Norwegian Football Association Gold Watch
The Norwegian Football Association Gold Watch (
Norges Fotballforbund. Gunnar Andersen was the first player to reach this milestone, when he was capped for the 25th time on 29 June 1919.[1]
The Gold Watch was introduced in 1930, when the four players with 25 caps, (Gunnar Andersen, Per Skou, Einar Gundersen and Adolph Wold) were awarded the Gold Watch during a banquet at the Grand Hotel in Oslo.[2]
In total, 163 male players have received the gold watch,Sweden on 8 September 2019.
Recipients
Players in bold are still active.
Name | Clubs | Caps | Date | age[a] | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | John Arne Riise | Fulham
|
110 | 11 June 2003 | 22 years, 260 days |
2 | Thorbjørn Svenssen | Sandefjord BK | 104 | 6 June 1951 | 27 years, 45 days |
3 | Henning Berg | Rangers
|
100 | 29 March 1995 | 25 years, 209 days |
4 | Erik Thorstvedt | Tottenham
|
97 | 14 August 1985 | 22 years, 290 days |
5 | John Carew | West Ham
|
91 | 5 September 2001 | 22 years, 0 days |
6 | Brede Hangeland | Fulham
|
91 | 24 May 2006 | 24 years, 338 days |
7 | Øyvind Leonhardsen | Aston Villa
|
86 | 8 September 1993 | 23 years, 22 days |
8 | Morten Gamst Pedersen | Blackburn
|
83 | 2 September 2006 | 24 years, 359 days |
9 | Kjetil Rekdal | Hertha Berlin
|
83 | 13 October 1993 | 24 years, 341 days |
10 | Steffen Iversen | Crystal Palace
|
79 | 15 August 2001 | 24 years, 278 days |
11 | Erik Mykland | 1860 München
|
78 | 5 June 1994 | 22 years, 319 days |
12 | Svein Grøndalen | 77 | 25 August 1976 | 21 years, 199 days | |
13 | Tore André Flo | Siena
|
76 | 27 May 1998 | 24 years, 346 days |
14 | Stig Inge Bjørnebye | Blackburn
|
75 | 28 April 1993 | 23 years, 138 days |
15 | Jan Åge Fjørtoft | Middlesbrough
|
71 | 31 October 1990 | 23 years, 294 days |
16 | Ole Gunnar Solskjær | Manchester United
|
67 | 8 September 1999 | 26 years, 194 days |
17 | Terje Kojedal | HamKam, Mulhouse, Valenciennes | 66 | 29 July 1984 | 26 years, 348 days |
18 | Jahn Ivar Jakobsen
|
Rosenborg, Young Boys, MSV Duisburg, Lierse | 65 | 30 October 1991 | 25 years, 356 days |
19 | Rune Jarstein | Odd, Rosenborg, Viking, Hertha BSC | 65 | 16 October 2012 | 28 years, 17 days |
20 | Gunnar Halle | Bradford
|
64 | 10 October 1990 | 25 years, 60 days |
21 | Gunnar Thoresen | Larvik Turn | 64 | 15 August 1950 | 30 years, 25 days |
22 | André Bergdølmo | FC København
|
63 | 13 June 2000 | 28 years, 244 days |
23 | Ronny Johnsen | Aston Villa, Vålerenga
|
63 | 9 October 1996 | 27 years, 121 days |
24 | Olav Nilsen | Viking | 62 | 31 October 1965 | 23 years, 280 days |
25 | Roar Johansen | Fredrikstad | 61 | 16 September 1962 | 27 years, 70 days |
26 | Rune Bratseth | Werder Bremen
|
60 | 11 October 1989 | 28 years, 206 days |
27 | Tarik Elyounoussi | Fredrikstad, Heerenveen, Rosenborg, Hoffenheim, Olympiacos, Qarabağ, AIK | 60 | 11 October 2013 | 25 years, 230 days |
