The Drillo World Cup 2026 Squad  June-July 2026 ←Last Norwegian Squad that faced England (935)
Player	Birthdate	Age	Pos	Club	App	G
19. Aasgaard, Thelonious Gerard	2 May 2002 in Liverpool, England	24	AM	Rangers FC, Scotland	9	6
3. Ajer, Kristoffer Vassbakk Köpp	17 April 1998	28	CB	Brentford FC, England	56	2
14. Aursnes, Fredrik	10 December 1995	30	CM	Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Portugal	2	1
6. Berg, Patrick	24 November 1997	28	DM	Fk Bodø/Glimt	48	0
8. Berge, Sander Gard Bolin	14 February 1998	28	DM	Fulham FC, England	70	1
15. Bjørkan, Fredrik André	21 August 1998	27	LB	Fk Bodø/Glimt	22	1
22. Bobb, Oscar	12 July 2003	22	RF	Fulham FC, England	25	2
25. Falchener, Henrik Sælebakke	8 May 2003	23	CB	Viking Fk	2	0
9. Haaland, Erling Braut	21 July 2000 in Leeds, England	25	CF	Manchester City FC, England	54	62
born Erling Braut Håland
23. Hauge, Jens Petter	12 October 1999	26	LF	Fk Bodø/Glimt	16	1
17. Heggem, Torbjørn Lysaker	12 January 1999	27	CB	Bologna FC 1909, Italy	19	0
24. Langås, Sondre Klingen	2 February 2001	25	CB	Derby County FC, England	4	0
11. Larsen, Jørgen Strand	6 February 2000	26	CF	Crystal Palace FC, England	29	6
20. Nusa, Antonio Eromonsele Nordby	17 April 2005	21	LF	RB Leipzig, Germany	29	9
1. Nyland, Ørjan Håskjold	10 September 1990	35	Gk	unattached	75	0
10. Ødegaard, Martin	17 December 1998	27	AM	Arsenal FC, England	72	5
4. Østigård, Leo Skiri	28 November 1999	26	CB	Genoa CFC, Italy	42	2
16. Pedersen, Marcus Holmgren	16 July 2000	25	D	Torino FC, Italy	35	1
26. Ryerson, Julian	17 November 1997	28	RB	Bsv Borussia 09 Dortmund, Germany	46	1
21. Schjelderup, Andreas Rædergård	1 June 2004	22	LF	Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Portugal	17	1
13. Selvik, Egil	30 July 1997	28	Gk	Watford FC, England	8	0
7. Sørloth, Alexander	5 December 1995	30	CF	Club Atlético de Madrid, Spain	76	26
12. Tangvik, Sander	29 November 2002	23	Gk	Hamburger SV, Germany	0	0
2. Thorsby, Morten	5 May 1996	30	M	US Cremonese, Italy	32	0
18. Thorstvedt, Kristian	13 March 1999	27	M	US Sassuolo Calcio, Italy	39	4
5. Wolfe, David Møller	23 April 2002	24	LB	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC, England	26	1

Squad details correct up to and including Norway's match against Brazil on 5 July 2026.
Tallies taken from transfermrkt

Diary

Thursday, 21 May 2026 - Arsenal skipper Martin Ødegaard has been named captain of Norway's 26-man squad for this summer's World Cup. The newly crowned Premier League winner is joined by Manchester City striker Erling Haaland, Fulham's Oscar Bobb and Crystal Palace forward Jorgen Strand Larsen. A unique squad announcement was delivered by the King of Norway via a pre-recorded video on social media. Uncapped Hamburg goalkeeper Sander Tangvik makes the squad after a final sign-off from the monarch. The 23-year-old's inclusion as the only uncapped player in the squad comes after an injury to SK Brann's Mathias Dyngeland, while a request to switch the nationality of former Russia Under-21 keeper Nikita Haikin was not approved. "I didn't trust it until the video was finished. I didn't trust the King for a second," Derby County defender Sondre Langås, who is included, told national broadcaster NRK. Norway open their World Cup campaign in Boston against Iraq on 16 June, followed by games against Senegal and France.

