Egil Roger Olsen - International Matches as Coach


The outstanding Norwegian coach coached the Norwegian national team for 137 international matches and the Iraqi national team for 6 international matches, and thereby belongs to the select company of coaches with 100 or more international matches. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.


Born: 22- 4-1942
Country: Norway  
Matches as Coach:        	143	 (W74-D37-L32 - GF242-GA117 - %64.69)
Matches as Coach for Norway:    137	 (W71-D34-L32 - GF229-GA113 - %64.23)
Matches as Coach for Iraq:        6	 (W 3-D 3-L 0 - GF 13-GA  4 - %75.00)
Age First Match: 48 yr 192 d       31-10-1990 vs. Cameroon 6-1
Age Last Match:  71 yr 141 d       10- 9-2013 vs. Switzerland 0-2
National Team Career: 22 yr 314 d

Coach for Norway
Caps    Date  	Venue   	Opponent       Score 	Competition
first tenure
  1   31-10-90	Oslo    	Cameroon	6-1	
  2    7-11-90	Bizerte 	Tunisia 	3-1	
  3   14-11-90	Lefkosia	Cyprus  	3-0	European Ch. Qual.
  4   17- 4-91	Wien    	Austria 	0-0	
  5    1- 5-91	Oslo    	Cyprus  	3-0	European Ch. Qual.
  6   23- 5-91	Oslo    	Romania 	1-0	
  7    5- 6-91	Oslo    	Italy   	2-1	European Ch. Qual.
  8    8- 8-91	Oslo    	Sweden  	1-2	
  9   28- 8-91	Oslo    	Soviet Union	0-1	European Ch. Qual.
 10   25- 9-91	Oslo    	Czechoslovakia	2-3	
 11   30-10-91	Szombathely	Hungary 	0-0	European Ch. Qual.
 12   13-11-91	Genova  	Italy   	1-1	European Ch. Qual.
 13    7- 1-92	Cairo   	Egypt   	0-0	
 14    4- 2-92	Hamilton	Bermuda 	3-1	
 15   29- 4-92	Aarhus  	Denmark 	0-1	
 16   13- 5-92	Oslo    	Faroe Islands	2-0	
 17    3- 6-92	Oslo    	Scotland	0-0	
 18   26- 8-92	Oslo    	Sweden  	2-2	90th Anniversary
 19    9- 9-92	Oslo    	San Marino     10-0	World Cup Qualifier
 20   23- 9-92	Oslo    	Netherlands	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
 21    7-10-92	Serravalle	San Marino	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
 22   14-10-92	London  	England 	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
 23    2-12-92	Guangzhou	China   	1-2	
 24   10- 2-93	Faro-Loulé	Portugal	1-1	
 25   30- 3-93	Doha    	Qatar   	6-1	
 26   28- 4-93	Oslo    	Turkey  	3-1	World Cup Qualifier
 27    2- 6-93	Oslo    	England 	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
 28    9- 6-93	Rotterdam	Netherlands	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
 29   11- 8-93	Toftir  	Faroe Islands	7-0	
 30    8- 9-93	Oslo    	United States	1-0	
 31   22- 9-93	Oslo    	Poland  	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
 32   13-10-93	Poznan  	Poland  	3-0	World Cup Qualifier
 33   10-11-93	Istanbul	Turkey  	1-2	World Cup Qualifier
 34   15- 1-94	Tempe   	United States	2-1	
 35   19- 1-94	San Diego	Costa Rica	0-0	
 36    9- 3-94	Cardiff 	Wales   	3-1	
 37   20- 4-94	Oslo    	Portugal	0-0	
 38   22- 5-94	London  	England 	0-0	
 39    1- 6-94	Oslo    	Denmark 	2-1	
