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Christian Grindheim
Christian Grindheim (born 17 July 1983) is a Norwegian retired professional footballer who last played as a midfielder for Eliteserien club FK Haugesund. Grindheim is known as a hardworking midfielder with tough tackling and powerful shots. He has made over 50 appearances for the Norway national team. Club career Grindheim was born in Haugesund and started his career in the local club Haugar, before he joined Haugesund where he made his debut for the first team in Tippeligaen at the age of 17. After Haugesund's relegation from the First Division in 2004, several Tippeligaen clubs were interested in his signature. Viking, with Roy Hodgson as manager, made an offer for Grindheim, but he chose Vålerenga. At Vålerenga, he played regularly for the team that won the league in 2005. On 7 January 2008, Grindheim joined Heerenveen. Heerenveen paid Vålerenga a reported transfer fee of €3 million. He played 86 matches for the club winning the 2008–09 Dutch Cup. On 15 Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haugesund
Haugesund () is a municipality on the North Sea in Rogaland county, Norway. While the population is greater in the neighboring Karmøy municipality, the main commercial and economic centre of the Haugaland region in northern Rogaland and southern Vestland is in Haugesund. The majority of the population of Haugesund lives in the Haugesund urban area in the municipality's southwest. The majority of the municipality outside this area is rural or undeveloped. The municipality is the 338th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Haugesund is the 28th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 37,444. The municipality's population density is and its population has increased by 6.7% over the previous 10-year period. The Haugesund urban area, which extends into the neighboring municipality of Karmøy, makes up about of the municipality. 8,884 people of the urban area live in Karmøy. Only about 1,000 residents of Haugesund municipality that live in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 Norwegian Premier League
The 2005 Tippeligaen was the 61st completed season of top division football in Norway. The season began on 10 April 2005, and was concluded with the last of 26 rounds played on 29 October. 3 points were given for wins and 1 for draws. Vålerenga, the winner of this year's season entered the second round of next year's Champions League qualification, while the runners-up (Start), number 3 (Lyn) and the Norwegian Cup winners enter the UEFA Cup qualification round. The top four teams qualified for the 2004–05 Royal League. 1,726,145 people attended the matches, a new record for the Tippeligaen and 300,000 more than the previous year. It is also more than twice as many as in 1995, when only 841,717 attended the matches during the whole season. The 2005 season was, as of 2019, the last season where all the teams in the division played on natural turfs only. Overview Summary The greatest surprises of the 2005 season were the great performance of Start, promoted to the Tippeligaen in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2003 In Norwegian Football
The 2003 season was the 98th season of competitive football in Norway. Men's football League season Tippeligaen = Play-offs = November 10: Sandefjord – Vålerenga 0–0 November 22: Vålerenga – Sandefjord 5–3 (agg. 5–3) Vålerenga stay up. = Top scorers = 17 goals: Harald Martin Brattbakk, Rosenborg 15 goals: Frode Johnsen, Rosenborg 13 goals: Håvard Flo, Sogndal 11 goals: Magne Hoseth, Molde ::Erik Nevland, Viking 10 goals: Edwin van Ankeren, Odd Grenland ::Thomas Finstad, Stabæk 1. divisjon 2. divisjon 3. divisjon Norwegian Cup Final Women's football League season Toppserien 1. divisjon Norwegian Women's Cup Final *Medkila 2–1 Kolotn Men's UEFA competitions Norwegian representatives *Rosenborg (UEFA Champions League) *Vålerenga (UEFA Cup, cup winner) *Molde (UEFA Cup) *Lyn (UEFA Cup) Champions League Qualifying rounds =Second qualifying round= =Third qualifying round= UEFA Cup Qualifying round First round Seco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 In Norwegian Football
