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Another senior player who can destroy a team if he's given the space to play. He has excellent vision and is a superb passer of the ball and also has the ability to score free kicks from both sides. LUIS GARCIA (Forward, Atletico de Madrid(SP)): A skilful centre forward who will definitely appear in the squad. LUIS ROBERTO ALVES "ZAGUE" (Forward, AMERICA): Zague is another type of forward, the one who relies on his pace. He has been playing very well for the National team.
Simon Gleave, E-Mail s...@ssru.city.ac.uk Phone +44-71-477-8000 x 4129 Computing Officer, LS Support Group, Social Statistics Research Unit, The City University, Northampton Square, London EC1V 0HB, UK =============================================================================== N O R W A Y Erik Boman Odd-Magne Sekkingstad =============================================================================== COACH: Egil Olsen GOALKEEPERS: 1. Erik Thorstvedt Tottenham Hotspur (Eng) 31 12. Frode Grodås Lillestrom 29 13. Ola By Rise Rosenborg 33 DEFENDERS: 2. Gunnar Halle Oldham (Eng) 28 3. Erland Johnsen Chelsea (Eng) 27 4. Rune Bratseth Werder Bremen (Ger) 33 5. Stig Inge Bjornebye Rosenborg 24 14. Roger Nilsen Sheffield United (Eng) 24 15. Karl Petter Loken Rosenborg 27 18. Alf Inge Haland Nottingham Forest (Eng) 21 20. Henning Berg Blackburn (Eng) 24
6. Jostein Flo Sheffield United (Eng) 29 7. Erik Mykland Start 22 8. Oyvind Leonhardsen Rosenborg 23 10. Kjetil Rekdal Lierse (Bel) 25 11. Jahn Ivar Jakobsen Young Boys (Swi) 28 17. Dan Eggen Brondby (Den) 23 19. Roar Strand Rosenborg 24 22. Lars Bohinen Nottingham Forest (Eng) 24
9. Jan Age Fjortoft Swindon (Eng) 27 16. Goran Sorloth Bursaspor (Tur) 31 21. Sigurd Rushfeldt Tromso 21 The History ----------- Football came to Norway late in the 19th century. The first Norwegian football club was Christiania Fodboldsklub founded 28th Mai 1885. NFF, Norges Fotball Forbund, (The Norwegian Football Association) was founded 30th April 1902. In 1908 NFF became a member of FIFA, and Norways national team played their first official match, against Sweden.
GP W D L GF GA Norway 560 171 124 265 829 - 1107 The Norwegian national team record, with Drillo as coatch: Drillos 38 19 12 7 74 - 26
---------------------- Norway have been in four Olympics: Stockholm 1912 0-7 Denmark Antwerpen 1920 3-1 England 0-4 Czechoslovakia Berlin 1936 4-0 Turkey 2-0 Germany 1-2 Italy (after extra time) 3-2 Poland (Third place match) Moscow 1980 Qualified (Boycott) Los Angeles 1984 0-0 Chile 1-2 France 2-0 Qatar Norway in the World Cup ----------------------- Norway have been in one WC: France 1938 1-2 Italy (after extra time) From The Story Of The World Cup by Brian Glanville: Italy were very nearly knocked out at once: in Marseilles, by the Norwegians, who had given their Olympic team an arduous run for their money. Norway, playing with six of the team which had lost only 2-1 to Italy in the Olympic semi-final, were a goal down in only the second minute. Piola found Ferrari, whose shot was dropped by the Norwegian goalkeeper. Ferraris II, the left winger, shot the ball home. R. Johansen, the Norwegian right-back, now indicated Piola to his center-half, Eriksen, who nodded and dropped back to dedicate himself successfully to the big center-forward, Henriksen, the little right-half, taking his place in midfield. The pendulum swung. Brunyldsen, the mighty center-forward, now began to set dreadful problems for the Italian defence. He was well abetted by his fast, direct left-winger, Brustad, and Kwammen, a composed inside-right. Three times post and bar were hit, and finally Brustad, in the second half, received from Brunyldsen, cut inside Monzeglio, and equalised. Soon afterwards, Brustad had the ball in the net again, to be given offside; and just before time, Olivieri made his famous save from Brunyldsen, whom Pozzo called 'a cruel thorn in my crown of roses'. Five minutes into extra time, Piola at last evaded the Norwegian defence, when Paserati shot. Again H. Johansen could only block, and the center-forward scored. Italy had survived their hardest match of the tournament. Football in Norway today ------------------------ Today football is the largest and most popular sport in Norway. With almost 600 000 members in the football federation and 2 000 clubs, football is the number one sport in Norway. In Norway, football is played by everybody, young and