 40    5- 6-94	Stockholm	Sweden  	0-2	
 41   19- 6-94	Washington DC	Mexico  	1-0	World Cup
 42   23- 6-94	East Rutherford	Italy   	0-1	World Cup
 43   28- 6-94	East Rutherford	Ireland 	0-0	World Cup
 44    7- 9-94	Oslo    	Belarus 	1-0	European Ch. Qual.
 45   12-10-94	Oslo    	Netherlands	1-1	European Ch. Qual.
 46   16-11-94	Minsk   	Belarus 	4-0	European Ch. Qual.
 47   14-12-94	La Valletta	Malta   	1-0	European Ch. Qual.
 48    6- 2-95	Larnaka 	Estonia 	7-0	
 49    8- 2-95	Lefkosia	Cyprus  	2-0	
 50   29- 3-95	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	2-0	European Ch. Qual.
 51   26- 4-95	Oslo    	Luxembourg	5-0	European Ch. Qual.
 52   25- 5-95	Oslo    	Ghana   	3-2	
 53    7- 6-95	Oslo    	Malta   	2-0	European Ch. Qual.
 54   22- 7-95	Oslo    	France  	0-0	
 55   16- 8-95	Oslo    	Czech Republic	1-1	European Ch. Qual.
 56    6- 9-95	Praha   	Czech Republic	0-2	European Ch. Qual.
 57   11-10-95	Oslo    	England 	0-0	
 58   15-11-95	Rotterdam	Netherlands	0-3	European Ch. Qual.
 59   26-11-95	Kingston	Jamaica 	1-1	
 60   29-11-95	Port of Spain	Trinidad/Tobago	2-3	
 61    7- 2-96	Las Palmas	Spain   	0-1	
 62   27- 3-96	Belfast 	N. Ireland	2-0	
 63   24- 4-96	Oslo    	Spain   	0-0	
 64    2- 6-96	Oslo    	Azerbaijan	5-0	World Cup Qualifier
 65    1- 9-96	Oslo    	Georgia 	1-0	
 66    9-10-96	Oslo    	Hungary 	3-0	World Cup Qualifier
 67   10-11-96	Bern    	Switzerland	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
 68   18- 1-97	Melbourne	South Korea	0-1	Four Nations Cup
 69   22- 1-97	Brisbane	New Zealand	3-0	Four Nations Cup
 70   25- 1-97	Sydney  	Australia	0-1	Four Nations Cup
 71   29- 3-97	Sharjah 	UA Emirates	4-1	
 72   30- 4-97	Oslo    	Finland 	1-1 	World Cup Qualifier
 73   30- 5-97	Oslo    	Brazil  	4-2 	
 74    8- 6-97	Budapest	Hungary 	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
 75   20- 7-97	Reykjavík	Iceland 	1-0	
 76   20- 8-97	Helsinki	Finland 	4-0	World Cup Qualifier
 77    6- 9-97	Baku    	Azerbaijan	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
 78   10- 9-97	Oslo    	Switzerland	5-0	World Cup Qualifier
 79    8-10-97	Oslo    	Colombia	0-0	
 80   25- 2-98	Marseille	France  	3-3	
 81   25- 3-98	Brussel 	Belgium 	2-2	
 82   22- 4-98	København	Denmark 	2-0	
 83   20- 5-98	Oslo    	Mexico  	5-2	
 84   27- 5-98	Molde   	Saudi Arabia	6-0	
 85   10- 6-98	Montpellier	Morocco 	2-2	World Cup
 86   16- 6-98	Bordeaux	Scotland	1-1	World Cup
 87   23- 6-98	Marseille	Brazil  	2-1	World Cup
 88   27- 6-98	Marseille	Italy   	0-1	World Cup
second tenure
 89   11- 2-09	Düsseldorf	Germany 	1-0	
 90   28- 3-09	Rustenburg	South Africa	1-2	
 91    1- 4-09	Oslo    	Finland 	3-2	
 92    6- 6-09	Skopje  	Macedonia	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
 93   10- 6-09	Rotterdam	Netherlands	0-2	World Cup Qualifier
 94   12- 8-09	Oslo    	Scotland	4-0	World Cup Qualifier
 95    5- 9-09	Reykjavík	Iceland 	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
