The outstanding Norwegian coach coached the Norwegian national team for 137 international matches and the Iraqi national team for 6 international matches, and thereby belongs to the select company of coaches with 100 or more international matches. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Born: 22- 4-1942 Country: Norway Matches as Coach: 143 (W74-D37-L32 - GF242-GA117 - %64.69) Matches as Coach for Norway: 137 (W71-D34-L32 - GF229-GA113 - %64.23) Matches as Coach for Iraq: 6 (W 3-D 3-L 0 - GF 13-GA 4 - %75.00) Age First Match: 48 yr 192 d 31-10-1990 vs. Cameroon 6-1 Age Last Match: 71 yr 141 d 10- 9-2013 vs. Switzerland 0-2 National Team Career: 22 yr 314 d
Coach for Norway
Caps Date Venue Opponent Score Competition
first tenure
1 31-10-90 Oslo Cameroon 6-1
2 7-11-90 Bizerte Tunisia 3-1
3 14-11-90 Lefkosia Cyprus 3-0 European Ch. Qual.
4 17- 4-91 Wien Austria 0-0
5 1- 5-91 Oslo Cyprus 3-0 European Ch. Qual.
6 23- 5-91 Oslo Romania 1-0
7 5- 6-91 Oslo Italy 2-1 European Ch. Qual.
8 8- 8-91 Oslo Sweden 1-2
9 28- 8-91 Oslo Soviet Union 0-1 European Ch. Qual.
10 25- 9-91 Oslo Czechoslovakia 2-3
11 30-10-91 Szombathely Hungary 0-0 European Ch. Qual.
12 13-11-91 Genova Italy 1-1 European Ch. Qual.
13 7- 1-92 Cairo Egypt 0-0
14 4- 2-92 Hamilton Bermuda 3-1
15 29- 4-92 Aarhus Denmark 0-1
16 13- 5-92 Oslo Faroe Islands 2-0
17 3- 6-92 Oslo Scotland 0-0
18 26- 8-92 Oslo Sweden 2-2 90th Anniversary
19 9- 9-92 Oslo San Marino 10-0 World Cup Qualifier
20 23- 9-92 Oslo Netherlands 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
21 7-10-92 Serravalle San Marino 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
22 14-10-92 London England 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
23 2-12-92 Guangzhou China 1-2
24 10- 2-93 Faro-Loulé Portugal 1-1
25 30- 3-93 Doha Qatar 6-1
26 28- 4-93 Oslo Turkey 3-1 World Cup Qualifier
27 2- 6-93 Oslo England 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
28 9- 6-93 Rotterdam Netherlands 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
29 11- 8-93 Toftir Faroe Islands 7-0
30 8- 9-93 Oslo United States 1-0
31 22- 9-93 Oslo Poland 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
32 13-10-93 Poznan Poland 3-0 World Cup Qualifier
33 10-11-93 Istanbul Turkey 1-2 World Cup Qualifier
34 15- 1-94 Tempe United States 2-1
35 19- 1-94 San Diego Costa Rica 0-0
36 9- 3-94 Cardiff Wales 3-1
37 20- 4-94 Oslo Portugal 0-0
38 22- 5-94 London England 0-0
39 1- 6-94 Oslo Denmark 2-1
40 5- 6-94 Stockholm Sweden 0-2
41 19- 6-94 Washington DC Mexico 1-0 World Cup
42 23- 6-94 East Rutherford Italy 0-1 World Cup
43 28- 6-94 East Rutherford Ireland 0-0 World Cup
44 7- 9-94 Oslo Belarus 1-0 European Ch. Qual.
45 12-10-94 Oslo Netherlands 1-1 European Ch. Qual.
46 16-11-94 Minsk Belarus 4-0 European Ch. Qual.
47 14-12-94 La Valletta Malta 1-0 European Ch. Qual.
48 6- 2-95 Larnaka Estonia 7-0
49 8- 2-95 Lefkosia Cyprus 2-0
50 29- 3-95 Luxembourg Luxembourg 2-0 European Ch. Qual.
51 26- 4-95 Oslo Luxembourg 5-0 European Ch. Qual.
52 25- 5-95 Oslo Ghana 3-2
53 7- 6-95 Oslo Malta 2-0 European Ch. Qual.
54 22- 7-95 Oslo France 0-0
55 16- 8-95 Oslo Czech Republic 1-1 European Ch. Qual.
56 6- 9-95 Praha Czech Republic 0-2 European Ch. Qual.
57 11-10-95 Oslo England 0-0
58 15-11-95 Rotterdam Netherlands 0-3 European Ch. Qual.
