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Norwegian Football Federation

The Norwegian Football Federation (Bokmål: Norges Fotballforbund, Nynorsk: Noregs Fotballforbund; NFF; Northern Sami: Norgga spábbačiekčanlihttu) is the governing body of football in Norway. It was formed in 1902 and organizes the men's and women's national teams, as well as the league systems for men and women (whose top levels are the Eliteserien and Toppserien, respectively). The current president of NFF is Lise Klaveness. 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 FIFA in 1908 and UEFA in 1954.
The NFF was part of an unsuccessful joint bid with the SvFF, the DBU, and the SPL to host the UEFA Euro 2008 championship. The SvFF invited the NFF to join them in bidding for the UEFA Euro 2016 championship. The NFF and Norwegian politicians expressed support for such a proposal, but Euro 2016 was eventually awarded to France.
The Norwegian Football Federation announced in December 2024 that Norway would not compete against the Israeli national football team in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers and called on FIFA and UEFA to investigate Israeli human rights violations against the Palestinian population before the match between Norway and Israel in March 2025.