1996 Rosenborg BK season

During the 1996 Norwegian football season, Rosenborg won the Norwegian Premier League.

Rosenborg

1996 season
Manager	Nils Arne Eggen
Stadium	Lerkendal Stadion
Norwegian Premier League	1st
Norwegian Football Cup	Fourth round
Champions League	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	Harald Brattbakk (28)
Average home league attendance	11,062

Kit

Squad at end of season[1][2]

Squad

Squad at end of season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  NOR Jørn Jamtfall — DF  NOR Bjørn Otto Bragstad — DF  NOR Vegard Heggem — DF  NOR Jon Olav Hjelde — DF  NOR Erik Hoftun — DF  NOR Bjørn Tore Kvarme — DF  NOR Karl Petter Løken — DF  NOR Ståle Stensaas — MF  NOR Karl Oskar Fjørtoft

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  NOR Mini Jakobsen — MF  NOR Bent Skammelsrud — MF  NOR Trond Egil Soltvedt — MF  NOR Kristian Sørli — MF  NOR Roar Strand — MF  NOR Fredrik Winsnes — FW  NOR Harald Brattbakk — FW  NOR Steffen Iversen

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  NOR Kåre Ingebrigtsen (to Lillestrøm)

Transfers

Out

• Tom Kåre Staurvik - NAC Breda
• Steffen Iversen - Tottenham Hotspur, £2,500,000, December
• Kåre Ingebrigtsen - Lillestrøm

Results

Tippeligaen

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rosenborg (C)	26	18	5	3	82	26	+56	59	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Lillestrøm	26	13	7	6	54	36	+18	46	Qualification for the UEFA Cup second qualifying round
3	Viking	26	12	7	7	50	32	+18	43	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round
4	Brann	26	11	9	6	64	50	+14	42
5	Tromsø	26	11	8	7	46	41	+5	41	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round

Source: fotball.no
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.

Champions League

Qualifying round

7 August 1996	Panathinaikos	1–0	Rosenborg	Athens, Greece
	Warzycha  19'			Stadium: Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium Attendance: 33,095 Referee: Michel Piraux (Belgium)

21 August 1996	Rosenborg	3–0	Panathinaikos	Trondheim, Norway
	Strand  63' Iversen  94' Heggem  97'			Stadium: Lerkendal Stadion Attendance: 21,500 Referee: Paul Durkin (Scotland)

Group stage

11 September 1996	IFK Göteborg	2–3	Rosenborg	Gothenburg, Sweden
20:30	Erlingmark  38', 49'	Details	Jakobsen  32' Iversen  52' Brattbakk  64'	Stadium: Ullevi Attendance: 23,682 Referee: Atanas Uzunov (Bulgaria)

25 September 1996	Rosenborg	1–4	Milan	Trondheim, Norway
20:30	Soltvedt  15'	Details	Simone  6', 21', 24' Weah  55'	Stadium: Lerkendal Stadion Attendance: 20,849 Referee: David Elleray (England)

16 October 1996	Rosenborg	0–1	Porto	Trondheim, Norway
20:30		Details	Jardel  90'	Stadium: Lerkendal Stadion Attendance: 20,412 Referee: Charles Agius (Malta)

30 October 1996	Porto	3–0	Rosenborg	Porto, Portugal
19:30	Zahovič  32' Drulović  41' Artur  60'	Details		Stadium: Estádio das Antas Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Germany)

20 November 1996	Rosenborg	1–0	IFK Göteborg	Trondheim, Norway
20:30	Skammelsrud  66'	Details		Stadium: Lerkendal Stadion Attendance: 19,849 Referee: Eric Blareau (Belgium)

4 December 1996	Milan	1–2	Rosenborg	Milan, Italy
20:30	Dugarry  45'	Details	Brattbakk  29' Heggem  70'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 28,695 Referee: Giorgos Bikas (Greece)

Quarter-finals

5 March 1997	Rosenborg	1–1	Juventus	Trondheim, Norway
20:30	Soltvedt  51'	Details	Vieri  53'	Stadium: Lerkendal Stadion Attendance: 20,246 Referee: Marc Batta (France)

19 March 1997	Juventus	2–0	Rosenborg	Turin, Italy
20:30	Zidane  29' Amoruso  89' (pen.)	Details		Stadium: Stadio delle Alpi Attendance: 35,371 Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)

References

1. "Rosenborg BK - Kader 1995/1996". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved August 19, 2012.
2. "Rosenborg BK - Kader 1996/1997". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved August 19, 2012.