Monday, 1 June 2026 - Norway 3 Sweden 1 -

Sunday, 7 June 2026 - Morocco 1 Norway 1 - Martin Ødegaard scored a second-half equaliser as Morocco were held to a 1-1 friendly draw by Norway in New York. Playing at Sports Illustrated Stadium, Morocco took an early lead as Real Madrid's Brahim Diaz found the bottom corner with a powerful right-footed shot from inside the box. However, Ødegaard swept home after being teed up by Fulham winger Oscar Bobb on 75 minutes and there were no further goals.

Monday, 8 June 2026 - Steve Clarke has been branded "unprofessional" by Norway counterpart Ståle Solbakken after the Scotland head coach cancelled a training-ground friendly as both sides prepare for the start of the World Cup. With both squads based in North Carolina, the game was planned for today, but the NFF announced yesterday it had been called off because of injuries in the Scotland camp. Clarke confirmed: "It was just going to be a training game for an hour at our training ground. We picked up one or two niggles last week and decided it wasn't worth the risk." Solbakken described it as "unprofessional of Scotland," he said. "It is unprofessional that the coach has not called me, that they use the team manager and call and say it after we have finished training. I don't think the injuries they're blaming came from the last training session. That's not the case. It's disappointing. It's unprofessional. But we have to live with that. That's why we adjusted a bit in the game." Norway's team manager, former Fulham defender Brede Hangeland, said they had based their World Cup preparations on the closed-doors friendly "for many months" before arriving at their base in Greensboro, about 90 miles from Scotland's training camp in Charlotte. "It is embarrassing to cancel it a couple of days before," he added. "We can't do anything about it. We just have to forget about it and make the best of it. But there has been a lot of organisation, agreements and gentlemen's agreements and then suddenly they don't want to. I think that was weak, so to speak."

Tuesday, 16 June 2026 - Iraq 1 Norway 4 - Erling Haaland scored twice on his World Cup debut as Norway overcame a spirited Iraq in their opening Group I game at Boston Stadium. The 25-year-old took his tally to 57 goals in 51 appearances for his country as they made their World Cup return after 28 years, though he was denied the 55th hat-trick in tournament history by Jalal Hassan's fine block late on. Making their first appearance on the biggest stage in 40 years, Iraq more than held their own in the opening 25 minutes but the deadlock was broken just 58 seconds after the first-half hydration break when the overlapping David Moller Wolfe swung in an inviting low cross from the left which Haaland slid home at the far post. Iraq deservedly levelled on 39 minutes as Amir Al-Ammari's cross was met by a powerful downward header inside the upright by Aymen Hussein, who sealed his country's place at the World Cup with the winner in the intercontinental play-off final against Bolivia in March. Parity lasted just four minutes as Haaland charged down a clearance from Hassan - as the veteran keeper dawdled over a back-pass in his own six-yard box - and the ball rebounded into the net. But Iraq finished the half on top as Ibrahim Bayesh saw a volley deflected wide, Ali Al-Hamadi was crowded out by Kristoffer Ajer in the box and Akam Hashim lashed a spectacular 20-yard volley inches over the bar. Norway substitute Leo Østigård headed home a Martin Ødegaard corner on 76 minutes to give Norway daylight and Haaland's looping header across goal was deflected into his own net by Hussein deep in stoppage time. At the fifth attempt, it was the first win by a European side against Asian Football Confederation opposition at this tournament.

Tuesday, 23 June 2026 - Norway 3 Senegal 2 - Erling Haaland scored twice as Norway booked their place in the last 32 of the World Cup with victory over Senegal in New Jersey. After just two games in the competition, the Manchester City striker has now scored twice as many goals (four) as any other Norway player in World Cup history. Full-back Marcus Pederson, on as an early substitute, capitalised on a poor clearance from Senegal captain Kalidou Koulibaly to put Norway 1-0 up late in the first half - before Haaland took over in the second. He raced on to Martin Ødegaard's incisive through ball to double the lead in the 48th minute - becoming Norway's all-time top scorer at World Cups in the process - before Ismaila Sarr pulled a goal back to give Senegal hope. But Haaland restored his team's two-goal cushion five minutes later with a calmly taken side-foot volley which went in off the bar. Haaland has now scored in 12 consecutive competitive matches for Norway, registering at least two goals in each of the past six. Sarr struck again in injury time to set up a nervy finale and the Crystal Palace winger could have equalised in the final seconds but put his header over the bar. However, Norway had been much the better side, even in a somewhat scrappy first half, and held on for a second straight win that means they have qualified from Group I alongside France.

