Olympic and unofficial matches
In 1999, FIFA decided that all Olympic matches since the 1960s should not be recognized as full internationals. Matches against "amateur" sides from nations with professional leagues are not to be considered as full internationals either. The NFF has considered all Olympic matches until 1988 and some matches against "amateur" opponents as full internationals, and as a result of the FIFA ruling, many Norwegian players lose some of their caps. Among the worst hit players are Svein Fjælberg, who loses 13 of his 33 internationals, Tor Brevik who has all but one of his 11 caps erased from the records and Stein Kollshaugen who loses a total of 11 caps and 5 goals, and of course the 27 players who lose ALL their caps.
Some of the more famous players are hit by this ruling as well. All-time record holder Thorbjørn Svenssen loses two of his 104 caps. Erik Thorstvedt loses eight of his 97 caps. Furthermore, Rune Bratseth loses five matches, Kjetil Rekdal has two matches removed, while Tom Lund has two caps and one goal deleted from the records, just to name a few.
The following matches were deleted:
Date Venue Opponent Score Competition ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 28.05.1933 Bergen Wales (amateur) 1-2 Friendly 20.06.1933 Oslo Hungary (amateur) 4-2 Friendly 10.06.1934 Oslo Austria (amateur) 4-0 Friendly 31.05.1935 Oslo Hungary (amateur) 2-0 Friendly 15.05.1951 Middlesbrough England (amateur) 1-2 Friendly 19.05.1953 Oslo England (amateur) 1-1 Friendly 21.07.1971 Stavanger England (amateur) 2-1 Friendly 15.05.1975 Helsinki Finland 5-3 Olympic Qualifier 18.06.1975 Stavanger Finland 1-1 Olympic Qualifier 07.07.1975 Reykjavik Iceland 1-1 Olympic Qualifier 17.07.1975 Bergen Iceland 3-2 Olympic Qualifier 28.08.1975 Oslo Soviet Union 1-3 Olympic Qualifier 24.09.1975 Moscow Soviet Union 0-4 Olympic Qualifier 16.05.1979 Dublin Republic of Ireland 0-0 Olympic Qualifier 31.05.1979 Bergen Republic of Ireland 2-1 Olympic Qualifier 09.08.1979 Kuopio Finland 1-0 Olympic Qualifier 26.09.1979 Trondheim West Germany 2-0 Olympic Qualifier 26.10.1979 Stavanger Finland 1-1 Olympic Qualifier 14.11.1979 Baunatal West Germany 1-0 Olympic Qualifier 19.05.1983 Århus Denmark 2-2 Olympic Qualifier 15.06.1983 Lahti Finland 1-1 Olympic Qualifier 30.06.1983 Oslo Poland 0-1 Olympic Qualifier 17.08.1983 Oslo Denmark 1-1 Olympic Qualifier 26.10.1983 Moss Finland 4-2 Olympic Qualifier 29.10.1983 Stavanger East Germany 1-1 Olympic Qualifier 09.11.1983 Poznan Poland 0-1 Olympic Qualifier 12.11.1983 Babelsberg East Germany 0-1 Olympic Qualifier 29.07.1984 Boston Chile 0-0 Olympic Games 31.07.1984 Boston France 1-2 Olympic Games 02.08.1984 Boston Qatar 2-0 Olympic Games 14.10.1986 Oslo