28 | Harry Boye Karlsen | Ørn
|
58 | 15 May 1951 | 31 years, 62 days |
29 | Ståle Solbakken | Lillestrøm, Aalborg | 58 | 29 March 1997 | 29 years, 30 days |
30 | Thomas Myhre | Charlton
|
56 | 27 March 2002 | 28 years, 162 days |
31 | Gøran Sørloth | Rosenborg, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Bursaspor | 55 | 25 October 1989 | 27 years, 101 days |
32 | Per Egil Ahlsen | Fredrikstad, Brann, Düsseldorf | 54 | 16 October 1985 | 27 years, 226 days |
33 | Arne Bakker | Asker | 54 | 1 September 1957 | 27 years, 195 days |
34 | Christian Grindheim | Vålerenga, Heerenveen | 54 | 1 April 2009 | 25 years, 258 days |
35 | Markus Henriksen | Hull City
|
54 | 29 May 2016 | 23 years, 309 days |
36 | Arne Larsen Økland | Racing Paris
|
54 | 17 June 1981 | 27 years, 17 days |
37 | Jostein Flo | Sheffield United, Strømsgodset
|
53 | 23 June 1994 | 29 years, 263 days |
38 | Daniel Braaten | FC København
|
52 | 14 November 2009 | 27 years, 173 days |
39 | Asbjørn Hansen | Sparta, Sarpsborg | 52 | 30 May 1956 | 26 years, 1 day |
40 | Stefan Johansen | Strømsgodset, Celtic, Fulham, West Bromwich | 52 | 24 March 2016 | 25 years, 76 days |
41 | Tor Egil Johansen | Skeid, Lillestrøm | 52 | 18 June 1975 | 24 years, 314 days |
42 | Håvard Nordtveit | Borussia Mönchengladbach, West Ham, Hoffenheim, Fulham | 52 | 3 September 2015 | 25 years, 74 days |
43 | Vidar Riseth | 1860 München, Rosenborg
|
52 | 27 May 2000 | 28 years, 36 days |
44 | Reidar Kvammen | Viking | 51 | 19 September 1937 | 23 years, 58 days |
45 | Frode Grodås | Schalke 04, Hønefoss
|
50 | 1 September 1996 | 31 years, 313 days |
46 | Åge Hareide | Norwich
|
50 | 12 October 1983 | 30 years, 19 days |
47 | Hallvar Thoresen | FC Twente, PSV Eindhoven | 50 | 1 June 1983 | 26 years, 50 days |
48 | Lars Bohinen | Derby
|
49 | 9 March 1994 | 24 years, 182 days |
49 | Tom Høgli | Club Brugge
|
49 | 26 May 2012 | 28 years, 92 days |
50 | Henry Johansen | Vålerenga | 48 | 10 June 1934 | 29 years, 324 days |
51 | Finn Thorsen | Ham-Kam, Skeid | 48 | 14 August 1966 | 26 years, 157 days |
52 | Nils Eriksen | Odd, Moss
|
47 | 1 November 1936 | 25 years, 241 days |
53 | Tom Lund | Lillestrøm | 47 | 9 June 1975 | 24 years, 272 days |
54 | Gunnar Andersen | Lillestrøm | 46 | 29 June 1919 | 29 years, 103 days |
55 | Vidar Davidsen | Frigg, Vålerenga | 46 | 20 June 1984 | 26 years, 168 days |
56 | Joshua King | Manchester United, Blackburn, AFC Bournemouth | 46 | 8 October 2016 | 24 years, 267 days |
57 | Petter Rudi | Lokeren, Germinal Beerschot
|
46 | 30 May 1999 | 25 years, 255 days |
58 | Odd Iversen | Racing Mechelen, Vålerenga
|
45 | 23 September 1970 | 24 years, 321 days |
59 | Jørgen Juve | Lyn | 45 | 24 September 1933 | 26 years, 306 days |
60 | Tore Pedersen | 45 | 2 June 1993 | 23 years, 246 days | |
61 | Omar Elabdellaoui | Hull City
|
44 | 1 September 2017 | 25 years, 270 days |
62 | Martin Andresen | 43 | 2 September 2006 | 29 years, 212 days | |
