Rosenborg Ballklub is an

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club based in

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. It is Norway's most successful club, having won the Norwegian Premier League twenty-two times and the

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nine times. Although founded in 1917, it was not permitted to play Football Association of Norway-sanctioned matches until 1928 because of restrictions on the number of teams allowed to join the regional football association. It then joined the regional Class B and went through several promotions and relegations until joining the inaugural eleven-conference top-tier

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in 1937–38.Svardal (2007): 262 After

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, the club moved between the Third Division and the Regional League (second tier), seeing promotion or relegation more seasons than not. The club reached the Main League in 1960–61, but was subsequently relegated after the 1961–62 season.Svardal (2007): 263 After four years at tier two, Rosenborg joined the First Division in

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and won the league that season. Since, Rosenborg has only played the 1978 season at the second tier. The First Division was renamed the Norwegian Premier League in 1991. The club entered the cup for the first time in

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, claiming its first title in

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.Svardal (2007): 264–265 Rosenborg has experienced two golden eras; the first in the 1960s and early 1970s resulted in three league and three cup honors, in addition to an equal number of runner-up positions in both tournaments. The second golden era started with winning the league in 1985 and has resulted in nineteen league and six cup titles. Fourteen league titles were claimed under manager

Nils Arne Eggen Nils Arne Eggen (17 September 1941 – 19 January 2022) was a Norwegian footballer, manager and teacher from Orkdal. Eggen was closely tied to Rosenborg, the club he managed for 23 years between 1970 and 2010. He is Norway's most successful clu ...

and sixteen have been won by

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Roar Strand Roar Strand (born 2 February 1970) is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder, mostly for Rosenborg. Strand was capped 42 times for the Norway national team. He is the player with the fourth-highest number of appea ...

. Rosenborg won thirteen consecutive league trophies between 1992 and 2004. Rosenborg has played 206 matches in 32 seasons in Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) tournaments, starting with the

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. Their only European trophy came when they co-won the

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. Rosenborg has entered the

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and its predecessor, the European Cup, twenty times, and reached the group stage eleven times, including eight consecutive seasons from 1995–96 though 2002–03. The best performance is reaching the quarter-finals in 1996–97, where they lost to

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. Rosenborg has played 16 seasons in the

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and its predecessors, the UEFA Cup and the

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. The club has also won the

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, Norway's defunct two-season

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, and participated twice in the

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Key

;League table key * P = Played * W = Games won * D = Games drawn * L = Games lost * F = Goals for * A = Goals against * Pts = Points * Pos = Final position * Att = Average attendance ;Competition key * LoN = League of Norway * ML = Main League * TL = Tippeligaen * 1D = First Division * 2D = Second Division * 3D = Third Division * RL = Regional League * RLQ = Regional League Qualifier * A = Class A * B = Class B * CL = Champions League * EL = Europa League * ECL = Europa Conference League ;Position key * W = Winner * CO = Co-winner * RU = Runners-up * SF = Semi-finals * QF = Quarter-finals * G = Group stage * G2 = Second group stage * PO = Play-off round * Q1 = First qualifying round * Q2 = Second qualifying round * Q3 = Third qualifying round * R1 = Round 1 * R2 = Round 2 * R3 = Round 3 * R4 = Round 4

Seasons

The following is a list of Rosenborg BK's seasons since they were permitted to play in Football Association of Norway-sanction matches from the 1928 season. It contains the results of the league, including the division, position and average league attendance; the result in the Norwegian Football Cup; participation in other official tournaments, including promotion and relegation play-offs, Champions League and Europa League; and the top goalscorer for the club in the domestic league and the number of goals he scored.

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