old, men and women. Norways national women team have won the EC twice, and been second in the WC. Many people believe that all sorts of winter sports are our favorite sports, but those are rather small in Norway compared to football. Norway's qualifing matches for the WC ------------------------------------- After Norway had been drawn into the same group as The Netherlands, England, Poland and Turkey, there weren't many who believed that Norway would manage to qualify for the WC. Our coatch "Drillo" Olsen said that the chances were about 20%, he has always been quite realistic. Norway got a flying start in 1992 by thrashing San Marino scoring double figures, and after that Norway rode on a wave of success throughout the qualifying round. Norway - San Marino 10-0 (4-0) 9. September 1992 Ullevaal stadion N: Rekdal (4,78), Halle (6,50,68), Sorloth (15,22), Nilsen (46,66), Mykland (73) S: - A: 6 511
23. September 1992 Ullevaal Stadion No: Rekdal (penalty.9), Sorloth (78) Ne: Bergkamp (10) A: 19 988
7. October 1992 Stadio Olimpico di Serravalle S: -
N: Jakobsen (7), Flo (19) A: 1 187
14. October 1992 Wembley
E: Platt (55) N: Rekdal (77) A: 51 441
27. April 1993 Ullevaal stadion N: Rekdal (14), Fjortoft (16), Jakobsen (53) T: Feyyaz (55) A: 21 530 Norway - England 2-0 (1-0) 2. Juni 1993 Ullevaal stadion N: Leonhardsen (42), Bohinen (47) E: - A: 22 256 The Netherlands - Norway 0-0 (0-0) 9. Juni 1993 Feyenoord Stadium, Rotterdam Ne: -
No: - A: 50 000 Norway - Poland 1-0 (0-0) 22. September 1993 Ullevaal stadion N: Flo (53) P: - A: 21 968 Poland - Norway 0-3 (0-0) 13. October 1993 KKS Lech stadium, Poznan P: -
N: Flo (64), Fjortoft (67), Johnsen (90) A: 11 000 Turkey - Norway 2-1 (2-0) 10. November 1993 Fenerbahce Stadium, Istanbul T: Ertugrul (5,26) N: Bohinen (48) A: 15 000 Group 2 Norway 10 7 2 1 25 - 5 16 Netherlands 10 6 3 1 29 - 9 15 ----------------------------------------------------- England 10 5 3 2 26 - 9 13 Poland 10 3 2 5 10 - 15 8 Turkey 10 3 1 6 11 - 19 7 San Marino 10 0 1 9 2 - 46 1 Friendlies ---------- Faeroe Islands - Norway 0-7 (0-4) 11. August 1993 Tofta Leikvollir, Toftir F: -
N: Lars Bohinen (pen.6), Oyvind Leonhardsen (9), Mons Ivar Mjelde (27, 39) - Egil Ostenstad (74, 87), Jan Ove Pedersen (75) A: 800
8. September 1993 Ullevaal stadium, Oslo N: Stig Inge Bj|rnebye (14) U: - A: 16 248 USA - Norway 2-1 (0-1) 15 January 1994 ? U: Marcelo Balboa (55), Cobi Jones (90) N: Frank Strandli (90) A: 15 386 Norway - Costa Rica 0-0 19. January 1994 Jack Murphy Stadium, San Diego N: -
C: - A: 50 000 Wales - Norway 1-3 (0-1) 9. Mars 1994 Ninian Park W: Chris Coleman (90) N: Jostein Flo (6), Erik Mykland (50), Jahn-Ivar Jakobsen (51) A: 10 000 Norway - Portugal 0-0 20. April Ullevaal stadion N: -
P: - A: 17 509 England - Norway 0-0 22. May
Wembley E: -
N: - A: 63 327 Norway-Denmark 2-1 (2-1) 1. June
Ullevaal stadion N: Jahn Ivar Jakobsen (35), Henning Berg (45) D: Flemming Povlsen (42) A: 26 123 Sweden - Norway 2-0 (0-0) 5. June
Rasunda, Stockholm S: Tomas Brolin (56, pen 62) N: - A: 29 961 Predictions: Norway in WC'94 ---------------------------- In the WC, Norway depends on their defence which is one of the best in the World. Norway conceded only five goals in the ten qualifying matches (two were against Turkey after Norway had qualified), and in seven friendlies they have only three goals against. Still, nobody will win the WC without some sort of attack, and this will probably be Norway's biggest problem in the USA. Even if Norway don't have a great attack, they don't need to score many goals since their defence is so strong. It is a long time since anybody has scored more than one goal against Norway in an important match. From this perspective we believe that Norway will go on to the second round, but from there on it's hard to say how far Norway can go. A quick look at group E: Italy, Mexico, Ireland, Norway. This is the "group of death", definitely the toughest one. Currently all four teams are ranked among the top 13 in the world by FIFA. Norway has had a very good grip on Italy over recent years, with two wins and a draw in the last 3 games, but that means the Italians know the Norwegian style by now and will not underestimate them again. Expect a close game here, a 0-0 tie is quite likely. Mexico is a new opponent for Norway, but Norway's physical defence-first style works very well against Latin-American teams so we think Norway has a good chances of winning this one.
