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Rosenborg Ballklub Thread


Stadium
Lerkendal Stadium, Trondheim (cap. 21 166)
http://www.rbkweb.com/images/040928_lerkendal.jpg


Honours
League Champions (20 times): 1967, 1969, 1971, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006

Cup Winners (9 times): 1960, 1964, 1971, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1999, 2003

Best European Result: Quarter-Finals in UEFA Champions League (1996/97),

UEFA InterToto Cup: 2008

Cup Winners junior (2 times): 1985, 2005

Norwegian Futsal Winners (2 times): 1992, 1993


Squad
GOALKEEPERS
1 Alexander Lund Hansen (NOR)
12 Rune Jarstein (NOR)
33 Espen Johnsen (NOR)
DEFENDERS
2 Mikael Lustig (SWE)
3 Mikael Dorsin (SWE)
11 Vadim Demidov (NOR)
13 Kris Stadsgaard (DEN)
18 Alejandro Lago (URU)
22 Andreas Nordvik (NOR)
24 Roy Miller (CRC)
MIDFIELDERS
4 Anthony Annan (GHA)
6 Roar Strand (NOR)
10 Alexander Tettey (NOR)
15 Per Ciljan Skjelbred (NOR)
17 Pål André Helland (NOR)
20 Abdou Traoré (CIV)
27 Marek Sapara (SVK)
FORWARDS
7 Trond Olsen (NOR)
8 Didier Konan (CIV)
14 Steffen Iversen (NOR)
23 Michael Jamtfall (NOR)
25 Kjell Rune Sellin (NOR)
29 Dario Zahora (CRO)
30 Rade Prica (SWE)
MANAGERS
Erik Hamrén (SWE)
Trond Henriksen (NOR)


History
Rosenborg BK (RBK) are the best and biggest club in Norway. In the period 1992-2004 the club won the Norwegian league every single season. That's amazing 13 titles in a row!

The club was founded in 1917, but in the first 40 years RBK was just a "neighbourhood club" for youngsters who wanted to play football, ice hockey and handball. Rosenborg was far from being a top club in their hometown of Trondheim.

But in 1960 a miracle happened: Rosenborg, totally unknown for Norwegian football fans, came from nowhere and won the Norwegian cup! Four years later they copied this success, and won the cup once more. In 1967 Rosenborg qualified for the Norwegian premier division for the first time, and in their first season they went all the way and won the championship!

After some glory days in the 1960s and the start of the 70s, the club went into 15 years of depression. In 1977 the club played in 2nd division (second highest level in Norway at that time) and if it had not been for devoting fans and club members, Rosenborg would probably have been "erased" from Norwegian football.

Led by their legandary coach, Nils Arne Eggen, Rosenborg managed to turn the bad sitution around and things soon looked brighter. In 1985 the club was back on the top by winning the Norwegian league after a thrilling final round game against the old rivals Lillestrøm.

This was the start of the golden age for Rosenborg. Since 1988 RBK have won the league 15 times and the cup 6 times!

The club managed to qualify for the UEFA Champions League 8 years in a row (European record!) between 1995 and 2002, even though they often met hard opponents like Besiktas and Panathinaikos in the qualifying games. In the 1996-97 season Rosenborg for sure was "discovered" by Football Europe by beating AC Milan 2-1 away at the San Siro. This ment title favourites AC Milan was knocked out of the Champions League, while Rosenborg went through to the quarter-finals, as the first Norwegian club ever.

In the last decade, many big European clubs have bought players from Rosenborg. John Carew (Valencia, Roma, Besiktas, Lyon), André Bergdølmo (Ajax, Borussia Dortmund), Steffen Iversen (Tottenham, Wolverhampton), Bjørn Tore Kvarme (Liverpool, St. Etienne, Real Sociedad, Bastia), Øyvind Leonhardsen (Wimbledon, Liverpool, Tottenham, Aston Villa), Harald Brattbakk (Celtic), Vegard Heggem (Liverpool) and Stig Inge Bjørnebye (Liverpool, Blackburn) are just a few examples.

Nevertheless the club has always managed to find good replacements for the players leaving Lerkendal Stadium. Even though Rosenborg could have used the income from transfer fees and Champions League prize money to buy players from all over the world, they have continued to sign Norwegian domestic players. In the moment all first team players are from Norway, mostly from the city of Trondheim and the surrounding areas. The club states that they are "a local club with local players entertaining the hometown fans".

Rosenborg have an average attendance of 19,400 at league matches. This is impressive in a city of just 150,000 inhabitants.
Source:www.rbkweb.com


Web-sites
www.rbk.no (Official)
www.rbkweb.com (Supporter site)
www.kjernen.com (Supporter Club)


And you better post in here dirion! :)

Can you provide updates on Lars Hirschfeld during the season?

I've gotta say, I really like Solli.

Wohoooooo!:D :lui: finally a thread for THE BEST team in the world, well, actually Sao Paolo is the best team in the world since they beat Liverpool in the worldchampionship for clubs final, and Liverpool finished second, so they are the 2nd best team in the world. That makes Rosenborg the 3rd best team in the world!:D

SO, finally the 3rd best team in the world have an own thread!:D:D:D

Of course I will post in here, all the time! I will have an opinion about everything that's going on down at Lerkendal!:D

Now I can't wait for the season to start!:D We want revenge against Vålerenga, and we want it NOW!

Just reminding that I will be the boss of the Norwegian Tippeliga PL 2006, you can check it out for more info in the Prediction League-forum!

:)

Can you provide updates on Lars Hirschfeld during the season?

I can answer for him, of course he will, nor-rbk is such a nice guy that he will provide you with any information you want about anything regarding Rosenborg!:D If he don't, I can!:D

I've gotta say, I really like Solli.

Hehe, I agree!:p He lives only 500 meters from my place! I've seen him outside driving a small motorised (spelling?!) car :p:D

Can you provide updates on Lars Hirschfeld during the season?
Yeah, sure I will. But he is second choice, so he might not play so much. ;)

I've gotta say, I really like Solli.
Well, he better learn to pass correctly soon... :nape:
But he is really good when he is in form though.

Solli is bs,but Ørjan Berg is a quality player,to bad he is getting old!

btw :good luck with the upcoming season. i am not a Rbk fan,but dam i hate vaalerenga!
:bob:

Solli is bs,but Ørjan Berg is a quality player,to bad he is getting old!

btw :good luck with the upcoming season. i am not a Rbk fan,but dam i hate vaalerenga!
:bob:

To fill Ørjan Bergs boots we have a player like Per Ciljan Skjelbred! :D I'm just hoping he can manage to recover to the form he was just before the injury/assault! :)

good idea making this thread! I've always admired Rosenborg, I have fond memories of watching them play in the CL several years ago. I'd be interested too in hearing about Lars Hirschfeld's progress through the season, same goes for the other Canadians playing in Norway..

Well, only 11 days 'till Rosenborg start their pre-season matches. And i actually have quite high expectations to these matches rosenborg will play Brøndby and Djurgården in the Maspalomas tournament. Also they will play against FC København and Ciudad de Murcia.

It is very imortant that they gain match experience and also gain confidence through these matches, because the 15th February Zenit St.Petersburg enters Lerkendal Stadion (UEFA-cup, 3rd round). Høgmo actually (well, I don't know how serious he was) thought that Rosenborg had a fair chance of winning the UEFA-cup:p

I don't know about that, but I do hope that the team can gain some confidence before Tippeligaen starts at 9th of April:)

Here are Rosenborg fixtures before the start of Tippeligaen:

http://www.rbkweb.com/vis/4128 (in norwegian)

is there anywhere on the net to download Tippeligaen goal highlights once the season begins?

is there anywhere on the net to download Tippeligaen goal highlights once the season begins?

http://www.rbkweb.com/rosenborgtv.shtml
http://www.geocities.com/rbkark/

:)

haha awesome! Thanks (H)

http://www.rbkweb.com/rosenborgtv.shtml
http://www.geocities.com/rbkark/

:)

wohooo!:D I didn't know about those two!:D very nice!:D one of them also have the 10-0 victory against Brann!:D(H)

good idea making this thread! I've always admired Rosenborg, I have fond memories of watching them play in the CL several years ago. I'd be interested too in hearing about Lars Hirschfeld's progress through the season, same goes for the other Canadians playing in Norway..
I can tell you about how they are doing. But you will have to remind me of it then. :)

It is very imortant that they gain match experience and also gain confidence through these matches, because the 15th February Zenit St.Petersburg enters Lerkendal Stadion (UEFA-cup, 3rd round). Høgmo actually (well, I don't know how serious he was) thought that Rosenborg had a fair chance of winning the UEFA-cup
I don't think he was serious at all, but he has mentioned this quite a lot times in the media, so you never know. But I really doubt it that we'll win it. I think we have a fair chance of knocking Zenit out. But Bolton or Marseille in the next round may be a little to tough. But we are capable of knocking them out too, but winning the cup, no way. :(

haha awesome! Thanks (H)
No problem ;)


wohooo!:D I didn't know about those two!:D very nice!:D one of them also have the 10-0 victory against Brann!:D(H)
Yeah, fantastic match :p

haha nice thread! Rosenborg a.k.a dirion & nor-rbk thread. (6)

haha nice thread! Rosenborg a.k.a dirion & nor-rbk thread. (6)

Hehe:p when nor-rbk was about to make the thread I had to promise him to post in the thread, I would have anyway!:D

But I think that it's mainly gonna be me and nor-rbk posting in the thread, though with some guest-posters here and there!:D(H)

haha nice thread! Rosenborg a.k.a dirion & nor-rbk thread. (6)
Haha, yeah, possible. :p:(

Hehe:p when nor-rbk was about to make the thread I had to promise him to post in the thread, I would have anyway!:D
Yes, of course. No point in making a thread that would have died immediately or a thread just for myself. :p

But I think that it's mainly gonna be me and nor-rbk posting in the thread, though with some guest-posters here and there!:D(H)
Something like the Steaua Bucharest thread I guess. :p

Something like the Steaua Bucharest thread I guess. :p

Possible, but the reason this thread is going to be better than the Steaua one is because Rosenborg is a better team than Steaua (since they beat them in the qualifying in the CL)! :D

Well, here's a little update of what's going on in Trondheim:

1. Ham-Kam is still interested in signing goalkeeper Ivar Rønningen, they started the negotitation as early as November, but when Rosenborg demanded 1 Mill NKR for him, Ham-Kam thought that was to much, and then said no. Ivar Rønningen is now the 3rd choice behind Espen Johnsen and Lars Hirschfeld.

2. There is only one player from Rosenborg BK that has to travel to USA with his NT. Lars Hirschfeld (CAN) and Karim Essediri (TUN) have both not been picked out to join their NT, the reason for this may be because of the UEFA-cup match agains Zenit (15th February). The only player that travels to USA with his NT is Goalkeeper, Espen Johnsen. Here are the list of the Canadians that GOT picked out to join their NT, and also plays for a Norwegian team: Patrice Bernier, Stephan Ademolu, Kenny Stamatopoulos (all from Tromsø), Rob Friend (Molde), Chris Pozniak (Haugesund) and Sandro Grande (Viking)

Hope you find this as usefull information :)

Actually, Essediri was not found good enough to play for the Tunusian NT (who are going to play in the African Championship soon), and not because of the UEFA Cup matches. And Essediri can't even play for Rosenborg in the UEFA Cup, because he has already played for Tromsø in this tournament, and the same goes for Hirschfeld. ;)

Actually, Essediri was not found good enough to play for the Tunusian NT (who are going to play in the African Championship soon), and not because of the UEFA Cup matches. And Essediri can't even play for Rosenborg in the UEFA Cup, because he has already played for Tromsø in this tournament, and the same goes for Hirschfeld. ;)

Well, about Hirschfeld I nkew that that was the reason he did not got picked out, but for Essediri I actually wasn't sure, but I should have managed to figure it out since he played for Tromsø in the UEFA-cup:p

Ivar Rønningen sold to Ham-Kam today. No surprise in that really. Never played much.