Soviet Union 0-0 Olympic Qualifier 08.11.1986 Luzern Switzerland 0-1 Olympic Qualifier 06.05.1987 Moss Turkey 1-1 Olympic Qualifier 26.05.1987 Trondheim Bulgaria 0-0 Olympic Qualifier 12.08.1987 Moscow Soviet Union 0-1 Olympic Qualifier 26.08.1987 Tromsø Switzerland 0-0 Olympic Qualifier 14.11.1987 Sofia Bulgaria 0-4 Olympic Qualifier 18.11.1987 Ankara Turkey 0-0 Olympic Qualifier 26.04.1988 Katrineholm Sweden (Olympic) 0-0 Friendly
The following players are affected:
Player Before Loses After ------------------------------------------------------ Ahlsen, Per Egil 54/3 7/1 47/2 Amundsen, Roy 15/0 6/0 9/0 Antonsen, Tore 9/0 1/0 8/0 Bachke, Carsten 6/0 4/0 2/0 Bakker, Arne 54/0 1/0 53/0 Berg, Jan 23/0 9/0 14/0 Berglie, Sverre 3/5 1/2 2/3 Bergsvand, Jo 1/0 1/0 none Berntsen, Bjarne 33/0 6/0 27/0 Berstad, Finn 32/13 1/0 31/13 Birkelund, Jan 33/0 2/0 31/0 Bjarnøy, Henning 6/1 4/1 2/0 Bjerkeland, Bård 3/0 3/0 none Bjørnø, Per 9/0 1/0 8/0 Brandhaug, Sverre 35/2 2/0 33/2 Bratseth, Rune 60/4 5/0 55/4 Bredesen, Per 18/7 1/0 17/7 Brenna Lund, Egil 14/0 2/0 12/0 Bretteville, Jean-Louis 9/0 1/0 8/0 Brevik, Tor 11/0 10/0 1/0 Brustad, Arne 33/17 1/0 32/17 By Rise, Ola 25/0 9/0 16/0 Bøhleng, John 1/0 1/0 none Børresen, Arne 25/1 3/0 22/1 Dahlen, Knut 5/2 1/1 4/1 Dalhaug, Ingvar 1/0 1/0 none Danielsen, William 6/1 1/0 5/1 Davidsen, Vidar 46/5 2/1 44/4 Dokken, Arne 24/2 2/0 22/2 Dybwad, Gunnar 27/11 1/0 26/11 Dybwad-Olsen, Ola 24/11 1/1 23/10 Eggen, Knut Torbjørn 4/0 3/0 1/0 Engerbakk, Arnfinn 4/0 4/0 none Eriksen, Leif (Brann) 1/0 1/0 none Eriksen, Nils 47/0 2/0 45/0 Erlandsen, Arne 22/1 6/0 16/1 Erstad, Cato 1/0 1/0 none Fjælberg, Svein 33/0 13/0 20/0 Fjærestad, Jan Kristian 7/1 4/0 3/1 Fjørtoft, Jan Åge 71/20 3/0 68/20 Flo, Jostein 53/11 2/1 51/10 Fuglset, Jan 20/6 1/0 19/6 Giske, Anders 38/0 1/0 37/0 Goa, Reidar 4/0 1/0 3/0 Gran, Stein 5/0 4/0 1/0 Grøndalen, Svein 77/0 6/0 71/0 Gulbrandsen, Tom 17/0 2/0 15/0 Halle, Gunnar 64/5 3/0 61/5 Hammer, Georg 7/3 6/2 1/1 Hansen, Asbjørn 52/0 1/0 51/0 Hansen, Hugo 14/0 7/0 7/0 Hansen, Jan 19/0 2/0 17/0 Hansen, Sverre 15/7 3/2 12/5 Hansen, Vidar 12/0 9/0 3/0 Helgesen, Helge 1/1 1/1 none Hellvik, Nils Ove 5/0 4/0 1/0 Henriksen, Kristian 28/0 1/0 27/0 Henriksen, Per 10/0 7/0 3/0 Henæs, Geir 4/0 3/0 1/0 Herlovsen, Kai Erik 34/0 6/0 28/0 Holm, Glenn 1/0 1/0 none Holmsen, Øyvind 36/0 2/0 34/0 Husby, Øivind 2/0 2/0 none Hval, Jørgen 6/0 1/0 5/0 Hvidsten, Ragnar 22/2 2/0 20/2 Høgmo, Per Mathias 1/0 1/0 none Høyland, Gabriel 23/3 6/3 17/0 Håberg, Sten Glenn 8/0 3/0 5/0 Iversen, Kjell 2/0 1/0 1/0 Jacobsen, Pål 43/13 2/0 41/13 Jacobsen, Tom Rüsz 26/0 1/0 25/0 Jevne, Tor 3/2 1/1 2/1 Johannesen, Finn 6/3 1/0 5/3 Johannessen, Erik 6/0 4/0 2/0 Johannessen, Henry 14/7 1/1 13/6 