Norway International Matches - Details 2008


 

6/2-2008 (Local Time 19.45). Friendly      

WalesNorway  3-0 (1-0)    

Goals: 1-0 Fletcher (15), 2-0 Koumas (62), 3-0 Koumas (89). Yellow cards: none. Referee: David McKeon (Republic of Ireland). Attendance: 7.553. Venue: Racecourse Ground (Wrexham).      

Wales (4-4-2): 1-Wayne Hennessey (Wolverhampton Wanderers) [21-Lewis Price (Derby County) 46th min.] – 3-Sam Ricketts (Hull City) [22-Neal Eardley (Oldham Athletic) 59th min.], 5-Craig Morgan (Peterborough United), 6-Lewin Nyatanga (Derby County), 2-Chris Gunter (Tottenham Hotspurs) – 10-Simon Davies (Fulham) [14-David Cotterill (Wigan Athletic) 59th min.], 7-Carl Robinson (Toronto FC) [17-Andrew Crofts (Gillingham) 66th min.], 4-Carl Fletcher (Crystal Palace), 11-Joe Ledley (Cardiff City) [12-David Edwards (Wolverhampton Wanderers) 46th min.] – 9-Jason Koumas (Wigan Athletic), 8-Freddy Eastwood (Wolverhampton Wanderers) [15-Craig Davies (Oldham Athletic) 59th min.]. Head coach: John Toshack. Captain: Simon Davies. Substitutes not used: 16-Arron Davies (Nottingham Forest), 18-Robert Earnshaw (Derby County), 19-Steve Evans (Wrexham) and 20-Jermaine Easter (Plymouth Argyle).

Norway (4-3-3): 23-Håkon Opdal (SK Brann) [33-Rune Almenning Jarstein (Rosenborg BK) 46th min.] – 34-Jarl-André Storbæk (Vålerenga Fotball), 2-Pa-Modou Kah (Roda JC), 5-Brede Hangeland (Fulham) [13-Frode Kippe (Lillestrøm SK) 61st min.], 6-John Arne Riise (Liverpool FC) – 7-Fredrik Strømstad (IK Start) [22-Kristofer Hæstad (Vålerenga Fotball) 46th min.], 8-Martin Andresen (Vålerenga Fotball), 36-Erik Nevland (Fulham) [18-John Anders Bjørkøy (Fredrikstad FK) 77th min.] – 26-Daniel Braaten (Bolton Wanderers), 10-John Carew (Aston Villa) [19-Christian Grindheim (SC Heerenveen) 46th min.], 11-Morten Gamst Pedersen (Blackburn Rovers). Head coach: Åge Hareide. Captain: Martin Andresen. Substitutes not used: 4-Jon Inge Høiland (Stabæk Fotball) and 30-Simen Brenne (Lillestrøm SK).     
       


26/3-2008 (Local Time 19.30). Friendly.    

MontenegroNorway  3-1 (2-0)     

Goals: 1-0 Burzanović (7), 2-0 Božović (37), 3-0 Dalović (60), 3-1 Carew (72). Yellow cards: Jovanović (21), Hangeland (52), Iversen (81) and Novaković (83). Red card: Jovanović (81, 2nd yellow card). Referee: Alexandrar Stavrev (Makedonia). Attendance: 10.000. Venue: Gradski stadium (Podgorica).   

Montenegro (4-2-3-1): 1-Vukašin Poleksić (Debreceni VSC) – 4-Savo Pavićević (FK Vojvodina), 6-Jovan Tanasijević (FC Dinamo Moskva), 3-Milan Jovanović (FC Universitatea Cluj), 16-Luka Pejović (FK Mogren) [14-Dejan Ognjanović (GD Estoril) 59th min.] – 18-Nikola Drinčić (FC Amkar Perm), 22-Branko Bošković (SK Rapid Wien) [13-Mitar Novaković (OFK Beograd) 70th min.] – 7-Simon Vukčević (Sporting Lisboa) [11-Dragan Bogavac (SC Paderborn 07) 31st min.], 10-Igor Burzanović (FK Crvena Zvezda) [24-Nikola Vujović (FK Mogren) 75th min.], 19-Vladimir Božović (FC Rapid Bucureşti) – 21-Radomir Dalović (HNK Rijeka) [2-Risto Lakić (FK Partizan) 88th min.]. Head coach: Zoran Filipović. Substitutes not used: 12-Darko Božović (FK Partizan) and 25-Vladimir Gluscević (CS Pandurii Lignitul Târgu Jiu).    