63 | Harald Berg | FC Den Haag
|
43 | 3 September 1967 | 25 years, 298 days |
64 | Trygve Bornø | Skeid | 43 | 10 September 1969 | 27 years, 220 days |
65 | Harald Hennum | Skeid, Frigg | 43 | 13 October 1957 | 29 years, 137 days |
66 | Per Ciljan Skjelbred | Rosenborg, Hamburg, Hertha BSC | 43 | 9 September 2014 | 27 years, 85 days |
67 | Pål Jacobsen | Ham-Kam, Vålerenga | 42 | 12 August 1981 | 25 years, 84 days |
68 | Sigbjørn Slinning | Viking | 42 | 23 February 1972 | 26 years, 140 days |
69 | Roar Strand | Rosenborg | 42 | 18 June 2000 | 30 years, 137 days |
70 | Sverre Andersen | Viking | 41 | 4 June 1963 | 26 years, 238 days |
71 | Arne Legernes | Larvik Turn, Molde, Freidig | 41 | 29 June 1958 | 27 years, 42 days |
72 | Trond Pedersen | Start | 41 | 9 May 1979 | 28 years, 88 days |
73 | Per Skou | Odd, Lyn | 41 | 21 September 1919 | 28 years, 124 days |
74 | Christer Basma | Stabæk, Rosenborg | 40 | 30 April 2003 | 30 years, 272 days |
75 | Claus Lundekvam | Southampton
|
40 | 19 November 2003 | 30 years, 270 days |
76 | Arne Pedersen | Fredrikstad | 40 | 8 November 1964 | 33 years, 7 days |
77 | Jan Gunnar Solli | Rosenborg, Brann | 40 | 12 October 2005 | 24 years, 176 days |
78 | Ruben Yttergård Jenssen | Tromsø, Kaiserslautern | 39 | 11 June 2013 | 25 years, 38 days |
79 | Erik Solér | 39 | 22 May 1985 | 24 years, 289 days | |
80 | Tom Sundby | Lillestrøm, Iraklis | 39 | 4 June 1986 | 25 years, 171 days |
81 | Harald Sunde | Racing Mechelen
|
39 | 6 November 1968 | 24 years, 259 days |
82 | Trond Andersen | Wimbledon, Aalborg
|
38 | 2 April 2003 | 28 years, 86 days |
83 | Anders Giske | Bayer Leverkusen, Nürnberg
|
38 | 28 May 1987 | 27 years, 187 days |
84 | Thorstein Helstad | Le Mans
|
38 | 8 September 2007 | 30 years, 133 days |
85 | Erik Johansen | Gjøvik-Lyn, Skeid
|
38 | 31 October 1965 | 25 years, 198 days |
86 | Svein Kvia | Viking | 38 | 30 June 1975 | 27 years, 276 days |
87 | Sigurd Rushfeldt | Austria Wien
|
38 | 18 February 2004 | 31 years, 69 days |
88 | Bent Skammelsrud | Bayer Leverkusen
|
38 | 20 January 1999 | 32 years, 247 days |
89 | Alexander Olsen | Brann | 37 | 1 June 1930 | 31 years, 88 days |
90 | Kjetil Osvold | Nottingham Forest, Djurgården, PAOK
|
37 | 1 June 1988 | 26 years, 362 days |
91 | Bjørn Spydevold | Greåker, Fredrikstad | 37 | 26 November 1950 | 32 years, 79 days |
92 | Øivind Holmsen | Lyn | 36 | 4 September 1938 | 26 years, 129 days |
93 | Erik Huseklepp | Birmingham
|
36 | 11 October 2011 | 27 years, 36 days |
94 | Karl-Petter Løken
|
Rosenborg | 36 | 5 June 1991 | 24 years, 295 days |
95 | Einar Jan Aas | Nottingham Forest
|
35 | 10 September 1980 | 24 years, 334 days |
96 | Bjørn Borgen | Fredrikstad, Lyn | 35 | 6 November 1960 | 23 years, 45 days |
97 | Sverre Brandhaug | Rosenborg | 35 | 28 September 1988 | 29 years, 98 days |
