Chile 1962
England 1966
Mexico 1970
West Germany 1974
Argentina 1978
Spain 1982
Mexico 1986
Italy 1990
United States 1994 Group stage 17th 3 1 1 1 1 1
France 1998 Round of 16 15th 4 1 2 1 5 5
South Korea Japan 2002 Did not qualify
Germany 2006
South Africa 2010
Brazil 2014
Russia 2018
Qatar 2022
Canada Mexico United States 2026 To be determined
Morocco Portugal Spain 2030
Saudi Arabia 2034
Total Round of 16 3/25 8 2 3 3 7 8
*Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out

By Match

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World Cup Round Opponent Score Result Venue Scorers
1938 Round of 16  Italy 1–2 (a.e.t.) L Marseille A. Brustad
1994 Group stage  Mexico 1–0 W Washington, D.C. K. Rekdal
 Italy 0–1 L East Rutherford
 Republic of Ireland 0–0 D East Rutherford
1998 Group stage  Morocco 2–2 D Montpellier Y. Chippo (o.g.), D. Eggen
 Scotland 1–1 D Bordeaux H. Flo
 Brazil 2–1 W Marseille T.A. Flo, K. Rekdal
Round of 16  Italy 0–1 L Marseille

Record by Opponent

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FIFA World Cup matches (by team)
Opponent Wins Draws Losses Total Goals Scored Goals Conceded
 Brazil 1 0 0 1 2 1
 Italy 0 0 3 3 1 4
 Mexico 1 0 0 1 1 0
 Morocco 0 1 0 1 2 2
 Republic of Ireland 0 1 0 1 0 0
 Scotland 0 1 0 1 1 1

Match records

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1938 FIFA World Cup

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Squad

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First round

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5 June 1938 Italy  2 – 1 (a.e.t.)  Norway France Marseille, France
17:00 (WEST) Ferraris 2'
Piola 94'
(1-1, 1-0)
Report (FIFA)
83' Brustad Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: Alois Beranek (Austria)

1994 FIFA World Cup

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Squad

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Group stage

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19 June 1994 Norway  1 – 0  Mexico United States Washington, D.C., USA
16:00 (EDT) Rekdal 84' (0-0)
Report (FIFA)
Stadium: RFK Stadium
Attendance: 52,395
Referee: Sandor Puhl (Hungary)
23 June 1994 Italy  1 – 0  Norway United States East Rutherford, NJ, USA
16:00 (EDT) Pagliuca Red card 21'
D. Baggio 69'
(0-0)
Report (FIFA)
Stadium: Giants Stadium
Attendance: 74,624
Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany)
28 June 1994 Republic of Ireland  0 – 0  Norway United States East Rutherford, NJ, USA
12:30 (EDT) Report (FIFA) Stadium: Giants Stadium
Attendance: 72,404
Referee: José Torres Cadena (Colombia)

1998 FIFA World Cup

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Squad

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Group stage

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10 June 1998 Morocco  2 – 2  Norway France Montpellier, France
21:00 CET Hadji 37'
Hadda 60'
(1-1)
Report (FIFA)
45+1' (o.g.) Chippo
61' Eggen
Stadium: Stade de la Mosson
Attendance: 29,800
Referee: Pirom Un-Prasert (Thailand)
16 June 1998 Scotland  1 – 1  Norway France Bordeaux, France
17:30 CET Burley 66' (0-0)
Report (FIFA)
46' H. Flo Stadium: Stade du Parc Lescure
Attendance: 31,800
Referee: László Vágner (Hungary)
23 June 1998 Brazil  1 – 2  Norway France Marseille, France
21:00 CET Bebeto 78' (0-0)
Report (FIFA)
83' T.A. Flo
89' (pen.) Rekdal
Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Esse Baharmast (United States)

Round of 16

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27 June 1998 Italy  1 – 0  Norway France Marseille, France
16:30 CET Vieri 18' (1-0)
Report (FIFA)
Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Germany)

Player records

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Most appearances

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Rank Player Matches World Cups
1 Henning Berg 7 1994 and 1998
Stig Inge Bjørnebye 7 1994 and 1998
Kjetil Rekdal 7 1994 and 1998
4 Øyvind Leonhardsen 6 1994 and 1998
Erik Mykland 6 1994 and 1998
6 Jostein Flo 4 1994 and 1998
Mini Jakobsen 4 1994 and 1998
Dan Eggen 4 1998
Håvard Flo 4 1998
Tore André Flo 4 1998
Frode Grodås 4 1998
Ronny Johnsen 4 1998
Vidar Riseth 4 1998

Top goalscorers

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Rank Player Goals World Cups
1 Kjetil Rekdal 2 1994 and 1998
2 Arne Brustad 1 1938
Dan Eggen 1 1998
Håvard Flo 1 1998
Tore André Flo 1 1998

See also

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References

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