Current FIFA Ranking: 29
Highest FIFA Ranking: 2 (last July-August 1995)
Lowest FIFA Ranking: 88 (July 2017)
Football Team Nickname: Rode, Hvite, Bla (Red, White and Blue)
Honours: None
Head coach: Stale Solbakken (since Dec 2020)
Top scorer in qualifying: Erling Haaland (16)
Star players: Erling Haaland (Man City), Alexander Sorloth (Atletico Madrid), Oscar Bobb (Man City)
28 years after their last World Cup appearance ended in the Round of 16 at France 1998, an Erling Haaland inspired Norway have finally returned to the world stage.
Their last major tournament appearance ended in a group stage exit at Euro 2000 but they did appear at the 1994 World Cup in the USA, also failing to progress from the group stage.
Erling Haaland will carry most of their hopes – he has scored 55 goals in 48 caps, including a joint-UEFA record 16 in qualifying and will frighten any of the world’s greatest defences.
Head coach Stale Solbakken was part of their last World Cup squad, featuring twice in 1998.
Previous World Cup appearances (3):
1998: Round of 16 (0-1 v Italy)
1994: Group stage
1938: Round of 16