Johannessen, Trygve 5/0 5/0 none Johansen, Egil 12/2 3/0 9/2 Johansen, Geir 4/0 4/0 none Johansen, Henry "Tippen" 48/0 4/0 44/0 Johansen, Håkon 2/0 1/0 1/0 Johansen, Tor Egil 52/7 4/0 48/7 Johnsen, Erland 24/2 5/0 19/2 Just Olsen, Erik 3/1 2/0 1/1 Juve, Jørgen 45/33 4/3 41/30 Karlsen, Geir 32/0 1/0 31/0 Karlsen, Harry Boye 58/4 1/0 57/4 Karlsen, Helge 35/0 5/0 30/0 Karlsen, Yngve 4/0 1/0 3/0 Kihle, Evald 2/0 1/0 1/0 Kjos, Kjeld 24/0 2/0 22/0 Klepp, Olav 1/0 1/0 none Kojedal, Terje 66/1 11/0 55/1 Kollshaugen, Stein 18/7 11/5 7/2 Kortgaard, Arnt 4/0 4/0 none Krogsæter, André 4/0 3/0 1/0 Kvammen, Reidar 51/17 1/0 50/17 Kvia, Svein 39/3 7/2 32/1 Lagesen, Kai 2/0 2/0 none Larsen, Frode 7/0 5/0 2/0 Lund, Tom 47/12 2/1 45/11 Løken, Karl Petter 36/1 2/0 34/1 Madsen, Jan 1/0 1/0 none Markussen, Per Terje 2/0 2/0 none Mathisen, Svein 25/2 1/0 24/2 Meinseth, Børre 8/0 4/0 4/0 Meirik, Erling 13/0 3/0 10/0 Mordt, Per Edmund 31/1 2/0 29/1 Møller, Arne 4/0 2/0 2/0 Nilsen, Olav 62/19 1/1 61/18 Nilssen, Steinar (Rosenborg) 1/0 1/0 none Nilsson, Robert 5/0 1/0 4/0 Nordahl, Hans 19/8 1/0 18/8 Nordbø, Thøger 5/0 1/0 4/0 Nygård, Per Egil 10/0 3/0 7/0 Nysæter, Olav 2/0 2/0 none Olafsen, Frank 18/0 1/0 17/0 Olsen, Arild 2/0 1/0 1/0 Olsen, Egil "Drillo" 16/0 1/0 15/0 Olsen, Thorleif 34/0 2/0 32/0 Osvold, Kjetil 37/4 5/0 32/4 Ottesen, Rune 17/1 1/0 16/1 Pedersen, Birger 3/2 1/1 2/1 Pedersen, Jan Ove 17/1 1/0 16/1 Pedersen, Ragnar 6/3 1/0 5/3 Pedersen, Trond 41/0 5/0 36/0 Pettersen, Bjarne 7/0 1/0 6/0 Pettersen, Per 35/1 1/0 34/1 Rein, Svein Gunnar 3/1 2/1 1/0 Rekdal, Kjetil 83/17 2/0 81/17 Richardsen, Rune 4/0 4/0 none Rosén, Bjarne 5/0 1/0 4/0 Sandberg, Sten Nick 1/0 1/0 none Sandland, Åsmund 2/0 1/0 1/0 Seland, Arve 12/1 3/0 9/1 Skammelsrud, Bent 38/6 1/0 37/6 Skifjeld, Karl 6/0 1/0 5/0 Skogheim, Vegard 13/1 6/0 7/1 Skuseth, Helge 16/3 6/3 10/0 Slinning, Sigbjørn 42/1 4/1 38/0 Smedås, Tor Inge 2/0 2/0 none Solér, Erik 39/4 8/3 31/1 Sollied, Trond 15/1 6/0 9/1 Spydevold, Bjørn 37/1 2/0 35/1 Steen, Birger 7/3 2/1 5/2 Sundby, Tom 39/6 10/0 29/6 Sveinsson, John 3/1 1/1 2/0 Svendsen, Arne 1/0 1/0 none Svendsen, Thorleif 3/2 1/1 2/1 Svendsen, Torbjørn (Viking) 7/0 4/0 3/0 Svenssen, Thorbjørn 104/0 2/0 102/0 Sørloth, Gøran 55/15 6/0 49/15 Tangen, Rune 3/1 1/0 2/1 Thorstvedt, Erik 97/0 8/0 89/0 Thunberg, Stein 28/4 5/1 23/3 Tomteberget, Øyvind 4/0 4/0 none Tunheim, Kurt 1/0 1/0 none Vinje, Morten 15/0 6/0 9/0 Vaadal, Joar 9/2 3/2 6/0 Wormdal, Øystein 5/0 2/0 3/0 Ødegaard, Jarle 1/0 1/0 none Økland, Arne Larsen 54/13 6/2 48/11 Aas, Einar 35/3 6/1 29/2
However, the NFF continues to recognize these matches in spite of the FIFA ruling, and until that changes, they will be considered as full internationals on this website too.