Norway (4-1-4-1): 23-Håkon Opdal (SK Brann) – 34-Jarl-André Storbæk (Vålerenga Fotball) [4-Jon Inge Høiland (Stabæk Fotball) 46th min.], 2-Tore Reginiussen (Tromsø IL), 5-Brede Hangeland (Fulham), 6-John Arne Riise (Liverpool FC) – 8-Martin Andresen (Vålerenga Fotball) [29-Eirik Bakke (SK Brann) 46th min.] – 28-Jan Gunnar Solli (SK Brann) [36-Erik Nevland (Fulham) 78th min.], 7-Fredrik Strømstad (IK Start) [22-Kristofer Hæstad (Vålerenga Fotball) 77th min.], 39-Per Ciljan Skjelbred (Rosenborg BK), 11-Morten Gamst Pedersen (Blackburn Rovers) [14-Steffen Iversen (Rosenborg BK) 46th min.] – 10-John Carew (Aston Villa). Head coach: Åge Hareide. Captain: Martin Andresen. Substitutes not used: 33-Rune Almenning Jarstein (Rosenborg BK) and 3-Erik Hagen (Wigan).

       


28/5-2008 (Local Time 20.05). Friendly. 

NorwayUruguay  2-2 (0-1)  

Goals: 0-1 Suárez (44), 1-1 Elyounoussi (50), 1-2 Eguren (69), 2-2 Riise (85). Yellow card: Valdéz (12). Referee: Anthony Buttimer (Republic of Ireland). Attendance: 12.246. Venue: Ullevaal stadium (Oslo).     

Norway (4-3-3): 33-Rune Almenning Jarstein (Rosenborg BK) – 4-Jon Inge Høiland (Stabæk Fotball) [34-Jarl-André Storbæk (Vålerenga Fotball) 79th min.], 2-Tore Reginiussen (Tromsø IL), 5-Brede Hangeland (Fulham), 6-John Arne Riise (Liverpool FC) – 39-Per Ciljan Skjelbred (Rosenborg BK) [9-Tarik Elyounoussi (Fredrikstad FK) 46th min.], 8-Martin Andresen (Vålerenga Fotball) [46-Azar Karadas (SK Brann) 83rd min.], 19-Christian Grindheim (SC Heerenveen) [7-Fredrik Strømstad (IK Start) 46th min.] – 28-Jan Gunnar Solli (SK Brann) [18-Vadim Demidov (Rosenborg BK) 76th min.], 10-John Carew (Aston Villa), 11-Morten Gamst Pedersen (Blackburn Rovers) [36-Erik Nevland (Fulham) 70th min.]. Head coach: Åge Hareide. Captain: Martin Andresen [Brede Hangeland 83rd min.]. Substitutes not used: 23-Håkon Opdal (SK Brann) and 25-Kjetil Wæhler (Vålerenga Fotball).
Uruguay (4-2-3-1): 1-Fabián Carini (Real Murcia) – 4-Bruno Silva (AFC Ajax), 15-Carlos Valdéz (Reggina Calcio), 3-Diego Godín (Villarreal), 6-Martín Cáceres (Recreativo Huelva) – 8-Sebastián Eguren (Villarreal), 5-Walter Gargano (SSC Napoli) [14-Diego Arismendi (Nacional) 73rd min.] – 9-Luis Suárez (AFC Ajax), 21-Ignacio González (AS Monaco) [17-Robert Flores (CA River Plate Montevideo) 78th min.], 18-Henry Giménez (CA River Plate Montevideo) [16-Maximiliano Pereira (SL Benfica) 56th min.] – 10-Diego Forlán (Atlético Madrid) [20-Sebastián Fernández (Defensor Sporting) 81st min.]. Head coach: Oscar Tabárez. Captain: Fabián Carini. Substitutes not used: 12-Martín Silva (Defensor Sporting), 2-Gerardo Alcoba (CA Peñarol), 11-Edinson Cavani (Palermo) and 19-Damián Suárez (Defensor Sporting). 

       

 

21/8-2008 (Local Time 19.00). Friendly.  

NorwayRepublic of Ireland  1-1 (0-1)  

Goals: 0-1 Keane (44), 1-1 Reginiussen (60). Yellow card: Keane (63). Referee: Mark Whitby (Wales). Attendance: 16.037. Venue: Ullevaal stadium (Oslo).     

