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Third participation in World Cup
Won bronze medal at 1936 Berlin Olympic Games
Played in the European Nations championship in 1996
Complete First-Round Schedule
| Pos. |
Name |
Age |
Club |
| GK | Thomas Myhre | 24 | Everton |
| GK | Thomas Gill | 32 | MSV Duisberg |
| GK | Espen Baardsen | 20 | Tottenham Hotspur |
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| D | Henning Berg | 28 | Manchester United |
| D | Dan Eggen | 28 | Celta Vigo |
| D | Gunnar Halle | 32 | Leeds United |
| D | Ronny Johnsen | 28 | Manchester United |
| D | Vegard Heggem | 22 | Rosenborg Trondheim |
| D | Stig Bjornebye | 28 | Liverpool |
| D | Erik Hoftun | 29 | Rosenborg |
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| M | Jostein Flo | 33 | Stromsgodset |
| M | Jahn Jakobsen | 32 | Rosenborg |
| M | Oyvind Leonhardsen | 27 | Liverpool |
| M | Erik Mykland | 26 | Panathinaikos |
| M | Kjetil Rekdal | 29 | Hertha Berlin |
| M | Stale Solbakken | 30 | Wimbledon |
| M | Roar Strand | 28 | Rosenborg Trondheim |
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| F | Ole Solskjaer | 25 | Manchester United |
| F | Egil Ostenstad | 26 | Southampton |
| F | Havard Flo | 28 | Werder Bremen |
| F | Tore Andre Flo | 24 | Chelsea |
| F | Vidar Riseth | 26 | Lask Linz |
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| Won |
Lost |
Tied |
GF |
GA |
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6
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0
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2
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21
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2
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| How Qualified:
First place in UEFA Group 3
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| Date | Result |
| Sept. 10, 1997 | Norway 5, Switzerland 0 |
| Sept. 6, 1997 | Azerbaijan 0, Norway 1 |
| Aug. 20, 1997 | Finland 0, Norway 4 |
| June 8, 1997 | Hungary 1, Norway 1 |
| April 30, 1997 | Norway 1, Finland 1 |
| Nov. 10, 1996 | Switzerland 0, Norway 1 |
| Oct. 9, 1996 | Norway 3, Hungary 0 |
| June 2, 1996 | Norway 5, Azerbaijan 0 |
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Knight-Ridder/Tribune
Location: Northern Europe, bordering the North Sea and the North
Atlantic Ocean, west of Sweden
Population: 4.3 million (1995 estimate)
Capital: Oslo
Comparative area: Slightly larger than New Mexico
Religions: Evangelical Lutheran 87.8 percent (state church), other
Protestant and Roman Catholic 3.8 percent, none 3.2 percent, unknown
5.2 percent (1980)
Landscape: Long, narrow kingdom; northern third lies above the Arctic
Circle and is called "Land of the Midnight Sun" because it has long periods
every summer when the sun shines 24 hours a day; terrain is glaciated;
mostly high plateaus and rugged mountains broken by fertile valleys;
coastline deeply indented by fjords
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