Nice to see a Norwegian club thread here, though I don't follow Norwegian football very close ;)

But I'm confident Rosenborg will win this season (2006).

Pretty typical, the year I move to Trondheim, Rosenborg have their worst season in 12 (?) years.

Pretty typical, the year I move to Trondheim, Rosenborg have their worst season in 12 (?) years.
Actually it's 19 years. In 1986 was the last time we had a season worse than last year's. Ended 8th in the league. :S

Now the whole squad + their family are on their way to Gran Canaria. Karim Essediri is also on the plane, after he officialy signed for Rosenborg tonight. The first match against Brøndby is being played next friday (the 13th).

Youssef Kone from Olympique Club de Safi (MAR) is training with the club this week. I guess we don't buy him, because we usually don't buy players that have been on trial. And honestly, we don't need another attacker unless it's a really quality striker.

But what we do need on the other hand is a midfielder. With Ørjan Berg always injured, Skjelbred out for a long time and Eguren to be loaned out, who on earth are we going to use in the UEFA Cup if we get another injury? We got Tettey (who is not good enough in my opinion), Superman (who are going to retire after this season) and Solli. :X

Youssef Kone from Olympique Club de Safi (MAR) is training with the club this week. I guess we don't buy him, because we usually don't buy players that have been on trial. And honestly, we don't need another attacker unless it's a really quality striker.

But what we do need on the other hand is a midfielder. With Ørjan Berg always injured, Skjelbred out for a long time and Eguren to be loaned out, who on earth are we going to use in the UEFA Cup if we get another injury? We got Tettey (who is not good enough in my opinion), Superman (who are going to retire after this season) and Solli. :X

Well, Rosenborg is probably not known for buying great african or south american players, I remember Robert Boateng as a big FLOP:p

And for the midfield problem, I'm thinking Solli will be chosen to plan in the midfield, mainly because he is the only midfielder left!:S Frode Johnsen can play midfielder, I remember him playing midfield in some Tippeliga matches last year. Other than that I don't knot who's gonna play midfield:S I'm just hoping that Rosenborg proceeds in the UEFA-cup, which can be difficult with 1 or 2 midfielders:p:S

And for the midfield problem, I'm thinking Solli will be chosen to plan in the midfield, mainly because he is the only midfielder left!:S Frode Johnsen can play midfielder, I remember him playing midfield in some Tippeliga matches last year. Other than that I don't knot who's gonna play midfield:S I'm just hoping that Rosenborg proceeds in the UEFA-cup, which can be difficult with 1 or 2 midfielders:p:S
uhuu, I don't like the sound of that. He is crap with his feet.

uhuu, I don't like the sound of that. He is crap with his feet.

Well, he is the only one I can think of that atleast have played midfield before:p But I do think that Per-Mathias Høgmo will find out something smart about the midfield problem, it seems he always find a solution to things:p

Well, he is the only one I can think of that atleast have played midfield before:p But I do think that Per-Mathias Høgmo will find out something smart about the midfield problem, it seems he always find a solution to things:p
Yeah, sure:p

would probably be something like this I guess then:
-----Strand------Solli-----
Braaten---Johnsen----Storflor
----------Helstad-------

With Tettey and Brattbakk as subs. We'll see, only 2 days to the first match this year:D

BTW: Paid my season ticket today;)

BTW: Paid my season ticket today;)

Finally:p, you'll probably get yours before I get mine! :|

Since the 2006-jersey still is not finished, Rosenborg are now using these jerseys in the friendlies:

http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/2152/drakt2006manipulasjon25ul.th.jpg (http://img211.imageshack.us/my.php?image=drakt2006manipulasjon25ul.jpg)

and also, if Adidas delivers in time, the Rosenborg-jersey will look like this against Zenit in the UEFA-cup:p

http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/2152/drakt2006ucmanipulasjon1wl.th.jpg (http://img211.imageshack.us/my.php?image=drakt2006ucmanipulasjon1wl.jpg)

The second one is way better than the 1st, because of the colors. The Rosenborg BK-jersey have always been black and white, therefore no one should add colors to the jersey. The reason they have colors on the first one is because the get much more money from the sponsors if they print the logo with colors.....:p :S

What do you guys think of the two jerseys? :)

The league shirt is a sponsor flag as always. Never liked it. Same this year.(N)

The UEFA shirt on the other hand is great. Just as how it should be.(Y)

http://www.rbkweb.com/images/motstandere/bif.gif vs. http://www.rbkweb.com/images/logo.gif

Friendly, Friday 13th January 2006

Starting line-up for Rosenborg BK:

Espen Johnsen

Christer Basma - Miika Koppinen - Bjørn Tore Kvarme - Mikael Dorsin

Roar Strand - Alexander Tettey

Karim Essediri - Frode Johnsen - Øyvind Storflor
Thorstein Helstad

Kone is getting his chance to prove that he is something tomorrow too. Going to play at least 30min.

Also Essediri will get his debut.

Hope that Eguren get his chance tomorrow too, he really deserves it. Can't understand why he has played so little.

To bad that SportN are going to broadcast the match, and not EuroSport as usually. :(

And it's about time we win this tournament again. Last time was in 1999 (RBK-Galatasaray 4-2, RBK-VfL Wolfsburg 2-2 (4-2 on pen.)) :p

Well, the friendly against Brondby ended after full time with 3-3, with Kone scoring in the 92nd minute:p Then, on penalties Rosenborg lost 5-4:S

Here are more info about the game, in norwegian I'm afraid:S

http://www.rbkweb.com/vis/4162 - pictures from the match

http://fotball.adressa.no/live3/frames.jhtml?matchID=33500001 - text summary of the match

I think Per-Mathias Høgmo was trying new players in this match, considering that players like Essediri, Kone & Hirschfeld played (all of them came in as a sub).

All in all I'm quite happy, of course I hoped we'll win but a draw against Brondby is not bad at all:)

Damn, Eguren finally get his chance and he blows it up big time. 2 of Brøndy's goal came after bad passes from him, and he also missed in the penalty shootout. :(

Rosenborg - Brøndby 3-3 (Highlights) (http://media.putfile.com/BIF-RBK-3-3)

Youssef Kone, from Burkina Faso, was supposed to play with Rosenborg only until this weekend, but since he have impressed Per-Mathias Høgmo with nice technical details on training (and also a goal against Brøndby) he now are going to play with Rosenborg also next week.

I'm hoping that Kone continues to deliver great performances so that he maybe can develop into an inportant player for Rosenborg, maybe next season:)

Here are some goals that Kone have scored during the 2005/2006 season (not in RBK):

http://rapidshare.de/files/11043368/ock1.mpg.html
http://rapidshare.de/files/11043478/ock3.mpg.html
http://rapidshare.de/files/11043598/OCS_IRT2.MPG.html
http://rapidshare.de/files/11043690/OCS_IZK.MPG.html

All of these goals he scored when playing in Olympique Club de Safi

http://www.rbkweb.com/images/logo.gif vs. http://rbkweb.no/images/motstandere/dif.gif

Maspalomas Tournament 2006, Estadio Municipal San Fernando de Maspalomas.


Last match of the tournament tomorrow. We still have a fair chance of winning the tournament after Djurgården played 1-1 against Pohang Steelers today (Pohang won 5-4 on pen.). The South Korean side will play the Danish champions tomorrow before Rosenborg meet the Swedish champions later on the day.

I am a little confused about the rules in this tournament. Because if a match ends with a draw there is a penalty shootout (as happened in both of the first matches), but I don't know if the team that wins get another point or if it only counts if the teams ends with same points at the end.

So the table look either like this now
Brøndby 1
Rosenborg 1
Pohang S. 1
Djurgården 1

or like this
Brøndby 2
Pohang S. 2
Rosenborg 1
Djurgården 1


My prediction: 4-3 to RBK :p:(

Rosenborg - Djurgården 2-0
1-0 M. Johannesson (o.g.) 35' (http://media.putfile.com/Djurgarden---RBK-0-1)
2-0 C. Basma 73' (http://www.yourfilehost.com/media.php?cat=video&file=0_2.avi)

Since Brøndby won 3-2 against Pohang earlier today, they win this tournament. Rosenborg ended second.

Possible, but the reason this thread is going to be better than the Steaua one is because Rosenborg is a better team than Steaua (since they beat them in the qualifying in the CL)! :D

oh no you didn't (H)!!


:(


I hope we get a re-match in the UEFA Cup final :junior:

Since the 2006-jersey still is not finished, Rosenborg are now using these jerseys in the friendlies:

http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/2152/drakt2006manipulasjon25ul.th.jpg (http://img211.imageshack.us/my.php?image=drakt2006manipulasjon25ul.jpg)

and also, if Adidas delivers in time, the Rosenborg-jersey will look like this against Zenit in the UEFA-cup:p

http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/2152/drakt2006ucmanipulasjon1wl.th.jpg (http://img211.imageshack.us/my.php?image=drakt2006ucmanipulasjon1wl.jpg)

The second one is way better than the 1st, because of the colors. The Rosenborg BK-jersey have always been black and white, therefore no one should add colors to the jersey. The reason they have colors on the first one is because the get much more money from the sponsors if they print the logo with colors.....:p :S

What do you guys think of the two jerseys? :)

Wow beautiful jersey (Y)

I hope we get a re-match in the UEFA Cup final :junior:
See you in Eindhoven :jap:


Wow beautiful jersey (Y)
That's not the final version, just some photoshoped version by someone on rbkweb.com's forum. We were supposed to use the new jerseys in the Maspalomas Tournament, but they weren't ready in time.

oh no you didn't (H)!!


:(


I hope we get a re-match in the UEFA Cup final :junior:

Oh YES I did!:D Yeah, would be nice with a re-match in the UEFA-Cup final, almost like a walk-over, hehe!(H)


Rosenborg - Djurgården 2-0

Wohoo!:D This season first win(H) Though we needed an own goal and a defender to win:p

It's going to be another match at Gran Canaria. Rosenborg will meet Pohang Steelers (who also competed in the Maspalomas Tournament) in a friendly on Friday 18h CET.

Rosenborg - Pohang Steelers 0-0

Should have won this one. Rosenborg were much better than Pohang from what I've heard. The inefficiency is starting to worry me :S

Roar Husby is going free to Aalesund. He didn't get offered a new contract after being 3rd keeper in the last 2 years, with 0 matches for the first team.


EDIT: Also Kone is not getting offered a contract after his trial. Reason is that he does not go straight into the starting XI.

Meets Lokomtiv Moscow

Rosenborg have swapped La Manga fixtures with Lillestrøm, and will now meet Lokomtiv Moscow on February 8.

The match is going to be a very important part in the preparations for the UEFA Cup matches against Zenit St. Petersburg.

Rosenborg were supposed to meet Ciudad Murcia at La Manga, but will now get an Russian opponent instead.