Norway (4-4-2): 1-Rune Almenning Jarstein (Rosenborg BK) – 2-Tom Høgli (Tromsø IL), 3-Tore Reginiussen (Tromsø IL), 5-Brede Hangeland (Fulham), 6-John Arne Riise (AS Roma) – 4-Fredrik Winsnes (Strømsgodset IF), 7-Fredrik Strømstad (Le Mans UC 72) [18-Kristofer Hæstad (Vålerenga Fotball) 44th min.], 8-Martin Andresen (Vålerenga Fotball), 15-Daniel Fredheim Holm (Vålerenga Fotball) [11-Morten Gamst Pedersen (Blackburn Rovers) 46th min.] – 9-Mohammed Abdellaoue (Vålerenga Fotball) [19-Christian Grindheim (SC Heerenveen) 81st min.], 17-Thorstein Helstad (Le Mans UC 72) [14-Erik Nevland (Fulham) 57th min.]. Head coach: Åge Hareide. Captain: Brede Hangeland. Substitutes not used: 22-Jon Knudsen (Stabæk Fotball), 20-Morten Morisbak Skjønsberg (Stabæk Fotball) and 21-Atle Roar Håland (Odense BK). Comment: Høgli and Abdellaoue made their first full international.  

Republic of Ireland (4-4-2): 1-Shay Given (Newcastle United) [16-Dean Kiely (West Bromwich Albion) 46th min.] – 2-Steve Finnan (Liverpool FC) [12-Stephen Kelly (Birmingham City) 69th min.], 3-Kevin Kilbane (Wigan Athletic), 4-John O’Shea (Manchester United), 5-Richard Dunne (Manchester City) – 6-Glenn Whelan (Stoke City), 7-Aiden McGeady (Celtic) [18-Stephen Hunt (Reading) 69th min.], 8-Steven Reid (Blackburn Rovers), 11-Damien Duff (Newcastle United) – 10-Robbie Keane (Liverpool FC), 9-Kevin Doyle (Reading) [17-Daryl Murphy (Sunderland) 64th min.]. Head coach: Giovanni Trapattoni. Captain: Robbie Keane. Substitutes not used: 13-Alex Bruce (Ipswich Town), 14-Andy Reid (Sunderland), 15-Joey O’Brien (Bolton Wanderers), 19-Shane Long (Reading), 20-Liam Miller (Sunderland), 21-Damien Delaney (Queen’s Park Rangers) and 22-Andy Keogh (Wolverhampton Wanderers).    
       

 

6/9-2008 (Local Time 19.00). FIFA World Cup. Qualification Group 9.    

NorwayIceland  2-2 (1-1)  

Goals: 1-0 Iversen (pen 36), 1-1 Helguson (39), 2-1 Iversen (50), 2-2 Gudjohnsen (69). Yellow cards: Steinsson (35), Gíslason (55) and Hreidarsson (90). Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel). Attendance: 17.254. Venue: Ullevaal stadium (Oslo).  

Norway (4-3-1-2): 1-Rune Almenning Jarstein (Rosenborg BK) – 2-Tom Høgli (Tromsø IL), 3-Tore Reginiussen (Tromsø IL), 5-Brede Hangeland (Fulham), 6-John Arne Riise (AS Roma) – 18-Per Ciljan Skjelbred (Rosenborg BK) [16-Christian Grindheim (SC Heerenveen) 70th min.], 8-Martin Andresen (Vålerenga Fotball), 4-Fredrik Winsnes (Strømsgodset IF) – 14-Steffen Iversen (Rosenborg BK) – 17-Thorstein Helstad (Le Mans UC 72), 10-John Carew (Aston Villa) [11-Morten Gamst Pedersen (Blackburn Rovers) 65th min.]. Head coach: Åge Hareide. Captain: Brede Hangeland. Substitutes not used: 12-Jon Knudsen (Stabæk Fotball), 7-Fredrik Strømstad (Le Mans UC 72), 9-Mohammed Abdellaoue (Vålerenga Fotball), 13-Morten Morisbak Skjønsberg (Stabæk Fotball) and 15-Erik Nevland (Fulham).   