98 | Kai Erik Herlovsen | Fredrikstad, Borussia Mönchengladbach | 35 | 24 September 1986 | 26 years, 364 days |
99 | Frode Johnsen | Nagoya Grampus Eight
|
35 | 13 October 2004 | 30 years, 210 days |
100 | Helge Karlsen | Brann | 35 | 30 June 1977 | 29 years, 1 day |
101 | Per Pettersen | Frigg | 35 | 3 August 1972 | 26 years, 28 days |
102 | Bjørn Helge Riise | Sheffield United
|
35 | 7 September 2010 | 27 years, 78 days |
103 | Espen Ruud | OB | 35 | 12 October 2012 | 28 years, 229 days |
104 | Alfie Haaland
|
Manchester City
|
34 | 10 September 1997 | 24 years, 291 days |
105 | Kjell Kaspersen | Skeid | 34 | 24 September 1967 | 28 years, 170 days |
106 | Thorleif Olsen | Vålerenga | 34 | 5 May 1954 | 32 years, 171 days |
107 | Alexander Tettey | Rosenborg, Stade Rennais, Norwich | 34 | 3 September 2015 | 29 years, 152 days |
108 | Mohammed Abdellaoue | Vålerenga, Hannover 96, VfB Stuttgart | 33 | 22 March 2013 | 27 years, 150 days |
109 | Bjarne Berntsen | Viking | 33 | 23 September 1981 | 24 years, 276 days |
110 | Jan Birkelund | Skeid, Lillestrøm | 33 | 1 June 1977 | 26 years, 203 days |
111 | Arne Brustad | Lyn | 33 | 9 November 1938 | 26 years, 209 days |
112 | Svein Fjælberg | Viking | 33 | 26 February 1985 | 26 years, 45 days |
113 | Vegard Forren | Southampton
|
33 | 6 September 2015 | 27 years, 202 days |
114 | Einar Gundersen | Tønsberg Turn
|
33 | 17 June 1923 | 26 years, 270 days |
115 | Finn Berstad | Brann | 32 | 2 November 1930 | 29 years, 108 days |
116 | Geir Karlsen
|
Dunfermline, Vålerenga
|
32 | 8 August 1974 | 25 years, 324 days |
117 | Roger Nilsen | Sheffield United, Molde
|
32 | 7 June 1995 | 25 years, 303 days |
118 | Ole Selnæs | Rosenborg, Saint-Étienne, Shenzhen | 32 | 26 March 2019 | 24 years, 262 days |
119 | Alexander Søderlund | Haugesund, Rosenborg, Saint-Étienne | 32 | 24 March 2016 | 28 years, 234 days |
120 | Kjetil Wæhler | Vålerenga, AaB, IFK Göteborg | 32 | 10 August 2011 | 35 years, 147 days |
121 | Harry Hestad | FC Den Haag
|
31 | 8 August 1974 | 29 years, 274 days |
122 | Roald Jensen | Hearts
|
31 | 7 November 1963 | 20 years, 298 days |
123 | Per Edmund Mordt | Vålerenga, IFK Göteborg | 31 | 9 September 1987 | 22 years, 168 days |
124 | Erik Hoftun | Rosenborg | 30 | 25 April 2001 | 32 years, 53 days |
125 | Nils Arne Eggen | Rosenborg, Vålerenga | 29 | 21 July 1969 | 27 years, 307 days |
126 | Tore Kordahl | Lyn, Lillestrøm | 29 | 3 June 1981 | 30 years, 168 days |
127 | Arild Mathisen | Strømsgodset, Vålerenga | 29 | 21 July 1969 | 27 years, 129 days |
128 | Tore Reginiussen | Tromsø, OB, Rosenborg | 29 | 23 March 2018 | 31 years, 347 days |
129 | Haitam Aleesami | Palermo, Amiens
|
28 | 8 September 2019 | 28 years, 39 days |
130 | Otto Aulie | Odd, Lyn
|
28 | 2 September 1920 | 25 years, 341 days |
131 | Edgar Falch | Viking | 28 | 28 June 1959 | 28 years, 238 days |
132 | Erik Hagen | Vålerenga, Zenit Saint Petersburg | 28 | 12 September 2007 | 32 years, 54 days |