Lillestrøm will meet Ciudad Murcia on February 9.

source (http://fotball.adressa.no/nyhetsarkiv/article.jhtml;jsessionid=H0XFXU1GXK2H1QFIMUNCFEQ?a rticleID=92500)

Also Kone is not getting offered a contract after his trial. Reason is that he does not go straight into the starting XI.

Maybe we will see him at Barcelona's first team in a year or two, as happened with Leo Messi:S

Maybe we will see him at Barcelona's first team in a year or two, as happened with Leo Messi:S
Well, wouldn't surprise me that much. Our board is awesome :boohoo:

Well, Rosenborg Jr. have won the Color Line Cup in Aalesund after beeting Lyn Jr. 4-0 in the final:D Wohoooo :lui:

The goalscorers were:
1-0 - Tom Sunde
2-0 - Øyvind Pettersen (which is in my class(H))
3-0 - Aksel Skjølsvik
4-0 - Miron Sheie Dimaas

:)

Well, after the match against Pohang Steelers, the board in Rosenborg BK decided NOT to buy Youssef Kone... But now, they have decided to buy him despite that they already said no to him. The price is expected to be lower than the 7 millions (nkr), about 800-900k € or something, that Rosenborg got for Alexander Ødegaard.

I think it is nice that Rosenborg get some African players, it's true that the african players before him have NOT been a hit in Rosenborg, but I have a feeling that Kone will break that curse and play like a god in Rosenborg (well, maybe not like a god!:p)... Can't wait to see him play for Rosenborg in the Zenit match (I doubt that he will get the chance), but atleast we will see him when the Tippeliga start in April!:D

He will be a flop. Just like all the other non-scandinavians we have had.

He will be a flop. Just like all the other non-scandinavians we have had.

Just because the other non-scandinavians that have been in Rosenborg have been flops, doesn't make Kone one.....

Just because the other non-scandinavians that have been in Rosenborg have been flops, doesn't make Kone one.....
No, but from what I've seen and heard about him, and the boards conviction, I can't really imagine he will be the "Drogba" Høgmo talked about.

But not misunderstand me. I really hope he will do great, I really do.





Another news: Solli has signed a new two year contract.

Helstad with broken foot

Thorstein Helstad has suffered a foot injury and will miss February's UEFA cup games.

After having chewed pain killers during the Gran Canary stay, the pains were increasing after he returned to Trondheim. X-rays were taken, and these showed a break in the left foot, local Trondheim daily Adresseavisa reports.

This means two weeks on crouches to allow the injury to heal, and a period of restituation and light training after this. In all, it is not likely that Helstad will be ready for the games against Zenit St. Petersburg.

"It's bitter, but I'll be back for the quarter final!", Helstad comments to the newspaper.

source (http://www.rosenborg.info/article/4186)

We really could have needed Helstad against Zenit! To bad he got this injury:S now we have, F. Johnsen that scored like 5-6 goals last season (nor-rbk will correct me if I'm wrong:p) and we have Kone that have not played an official match for Rosenborg yet:p We have players like Braaten, Storflor and Brattbakk.... But these players are not central attackers...:S

Frode Johnsen will probably be used instead of Helstad these two matches, I just hope he manage to "fill Helstads boots":p:)

We really could have needed Helstad against Zenit! To bad he got this injury:S now we have, F. Johnsen that scored like 5-6 goals last season (nor-rbk will correct me if I'm wrong:p) and we have Kone that have not played an official match for Rosenborg yet:p We have players like Braaten, Storflor and Brattbakk.... But these players are not central attackers...:S

Frode Johnsen will probably be used instead of Helstad these two matches, I just hope he manage to "fill Helstads boots":p:)
F. Johnsen scored 7 last season. :p

He is as I see it the only who can score some, if he is in shape of course. Braaten is fantastic, but he just don't know how to shoot. Storflor never get any chances, and Brattbakk has lost it. :(

Must admit, this injury couldn't come in a worse time. Both Skjelbred and Helstad out. Aj aj aj :S

Rosenborg not interested in selling Johnsen


Sparta Praha would very much like to buy Frode Johnsen, but neither the club nor the player seem to care too much for the interest.

According to sources Rosenborg Web has been in touch with, the Czech club believe that they will be able to sign the Rosenborg striker within the next few days. Sparta Praha, which are currently at the 10th place in the table halfway into their season, are supposedly willing to pay between 700,000 and 900,000 Euros for the player. Johnsen has supposedly been offered a three year deal.

RBK do however reject the possibility of a transfer.

"It is nothing but nonsense. I do not know if it's official, but we recieved inquiries about him. We are nonetheless not willing to sell Frode at this moment. It is out of the question," coach Per-Mathias Høgmo told Rosenborg Web.

Thorstein Helstad will be out with a leg injury for many weeks, and therefore Johnsen will be the first choice as central striker in the very important UEFA Cup game against Zenit St. Petersburg in three weeks.

"I am happy with playing in Norway. I had a son three weeks ago and therefore I would have problems with moving to a completely new country. I am happy with being in Rosenborg," Frode Johnsen told the Czech Internet news site iDNES.

RBK-web (http://www.rosenborg.info/article/4189)

My opinion about this:

Well, don't sell him RIGHT now, because now we need him against Zenit and also maybe in the Tippeliga, but as soon as Helstad recovers, and maybe Kone settles in with the club (:p) , I think we should sell him, maybe when the transfer window opens in July.....

Here's a new Rosenborg song (in norwegian of course):p

Svart/Vest Band - Rosenborg über alles (http://www.rosenborguberalles.com/)

Click "last ned her" (meens download)

The song will start by itself, just click the link and wait (and enjoy):D

EDIT: download the song to your computer here:

http://rapidshare.de/files/11941406/rosenborguberalles.mp3.html

enjoy:)

Bah, don't like it.


Also new match today. Home to Bodø/Glimt in Abrahallen. We have 8 players out. Guess we will win 3-0 :p

Here is a Rosenborg compilation made by nor-rbk and then uploaded by me (needs torrent):

http://thepiratebay.org/details.php?id=3436593

It is a video-cd file, but it is possible to play it in VLC http://www.videolan.org/

Also, the most of it is in Norwegian:)

EDIT.
After 22sec it stops, just go past 22sec and it should be fine.

So that's what you needed it for, eh :p


It's not actually a compilation though. It's just 3 long films lasting 1h 10min in all :p
Here is one part of the film, this is the English part so you non-scandinavians will understand if you take interest in watching it. It's a very good show, but quite old though: World Football - Rosenborg (50 MB) (http://www3.uploadsend.com/d.php?file=true&filepath=1597) Link is temporary down, but I guess it will be working soon again.


Also, maybe the best match in the club's history: B. Dortmund - Rosenborg 0-3 (115mb) (http://files.filefront.com/Dortmund___RBK_0_3_19101999/;4305747;;/fileinfo.html)

Thanks to people at rbkweb's forum for these great films!

Rosenborg - Bodø/Glimt 6-0
1-0 Christer Basma 22'
2-0 Vidar Riseth 24'
3-0 Sebastián Eguren 44'
4-0 Karim Essediri 45'
5-0 Øyvind Storflor 61'
6-0 Karim Essediri 72'

Heh, with so many players out I didn't expect this result. :D


Line up today were:
--------------Hirschfeld------------
Basma----Koppinen----Lago----Dorsin
Strand---Tettey---Essediri---Storflor
--------------Riseth--------------

Bench: Johannesen, Berg, Lund, Jamtfall, Stensaas.

Riseth as striker! :|
Well, with 13 players out we had to use some youths.
The injury list is damn long now: Per Ciljan Skjelbred, Daniel Braaten, Jan Gunnar Solli, Bjørn Tore Kvarme (tired?), Robbie Russell, Ørjan Berg, Thorstein Helstad, Alejandro Lago, Alexander Lund Hansen (cold), Frode Johnsen (cold), Harald Martin Brattbakk. And Kone has not arrived yet and Espen Johnsen is with the national team. :|

WOW! That is a very nice result! With all those injuries I would have expected this match to be quite even, which it turned out not to be:p Now Rosenborg have 2 matches left before facing Zenit! I'm so excited!!!!.... (and I just can't hide it.........) :crazyboy:

For your information: Erik Hoftun, the Rosenborg veteran, is actually Bodø-Glimts manager, so this was his first meeting against Rosenborg as a manager. :p

Kone signs a 3 year contract

Kone will get a 3 year contract with RBK, and will sign today. That means Kone is just in time to be signed up for the UEFA Cup, as the last chance of registering players are tonight.

Lago and Eguren set to join Brann

Both Alejandro Lago and Sebastián Eguren are ready for Brann. They will be loaned out for one year, and Brann do got an option to buy them too.


The midfield is empty for the UEFA Cup now. Fantastic. :boohoo:

Lago and Eguren set to join Brann

Both Alejandro Lago and Sebastián Eguren are ready for Brann. They will be loaned out for one year, and Brann do got an option to buy them too.


The midfield is empty for the UEFA Cup now. Fantastic. :boohoo:

Well, that is fantastic, loan out two very good players to one of the biggest rivals!!!! :S Neither of them got the chance of impressing the manager before they were loaned out to Brann...:S

The only thing missing now is that they get their breakthru' in Bergen instead of Trondheim... :p

Three youths on trial

Rosenborg keeps up a high speed in the player logistics these days: Yesterday afternoon, three young midfielders arrived at Lerkendal.

The lads are Barry Kader (20) and Alex Somian (20) from the Ivory Coast and Albanian Jahmir Hyka (18). The last of these is already a familiar face in Trondheim as he trained with RBK last October. The junior international did impress as a substitute in a friendly against local Trondheim club Nidelv.

"We saw him a lot last year, and want to keep in touch with this player. He is an extreme technician with good balance and speed," Per-Mathias Høgmo tells rosenborg.info.

"He is viewed as the best player of his age in Albania," Rune Bratseth adds.

As Kader and Somian, Hyka will join the A squad when they go to La Manga on a training camp on Saturday. The contact with the two from the Ivory Coast was managed through talent scout Stig Torbjørnsen, who also discovered Yssouf Kone.

"They are both U21 internationals," Høgmo tells, wanting to spend the following days to get to know the African duo better.

And then, time will show wether the three test players will be found in the RBK outfit.

"Whatever the outcome, it is important for us to always be in touch with a range of young players, who can be of use in the long term," Per-Mathias Høgmo ends.

Source (http://www.rosenborg.info/article/4205)

Well, they have seriously started to work with the age down there now, and many of them seems to be very good. Let's hope these are as well. But what we really need now is a midfielder that can come straight into the starting XI, and we kind of need one fast. :S

http://www.rbkweb.com/images/motstandere/fck.gif vs. http://www.rbkweb.com/images/logo.gif

New friendly match tomorrow. This time it's played at La Manga and is one of two matches we will play down there before the UEFA Cup. Skjelbred and Berg is staying home and will not be able to play, not like Skjelbred would have anyway though. We have not yet lost in 2006 and let's keep it that way, 2-0 victory for us is my prediction. :p

I just had too......

http://www.soccergaming.tv/attachment.php?attachmentid=126947&stc=1

(H)

are you two the only RBK fans on the forum? :)

LSK blir seriemester i år.

Lillestrøm
Med stolthet og med ære
For evig og for alltid
Vi elsker Lillestrøm

are you two the only RBK fans on the forum? :)

Actually not. I've seen 3 or 4 beside us. But we are the only active members (except from RBK-fan (in the fifa forum)) :p:(

LSK blir seriemester i år.

Lillestrøm
Med stolthet og med ære
For evig og for alltid
Vi elsker Lillestrøm

:sb9:

Or NOT!

