Key achievements 2020-25
Club development
Certified quality clubs
400
Members
400 000
more than before the pandemic!
Teams who have coaches with formal coaching qualifications
80
percent
Teams in quality clubs have coaches with formal coaching qualifications
90
percent
Support for clubs to prevent granulate loss
80
MNOK
Children and young people play in a quality club
60
percent (vs. 45% in 2020)
Attendance in elite football
Men's senior national team
17 600
4% increase from 2022
Women's senior national team
6 000
19% increase from 2022
Eliteserien
6 673
17% increase from 2019
Toppserien
555
103% increase from 2019
National teams & elite clubs
- The women's senior national team qualified for the World Cup and European Championship.
- Silver medal in the UEFA Women's U19 EURO 2022; U17 women's team participated in EURO 2022 and 2024.
- The U21 men's team participated in EURO 2023; the U19 men's team participated in EURO 2023 and 2024, qualifying for the U20 World Cup in 2025.
- Established a U14 national team for girls and a Future National Team for boys.
- Four Norwegian players were nominated for the Ballon d'Or.
- Record-breaking media rights deal.
- The Eliteserien improved its UEFA league ranking from 22nd to 11th in Europe.
- Molde reached the Round of 16 in the UEFA Europa League, and Bodø/Glimt reached the UEFA Europa Conference League quarterfinals.
More girls and women in football
- Brann Kvinner reached the quarterfinals of the UEFA Women's Champions League. Vålerenga Damer qualified for the UEFA Women’s Champions League.
- Ullevaal Stadium was awarded the UEFA Women's Champions League final in 2026.
- The new attendance record in the Toppserien is 11,636 (Rosenborg vs. Brann, 12.06.22).
- Two hundred clubs offer the UEFA Playmakers program, which increases the recruitment base for 6-year-old girls by approximately 40%.
- Several key milestones for female representation in football, including Norway's first female football president and first female head coach in men's elite football.
- Over 3,000 certified female coaches, with more than 100,000 course participants annually.
Referee development
- Norwegian referees back at the top level in Europe (including Rohit Saggi, Henrikke Nervik, Espen Eskås, Kristoffer Hagenes, and Sigurd Kringstad).
- Further development of NORCORE to recruit and develop referees, with shared expertise between grassroots and elite levels.
- Referee developers hired in all regions.
- Increased number of female referees, with 45% of female referee talents receiving close follow-up through NORCORE.
Futsal
- Futsal has become Norway's 12th largest sport, with over 20,000 active players.
- Established a women's national futsal team, which is now internationally competitive.
- Set a new futsal attendance record (1,350 spectators).
- First-ever Norwegian Futsal Championship in the 2022/23 season.
Launched services & strategies
Goals not achieved
National teams & elite clubs
- The men's senior national team has not qualified for a major tournament.
- The women's senior national team has not won a medal in a major tournament.
- Youth national teams:
- G17: Did not qualify for the UEFA U17 EURO final tournaments in 2023, 2024, or 2025.
- J17: Reached the UEFA U17 EURO final tournaments in 2022 and 2024 but did not qualify for the World Cup.
- J19: Reached the UEFA U19 EURO final tournament in 2022 but did not qualify for the World Cup.
- U21: Qualified for the UEFA U21 EURO in 2022/23 but not in 2021 or 2025.
- No Norwegian men's team has consistently reached the UEFA Champions League group stage each year.
- The Toppserien's UEFA ranking remains below the target position.
- Norway has not been awarded a major international tournament (though the UEFA Women's Champions League final has been granted).
Club development
Teams have coaches with at least one of the four grassroots coaching courses
80
percent (target was 90%)
Boys aged 13-19 playing football
28
percent (target was 35%)
Coaches who have completed coach mentoring education
476
(target was 800)
More girls & women in football
Girls aged 6-12 playing football
26
percent (target was 30%)
Girls aged 13-19 playing football
14
percent (target was 20%)
Women in club administration
39
percent (target was 45%)
Women Coaches
14
percent (target was 20%)
Women in central NFF administration
27
percent (target was 45%)
Women in regional associations
24
percent (target was 45%)
Female participants in top coaching courses
6
percent (target was 20%)
Facility development
Full-size pitches
1 209
(target was 1250)
7-a-side pitches
734
(target was 790)
Indoor halls
162
(target was 175)
Neighborhood facilities
3 150
(target was 3325)
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