Iceland (4-2-3-1): 1-Kjartan Sturluson (KR) – 6-Grétar Rafn Steinsson (Bolton Wanderers), 4-Kristján Örn Sigurdsson (SK Brann), 7-Hermann Hreidarsson (Portsmouth), 3-Bjarni Ólafur Eiríksson (Valur) – 5-Aron Einar Gunnarsson (Coventry City) [15-Pálmi Rafn Pálmason (Stabæk Fotball) 68th min.], 8-Stefán Gíslason (Brøndby IF) – 2-Birkir Már Sævarsson (SK Brann), 9-Eidur Smári Gudjohnsen (FC Barcelona), 11-Emil Hallfredsson (Reggina Calcio) [18-Gudmundur Steinarsson (Keflavik) 74th min.] – 10-Heidar Helguson (Bolton Wanderers) [16-Veigar Páll Gunnarsson (Stabæk Fotball) 85th min.]. Head coach: Ólafur Jóhannesson. Captain: Hermann Hreidarsson. Substitutes not used: 12-Stefán Logi Magnússon (KR Reykjavik), 13-Indridi Sigurdsson (FC Lyn Oslo), 14-Ragnar Sigurdsson (IFK Göteborg) and 17- Stefán Thór Thórdarson (ÍA Akranes).      
       

 

11/10-2008 (Local Time 15.00). FIFA World Cup. Qualification Group 9. 

Scotland – Norway  0-0 (0-0) 

Yellow cards: Høiland (51) and Iversen (90). Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland). Attendance: 50.205 (sold out). Venue: Hampden Park (Glasgow).    

Scotland (4-5-1): 1-Craig Gordon (Sunderland) – 2-Kirk Broadfoot (Rangers), 5-Gary Caldwell (Celtic), 4-David Weir (Rangers), 3-Gary Naysmith (Sheffield United) – 8-James Morrison (West Bromwich Albion) [17-Steven Fletcher (Hibernian) 56th min.], 7-Darren Fletcher (Manchester United), 6-Scott Brown (Celtic), 10-Barry Robson (Celtic), 11-Shaun Maloney (Celtic) – 9-James McFadden (Birmingham City) [14-Chris Iwelumo (Wolverhampton Wanderers) 56th min.]. Head coach: George Burley. Captain: Darren Fletcher. Substitutes not used: 12-Allan McGregor (Rangers), 13-Graham Alexander (Burnley), 15-Kris Boyd (Rangers), 16-Paul Hartley (Celtic) and 18-Christophe Berra (Heart of Midlothian).

Norway (4-4-2): 1-Jon Knudsen (Stabæk Fotball) – 2-Jon Inge Høiland (Stabaæk Fotball), 3-Kjetil Wæhler (Vålerenga Fotball), 5-Brede Hangeland (Fulham), 6-John Arne Riise (AS Roma) – 9-Bjørn Helge Riise (Lillestrøm SK) [18-Daniel Braaten (Toulouse FC) 56th min.], 4-Fredrik Winsnes (Strømsgodset IF), 8-Christian Grindheim (SC Heerenveen), 7-Fredrik Strømstad (Le Mans UC 72) [11-Morten Gamst Pedersen (Blackburn Rovers) 76th min.] – 14-Steffen Iversen (Rosenborg BK), 10-John Carew (Aston Villa). Head coach: Åge Hareide. Captain: Brede Hangeland. Substitutes not used: 12-Rune Almenning Jarstein (Rosenborg BK), 13-Atle Roar Håland (Odense BK), 15-Tarik Elyounoussi (SC Heerenveen), 16-Morten Morisbak Skjønsberg (Stabæk Fotball) and 17-Thorstein Helstad (Le Mans UC 72).             
       

 

15/10-2008 (Local Time 19.00). FIFA World Cup. Qualification Group 9.  

NorwayNetherlands  0-1 (0-0)    

Goal: 0-1 van Bommel (62). Yellow cards: Hangeland (34) and Hauger (67). Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria). Attendance: 23.840. Venue: Ullevaal stadium (Oslo).  

Norway (4-1-4-1): 1-Jon Knudsen (Stabæk Fotball) – 2-Jon Inge Høiland (Stabæk Fotball), 3-Kjetil Wæhler (Vålerenga Fotball), 5-Brede Hangeland (Fulham), 6-John Arne Riise (AS Roma) – 9-Henning Hauger (Stabæk Fotball) [17-Thorstein Helstad (Le Mans UC 72) 84th min.] – 14-Steffen Iversen (Rosenborg BK), 4-Fredrik Winsnes (Strømsgodset IF), 8-Christian Grindheim (SC Heerenveen), 11-Morten Gamst Pedersen (Blackburn Rovers) [15-Tarik Elyounoussi (SC Heerenveen) 76th min.] – 10-John Carew (Aston Villa). Head coach: Åge Hareide. Captain: Brede Hangeland. Substitutes not used: 12-Espen Johnsen (Strømsgodset IF), 7-Fredrik Strømstad (Le Mans UC 72), 13-Atle Roar Håland (Odense BK), 15-Tom Høgli (Tromsø IL) and 16-Bjørn Helge Riise (Lillestrøm SK).             