These teams have a very similar style, and with advancement at stake for both teams it could turn out to be a "blood and knuckles" game. We expect another close match with few goals. The coach: Egil "Drillo" Olsen ------------------------------ Personal info -------------- Born: 22. April 1942 Played 16 times for the national team. National coach from 14. October 1990.
finals for the first time in 56 years and he will answer: "Drillo". "Drillo" is the nickname of the Norwegian coach Egil Olsen. He earned it when he was a player in the sixties, where he was a true dribbling wizard (by Norwegian standards at least). There are stories about how he would pass a "tunnel" through his opponents legs, then deliberately wait for the defender to come back in position so he could try to repeat the trick! Once he juggled the ball for fun for 5 straight hours, that was 32,000 hits. It seems therefore to be a paradox that this man is now a coach deeply committed to tactics and analyzing games in painstaking detail. But there is really no contradiction here (see separate discussion of team tactics).
is currently a senior lecturer at the University of Sport and Physical Education in Oslo. His coaching is based on his academic skills. After every game, he spends hours watching the videotape over and over again. He carefully registers how many times each player touched the ball, in what position, what did the player do with the ball, was it a positive or a negative touch, etc. This information is processed and stored in Olsen's mind and notes and he can make player selections based on this data (e.g. who is best at using the left foot when playing on the right midfield and facing own goal). His decisions are made on a statistical and analytical background, not on feelings or intuition. "Drillo" was a club coach for local club teams for years and then coached the Norwegian under-21 national team and the Olympic team before he was suddenly chosen to head the "real" national team when his predecessor withdrew in 1990. He made few changes on the team he took over, but his confidence in his tactical strategy and emphasis on team spirit lifted the team to a level Norway has not seen in modern times. From being ranked along with Malta and Luxembourg, Norway was ranked at number 4 on the official FIFA world ranking in 1994. His record as head coach is a stunning 19-12-7 (W-D-L) in 38 games (as of May 23, 1994).
Politically it is known that he has left-wing sympathies, he was once a member of the Marxist-Leninist Party. But today he is only known as the man who led Norwegian football into a new era. The tactics ----------- Coach "Drillo" Olsen has a tactical strategy which is of great importance to the Norwegian team. The most important factors are: - zone defence - aggressivity and fast attacks - usually 4-5-1 formation
be too difficult for the 3 backs to cover the whole width when playing zone defence. Since he strongly believes in a pure zone defence he switched to 4-5-1. The zone defence with all backs on a line is very demanding, but has been developed to near perfection by central defenders Rune Bratseth and Tore Pedersen. A solid defence is the cornerstone of the team. The general philosophy is very simple: When you are defending, make sure to have as many players as possible behind the ball, always put pressure on the opposition when they are on the ball and try to win the ball from them. Once possession has been regained, counter-attack quickly whenever feasible. Most goals are scored after possession has been won and few passes have been used. The break-through is the second most important thing in football and often leads to the ultimate achievement: the goal.
short passes. If the situation is right you may see wall-passes or solo break- aways through the middle by small, technical players like Erik Mykland and Lars Bohinen. But more often the team resorts to long passes to the striker (Jan Age Fjortoft) or the midfield winger (Jostein Flo). If the pass succeeds, the team is substantially closer to the goal. If it fails, at least possession was lost high up on the pitch and there is always a chance to break back and recover. With only one striker, the midfielders must follow up and come running from behind whenever the ball is pushed up. This has proven to be very efficient and most of Norway's goals have come in this way. The central midfielders (Kjetil Rekdal and Oyvind Leonhardsen) have an enormous running capacity, they work like a steam engine for 90 minutes. Drillo is constantly refining the tactics. One of his recent pet projects is the rapid sideways movement. The idea is to move the entire team closer to the flank where the ball is (when defending). The opposite flank is left wide open, so if a cross pass occurs, the whole team has to rush over to the other side. The advantage is that you have a higher density of players in the area around the ball and thus a better chance to win possession. The disadvantage is that the strategy is very energy consuming. It looks funny to see players suddenly start sprinting when they are nowhere near the ball, but tactics like this are the future of football.
respect and admire and a tactical system which fits the players well. Critics claim it is too defensive and anti-constructive. Drillo responds that you do not win a football game by having ball possession, only the number of goals count. With a rock solid defence, Norway frequently have more shots on goal and more scoring chances than their opponents even if the other team has possession 60-70% of the time.
teams in technical skills, and so the team spirit and the tactics compensate and make the total product a very good football team. But, as Drillo himself puts it: "If Brazil had played with our system, they would have been invincible." Player To Watch Out For vin USA '94: ------------------------------------ (Note: Club teams are listed in reverse chronological order.)