Hate Molde & Lillestrøm
Hate Molde & Lillestrøm
Hate Molde & Lillestrøm
Meeeeen vi ÆLSKE Rosenborg! (H)

FC Copenhagen - Rosenborg 1-2
0-1 F. Johnsen 24'
0-2 K. Essediri 35'
1-2 M. Bertolt 52'

Rosenborg had the biggest chances and scored most, while FCK had most of the possesion. Both teams had many players out; RBK with many injuries and FCK with many youths. Still undefeated in 2006. :p

RBK broken by virus

A week prior to the home match against Zenit, Rosenborg is terribly struck by illness. Thorstein Helstad and Alexander Tettey are out as well.

Saturday, rbk.no reported that Per Ciljan Skjelbred and Ørjan Berg had to be home in Trondheim, but now it is clear that the number of home sitters is the double figure. In addition, Bjørn Tore Kvarme and Øyvind Storflor have become ill after arriving in Spain. All have the same sympthoms: fever and sore throat.

"As the players have been living so close together, we take it for granted that they all have gotten the same virus already, and then there's nothing much we can do than to isolate the ones getting sick. Lots of people in the county of Trondheim have been contaminated, especially children and youth. Usually it passes after two to four days," RBKs doctor Torbjørn Grøntvedt tells local Trondheim newspaper Adresseavisa.

Well, fully updated news is now that Bjørn Tore Kvarme, Ørjan Berg, Alexander Tettey and Øyvind Storflor is back, and are now training 100%. Rosenborg have in the latest days been struck by a virus.

This means that all of them is ready to play against Locomotiv Moscow tomorrow (thursday 9th February)

Good the hear they are back again, but we still miss so many players that I am worried infront of the UEFA Cup match. :S



http://www.rbkweb.com/images/motstandere/lokomotiv.gif vs http://www.rbkweb.com/images/logo.gif
New match tomorrow, last one before we meet Zenit, so this is an important match. I don't know much about this team, but I predict a 3-2 win. :p

Eguren and Lago back to RBK already!

Sebastián Eguren and Alejandro Lago is back in Trondheim after their contract somehow have been canceled. They obviously didn't like Brann (H)

Eguren and Lago back to RBK already!

Sebastián Eguren and Alejandro Lago is back in Trondheim after their contract somehow have been canceled. They obviously didn't like Brann (H)

Wow, that is kind of neat, though, they will go to another club quite fast. But I read an article in the newspaper yesterday about non-euro-players in Norway, saying that they have to hace international matches for their NT or they must have played in their countries Chamipons League. Managers like Høgmo, Soler and Nordlie don't like this rule, and they are now trying to remove this rule from Norwgian Football. Norway now have the most strict rules about non-euro-players in Europe.

The new rule is crap. Norwegian clubs can't go out and buy players that have played on that level, they are just too expensive. But about Lago and Eguren they can't play for 3 clubs within a year, so I think they can't leave Rosenborg before the summer transfer window opens (I'm not sure about this though).

Locomotiv Moscow - Rosenborg 0-2
0-1 E. Johnsen 13' (H)
0-2 K. Essedirir 71'

Hahaha, Espen Johnsen scored!!! Unbelievable, just unbelievable. :O :rockman:
Well, that was the last match before the UEFA Cup on Wednesday. And after 6 matches in 2006 we are undefeated, that sounds good :p. We have 4 wins, 2 draws and 0 loss and 15-4 in GD. Seems that we are in good shape before we meet Zenit, can't wait. :D

0-1 E. Johnsen 13' (H)


Wow! That is amazing! Can't believe how Espen Johnsen managed to score a goal:p Must have been a terrible mistake done my Moscows goalie or defense:p Can't wait to see that goal!:D Go Espen Johnsen!:D(H)

Enjoy (http://www.adressa.no/streaming/article615847.ece) (H)

quality isn't that good :(

even the camera-man didn't see that one coming:p :D That'll probably NEVER happen again, but what a goal, I have actually never seen anything like that, a goal from 90 meters!:D

Here (http://webtv.tv2.no/webtv/?treeId=5055&progId=69608) is a better video of the goal. :p

Steffen Iversen ready for Rosenborg!:D

After turning down an offer from Everton he have now accepted a contract-offer from Rosenborg. He did not want to sign a new contract with Vålerenga after last season, so he have in a long time now been a hot subject on "Brakka", Rosenborgs "headquarter":p But he is now ready for Rosenborg BK, the club he left 9 years ago:)

I say: YIPPI!:D

Well, nothing is ready yet though. Skutle has said he is not ready, so we will have to wait and see. I wouldn't mind him comming back to RBK, but I know MANY don't want him back. :S

nor-rbk... do you know where i can download archive match champions league: Legia Warsaw - Rosenborg 3:1 - season 1995/1996 (CL group stage)? :P
I can't find it... Maybe you have goals from this match or rematch (0:4)?

http://www.geocities.com/rbkark/cl.html

Scroll all the way to the bottom and you will find Champions League 1995. Those are the only goals I know about which are on the net, but I do have Legia's goal on VHS, but I don't have any recorder to get onto my computer. So this is what I can help you with, hope you enjoy them anyway. :p

Just thought I'd post this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IERp64JrHFw) video. I liked it a lot. :p

That video brings back a lot of great memories from last seasons CL:) And also one or two bad memories, considering that we won't be playing in the CL the upcoming season and also considering that The Assault on Skjelbred happened when Rosenborg played Olympiakos.....:S

But we will be back in the CL, in the 2007/2008-season:D

Steffen Iversen signs a 3 years deal

Well, Steffen Iversen has agreed on a 3 years deal with the club.
Read more: Signerte for tre år (http://fotball.adressa.no/nyhetsarkiv/article.jhtml?articleID=93545)

Wonder how the Rosenborg players have reacted to this.

Hopefully, the pressure he is under from many of the Rosenborg fans will make him a better player.

Here's an article that was printed in todays "Adressa" (local newspaper):

Bestemte seg før jul (http://fotball.adressa.no/nyhetsarkiv/article.jhtml;jsessionid=PULJRHHGYDNJPQFIMUNSFEQ?a rticleID=93574) (It's in Norwegian)

I think he will be great for Rosenborg, also, the signing of Iversen meens probably that Johnsen will dissapear when the transfer window opens in july.

Shouldn't look away from that someone will dissapear after this signing. Brattbakk and Johnsen are probably those who are in most danger of dissapearing.



BTW: Here is another great compilation made by someone at rbkweb's forum. Link (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=L60ZWH6Z) :D

http://www.rbkweb.com/images/logo.gif v http://rbkweb.no/images/motstandere/zenit.gif
Rosenborg BK - Zenit St. Petersburg
UEFA Cup 4th round, leg 1. Lerkendal Stadium, Trondheim.


First match of the year that means anything. First match at Lerkendal this season. First match for Kone at Lerkendal. First step to Eindhoven in May. First time I will be at a UEFA Cup match. First match in a glorious season. :p

I have quite high expectations infront of this match actually. I hope we can win without conceeding a goal, so we will have a good result to play on in Russia next Thursday. My prediction 2-0 (F. Johnsen and E. Johnsen with the goals (H) ).

Now I'm starting to REALLY look forward to tonights match against Zenit! I can't wait to, hopefully, see Steffen Iversen score for Rosenborg again!:D I'm also hoping a 2-0 win tonight, because that would really give us a great starting point to the match in Russia, which I think is going to be a very difficult match for us......

Wish us good luck!:D

Steffen can't play for us in the UEFA Cup you know, since he signed after that the sign ups for the competition closed. ;)


Possible line up:
-----------------------Espen Johnsen-----------------------

Christer Basma - Bjørn Tore Kvarme - Vidar Riseth - Mikael Dorsin

------Roar Strand ------ Ørjan Berg ------ Jan Gunnar Solli------

----Daniel Braaten ---- Frode Johnsen ---- Øyvind Storflor----

Helstad, Russel and Skjelbred are all out due to injuries.

WOW! That was REALLY TERRIBLE!!!! We lost 0-2 against Zenit!...:( Both of the goals was terrible mistakes by Rosenborg, the first a huge defensive mistake, and the second, WOW! Espen Johnsen shot the ball into a Zenit attacker and the ball went in the goal...:( Same thing he did against Spain........:S

Also! The penalty-curse that have hit Rosenborg continues, today, we missed ANOTHER penalty....:S Also, 2 or 3 times we were alone with the Zenit-goalie, but we somehow managed to lose the ball EVERY time...:S

This was a terrible match, and the chances of Rosenborg continuing to the next phase in the UEFA-cup is VERY small:(

WOW! That was REALLY TERRIBLE!!!! We lost 0-2 against Zenit!...:( Both of the goals was terrible mistakes by Rosenborg, the first a huge defensive mistake, and the second, WOW! Espen Johnsen shot the ball into a Zenit attacker and the ball went in the goal...:( Same thing he did against Spain........:S

Also! The penalty-curse that have hit Rosenborg continues, today, we missed ANOTHER penalty....:S Also, 2 or 3 times we were alone with the Zenit-goalie, but we somehow managed to lose the ball EVERY time...:S

This was a terrible match, and the chances of Rosenborg continuing to the next phase in the UEFA-cup is VERY small:(

so much for meeting you guys in the final :(

PS: we won 3-1 away (H)

so much for meeting you guys in the final :(

PS: we won 3-1 away (H)

meeting you guys in the final seems kind of unrealtistic right now:(

Yeah, very strong victory for you guys considering that the match was played in Holland:p(Y)

Just amazing how crap this team can be sometimes, just amazing. Not one player did his job ok, and especially Solli and F. Johnsen were horrible, not even good enough to get a rating 1 on FM. :nape:

Good bye UEFA Cup advantage. :ewan:

This artivle have been translated by myself, I advice you to read it, but if you don't like the spelling don't comment it, if you like the spelling, please comment it...:)

The goalgetter Harald Martin Brattbakk

It was today a living legend that said goodbye to Rosenborg. Harald Brattbakk will be remembered as one of the greatest players in the clubs history.

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/8941/031127brattbakk3zy.th.jpg (http://img145.imageshack.us/my.php?image=031127brattbakk3zy.jpg)

151 goal in 224 tippeliga-matches in RBK, 166 in 255 tippeliga-matches in total and put together 256 goals in 347 compulsory matches for Rosenborg, says it all. The 35-year old is the best goalgetter Norwegian football have ever seen. He has throughout his career had a sensational ability to be at the right place at the right time, and have "pumped" in goals season after season.

In Europes biggest clubfootball-competiton he did not get remarked with only important and pretty goals. Often it was "the waiter" Harald Martin Brattbakk that contributed the most. From a mor retired role at the AML and/or LF he served his teammates with great passes/crosses again and again, something atleast Vegard Heggem appreciated in Milano at christmas-times in 1996! (http://media.putfile.com/AC-MILAN---ROSENBORG)

He have now decided to leave Rosenborg because he don't get to play for the 1st team, and that he also not have scored a goal in a very long time. One more thing to say:

Thank YOU, Harald Martin! :D

PS. Brattbakk have now in 11 years been my favorite player, and it is very sad that he now leaves Rosenborg..... (:/)

Full article (in Norwegian) (http://www.rbkweb.com/vis/4261)

Harald is without a doubt a great legend. He has meant so incredibly much for this club throughout his years here. I have to admit that this came as a little shock to me, as RBK wanted him back from Bodø/Glimt after last season. Harald Martin has been one of my favourite player in RBK too. Best striker we ever have had (maybe Iversen was better, but I'm too young to remember him). I think it's sad that he is leaving the club. He's just a fantastic man, both on and outside the field.

