The Norwegian Football Federation ( nb, Norges Fotballforbund, nn, Noregs Fotballforbund; NFF) is the governing body of

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. It was formed in 1902 and organises the men's and

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national teams, as well as the league systems for men and women (whose top levels are respectively the

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and Toppserien). The current president of NFF is

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. By 1 January 2004, there were 1,814 clubs organized in Norway and 373,532 registered players. It is the largest sports federation in Norway. The NFF joined

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in 1908, and

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in 1954. The NFF was part of an unsuccessful joint bid with the SvFF, the

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and the SPL to host the

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championship. The SvFF invited the NFF to join them in bidding for the

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championship. The NFF and Norwegian politicians expressed support for such a proposal, but Euro 2016 was eventually awarded to

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Foundation

In Spring 1902,

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invited representatives from Grane and Spring (both now defunct) to join together in forming a national football association. On 30 April, 14 delegates from the three clubs met at the Hotel Bristol in Oslo. These were Trygve Karlsen,

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, Leif Eriksen and Bredo Eriksen from Lyn; Just Hagemann, Isak Benjaminsen, Walter Aigeltinger and Emil Wettergreen from Grane; and Christen Hummel Johansen, Arne Baggerud, Birger Freihow, Thorleif Wibe and Thorvald Torgersen from Spring. Together they agreed to form a football association, and voted 9 to 5 to adopt the name proposed by Lyn - ''Norsk Fodboldforbund''. Isak Benjaminsen from Grane was adopted as the first chairman.

International Honours

Men

*Olympic Bronze Medal 1936

U21 Men

*European Championships Bronze Medal 1998,

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*World Cup Silver Medal 1991 *World Cup Gold Medal

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*Olympic Gold Medal 2000 *European Championships Gold Medal 1987, 1993 *European Championships Silver Medal

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, 1991,

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*European Championships Bronze Medal

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Regional associations

* NFF Agder * NFF Akershus * NFF Buskerud * NFF Finnmark * NFF Hordaland * NFF Hålogaland * NFF Indre Østland * Nordland fotballkrets * Nordmøre og Romsdal fotballkrets * Oslo fotballkrets * Rogaland fotballkrets * Sogn og Fjordane fotballkrets * Sunnmøre fotballkrets * Telemark fotballkrets * Troms fotballkrets * Trøndelag fotballkrets * Vestfold fotballkrets * Østfold fotballkrets

Presidents

References

External links

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Norway
at FIFA site

at UEFA site {{DEFAULTSORT:Football Association Of Norway

Football in Norway Futsal in Norway Sports organisations of Norway

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1902 establishments in Norway Organisations based in Oslo Sports organizations established in 1902 Football governing bodies in Norway