Age/caps/goals: 33/57/4 Clubs: Werder Bremen,Germany, Rosenborg,Norway, Nidelv,Norway Merits: Won Bundesliga and German cup twice, EC2, all with Werder. Ranked best foreign player in Bundesliga twice.
successful Norwegian football player of all times. He is very tall (193 cm) and very fast, which is a rare combination. He plays in the centre of defence, although at Werder he often plays libero, but the Norwegian team plays a pure zonal defence with no libero. Bratseth "reads" the game and the plays very well, he knows where to position himself and he chooses the best option of what to do 99% of the time. He is utterly reliable and never makes a real blunder. Add to this his speed (he is faster than most of the forwards he faces) and his excellent skills with his head, and you have a picture of a World-class player. Bratseth plays a key role in the Norwegian defence which has proven to be one of the best in the world.
and an active Christian. He is in many ways a role model parents want their kids to look up to. He strongly follows his beliefs: When a Norwegian brewery started running ads with pictures of the Norwegian football team, he said stop (alcohol and sports don't mix in Norway). "Either you stop this campaign or I won't play in the WC'94" he said. Guess who had to give in... Buying Rune Bratseth is probably the best deal Werder Bremen has ever done. He cost them only about $100,000 when they bought him from the Norwegian semi- professional club Rosenborg in 1986. At the height of his career, he got offers from several Italian clubs but turned them all down. His family life (wife and 2 kids) and his loyalty to Werder counted more than billions of lire. Now, after 7 years in Germany, he celebrated his last game by leading Werder to victory in the cup final. Now he faces his final challenge as a player: To lead the Norwegian squad in their first WC appearance since 1938. After that he retires and will move back to Norway and work as a sports executive at his old club Rosenborg. ERIK THORSTVEDT (Goalkeeper, Tottenham(ENG)): Age/caps/goals: 31/84/0 Clubs: Tottenham,England, IFK Goteborg,Sweden, Borussia Monchengladbach,Germany, Eik,Norway, Viking,Norway Merits: Won the FA cup with Tottenham.
82 caps makes him the most experienced player on the team. He is a good all- round 'keeper. and his height (194 cm) and long arms makes him a natural talent for this position. He has quick reactions and is also good in one-on-ones in the penalty box. However, as any Spurs supporter knows, he makes a terrible blunder once in a while. Such an incident occurred in his first game at White Hart Lane, so he was called "Erik the Horrible". But not for long, he has been a key player in Tottenham's side over the last few years and is now known as "Erik the Viking". JOSTEIN FLO (Midfield/Forward, Sheffield Utd(ENG)): Age/caps/goals: 29/23/7 Clubs: Sheffield United,England, Sogndal,Norway, Lierse,Belgium, Molde,Norway, Stryn,Norway Jostein Flo is yet another tall player (194 cm) and he definitely plays best when the ball hits his head and not his feet. A few years ago, his critics claimed that he could only use his head, but Flo has improved his technical skills at a mature age and is now a reasonably good player also with his feet. On his club teams, Flo has normally played forward (like a good old tank centre). Coach "Drillo" Olsen put Flo on the national team in the WC qualifiers against San Marino and Turkey, based on the philosophy that a player like him would be useful against short opponents. Surprisingly to many observers, Flo played very well and earned a spot on the team in the other qualifiers. However, Drillo put him on the right wing of the midfield. This turned out to be very successful, the long cross passes from left back Bjornebye to Flo was an important feature of the Norwegian style. JAN AGE FJORTOFT (Forward, Swindon(ENG)): Age/caps/goals: 27/50/15 Clubs: Swindon,England, Rapid Wien,Austria, Lillestrom,Norway, Ham-Kam,Norway Hodd,Norway, Gursken,Norway
forward. That is a big problem when you are using a 4-5-1 formation. During the WC qualifiers, Fjortoft has emerged as the first choice for this spot but nothing is certain. Fjortoft is quite quick, knows how to dribble, but is not very strong or powerful. His raids often ends in a free-kick (he is quite good at getting those :-) but he frequently he loses the ball, too. However, he has the ability of a goalgetter to be in the right place at the right time. He was a topscorer in Norway for Lillestrom and scored many goals for Rapid, too. KJETIL REKDAL (Midfield, Lierse(BEL)): Age/caps/goals: 25/32/5 Clubs: Lierse,Belgium, Molde,Norway, Fiksdal/Rekdal,Norway
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