Thanks for everything King H. M. Brattbakk. :Bow:
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Zenit - Rosenborg 2-1 (Agg: 4-1)
0-1 Riseth 45'
1-1 Kerzhakov 55'
2-1 Denisov 87'

As expected, the second leg became to tough, and Zenit deserved to advance. On the brigth side, we did play much better today than last week.

Alejandro Lago & Sebastian Eguren is going to play in Stockholm next season, in Hammarby. They get laoned out the 2006-season and Hammarby also have an option to bye them....

Another bad deal for us. Don't like that "option to buy" at all, it means that if they play well we can't get them back, and if the fail they will be sent back. Lose - lose situation in other words.

Alejandro Lago & Sebastian Eguren will not play in Hammarby next season as said earlier this week, the reason is the new FIFA-rule that says that a player can play for only 2 different clubs during the international club-season from 1st July to 30th June the year after..... so, again they are back in Rosenborg:p

Haha, morons. :p

Well, well, listen to this: Lago and Eguren is ready to be loaned out. Again! :O
This time they will return back to Uruguay. Lago will play for Bella Vista, while Eguren goes to Montevideo Wanderers. There is no option to buy this time, so they will return after the loan deal expires.
But the big question is: WILL they ever get loaned out. :rolleyes:


Pero de todas formas, buena suerte en Uruguay. :ewan:

this is getting kind of stupid!:p This is the 3rd try, and if it don't work this time either, I don't believe they ever will be loaned out...:p I have NO idea what that spanish stuff means nor-rbk, you care for translating it? :p

Hehe, sure: But anyway, good luck in Uruguay. ;)

ROSENBORG 1-0 Brann
Yssouf Kone 88

Friday 3rd March 2006 17:00
Friendly, Abrahallen, Malvik

Rosenborg [4-3-3]
Lars Hirschfeld - Christer Basma, Bjørn Tore Kvarme, Vidar Riseth (Ståle Stensaas 19), Mikael Dorsin - Roar Strand (Thorstein Helstad 46 (Robbie Russell 80)), Alexander Tettey, Jan Gunnar Solli - Karim Essediri, Frode Johnsen, Øyvind Storflor (Yssouf Kone 46)

Yellow card RBK: Christer Basma

:D :lui:

Rosenborg - Aalesund 5-1
1-0 Storflor 15'
2-0 Helstad 21'
3-0 Stroflor 64'
3-1 Olsen 69'
4-1 Kone 84'
5-1 Stensaas 90'

Skjelbred played is first match since the horrible tackling by Stoltidis in November, he played the first half and he is now ready for the league start. :p
Steffen Iversen had his comeback today, 10 years after he left the club to play in Tottenham instead.
Rosenborg will also go to another training camp before the league start, the team will travel somewhere to sourthern Europe.

The training camp is chosen to be in Portugal.
Because of the cold weather in Trondheim, Rosenborg have chosen to have parts of the preparations for the league start in Albufeira, Portugal.

The cold weather has made it imposible to train on natural gras, and that is the main reason for travelling down to Portugal.

The team will travel from Trondheim 20th March and then travel to Gothenburg on the 24th to play against IFK Gothenburg.



30 days to kick off!!!:D:D
If the snow disappear...

Rosenborg - Aalesund 5-1


Very good result for us, and also very great to see both Skjelbred and Iversen playing, can't wait to watch them when the league kicks-off:D

Albufeira, Portugal

Hey! I've been there!:D Very nice place:)

Tromsø - Rosenborg 0-4
0-1 Kvarme 25'
0-2 Storflor 42'
0-3 Kone 48'
0-4 Braaten 86'

Must admit that we have some great results during this winter's friendlies, 7 wins, 2 draws and 0 loss. This looks very promising before the league start. :p

Tromsø - Rosenborg 0-4
0-1 Kvarme 25'
0-2 Storflor 42'
0-3 Kone 48'
0-3 Braaten 86'


Very nive result, can't wait for the league start:D Also it seems that we finally have gotten hold of a African in Kone that scores goals!:D

Rosenborg sign Hyka

Jahmir Hyka was sent home after the trial last month, but now Rosenborg have decided to sign the Albanian 18-year-old after all.

The talented midfielder signed a three-year-deal with RBK today.

"Hyka is really tiny, but he is quick and a fantastic dribbler - especially in small spaces. His vision of the game is also quite good," Rosenborg assistant coach Knut Toerum says to rosenborg.info.

The U-18 International, who is rated as the best in his age group in Albania, has already been to Trondheim twice. In October last year he played a friendly match against local side Nidelv, and in February he was training together with the first team for two weeks.

Jahmir Hyka will now join the youth department, but he is likely to be promoted to the first team squad during 2006. Already on Tuesday he will begin his new daily routines with training sessions and intensive Norwegian courses.

http://www.rosenborg.info/article/4314

Rosenborg - Start 2-0
1-0 Helstad 6'
2-0 Iversen 62'

Looking good. (H)

Indeed, this is looking very good. We have noe beaten 4 Tippeliga-teams now, including last years second place, so I can't wait for the first match at Lerkendal:D

IFK Gothenburg - Rosenborg 1-1
1-0 Wowoah 74'
1-1 Iversen 79'

Should have won this match. From what I've read about it, we outplayed them some periods. Looks like we have found the form 2 weeks before the league start though. :p

Viking - Rosenborg 2-3
1-0 Svenning 27'
1-1 Tettey 60'
1-2 Kone 75'
1-3 Kone 80'
2-3 Åse Lunde 87'


The victory today it makes us the best team in winter. Status is 9-3-0. :p
I saw the first half, and it was pretty even, but Viking were up 1-0. I didn't see the second half, but from what I've read, it was a well deserved victory. Looking mighty good with one week to go. :p

Only 6 days until the Tippeliga starts!:D Rosenborg starts away against Lillestrøm. Very nice that Kone have scored so many goals! In average he have scored a goal every 78 minute on the pitch for Rosenborg:D

Also, I advice everyone to join the Norwegian Tippeliga PL 2006 (http://www.soccergaming.tv/showthread.php?t=131324) :D

The new shirt:

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/2593/drakt2006lagbilde4gu.th.jpg (http://img98.imageshack.us/my.php?image=drakt2006lagbilde4gu.jpg)

UGLY!

I don't like the new kit either, well actually I don't mind the kit itself, just those "carneval-colour-sponsors". :nape:

But anyway, more pics of the kit and today's Kick-Off party: Link (http://www.rbkweb.com/vis/4355)

http://www.rbkweb.com/images/motstandere/lsk.gif vs http://www.rbkweb.com/images/logo.gif

Tippeligaen - Week 1 from Åråsen Stadion, Lillestrøm.


Finally it's kick-off time. I have looked forward to this since August really. Two of the hottest candidates to win the league meets already in the first match, what a start. Lillestrøm have not beaten Rosenborg at Åråsen since 1999, but have looked awfully strong through the winter season. Rosenborg have not lost to a Norwegian club since September. So this match has everything to become a great match.

Lillestrøm - Rosenborg 3-3
1-0 Kippe 3'
2-0 Koppinen (OG) 15'
2-1 Koppinen 20'
3-1 Koren 70'
3-2 Johnsen 82'
3-3 Strand 85'

Fantastic match. We totally outplayed LSK, but the 15 first minutes were disasterous, but from then and out we played great. Would have deserved 3 points today, but I'm pleased anyway. Micke Dorsin were very good, and Strand will always be Supermann. (Y)

What kind of goal did Koren scored?

It was a beautiful strike from 20 meters. He got the ball, turned around and shot directly with his left foot almost in the top left corner.

Wow, very great match:D A lot of goals and excitement to the end:p Though, the match also shows that we have a problem in defence considering that we let in 3 goals, 2 on corners and 1 on a shot from 20 meters, that atleast I think that Hirschfeld should have taken. But also the match shows that we have the ability to score goals, and I can't wait for next weeks home match against Start!:D

It was a beautiful strike from 20 meters. He got the ball, turned around and shot directly with his left foot almost in the top left corner.

Thanks ;)

Here is a very good match report of the game between Lillestrøm SK and Rosenborg BK:) Enjoy:

http://www.rosenborg.info/article/4369

http://www.rbkweb.com/images/logo.gif vs http://rbkweb.no/images/motstandere/start.gif

Tippeligaen - Week 2 at Lerkedal Stadion, Trondheim

After a very quiet week, it's soon the first home match of this season. Rosenborg are favourites, but if Start takes any points it won't be a surprise. Last year Rosenborg won 3-0 at Lerkendal, but the season were disasterous. Start on the other hand did have a great season ending second. So this could be a awesome match. And it's going to be sold out. :p

Very excited about the first homematch against Start, hopefully we will see some great football and also a lot of goals for Rosenborg:D

Rosenborgs team-picture for 2006 is now read: link (http://www.rbk.no/template/ver1-0/gfx/Lagbilde2006.jpg)

Rosenborg - Start 3-0
1-0 F. Johnsen 49'
2-0 F. Johnsen 66'
3-0 S. Iversen 69'

Good win. The match was pretty even, but Rosenborg controled the match in parts and the victory was deserved. Second half was very entertaining, especially Braathen was great. Man, I just love his technic. :clapwap:

WOHOOOOO!(H) That 2nd half was magnificent!:D The 1st half was really boring, but the 2nd half was great, especially Braaten was great, also very good positioning by Frode Johnsen when he scored 2 out of 3 goals. But the man of the match is still Braaten, considering that he got one assist, got tackled so that Iversen could put the penalty in goal (finally, a penalty goal for us!!!!:D) and also he spiced up the match with great dribbling and technic:D

This looks very promising, and if they continue to perform like this, I don't see why Rosenborg WON'T win Tippeligaen 2006!:D

Nice game by Rosenborg today, and a very deserved win. Good performance by all of the team, and especially Braaten. Didn't understand why he took off Storflor though. He created a few chances in the first half, and Essediri didn't do much. But he managed to get the win, and that's the most important, I guess.

Here is pictures from the match:

Rosenborg - Start (http://www.rbkweb.com/vis/4376)

I want you to especially notice the first 2 pictures. Harald Martin Brattbakk has, as some of you know, retired from football. He has been a legend in Rosenborg, scoring 166 goals in Tippeligaen, and he have always been my favourite player. I must admit, when he entered the pitch before the match began, I had trouble not crying, I managed not to, as nor-rbk can confirm:p

NOTE: the comments are in Norwegian:)

Ha, you cried like a little baby!

http://www.rbkweb.no/images/motstandere/vif.gif vs. http://www.rbkweb.no/images/logo.gif
Tippeligaen - Week 3 at Ullevaall Stadion, Oslo

New match coming up. One of the biggest meetings of the season. Vålerenga are the championship holders, but are not in a good shape. Rosenborg on the other hand are in good shape, the Trondheim club has not lost to another Norwegian club since September. A very special match for Steffen Iversen too after he returned from Vålerenga to RBK this winter. I hope and think we can get another win tomorrow, and already now leave VIF in relegation sone. (H)
2-0 is Rosenborg my tip.

this is going to be one hell of a match!!:D Rosenborg is leader in the Tippeliga and are looking very strong, Vålerenga on other hand look very weak, and WILL get crushed tomorrow!:p I HOPE!:D I have always hated Vålerenga, and of course I will continue hating them after tomorrows match. My prediction for the game: 3-1 to Rosenborg!:D Goal scored by Steffen Iversen, Yssouf Kone and Frode Johnsen. As for Vålerengas goalscorer; anyone but Berre!!!!!!

