List of Rosenborg BK seasons

Rosenborg Ballklub is an association football club based in Trondheim, Norway.[1] It is Norway's most successful club,[2] having won the Norwegian Premier League twenty-two times and the Norwegian Football Cup nine times.[1] Although founded in 1917,[3] it was not permitted to play Football Association of Norway-sanctioned matches until 1928 because of restrictions on the number of teams allowed to join the regional football association.[4] It then joined the regional Class B and went through several promotions and relegations until joining the inaugural eleven-conference top-tier League of Norway in 1937–38.[5] After World War II, the club moved between the Third Division and the Regional League (second tier), seeing promotion or relegation more seasons than not. The club reached the Main League in 1960–61, but was subsequently relegated after the 1961–62 season.[6]

White and blue players standing inside the penalty area during a corner kick
Rosenborg (white) playing Chelsea (blue) in a 2007–08 UEFA Champions League match at Lerkendal Stadion

After four years at tier two, Rosenborg joined the First Division in 1967 and won the league that season.[7] Since, Rosenborg has only played the 1978 season at the second tier.[8] The First Division was renamed the Norwegian Premier League in 1991.[6] The club entered the cup for the first time in 1932, claiming its first title in 1960.[9] Rosenborg has experienced two golden eras; the first in the 1960s and early 1970s resulted in three league and three cup honors, in addition to an equal number of runner-up positions in both tournaments. The second golden era started with winning the league in 1985 and has resulted in nineteen league and six cup titles.[10] Fourteen league titles were claimed under manager Nils Arne Eggen and sixteen have been won by midfielder Roar Strand.[11] Rosenborg won thirteen consecutive league trophies between 1992 and 2004.[1]

Rosenborg has played 206 matches in 32 seasons in Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) tournaments,[12] starting with the 1965–66 European Cup Winners' Cup. Their only European trophy came when they co-won the 2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup.[13] Rosenborg has entered the UEFA Champions League and its predecessor, the European Cup, twenty times,[12] and reached the group stage eleven times, including eight consecutive seasons from 1995–96 though 2002–03. The best performance is reaching the quarter-finals in 1996–97, where they lost to Juventus.[1] Rosenborg has played 16 seasons in the UEFA Europa League and its predecessors, the UEFA Cup and the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.[12] The club has also won the 2010 Superfinalen, Norway's defunct two-season super cup,[14] and participated twice in the Royal League.[15][16]

Key

ChampionsRunners-upPromotedRelegatedTop scorer in Rosenborg's league ♦

Seasons

The following is a list of Rosenborg BK's seasons since they were permitted to play in Football Association of Norway-sanction matches from the 1928 season. It contains the results of the league, including the division, position and average league attendance; the result in the Norwegian Football Cup; participation in other official tournaments, including promotion and relegation play-offs, Champions League and Europa League; and the top goalscorer for the club in the domestic league and the number of goals he scored.