Results from Norwegian football in 2002. Men's football League season Tippeligaen =Play-offs= November 2: Sandefjord – Brann 0–0 November 6: Brann – Sandefjord 2–1 (agg. 2–1) Brann stay up. 1. divisjon 2. divisjon 3. divisjon Norwegian Cup Final Women's football League season Toppserien 1. divisjon 1. Liungen 16 14 1 1 71–14 43 Promoted 2. Fløya 16 9 2 5 27–17 29 Promoted ------------------------------------- 3. Skeid 16 8 5 3 31–22 29 4. Haugar 16 8 0 8 31–31 24 5. Medkila 16 6 3 7 34–24 21 6. Fortuna 16 6 2 8 21–28 20 7. Nittedal 16 6 2 8 22–38 20 (ex Gjelleråsen) 8. Vålerenga 16 5 3 8 22–32 18 ------------------------------------- 9. Follese 16 1 0 15 11–64 3 Relegated Athene Moss withdrew before the season because of financial problems. Norwegian Women's Cup Final *Trondheims-Ørn 4–3 (a.e.t.) Arna-Bjørnar Men's UEFA competitions Norwegian representatives: *Rosenborg (UEFA Champions League) *Lillestrøm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001 In Norwegian Football
Results from Norway, Norwegian association football, football in 2001. Men's football League season Tippeligaen =Play-off= November 7: Bryne – Hamarkameratene 3–0 Bryne stadion Att: 4030 1–0 (25) Marcus Andreasson 2–0 (84) Trond Bjørnsen 3–0 (86) Trond Bjørnsen Yellow card: Stian Thomassen, Hamarkameratene. November 10: Hamarkameratene – Bryne 0–0 (agg. 0–3) Briskeby Gressbane Att: 2552 Yellow card: Marcus Andreasson, Geir Atle Undheim, Anders Friberg, Bryne. Bryne stayed up. 1. divisjon Second Division =Group 1= 1. Tollnes 26 14 8 4 73- 47 50 Promoted ------------------------------------- 2. FF Lillehammer 26 15 5 6 44- 31 50 3. Eik-Tønsberg 26 15 4 7 63- 44 49 4. Fredrikstad 26 15 2 9 52- 42 47 5. Bærum 26 12 5 9 60- 44 41 6. Nybergsund 26 12 3 11 43- 37 39 7. Ullensaker/Kisa 26 10 6 10 58- 58 36 8. Pors Grenland 26 11 3 12 46- 52 36 9. Kvik Halden 26 11 1 14 41- 38 34 10.Sprint/Jeløy 26 10 4 12 42- 54 34 11.Stabæk 2 26 10 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000 In Norwegian Football
This article is a summary of 2000 in Norwegian football. The 2000-season is the 95. season of competitive football in Norway. Men's football League season Tippeligaen 1. divisjon 2. divisjon 3. divisjon Norwegian Cup Final Women's football League season Toppserien Norwegian Women's Cup Final *Asker Asker ( no, Asker), properly called Askerbygda in Norwegian, is a district and former municipality in Akershus, Norway. From 2020 it is part of the larger administrative municipality Asker, Viken (also known as Greater Asker) in Viken county, ... 4–1 Bjørnar National teams Norway men's national football team UEFA Euro 2000 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) =Group 5= Fixtures and results ;Key * H = Home match * A = Away match * N = Neutral ground Norway women's national football team Notes and references {{Norwegian football seasons Seasons in Norwegian football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eredivisie
The Eredivisie (; ''"Honour Division"'' or ''"Premier Division"'') is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is considered one of the best European leagues. As of the 2020–21 season, it is ranked the sixth-best league in Europe by UEFA. The Eredivisie consists of 18 clubs. Each club meets every other club twice during the season, once at home and once away. At the end of each season, the two clubs at the bottom are relegated to the second level of the Dutch league system, the (First Division), while the champion and runner-up of the are automatically promoted to the Eredivisie. The club finishing third from the bottom of the Eredivisie goes to separate promotion/relegation play-offs with six high-placed clubs from the . The winner of the Eredivisie claims the Dutch national championship. Ajax have won the most titles with 36. PSV Eindhoven are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TV 2 (Norway)
TV 2 (''TV to'') is a Norwegian terrestrial television channel. Its headquarters are located in Bergen. TV 2 began test broadcasting on 13 November 1991, and a year later, it was officially launched on 5 September 1992, becoming Norway's first commercial free-to-air television channel. In 1992, TV 2 A/S was admitted as full active member of the European Broadcasting Union. As is common with television (and cinema) in Norway, most foreign-language shows and segments of local programmes with foreign language dialogues (e.g. interviews with foreigners) are subtitled in Norwegian, not dubbed (with a notable exception being children's programmes). Since 2012, TV 2 is owned by one of its co-founders, the Danish media company Egmont Group. History In 1990, the Storting opened the way for an advertising-financed alternative to NRK to be established. The license was announced on 31 January 1991, with the requirement that no owner could own more than 20 per cent of the shares in the ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