Vålerenga - Rosenborg 0-0

Very even match, and a draw is fair. No great match, but still quite entertaining. VIF had the most dangerous chances, and we were lucky not to be down 1-0 just after half time. But a fair result anyway.

bah! What a boring match, well, Vålerenga had some great chances, other than that; boooooring!.... Now I'm looking forward to Molde at Lerkendal!:D

Big match against Molde tomorrow, also this match Lerkendal will be as good as sold-out, and it looks like Rosenborg are going to set a new record in average attendance (the right word? i mean most people or something....:S)... Last match against Vålerenga was a bit dissapointing, and I do hope that tomorrows match will be very exciting with a lot of goals for Rosenborg!:D

Also the new Rosenborg Magazine is out, looks nice!!:D:D
Rosenborg Magazine - article in English (http://www.rosenborg.info/article/4401)

http://www.rbkweb.no/images/logo.gif vs. http://www.rbkweb.no/images/motstandere/molde.gif

Tippeligaen - Week 4 at Lerkendal Stadion, Trondheim


Yep, a big match tomorrow. The closest we come to derby, and the stadium is sold out as you said. Really looking forward to it, I actually think we will win comfortably tomorrow, predicted 4-0 in the PL and I have feeling that 4-0 will be the result.

Hvis du mener gjennomsnitlig tilskuertall, så blir det riktig med "average attendance" ja. ;)

Rosenborg - Molde 0-1
0-1 Rudi (pen.) 13'

Undeserved. Rosenborg were far the better team, and the result was unfair. They scored on a penalty that never was a penalty, and we didn't get one when it was a penalty, especially if Molde's one was. Oh, well, new match on Thursday.

Man! Solli was terrible, the Referee was terrible and the Result was terrible! Must try to forget this match and look forward to next weeks match against Stabæk!.....

http://rbkweb.no/images/motstandere/stabaek.gif vs. http://www.rbkweb.no/images/logo.gif

Tippeligaen - Week 5 at Nadderud Stadion, Bærum

A lot of matches these days, and tomorrow there is one very important one. We need to win this one to be in the top, or else there will be many points up already. We usually struggle some with Stabæk and haven't won at Nadderud since 2000. Very tough to predict, so I'll just leave that part.

The start of the Tippeliga has been weird, Vålerenga playing like crap and Sandefjord and Stabæk in the top 4!:S Well, today that's going to change, I know Rosenborg have had a hard time beating Stabæk, but today, we will win!:D

My prediction: 1-3 (H)

Stabæk - Rosenborg 1-1
0-1 T. Helstad 63'
1-1 D. Nannskog 79'

As foreseen, this was a tough match and we were a bit lucky to get one point even though we were close to get all three. They didn't play at the level I want them to, Stabæk controlled the match and that is not good enough since they just got promoted. Already 5 points behing Brann, but they will never win the league anyway, so no danger there.

http://www.rbkweb.no/images/logo.gif vs. http://rbkweb.no/images/motstandere/sandefjord.gif

Tippeligaen - Week 6 at Lerkendal Stadion, Trondheim

A must win for Rosenborg, if we don't win tomorrow we can almost forget about winning the league this year, that will leave us just too many points behind. The last matches have been quite disappointing, and I don't think we will play party football tomorrow either. But I think we will win, not big, but win. This should be an easy match actually, but I don't think it will be, you never know about this edition of RBK.

Well, I don't need to say that I'm looking forward to this match, lets just say I look forward to any match Rosenborg plays!:D It's sun outside and 20 degrees, and the weather for this match could not be more perfect. As for the match, I'm actually very nervous, we HAVE to win this one, if we don't that will be a disaster and last years 7th place probably was a warning of what to come....

But I don't think we will lose, the victory should be ours, and I truly believe we will win:)

Rosenborg - Sandefjord 3-1
1-0 S. Iversen 9'
2-0 S. Iversen 20'
2-1 S. Isaksen 51'
3-1 A. Tettey 78'

First half was very good, we could have been up 4-0 or 5-0 by HT. They were owned in first half. Second half was the opposite, what on earth did Høgmo tell them in the brake? We were very lucky they didn't equalize and even take the lead. The last 15 minutes were better though, and a nice goal by Tettey.

Nice game, nice win. Finally it looked like they were playing like a team, atleast in the 1st half. 2 very nice goals, and a lot of chances to!:D Looks like Rosenborg are on their way to the top again, I like it!:D

http://www.rbkweb.no/images/motstandere/kvik.gif vs. http://www.rbkweb.no/images/logo.gif

Norwegian Cup - Round 1 at Lade Gressbane, Trondheim

Another match tomorrow, also an important one, but very easy too. We should at least score 10 goals tomorrow, even though we play with mostly reserves. I love the first rounds of the cup, always fun to see these big wins. :p

My prediction: 0-16 :fool:

Kvik - Rosenborg 1-8
0-1 P. C. Skjelbred 16'
0-2 F. Johnsen 27'
0-3 F. Johnsen 35'
0-4 F. Johnsen 38'
0-5 S. Iversen 50'
0-6 J. G. Solli 57'
0-7 Ø. Storflor 66'
0-8 R. Russel 80'
1-8 F. Guin 82'

I didn't see the match so I don't know if they played any good, but I am actually a little disappointed with the result, but maybe I demand too much. Well, well, we got easily through to the next round and that was the most important goal today.

http://rbkweb.no/images/motstandere/til.gif vs. http://www.rbkweb.no/images/logo.gif

Tippeligaen - Week 7 at Alfheim Stadion, Tromsø

After Lillestrøm's win last night, we need to win this one, or else we will be 7 points behind already. Tromsø have had an awful start to this season, but got a strong win against Lyn last round. Very tough match, hopefully we will bring all 3 points with us home, but it's going to be hard.

Tromsø - Rosenborg 1-1
1-0 L. I. Strand 15'
1-1 Ø. Storflor 65'

I didn't see the match, so I don't know how they played. But the result is far from good enough. 7 points behind. :S

5th place is far from good enough, and considering that Lillestrøm won their match, Rosenborg now are 7 points behind....:S I don't know either how they played against Tromsø, but I saw Storflors goal, and that was pretty!:D Now I'm looking forward to tuesdays match against Odd:)

http://www.rbkweb.no/images/logo.gif vs. http://rbkweb.no/images/motstandere/odd.gif

Tippeligaen - Week 8 at Lerkendal Stadion, Trondheim

Here we go again, great amount of matches these days, lovely. Tomorrow is the 16th of May-match, Norwegian soccer's national day. Odd are coming to Lerkendal this year, they are in good shape and in 3rd place at the moment while RBK are in 5th, 3 points behind Odd. Last year we crushed them 6-0 at Lerkendal and 5-0 away. We absolutely must win tomorrow, and I also belive we will, we usually have a good grip(?) on Odd. Hopefully tomorrow will be a festive night as the 16th of May usually is.

Yesterday it was only 90 tickets reamining for sale, and they are probably sold out now, so that meens that the stadium will be packed with people cheering for Rosenborg to win:D I love the 16th of May matches, and hopefully tonights match will be something to remember!:)

Essediri going to World Cup
Karim Essediri has been taken out to represent Tunisia in the FIFA 2006 World Cup in Germany.

The Rosenborg winger increased his chances with some good performances against Serbia and Montenegro in a friendly match in March, and last night he recieved the confirmation from Tunisia coach Roger Lemerre.

"The message did not surprise me. Our national team coach did call Per-Mathias Høgmo (Rosenborg coach) already a few weeks ago, telling him that he would pick me. But I could not be really sure before I got the confirmation. Now I am really happy," Essediri tells local Trondheim newspaper Adresseavisen.

The 27-year-old shall join the Tunisia camp immediately, but Rosenborg are almost certain to be allowed to use the player in Tuesday's home match against Odd Grenland. Then Essediri won't be present in Trondheim until the league continues in July. This means he will miss the games against Lyn, HamKam and Brann in May and June.

Tunisia is drawn into group H together with Saudi Arabia, Spain and Ukraine.

"I think we will be fighting with the two last mentioned for going through," Essediri says.

Their opening match is against the Arabs 14 June in Munich.

http://www.rosenborg.info/article/4455



Note: There will be sat a new attendance record tonight at "New" Lerkendal. Over 22 000 people will come and see this match, even though the maximum capacity are 21 166 seats. The "russ" will get some extra tickets. And now even the sun is shining, everything is set for an awesome night. :p

Rosenborg - Odd 1-1
0-1 O. Hviden-Watson 11'
1.1 S. Iversen 32'

Well, then we can just forget about another league title, 9 points behind is way to much. We played good sometimes today, but mainly it was not what I expect from this team. And that moron Solli really starts to piss me off now, why the hell do he play so much? Why do he play at all? He had some good shots today, but that was it! Disappointing. :nape:

Yes, this is disappointing, 9 points behind is way to much! Though I still have the hope that we can win the league, the chance of that is dissapearing...:S Considering the way Rosenborg played tonight we should have won, because Odd almost had only one goal chance, and that was the one chance they scored at...:S

Their goal wasn't a chance, it wasn't even a half-chance. It's so typical that we conseede those crap goals, and waste dozens of clear chances. Perhaps Høgmo should introduce some finishing practice, because something must be done.

Lyn Oslo 1 - 2 Rosenborg BK
18' - Kevin Larsen (Lyn)
46' - Steffen Iversen (Rosenborg BK)
58' - Frode Johnsen (Rosenborg BK)

I would say an okay match, since we won, but what a terrible first half!:| In the first half it seemed none of the Rosenborg players didn't know how to pass without giving the ball away to Lyn! Solli did another astonishing terrible match, and the Exchange Høgmo did in the halftime-break substituting Iversen on for Solli was briliant. Iversen scored after 22 seconds of the 2nd half, and in the 58th minute Frode Johnsen scored a superb goal from about 20 meters in the top corner of the goal, keeper had no chance reaching that shot!:D

Rosenborg are now 7 points behind Brann and Lillestrøm on the 1st place, and are now situated on 3rd place.:)

Unbelievable. We play awful football for 80 minutes, totally owned by Lyn, and we managed to win. What a robbery! Well, well, 3 points are 3 points. But there were not much positive to get out of this match, except the points.
Johnsen's goal was fantastic though, brilliant.

Unbelievable. We play awful football for 80 minutes, totally owned by Lyn, and we managed to win. What a robbery!

I would not say that we played awful football for 80 minutes and then get owned by Lyn, it's just that after the 2 goals we played secure football instead of playing unsecure and hazardius attacking football.

I would not say that we played awful football for 80 minutes and then get owned by Lyn, it's just that after the 2 goals we played secure football instead of playing unsecure and hazardius attacking football.
The first half we were owned. Didn't create anything, except from chances for Lyn (Riseth you .... ). Hirschfeld saved us and was the only one that did what he could in the first half. In second we were much better yes, but we were lucky that they didn't score against us when we put 11 man in our own box. Really lucky. And every time we got the ball we either kicked it far up or passed directly to Lyn players, instead of trying to keep the ball and let the time work for us. And, of course, I don't mean we should have pushed everyone upward and try to get another goal, but try to keep the ball instead of just give it away immediately.