Netherlands (4-2-3-1): 1-Edwin van der Saar (Manchester United) – 2-Dirk Marcellis (PSV Eindhoven), 4-Joris Mathijsen (Hamburger SV), 3-Andre Ooijer (Blackburn Rovers), 5-Giovanni van Bronckhorst (Feyenoord) – 6-Mark van Bommel (FC Bayern München), 8-Demy de Zeeuw (AZ Alkmaar) – 7-Dirk Kuyt (Liverpool FC), 10-Rafael van der Vaart (Real Madrid CF) [18-Wesley Sneijder (Real Madrid CF) 75th min.], 11-Ryan Babel (Liverpool FC) [17-Ibrahim Afellay (PSV Eindhoven) 25th min.] – 9-Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (AFC Ajax) [15-Robin van Persie (Arsenal FC) 56th min.]. Head coach: Bert van Marwijk. Captain: Mark van Bommel. Substitutes not used: 16-Henk Timmer (Feyenoord), 12-Jan Kromkamp (PSV Eindhoven), 13-Tim de Cler (Feyenoord) and 14-Orlando Engelaar (Schalke 04).     
       

 

19/11-2008 (Local Time 20.00). Friendly.   

UkraineNorway  1-0 (1-0)  

Goal: 1-0 Seleznov (pen 26). Yellow card: Skjelbred (17). Red card: J.A.Riise (50). Referee: Roman Lajuks (Latvia). Attendance: 10.000. Venue: Dnipro Arena (Dnipropetrovsk).   

Ukraine (4-4-2): 1-Stanislav Bogush (Dynamo Kyiv) – 2-Vitaliy Mandzyuk (Arsenal Kyiv), 3-Olexandr Kucher (Shakhtar Donetsk) [17-Oleh Krasnoperov (Vorskla Poltava) 58th min.], 6-Andriy Rusol (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk) [5-Dmytro Chygrynskiy (Shakhtar Donetsk) 56th min.], 13-Vyacheslav Shevchuk (Shakhtar Donetsk) – 16-Serhiy Kravchenko (Vorskla Poltava), 7-Serhiy Valyayev (Metalist Kharkiv), 4-Valentyn Slyusar (Metalist Kharkiv) [14-Olexiy Gai (Shakhtar Donetsk) 69th min.], 18-Serhiy Nazarenko (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk) – 9-Volodymyr Homenyuk (Tavriya Simferopol) [10-Marko Devic (Metalist Kharkiv) 46th min.], 11-Yevgen Seleznov (Shakhtar Donetsk) [15-Artem Milevskiy (Dynamo Kyiv) 46th min.]. Head coach: Olexei Mikhailichenko. Captain: Andriy Rusol [Dmytro Chygrynskiy 56th min.]. Substitutes not used: 12-Andriy Pyatov (Shakhtar Donetsk) and 8-Olexandr Aliyev (Dynamo Kyiv).     

Norway (4-4-1-1): 1-Jon Knudsen (Stabæk Fotball) – 2-Tom Høgli (Tromsø IL) [14-Jan Gunnar Solli (SK Brann) 65th min.], 4-Tore Reginiussen (Tromsø IL), 5-Brede Hangeland (Fulham), 6-John Arne Riise (AS Roma) – 11-Morten Gamst Pedersen (Blackburn Rovers) [18-Erik Huseklepp (SK Brann 89th min.], 9-Per Ciljan Skjelbred (Rosenborg BK), 16-Christian Grindheim (SC Heerenveen), 20-Trond Olsen (FK Bodø/Glimt) [19-Bjørn Helge Riise (Lillestrøm SK) 80th min.] – 8-Daniel Fredheim Holm (Vålerenga Fotball) [3-Morten Morisbak Skjønsberg (Stabæk Fotball) 58th min.] – 10-Mohammed Abdellaoue (Vålerenga Fotball) [7-Tarik Elyounoussi (SC Heerenveen) 85th min.]). Head coach: Åge Hareide. Captain: Brede Hangeland. Substitutes not used: 12-Espen Johnsen (Strømsgodset IF), 13-Jon Inge Høiland (Stabæk Fotball) and 17-Tomasz Sokolowski (FC Lyn Oslo).    

 

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