Rosenborg BK seasons
SeasonLeagueCupOther competitionsTop goalscorerRef(s)
DivisionPWDLGFGAGDPtsPosAttOtherCLELECLNameGoals
1928B5511135+851stPlay-off – Not promoted —[5]
1929B6600256+19121stPlay-off – Not promoted —[5]
1930B6501467+39102nd —[5]
1931B ↑6600246+18121stPlay-off – Promoted —[5]
1932A ↓4103518−1325thR1Play-off – Relegated —[5][17]
1933B ↑6600207+13121stQ2Play-off – Promoted —[5][17]
1934A8314207+1374thR2 —[5][17]
1935A83231510+582ndR1 —[5][17]
1936A84131914+592ndR1 —[5][17]
1937A52031411+345thR4 —[5][17]
1937–38LoN124082237−1587thR2 —[5][17]
1938–39LoN127323819+19171stR3Play-off – SF —[5][17]
1939–40
[note 1]
LoNR1 —[5][17]
1945A4310151+1471stR1Play-off – W —[5][17]
1946–47RLQ ↓185583139−8157thR2 —[5][17]
1947–483D1613307518+57291stR1 —[5][17]
1948–493D ↑149234919+30201stR2 —[5][17]
1949–50RL146262330−7145thR1 —[5][17]
1950–51RL147252019+1163rdR1 —[5][17]
1951–52RL ↓1412111442−2848thR1 —[5][17]
1952–533D127232620+6162ndR1 —[5][17]
1953–543D ↑128313411+23191stQ1 —[5][17]
1954–55RL146172824+4135thR2 —[6][17]
1955–56RL ↓143471527−12106thR4 —[6][17]
1956–573D ↑1411214716+31241stR3 —[6][17]
1957–58RL ↓1421112035−1558thQ2 —[6][17]
1958–593D ↑141211958+87251stR2 —[6][17]
1959–60RL ↑1410134315+28211stR4 —[6][17]
1960–61ML (B)1464428280163rd&
W —[6][17]
1961–62ML30133135560−5299thQF (1961)
SF (1962)
 —[6][17]
19632D146443623+13163rdR3 —[6][17]
19642D146352219+3153rd&
W —[6][18]
19652D148333620+16192ndR3Cup Winner's CupR2 —[6][18][19]
19662D ↑1412113811+27251stR4 —[6][18]
19671D189724024+16251st11,126RU —Odd Iversen17[6][18][20]
19681D1811255329+24242nd11,748SFR1 —Odd Iversen30[6][18][19][20]
19691D1813143615+21271st13,948QFR1 —Odd Iversen26[6][18][19][20]
19701D181044155+10242nd7,853R4R1 —Erling Meirik5[6][18][19][20]
19711D189632511+14241st8,434WR2 —Arne Hanssen
Bjørn Wirkola
6[6][18][19][20]
19721D2261062219+3224th6,702RUR1 —Arne Hanssen9[6][18][19][20]
19731D2210753218+14272nd8,579RU —Odd Iversen9[6][18][20]
19741D229583931+8238th7,605R4R1 —Odd Iversen11[6][18][19][20]
19751D2211563628+8274th9,604SF —Odd Iversen9[6][18][20]
19761D227782429−5218th6,584R2 —Magnar Florholmen11[6][18][20]
19771D2215161748−31712th5,245R4 —Steinar Nilssen
Kjell Øyasæther
3[6][18][20]
19782D ↑1811524215+27271st2,549QF —Knut Torbjørn Eggen10[6][18][20]
19791D229493129+2226th9,249QF —Viggo Sundmoen
Jørgen Sørlie
7[6][18][20]
19801D229584236+6235th9,549R4 —Viggo Sundmoen11[6][18][20]
19811D229853524+11263rd13,068R4 —Odd Iversen9[6][18][20]
19821D227963229+3236th7,933R3 —Sverre Brandhaug9[6][18][20]
19831D227784138+3217th7,571R4 —Håvard Moen8[6][18][20]
19841D228773637−1236th7,371QF —Sverre Brandhaug13[6][18][20]
19851D2215344333+10331st10,323R4 —Gøran Sørloth12[6][18][20]
19861D2285928280218th6,529SFR2 —Sverre Brandhaug7[6][18][19][20]
19871D228473325+8284th5,213SF —André Nieuwlaat9[6][18][20]
19881D2214533325+8471st12,070W —Sverre Brandhaug10[6][18][20]
19891D2213545629+27442nd12,065QFR1 —Mini Jakobsen18[6][18][19][20]
1990TL2213546024+36441st11,115WR1 —Mini Jakobsen17[6][18][19][20]
1991TL2210663828+10362nd11,451RUR1 —Karl Petter Løken12[6][18][20][21]
1992TL2214445819+39461st13,569WR1 —Tore André Dahlum13[6][18][20][21]
1993TL2214534730+17471st11,750R4R1 —Gøran Sørloth7[6][18][20][21]
1994TL2215437023+47491st11,061SFR1 —Harald Martin Brattbakk17[6][18][20][21]
1995TL2619527829+49621st10,280WG —Harald Martin Brattbakk17[6][18][20][21]
1996TL2618538226+56591st11,062R4QF —Harald Martin Brattbakk26[6][18][20][21]
1997TL2618718720+67611st11,338QFG —Sigurd Rushfeldt25[6][18][20][21]
1998TL2620337923+56631st13,163RUG —Sigurd Rushfeldt27[6][18][20][22]
1999TL2618267923+56561st13,359WG2 —Sigurd Rushfeldt15[6][18][20][22]
2000TL2616646126+35541st11,944R3GR3 —Frode Johnsen9[17][18][20][22]
2001TL2617637130+41571st12,070R3G —Frode Johnsen17[17][18][20][23]
2002TL2617545730+27561st14,626R4G —Harald Martin Brattbakk17[17][18][20][23]
2003TL2619436828+40611st15,825WQ3R3 —Harald Martin Brattbakk17[17][18][20][23]
2004TL2614665234+18481st17,395QFRoyal LeagueG2G —Frode Johnsen19[15][17][18][20][23]
2005TL26104125042+8347th17,541R4GR3 —Thorstein Helstad13[17][18][20][23]
2006TL2615834724+23531st19,440SFRoyal LeagueG —Steffen Iversen17[16][17][18][20]
2007TL2612595339+14415th19,903R4GR3 —Steffen Iversen13[20][24][25][26]
2008TL2611694034+6395th18,957R2Intertoto CupCW[note 2]G —Steffen Iversen10[13][20][24][28]
2009TL3020916022+38691st17,635QFQ2 —Rade Prica17[20][24][29]
2010TL30191105824+34681st16,911SFSuperfinalenWPOG —Steffen Iversen14[14][24][30][31][32]
2011TL3014796944+25493rd14,511QFQ3PO —Rade Prica16[33][34][35][36]
2012TL30151055326+27553rd13,394R4G —Rade Prica11[37][38][39]
2013TL3018845025+25622nd14,806RUQ2 —John Chibuike9[40][41][42]
2014TL3018666443+21602nd13,915R3Q3 —Alexander Søderlund13
2015TL3021637327+46691st18,039WG —Alexander Søderlund22
2016TL3021636525+40691st17,585W —Q3PO —Christian Gytkjær19
2017ES3018755720+37611st17,593QFMesterfinalenWQ3G —Nicklas Bendtner19
2018ES3019745124+27641st16,424WMesterfinalenWQ2G —Alexander Søderlund8
2019ES30141065341+12523rd12,704R4Mesterfinalen CancelledPOG —Alexander Søderlund8
2020ES3015785035+15524th307
[note 3]
CancelledPO —Kristoffer Zachariassen
Dino Islamović
12
2021ES3013985842+16485th6,577
[note 4]
R3POStefano Vecchia11
2022 ES3016866944+25563rd13,092R4Casper Tengstedt15
2023ES30116134650-4399th14,098R2Q3Ole Sæter8
2024ES530275+295th15,720R3Ole Sæter4

See also

Notes

Notes

References

Footnotes
Bibliography
  • Svardal, Geir (2007). Historien om Rosenborg Ballklub 1917–2007 (in Norwegian). Trondheim: Tapir Akademosk Forlag. ISBN 978-82-519-2188-6.