The first half we were owned. Didn't create anything, except from chances for Lyn (Riseth you .... ). Hirschfeld saved us and was the only one that did what he could in the first half. In second we were much better yes, but we were lucky that they didn't score against us when we put 11 man in our own box. Really lucky. And every time we got the ball we either kicked it far up or passed directly to Lyn players, instead of trying to keep the ball and let the time work for us. And, of course, I don't mean we should have pushed everyone upward and try to get another goal, but try to keep the ball instead of just give it away immediately.

Yes, the 1st half we play awful football, and were owned, yes. But in the second half, I would not say we were owned, we just played deffensive, boring, but effective football. Of course we didn't play good football in the 2nd half, and I know that we almost everytime we got the goal passed it up the field to a Lyn player, but what i meant was that we weren't owned for 80 minutes, but maybe we were owned about 50-60 minutes of the game, because the 1st quarter in the 2nd half was actually not so terrible:p :)

Helstad in need of knee surgery

Thorstein Helstad will have to undergo surgery to fix an injured cartilage. He'll lose the rest of the spring season.

Last year's RBK top scorer has had a nightmare of a season so far. In advance, he was appointed the centre forward of choice, but the misery started already in January - when his left foot got fractured. The southeasterner hence lost both the UEFA cup games against Zenit.

whole article (http://www.rosenborg.info/article/4480)

That is really bad news, Helstad is the best striker we have. Having a big squad pays off now I guess with all those injuries.

Currently unavaible players:
Roar Strand (knee)
Ørjan Berg (knee)
Thorstein Helstad (knee)
Miika Koppinen (knee)
Yssouf Kone (pulled thigh)
Karim Essediri (World Cup)

Hyka a wanted man

Jahmir Hyka won't have to worry about a new employer, now that he leaves Rosenborg and Norway. Several big clubs have already shown interest.

whole article (http://www.rosenborg.info/article/4479)

Well then, I guess in a couple of years we will see him in the first team squad in one of europes best teams, as happened with Messi:S

This is just too stupid. We get one of the best talents in Albania, said to be their Marardonna and we get NFF in our way. :nape: NFF says he is not vital for RBK, but NFF should let RBK decide that and stay out of that discussion. :kader:

Wohooo!:D The sun is shining, the birds are singing, and in 1 hour Lerkendal Stadium is filled with 21 000 people waiting for the Rosenborg players to enter the field!:D I'm so excited! Rosenborg have to win tonight, and I think we will, wish be good luck!:D

... and we lose big!

Rosenborg - HamKam 0-3
0-1 K.H. Haraldsen 18'
0-2 R. Kienast 52'
0-3 R. Kienast 61'


The result speak for itself, disasterous!

Yepp! disasterous!!! Nothing was right, the finishing was awful, the passes was terrible, and the marking was also terrible. This looks not good, and next week we have to win against Brann to atleast have a chance of winning the Tippeliga, though, that looks rather not likely right now:(

Good play by Tettey

Alexander Tettey helped much when the U21 national team won 1-0 over Spain tonight.

RBK's midfielder talent substituted Lyn's Tomasz Sokolowski at half time, and helped straighten out things on Norway's central midfield.

"We didn't begin too well, and we were not able to put enough pressure on them. I myself wasn't able to recieve the ball properly," Alexander Tettey told TV2 Zebra.

whole article (http://www.rosenborg.info/article/4500)

I have some great news about Jahmir Hyka, check this out:

Hyka gets license after all

The drama concerning Jahmir Hyka got a happy ending today: the Rosenborg talent got the player's license from the Football Association!

The 18 year old from Albania signed a three year contract in March, but despite numerous attempts from RBK he did not get a license. This was all because the Norwegian Football Association claimed he was "not vital for the club". Three weeks ago Rosenborg gave up, and chose to send Hyka home.

But today the happy news arrived: the Norwegian Football Association had changed their minds and gave a license to the U-21 International, who thereby also gets a permit to stay in Norway.

whole article (http://www.rosenborg.info/article/4503)

This is great news for Rosenborg, hopefully he can develop into a great player for Rosenborg, atleast he have the talent to be:D

Yep, really good news. He got his debut last night too, for the 2nd team against Steinkjer, they lost 4-0 and Hyka played for 80 minutes without impressing. But we couldn't expect class play of him last night, since he arrived in Trondheim the same day. Hopefully he will be treated well and developes to become a class player.

Rosenborg - Brann 0-0

Very good first half, we were unlucky that we weren't leading after the first half. Second half was nothing to cheer over though, there were no creativity and no runs. Brann were not really good tonight, and we should have won this one, but our inefficiency continues.

yes, a very good first half indeed! Though, it's terrible that we did not get a goal in the first half, F. Johnsen should have scored atleast one goal. Well, now it's vacation for the players during the WC, and maybe that's good for the team, play against weeker opponents and maybe gain some confidence so that they come back strong when the season starts again after the break:)

Atleast in the first half against Brann I saw that Rosenborg have the potential to win the league this season, and that comforts me quite a bit:)

NOTE! Me and nor-rbk is playing a match tonight, at the same time as Rosenborg plays Steinkjer tonight, cross the fingers for us atleast scoring a goal!:D:p

NOTE! Me and nor-rbk is playing a match tonight, at the same time as Rosenborg plays Steinkjer tonight, cross the fingers for us atleast scoring a goal!:D:p
Yeah, that would have been really great. 0-23 in goal difference after 3 matches isn't anything to be proud of. :p
My knee seems good today too. I think we will get a goal today. ;)

Yeah, that would have been really great. 0-23 in goal difference after 3 matches isn't anything to be proud of. :p
My knee seems good today too. I think we will get a goal today. ;)

You didn't have to say that!:p Though, to our defence; me and nor-rbk have only played 1 out of those 3 matches:p

Steinkjer - Rosenborg 0-4
0-1 S. Iversen 25'
0-2 Ø. Storflor 30'
0-3 S. Iversen 43' (pen)
0-4 S. Iversen 56'

Guess this was an easy match. A lot easier than we got it today, I got out of count midway in the first half, but we lost somewhere around 10-0. And damn it, when are we going to get a goal? :fool:

Nice of Iversen getting a hattrick, hopefully he can come back strong for the last part of the season:)

Rosenborg - Aalesund 1-1
0-1 T. H. Aarøy 11'
1-1 D. Braaten 54'

Awfull match, from both teams. RBK was maybe a little better, and had a huge chance just before the end that should have been a goal. There were very few chances for both of them, mostly passing around in the middle. Disappointing match where 1-1 was a fair result for two very weak teams.

Helstad sold to Brann

Thorstein Helstad is sold to Brann. Our top scorer last season leaves RBK after two seasons in the club. I'm not surprised that someone of the strikers disappeared, but selling Helstad was not the most clever thing to do. We need a striker that can score often, and now we're selling our best striker from last year. Well done... :boohoo:


http://www.rbkweb.no/vis/4560

Man! What's going on down at Lerkendal, Helstad is probably the best attacker we have when it comes to scoring goals, and selling him was not so very smart in my opinion. Hopefully Iversen or Johnsen starts scoring some goals.....:S

Rosenborg - Haugesund 1-1
1-0 F. Johnsen 43'
1-1 R. Berlinsky 63'

Don't know how they played, but the result is very, very disappointing. (N)

Viking - Rosenborg 1-3
0-1 F. Johnsen 12'
1-1 P. Ijeh 37'
1-2 F. Johnsen 38'
1-3 D. Braaten 48'

Finally a win again, the 4th this season. Rosenborg was by far the best team at Viking Stadion today. RBK should have won by a larger margin, but thanks to a good Iven Austbø in Viking's goal and weak finishing by Braaten it ended with 3-1. And Brann got crushed 4-0 by HamKam today, and now we are 7 points behind and placed 3rd on the table. A good start of the autumn season.

Rosenborg - Raufoss 2-1 AET
1-0 S. Iversen 6'
1-1 M. Berisha 52'
2-1 P. C. Skjelbred 119'

Damn, so close to a complete humiliation. Rosenborg played awful and Raufoss almost controlled the match, at Lerkendal! Well, well, we got through, even though it was a **** match from our side.

EDIT: Follo knocked out Molde (H)

I am SO back from Greece, and Rosenborg are so back in the top after the victory against Viking, it helped a lot that Brann lost and Lillestrøm drawed against Odd, hopefully Rosenborg will win against Fredrikstad this sunday:D

Robbie Russel sold to Viborg
http://www.rbkweb.no/vis/4610

Frode Johnsen sold to Nagoya
http://www.rbkweb.no/vis/4609

Sebastian Eguren loaned out to Hammarby
http://www.rbkweb.no/vis/4602

Alejandro Lago loaned out to IFK Gothenburg
http://www.rosenborg.info/article/4576

"No one" has signed a 3 year contract with RBK
We soon don't have enough players if this continues, we haven't bought one player during this summer, and 5 have left. (:/)

Rosenborg - Fredrikstad 1-0
1-0 M. Dorsin 63'

The only positive thing about this match was that we won and got 3 points, because this was no go performance at all. The match was boring as hell, but RBK was slightly better than Fredrikstad and got that crusial goal. But with a poor performance, we got 3 points and are now actually not far from the top.


Note: Frode Johnsen played his last match for RBK today, he is now leaving for Japan and Nagoya. Thank you and good luck!

Wow, a REALLY boring match, I actually had trouble NOT falling asleep!..... Though, the most important thing is that we won and got the very important 3 points that brings us closer to Lillestrøm and Brann!:D

Rosenborg - Mandalskameratene 1-0
1-0 S. Iversen 86'


The play is just as convincing as the result, but we are ready for the quarter final.

Little late but;

Start - Rosenborg 2-1
1-0 S. Bärlin 14'
2-0 K. Hæstad 83'
2-1 Y. Kone 90'



Høgmo takes a break :S
Per-Mathias Høgmo is burned out, and will take a pause for two months. Knut Tørum will lead the team untill Høgmo is back (if he comes back).
Read More (http://www.rosenborg.info/article/4638)

Rosenborg - Lillestrøm 3-1
1-0 R. Strand 60'
2-0 M. Jamtfall 72'
2.1 A. Sundgot 84'
3-1 S. Iversen 90'

Fantastic match, the best one this season, no doubt about it. Almost everyone out there did a splendid job. Hopefully this continues. Jamtfall got his Tippeliga debut at Lerkendal today and did that very good I guess. :rockman:

against Lillestrøm it seemed like everything that have NOT worked in the first 14 matches suddenly worked, and I must say, it felt so great when Jamtfall scored the 2-0 goal, great stuff by Jamtfall scoring a goal in his 2nd appearence for Rosenborg in the Tippeliga!:D Hopefully Rosenborg continues to play like this, because the next opponent is Vålerenga!!!:D

Rosenborg - Vålerenga 3-2
1-0 S. Iversen 19'
2-0 M. Dorsin 40'
2-1 A. Mathiesen 70'
2-2 C. Grindheim 81'
3-2 V. Riseth 83'

Damn, this was a little too breath-taking! Very good to see the fighting spirit and get that 3rd goal when VIF equalized so late. First half was really good, and if we were a little more lucky we could have scored 3 or 4 more. Second half wasn't that great, VIF controlled more or less. But we got the 3 points we deserved today. But this was strain on the nerves!

holy sh*t! This was a VERY exciting match! After the 1st half I was like: Wooooooohoooooo :lui: after 40 minutes of the second half I was like: :f***: , then after the 2nd half I was like: Woooooohoooooooooohoooooooooooo YEAH! :lui: Finally Rosenborg are showing some skills, though, the 2nd half was kind of bad, the 1st half was terrific and as nor-rbk says, it could have been 4-0 after the 1st half.