 96    9- 9-09	Oslo    	Macedonia	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
 97   10-10-09	Oslo    	South Africa	1-0	
 98   14-11-09	Genève  	Switzerland	1-0	
 99    3- 3-10	Zilina  	Slovakia	1-0	
100   29- 5-10	Oslo    	Montenegro	2-1	
101    2- 6-10	Oslo    	Ukraine 	0-1	
102   11- 8-10	Oslo    	France  	2-1	
103    3- 9-10	Reykjavík	Iceland 	2-1	European Ch. Qual.
104    7- 9-10	Oslo    	Portugal	1-0	European Ch. Qual.
105    8-10-10	Larnaka 	Cyprus  	2-1	European Ch. Qual.
106   12-10-10	Zagreb  	Croatia 	1-2	
107   17-11-10	Dublin  	Ireland 	2-1	
108    9- 2-11	Faro Loulé	Poland  	0-1	
109   26- 3-11	Oslo    	Denmark 	1-1	European Ch. Qual.
110    4- 6-11	Lisboa  	Portugal	0-1	European Ch. Qual.
111    7- 6-11	Oslo    	Lithuania	1-0	
112   10- 8-11	Oslo    	Czech Republic	3-0	
113    2- 9-11	Oslo    	Iceland 	1-0	European Ch. Qual.
114    6- 9-11	København	Denmark 	0-2	European Ch. Qual.
115   11-10-11	Oslo    	Cyprus  	3-1	European Ch. Qual.
116   12-11-11	Cardiff 	Wales   	1-4	
117   15- 1-12	Bangkok 	Denmark XI	1-1	King's Cup
118   18- 1-12	Bangkok 	Thailand	1-0	King's Cup
119   21- 1-12	Bangkok 	South Korea B	0-3	King's Cup
120   29- 2-12	Belfast 	N. Ireland	3-0	
121   26- 5-12	Oslo    	England 	0-1	
122    2- 6-12	Oslo    	Croatia 	1-1	
123   15- 8-12	Oslo    	Greece  	2-3	
124    7- 9-12	Reykjavík	Iceland 	0-2	World Cup Qualifier
125   11- 9-12	Oslo    	Slovenia	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
126   12-10-12	Bern    	Switzerland	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
127   16-10-12	Larnaka 	Cyprus  	3-1	World Cup Qualifier
128   14-11-12	Budapest	Hungary 	2-0	
129    8- 1-13	Cape Town	South Africa	1-0	
130   12- 1-13	Ndola   	Zambia  	0-0	
131    6- 2-13	Sevilla 	Ukraine 	0-2	
132   22- 3-13	Oslo    	Albania 	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
133    7- 6-13	Tiranë  	Albania 	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
134   11- 6-13	Oslo    	Macedonia	2-0	
135   14- 8-13	Stockholm	Sweden  	2-4	
136    6- 9-13	Oslo    	Cyprus  	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
137   10- 9-13	Oslo    	Switzerland	0-2	World Cup Qualifier

Coach for Iraq
Caps    Date  	Venue   	Opponent       Score 	Competition
  1   16-10-07	Doha    	Qatar   	3-2	
  2   22-10-07	Lahore  	Pakistan	7-0	World Cup Qualifier
  3   28-10-07	Aleppo  	Pakistan	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
  4   24- 1-08	Dubai   	Jordan  	1-1	
  5   31- 1-08	Abu Dhabi	UA Emirates	1-0	
  6    6- 2-08	Dubai   	China   	1-1	World Cup Qualifier


Total Record

Matches	Won Draw Lost	For-Against     Points	Percentage

    143  74  37  32	242-117 	185	64.69

Types of Matches
Friendlies		 71
World Cup Qualifier	 34
European Ch. Qualifier	 24
World Cup		  7
Other Tournaments	  7

Total matches:  	143

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