Rosenborg B.K.
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Rosenborg Ballklub (RBK) is a Norwegian football club from the city of Trondheim. It was founded in 1917 and has impressively won the Norwegian League the last twelve seasons (1992 - 2003).
Rosenborg saw the retirement of their extremely successful and popular manager, Nils Arne Eggen, after the 2002 season. Åge Hareide, former manager of the top Swedish and Danish teams Helsingborg I.F. and Brøndby and the Norwegian premier division club Molde F.K., replaced him for the 2003 season. He in turn accepted an offer to lead the Norwegian national football team, and was replaced by Rosenborg's assistant trainer, Ola By Rise, in December 2003.
Rosenborg B.K. has participated in the group phase of the European Champions League nine times in the last ten years. Eight of them were consecutive (from 1995 to 2002), which was a record until 2004, when Manchester United qualified for the group phase for a ninth successive year. They failed to qualify in 2003, with a loss against Deportivo de La Coruña, but managed to qualify again in 2004 after beating Maccabi Haifa.
Famous players
Some of the most famous Rosenborg players are Nils Arne Eggen and Odd Iversen in the 1960s, Gøran Sørloth, Ola By Rise and Karl Petter Løken in the 1980s, Jahn Ivar Jakobsen, Bent Skammelsrud, Erik Hoftun, Harald Martin Brattbakk and Roar Strand in the 1990s, and Jan Gunnar Solli, Frode Johnsen, Ørjan Berg, Vidar Riseth and Espen Johnsen in the 2000s.
Home Ground
Rosenborg plays their home games at Lerkendal stadium. Lerkendal was originally built in 1947, and saw major upgrades in 1996, and from December 2000 to October 2002, when it was made into an all-seater, modern stadium.
The current capacity is 21,166. Record attendance through all times is 28,569 against Lillestrøm in 1985.
Field measurements are 105 x 68 meters.
Honours
- Norwegian League Champions: 1967, 1969, 1971, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003.
- Norwegian Cup Champions: 1960, 1964, 1971, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1999 and 2003.
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