133 | Kristian Henriksen | Sarpsborg, Frigg, Lyn | 28 | 26 August 1945 | 34 years, 176 days |
134 | Kristofer Hæstad | Wigan, Vålerenga
|
28 | 20 August 2008 | 24 years, 255 days |
135 | Ørjan Nyland | Molde, Ingolstadt | 28 | 8 October 2017 | 27 years, 28 days |
136 | Thor Spydevold | Sarpsborg, Fredrikstad | 28 | 3 August 1972 | 27 years, 354 days |
137 | Stein Thunberg | Skeid, Start | 28 | 9 May 1979 | 24 years, 362 days |
138 | Jørn Andersen | Vålerenga, Nürnberg, Frankfurt, Düsseldorf | 27 | 22 August 1990 | 27 years, 200 days |
139 | Trygve Andersen | Årstad, Brann
|
27 | 11 November 1964 | 30 years, 124 days |
140 | Eirik Bakke | Leeds, Brann
|
27 | 11 June 2003 | 25 years, 271 days |
141 | Gunnar Dybwad | Steinkjer | 27 | 8 July 1957 | 28 years, 321 days |
142 | Thor Hernes | Lyn | 27 | 24 June 1956 | 29 years, 314 days |
143 | Erik Holmberg | Fredrikstad | 27 | 21 July 1952 | 29 years, 60 days |
144 | Even Hovland | Sogndal, Molde, 1. FC Nürnberg, Rosenborg | 27 | 13 October 2018 | 29 years, 241 days |
145 | Håvard Flo | Wolverhampton, Sogndal
|
26 | 28 January 2004 | 33 years, 299 days |
146 | Rolf Holmberg | Odd | 26 | 2 June 1939 | 24 years, 282 days |
147 | Tom R. Jacobsen
|
Fram, Bryne, Vålerenga | 26 | 7 September 1983 | 30 years, 199 days |
148 | Kjell Kristiansen | Asker | 26 | 21 August 1959 | 34 years, 155 days |
149 | Arne Natland | Eik, Skeid
|
26 | 18 September 1960 | 33 years, 119 days |
150 | Frode Olsen | Start, Stabæk, Sevilla, Viking | 26 | 11 June 2003 | 35 years, 242 days |
151 | Edgar Stakset | Steinkjer | 26 | 20 November 1966 | 29 years, 204 days |
152 | Adolph Wold | Ready | 26 | 18 September 1921 | 28 years, 353 days |
153 | Roger Albertsen | KFC Winterslag, Olympiakos
|
25 | 12 September 1984 | 27 years, 181 days |
154 | Jacob Berner | Trygg | 25 | 2 November 1930 | 30 years, 298 days |
155 | Ola By Rise | Rosenborg | 25 | 22 May 1994 | 33 years, 189 days |
156 | Arne Børresen | Fredrikstad | 25 | 15 September 1937 | 29 years, 260 days |
157 | Dan Eggen | Celta Vigo, Deportivo Alavés
|
25 | 15 April 2001 | 31 years, 92 days |
158 | Thaulow Goberg | Odd | 25 | 27 September 1931 | 34 years, 147 days |
159 | Jon Inge Høiland | Malmö FF, Kaiserslautern, Stabæk | 25 | 29 May 2010 | 32 years, 251 days |
160 | Per Kristoffersen | Fredrikstad | 25 | 20 November 1966 | 29 years, 39 days |
161 | Alf Martinsen | Lillestrøm | 25 | 28 July 1946 | 34 years, 211 days |
162 | Svein Mathisen | Start | 25 | 26 September 1984 | 31 years, 362 days |
163 | Odd Wang Sørensen | Sparta | 25 | 25 May 1955 | 32 years, 154 days |
- Footnotes
- [a] The players age when making his 25th appearance.
References
- ^ "Norges Fortballforbund 100 år" (in Norwegian). aftenposten.no. Archived from the original on June 29, 2011. Retrieved 8 October 2010.
- ISBN 82-04-10096-5.
- ^ "Norway international footballers of all time". EU-football.info. Retrieved 11 June 2019.