England National Football Team
The England national football team has represented England in international Association football, football since the first international match in 1872. It is controlled by The Football Association (FA), the governing body for football in England, which is affiliated with UEFA and comes under the global jurisdiction of world football's governing body FIFA. England competes in the three major international tournaments contested by European nations: the FIFA World Cup, the UEFA European Championship, and the UEFA Nations League. England is the joint oldest national team in football having played in the world's 1872 Scotland v England football match, first international football match in 1872, against Scotland national football team, Scotland. England's home ground is Wembley Stadium, London, and its training headquarters is St George's Park National Football Centre, St George's Park, Burton upon Trent. The team's manager is Gareth Southgate. England won the 1966 FIFA World Cup F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germany National Football Team
The Germany national football team (german: link=no, Deutsche Fußballnationalmannschaft) represents Germany in men's international football and played its first match in 1908. The team is governed by the German Football Association (''Deutscher Fußball-Bund''), founded in 1900. Between 1949 and 1990, separate German national teams were recognised by FIFA due to Allied occupation and division: the DFB's team representing the Federal Republic of Germany (commonly referred to as West Germany in English between 1949 and 1990), the Saarland team representing the Saar Protectorate (1950–1956) and the East Germany team representing the German Democratic Republic (1952–1990). The latter two were absorbed along with their records; the present team represents the reunified Federal Republic. The official name and code "Germany FR (FRG)" was shortened to "Germany (GER)" following reunification in 1990. Germany is one of the most successful national teams in international competit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egil Olsen
Egil Roger Olsen (born 22 April 1942), nicknamed Drillo, is a Norwegian football manager and former footballer. He is best known as a highly successful manager of the Norway national football team. He has since been manager of the Iraq national football team, his departure from which caused considerable attention. In January 2009, he made a comeback as manager for the Norway national team. Club career Olsen was a successful player with 16 caps for the national team, earning the nickname "Drillo" from his dribbling skills and technical ability. According to close friend Nils Arne Eggen, Olsen would have been awarded with more caps as a player, had it not been for Willi Kment, Norway's manager at the time, who did not approve of Olsen's long hair and generally scruffy appearance, as well as his left-wing political views. Olsen was also a formidable bandy player, while playing football. Managerial career He managed the Norway national team from 1990 to 1998, guiding them to Worl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Switzerland National Football Team
The Switzerland national football team (german: Schweizer Fussballnationalmannschaft, it, Nazionale di calcio della Svizzera, french: Équipe nationale suisse de football, rm, Squadra naziunala da ballape da la Svizra) represents Switzerland in international football. The national team is controlled by the Swiss Football Association. Switzerland's best performances at the FIFA World Cup were three quarter-final appearances, in 1934, 1938 and 1954. They hosted the competition in 1954, where they played against Austria in the quarter-final match, losing 7–5, which today still stands as the highest scoring World Cup match ever. At the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Switzerland set a FIFA World Cup record by being eliminated from the tournament despite not conceding a single goal, being eliminated by Ukraine after penalties in the round of sixteen. They did not concede a goal until a match against Chile at the 2010 FIFA World Cup, conceding in the 75th minute, setting a World Cup final ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