Friday, 26 June 2026 - Norway 1 France 4 - Ousmane Dembélé scored a superb hat-trick in 32 minutes as France defeated a rotated Norway side to finish top of Group I. Pre-match hopes that this game would be an epic showdown between Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappé were quashed by the arrival of the teamsheets. Ståle Solbakken made ten changes after two group victories, including resting Haaland. France completely dominated the early stages and deservedly broke through in the seventh minute. Having won the ball in Norway's half, Mbappé spread it wide right to Dembélé in space. The Ballon d'Or winner squared up his marker and slammed home past Egil Selvik. It was 2-0 in the 20th minute when Dembélé completed a lightning counter-attack by cutting off the right-hand side on to his wizardly left foot and whipped a curling shot into the far corner. Norway struck back within 79 seconds, the French defence declining to respond to an attack straight from the kick-off which ended in Rangers attacker Thelo Aasgaard sweeping the ball past a wrong-footed Mike Maignan. But Dembélé was far from done, as he moved himself into contention as the tournament's top scorer with his fourth goal. Again he cut on to his left foot and, with four surrounding defenders paralysed by fear, curled another effort past Norway reserve keeper Selvik. Dembélé was subbed off after 65 minutes as the tempo dropped after the break, but his Paris St-Germain team-mate Desire Doue stepped up to add a fourth in the 94th minute with a looping header.

Tuesday, 30 June 2026 - Côte d'Ivore 1 Norway 2 - Erling Haaland tapped home a dramatic late winner as Norway beat Ivory Coast to set up a last-16 showdown with Brazil. Haaland had been quiet in Dallas before the 86th minute, as Antonio Nusa and Amad Diallo traded brilliant strikes in a tense game. But Haaland was in the right place to bobble home the decisive goal from six yards following Patrick Berg's cutback. It means Haaland has scored in 13 successive competitive internationals for Norway, his latest goal helping his country win a World Cup knockout match for the first time. Ivory Coast appeared to have forced extra time thanks to a superb 74th-minute strike by second-half sub Amad - surprisingly left out as manager Emerse Fae lined up his side in a more defensive 4-1-4-1 formation. It proved an error by Fae as the Ivorians struggled to create before going behind in the 39th minute. Nusa is less heralded than strike partner Haaland, but the 21-year-old RB Leipzig winger produced a moment of sublime quality by cutting into the box from the left and curling a right-footed shot into the top corner. After scoring the opener in their three group games, Ivory Coast were forced to chase the game - so Fae sent on Amad in the second half, and the 23-year-old showed his country what they were missing as he cut in from the right, beat two men and slotted home his second goal of the tournament. Just minutes earlier, the Manchester United man had made a key impact at the other end of the pitch - Norway centre-back Torbjorn Heggem somehow failed to score from four yards when his volley was cleared off the line by Amad. But in a World Cup so far defined by star strikers, Haaland was never going to be denied.

Sunday, 5 July 2026 - Brazil 1 Norway 2 - Erling Haaland's second-half double helped Norway stun five-time winners Brazil and book their place in the quarter-finals of the World Cup for the first time. Brazil were left to rue Bruno Guimaraes' missed penalty in the first half as Haaland, who had a quiet game until that moment, stole ahead of centre-back Gabriel to meet a cross from Andreas Schjelderup and put Norway ahead in the 79th minute. Haaland then sealed Norway's progress with a superb low drive from outside the box in the 90th minute. Brazil were awarded a second penalty in the dying seconds of the game after referee Ismail Elfath deemed Leo Østigård to have elbowed Casemiro and Neymar converted. But it proved a mere consolation for Brazil, who exit the tournament before the quarter-finals for the first time since 1990. In the quarter-finals, Norway will face either England or co-hosts Mexico, who meet in the last 16 in Mexico City tonight.