Only 4 points up to the 1st place, and if we continue playing like this I believe the Championship is ours!!!!:D Though, it should be mentioned that I get to much carried away:p

Molde - Rosenborg 0-2
0-1 D. Braaten 41'
0-2 Y. Kone 90'

Ha, this better shut Stavrum's mouth for a while, moron! We are back in it, only 1 point behind Brann now. Deserved win today. We won against Molde again, finally. And have now 3 wins on a row, hopefully we will have 4 on Wednesday, then it's the quarter final in the cup away against Viking.http://www.soccergaming.tv/attachment.php?attachmentid=121731

hell yeah!(H) and we're back in the game again!:D With only 1 points up to Brann at the 1st place we have an opportunity to win the gold!:D No one saw that one coming a few weeks ago did they?!:D Braatens goal today was amazing, and Kones goal too was a real beauty for the eye! Hopefully the great polay continues against Viking at wednesday:)

Well, it's not on Wednesday, then it's Norway - Brasil. But on Sunday it's Viking-RBK. ;)

Well, it's not on Wednesday, then it's Norway - Brasil. But on Sunday it's Viking-RBK. ;)

Sorry, mixed the two matches up, though, I can't understand how I mixed up a match between Brasil vs Norway with Viking vs Rosenborg:p

Hey, I did the same in my post. :p

Viking - Rosenborg 1-3
0-1 M. Dorsin 17'
0-2 Ø. Storflor 55'
1-2 A. Ødegaard 59'
1-3 A. Tettey 60'

YES! We are ready for the semi-final! Which will be against Sandefjord at Lerkendal. We are going to Ullevaall this year. :D
About today's match; Viking were best the first half, but we controlled the second and it's a well deserved semi-final spot for us.

This was a very lucky match for us, we had 3 chances to score a goal and scored on everyone of them!:D If Rosenborg continue being this effective I do believe that we will get a gold medal not only in the Cup but also in the Tippeliga:D

Rosenborg sign Sapara
After over a month's of waiting time, Marek Sapara is - finally - only formalities away from signing for Rosenborg.
Read More: http://www.rosenborg.info/article/4711


Finally he's ready. Let's hope he doesn't follow the trend that other foreigners at the club have done earlier.

http://sport.vg.no/live-data/logos/3-logo-1538.gif vs. http://sport.vg.no/live-data/logos/11-logo-7338.gif

An important match for Rosenborg since both Lillestrøm and Brann won their matches yesterday. Rosenborg have been struggling against Stabæk in the past few years, the last victory against them was 5 years ago, so now it's time to break the curse and win against them!:D

My prediction: 1-0 - Iversen
1-1 - Gunnarson (stabæk)
2-1 - Riseth
3-1 - Sapara (in the 90th minute:p)

Rosenborg - Stabæk 1-0
1-0 S. Iversen 81'

An extremely important win today, we are still one point behind Brann but we have left Stabæk behind now. Today's win was very deserved, RBK controlled the match from the 15th min and out, so no wonder people got happy when Iversen got that crusial goal in the end!

This was a very important match for Rosenborg, not only because Brann and Lillestørm won their matches sunday, but also because Stabæk was on 4th place, and would have gone past Rosenborg IF they had won against them yesterday:p But Rosenborg won, and now we have 6 wins in a row, and I am starting to believe that the gold medal might end up in Trondheim!:D

Week 19 of the Norwegian Tippeliga:

http://sport.vg.no/live-data/logos/103-logo-7198.gif vs. http://sport.vg.no/live-data/logos/3-logo-1538.gif

Every single one of the matches left in the Tippeliga is now VERY important for Rosenborg, Rosenborg are now 3rd on the table, Lillestrøm are 2nd with equal points as Rosenborg, just better goal differential, and Brann is in 1st place 1 point ahead of Rosenborg. Brann is playing against Stabæk at their homepitch and Lillestrøm are playing against Start at their homepitch. Both Start and Stabæk are very good at their homepitch, so I think Lillestrøm and Brann are going to struggle against them. Therefore it's very important that Rosenborg win against Sandefjord so that they will lead the Tippeliga after week 19!:D

Sandefjord - Rosenborg 0-2
0-1 S. Iversen (pen) 20'
0-2 Ø. Storflor 90'

With this victory we are now leading the table before Brann and Lillestrøm plays their matches. Sapara got his debut today, I have no clue how he did since I couldn't see the match, but he was substituted in the 90th min so he must have done a good figure.

yes, Sapara did play very well indeed, and I think Rosenborg finally have succeded in bringing a good foreigner to the club.

Now we're 2nd in the table, since Brann won their match, but Lillestrøms lost their, Rosenborg have still not played against Brann in Bergen, so I think that match will be the match who decides which team to win the trophy!....:)

Rosenborg - Sandefjord 2-5
0-1 A. Tegström 16'
0-2 O. Zanetti 18'
0-3 O. Zanetti 28'
0-4 B. Madsen 35'
1-4 S. Iversen 41'
2-4 J. G. Solli 56'
2-5 F. Thorsen 61'

******* morons! Maybe the worst match I ever have seen. We're in the semi-final and play like a bunch of fowls. Only Sapara didn't make a joke of himself today. There was absolutely nothing positive about this match, not even the weather.

Odd Grenland - Rosenborg 0-4
0-1 S. Iversen 7'
0-2 J. G. Solli 56'
0-3 M. Sapara 57'
0-4 Y. Kone 88'

One point behind with one match less. This is looking so good! Champions League next year... :p

Rosenborg - Tromsø
0-1 S. Rushfeldt 34'
1-1 S. Iversen 62'
2-1 S. Iversen 90'

Oh, this was so deserved! And we are topping the table!!! :rockman:

That victory was one of the most deserved I've seen, and now we are on the 1st place 2 points ahead of Brann(H):D If they continue like this (7 wins in the league in a row) you guys will see Rosenborg in the CL next year!:D

Rosenborg - Lyn 2-1
1-0 S. Iversen 48'
1-1 C. Edu 53'
2-1 S. Iversen 56'

5 points ahead of Brann who have one match less played. Good match from our side, especially Iversen, Sapara and Braaten were good. :p

Iversen is playing GREAT at the moment, and I bet that he'll be in the starting 11 when Norway meets Greece in the ECQ:)

Since Brann won their match against Odd on monday, Brann are now 2 points behind. Since the match between Brann and Rosenborg have not been played yet it's still possible for Brann to get the gold, although, I do not think that will happen, here's the table in the Tippeliga when every team have 4 matches left:

Rosenborg 22 38 - 20 45

Brann 22 36 - 25 43
Lillestrøm 22 37 - 30 37
Start 22 25 - 26 33
Stabæk 22 37 - 30 32
Vålerenga 22 32 - 26 32
Odd Grenland 22 28 - 30 29
Lyn 22 28 - 31 29
Ham-Kam 22 31 - 30 26
Fredrikstad 22 32 - 40 25
Sandefjord 22 31 - 42 25
Molde 22 26 - 35 24

Viking 22 23 - 31 23
Tromsø 22 26 - 34 20

HamKam - Rosenborg 1-1
1-0 R. Kienast (pen) 38'
1-1 J. G. Solli 54'

Very exciting match. We were so close of getting all 3 points, but we were also so close of losing the one we had as well. Since Brann lost yesterday we really had the oppurtunity to get a fine gap down to them, but we didn't take that chance good enough. But, we are now 3 points ahead and Sunday's match will decide a lot, if we win we probably will win the league as well.

Brann - Rosenborg 1-3
0-1 Ø. Storflor 36'
1-1 M. Andresen (pen) 50'
1-2 S. Iversen 67'
1-3 M. Sapara 86'



TROILLAN PÅ TOPP!!! JAAAA!!!!!

WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS!!!

:lui: :lui: :lui:

Damn, I can't wait til next Sunday now. We'll be getting the medals then, if we don't loose and Brann win of course. But this is over, we are the champions. :rockman:

Congrats, Rosenborg! Its amazing how you knocked Brann down. :rockman:

Now can VIF take the silver from Brann - and then we meets in Royal League! (H)

Thanks. :D


And please get passed Brann, just to make them get even more depressed. :p

Yes, i hope so...

(Help us HamKam and Viking)

btw.. i think that HamKam with their's boring football will get a point from Brann. And Viking gonna beat the hell out' of them :D

Then its up to us..

Looking forward to Royal League now. :)

Ørjan Berg retires on Sunday
One of the best players during Rosenborg's golden years retires at a full-seated Lerkendal on Sunday. Berg has been one of my favourite players, with his brilliant technic and precision. Thanks for everything, Ørjan!

Read More (http://www.rbkweb.no/vis/4861)

Rosenborg - Viking 4-1
1-0 M. Sapara 10'
1-1 S. Berg 18'
2-1 S. Iversen 68'
3-1 R. Strand 79'
4-1 D. Braaten 90'

We didn't play any good really, so the result is very flattering for Viking. But, who cares. We are the champions!!:D

SERIEGULL!!!

CONGRATS ROSENBORG!!!

Now we're gonna take the bronze. :)

Thanks, feels awesome! :D


And congratulations yourself, with the place in Royal League. ;)

Many thanks. Im sooo nervous ... I wanna the bronze SOO much.. especially in front of LSK :D :rockman:

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btw.. where did you get that "RBK"-smiley in sig? :ewan:

Budge made them 3 years ago. But, he didn't make a special one for Rosenborg, so I just "re-coloured" it in Photoshop to what it's like now.

Nice... Do you think you could "re-coloured" to Blue and red and VIF? :)

You dont have to, i just asking.

Yep, I can do that. But you will have to wait til tomorrow then. ;)

Of course.. I can wait.. it awesome that you will make it. ;)

Høgmo resigns
Per-Mathias Høgmo steps down as head coach of Rosenborg already. Knut Tørum will porbably take over permanently, and he will be the 6th head coach since 2002! :|

Must say that I'm not suprised, I think this job was just too difficult for him. But I don't like all these changes in the staff all the time. I hope Tørum stays some time now, even though I would like to have Høgmo to be the boss.

:nape:

Of course.. I can wait.. it awesome that you will make it. ;)
Here you go:

http://www.soccergaming.tv/attachment.php?attachmentid=129850&stc=1

Thank you VERY much! :rockman:

No problem. ;)

Fredrikstad - Rosenborg 1-1
0-1 S. Iversen 5'
1-1 Ø. Hoås 78'

I didn't see it, hear it or have read anything about this match. The match was afterall not important for us. We now have 12 matches without a loss (10-2-0).


FINAL STANDINGS


1. Rosenborg 26 15 8 3 47-24 53
2. Brann 26 14 4 8 39-36 46
3. Vålerenga 26 13 5 8 43-28 44
4. Lillestrøm 26 12 8 6 44-33 44
5. Stabæk 26 10 9 7 53-36 39
6. Start 26 10 7 9 29-32 37
7. Lyn 26 10 5 11 33-36 35
8. Fredrikstad 26 8 8 10 38-46 32
9. Sandefjord 26 9 5 12 37-47 32
10. Tromsø 26 8 5 13 33-39 29
11. Viking 26 8 5 13 31-37 29
12. Odd Grenland 26 7 8 11 30-38 29
13. HamKam 26 7 7 12 35-39 28
14. Molde 26 7 4 15 29-50 25

Hoho... RBK have problem in Royal League. What happend to you guys? :hump:

We had 9 players unavailable. That really says everything. I don't think we have a chance against Odense tomorrow either.