59 26-11-95 Kingston Jamaica 1-1
60 29-11-95 Port of Spain Trinidad/Tobago 2-3
61 7- 2-96 Las Palmas Spain 0-1
62 27- 3-96 Belfast N. Ireland 2-0
63 24- 4-96 Oslo Spain 0-0
64 2- 6-96 Oslo Azerbaijan 5-0 World Cup Qualifier
65 1- 9-96 Oslo Georgia 1-0
66 9-10-96 Oslo Hungary 3-0 World Cup Qualifier
67 10-11-96 Bern Switzerland 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
68 18- 1-97 Melbourne South Korea 0-1 Four Nations Cup
69 22- 1-97 Brisbane New Zealand 3-0 Four Nations Cup
70 25- 1-97 Sydney Australia 0-1 Four Nations Cup
71 29- 3-97 Sharjah UA Emirates 4-1
72 30- 4-97 Oslo Finland 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
73 30- 5-97 Oslo Brazil 4-2
74 8- 6-97 Budapest Hungary 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
75 20- 7-97 Reykjavík Iceland 1-0
76 20- 8-97 Helsinki Finland 4-0 World Cup Qualifier
77 6- 9-97 Baku Azerbaijan 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
78 10- 9-97 Oslo Switzerland 5-0 World Cup Qualifier
79 8-10-97 Oslo Colombia 0-0
80 25- 2-98 Marseille France 3-3
81 25- 3-98 Brussel Belgium 2-2
82 22- 4-98 København Denmark 2-0
83 20- 5-98 Oslo Mexico 5-2
84 27- 5-98 Molde Saudi Arabia 6-0
85 10- 6-98 Montpellier Morocco 2-2 World Cup
86 16- 6-98 Bordeaux Scotland 1-1 World Cup
87 23- 6-98 Marseille Brazil 2-1 World Cup
88 27- 6-98 Marseille Italy 0-1 World Cup
second tenure
89 11- 2-09 Düsseldorf Germany 1-0
90 28- 3-09 Rustenburg South Africa 1-2
91 1- 4-09 Oslo Finland 3-2
92 6- 6-09 Skopje Macedonia 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
93 10- 6-09 Rotterdam Netherlands 0-2 World Cup Qualifier
94 12- 8-09 Oslo Scotland 4-0 World Cup Qualifier
95 5- 9-09 Reykjavík Iceland 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
96 9- 9-09 Oslo Macedonia 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
97 10-10-09 Oslo South Africa 1-0
98 14-11-09 Genève Switzerland 1-0
99 3- 3-10 Zilina Slovakia 1-0
100 29- 5-10 Oslo Montenegro 2-1
101 2- 6-10 Oslo Ukraine 0-1
102 11- 8-10 Oslo France 2-1
103 3- 9-10 Reykjavík Iceland 2-1 European Ch. Qual.
104 7- 9-10 Oslo Portugal 1-0 European Ch. Qual.
105 8-10-10 Larnaka Cyprus 2-1 European Ch. Qual.
106 12-10-10 Zagreb Croatia 1-2
107 17-11-10 Dublin Ireland 2-1
108 9- 2-11 Faro Loulé Poland 0-1
109 26- 3-11 Oslo Denmark 1-1 European Ch. Qual.
110 4- 6-11 Lisboa Portugal 0-1 European Ch. Qual.
111 7- 6-11 Oslo Lithuania 1-0
112 10- 8-11 Oslo Czech Republic 3-0
113 2- 9-11 Oslo Iceland 1-0 European Ch. Qual.
114 6- 9-11 København Denmark 0-2 European Ch. Qual.
115 11-10-11 Oslo Cyprus 3-1 European Ch. Qual.
116 12-11-11 Cardiff Wales 1-4
117 15- 1-12 Bangkok Denmark XI 1-1 King's Cup
118 18- 1-12 Bangkok Thailand 1-0 King's Cup
119 21- 1-12 Bangkok South Korea B 0-3 King's Cup
120 29- 2-12 Belfast N. Ireland 3-0
121 26- 5-12 Oslo England 0-1
122 2- 6-12 Oslo Croatia 1-1
123 15- 8-12 Oslo Greece 2-3
124 7- 9-12 Reykjavík Iceland 0-2 World Cup Qualifier
125 11- 9-12 Oslo Slovenia 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
126 12-10-12 Bern Switzerland 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
127 16-10-12 Larnaka Cyprus 3-1 World Cup Qualifier
128 14-11-12 Budapest Hungary 2-0
129 8- 1-13 Cape Town South Africa 1-0
130 12- 1-13 Ndola Zambia 0-0
131 6- 2-13 Sevilla Ukraine 0-2
132 22- 3-13 Oslo Albania 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
133 7- 6-13 Tiranë Albania 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
134 11- 6-13 Oslo Macedonia 2-0
135 14- 8-13 Stockholm Sweden 2-4
136 6- 9-13 Oslo Cyprus 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
137 10- 9-13 Oslo Switzerland 0-2 World Cup Qualifier
Coach for Iraq
Caps Date Venue Opponent Score Competition
1 16-10-07 Doha Qatar 3-2
2 22-10-07 Lahore Pakistan 7-0 World Cup Qualifier
3 28-10-07 Aleppo Pakistan 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
4 24- 1-08 Dubai Jordan 1-1
5 31- 1-08 Abu Dhabi UA Emirates 1-0
6 6- 2-08 Dubai China 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
Total Record
Matches Won Draw Lost For-Against Points Percentage
143 74 37 32 242-117 185 64.69
Types of Matches
Friendlies 71
World Cup Qualifier 34
European Ch. Qualifier 24
World Cup 7
Other Tournaments 7
Total matches: 143
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