Norway at the FIFA World Cup

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

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1930	Did not enter
1934
1938	Round of 16	12th	1	0	0	1	1	2
1950	Did not enter
1954	Did not qualify
1958
1962
1966
1970
1974
1978
1982
1986
1990
1994	Group stage	17th	3	1	1	1	1	1
1998	Round of 16	15th	4	1	2	1	5	5
2002	Did not qualify
2006
2010
2014
2018
2022	To be determined
2026
Total	3/21	-	8	2	3	3	7	8

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks

By Match

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

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

1938 FIFA World Cup

Squad

First Round

5 June 1938	Italy	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Norway	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

Squad

Group Stage

19 June 1994	Norway	1 – 0	Mexico	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	East Rutherford, NJ, USA
16:00 (EDT)	Pagliuca  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	East Rutherford, NJ, USA
12:30 (EDT)		Report (FIFA)		Stadium: Giants Stadium Attendance: 72,404 Referee: José Torres Cadena (Colombia)

1998 FIFA World Cup

Squad

Group Stage

10 June 1998	Morocco	2 – 2	Norway	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	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	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

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

Player records

Most appearances

No.	Name	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

No.	Name	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

References