The Norwegian Football Federation (Bokmål: Norges Fotballforbund, Nynorsk: Noregs Fotballforbund; NFF; Northern Sami: Norgga spábbačiekčanlihttu) is the governing body of football in Norway. It was formed in 1902 and organizes the men's and women's national teams, as well as the league systems for men and women (whose top levels are the Eliteserien and Toppserien, respectively). The current president of NFF is Lise Klaveness. By 1 January 2004, there were 1,814 clubs organized in Norway and 373,532 registered players. It is the largest sports federation in Norway.
The NFF joined FIFA in 1908 and UEFA in 1954.
The NFF was part of an unsuccessful joint bid with the SvFF, the DBU, and the SPL to host the UEFA Euro 2008 championship. The SvFF invited the NFF to join them in bidding for the UEFA Euro 2016 championship. The NFF and Norwegian politicians expressed support for such a proposal, but Euro 2016 was eventually awarded to France.
The Norwegian Football Federation announced in December 2024 that Norway would not compete against the Israeli national football team in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers and called on FIFA and UEFA to investigate Israeli human rights violations against the Palestinian population before the match between Norway and Israel in March 2025.
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Foundation
In Spring 1902, Lyn invited representatives from Grane and Spring (both now defunct) to join together in forming a national football association. On 30 April, 14 delegates from the three clubs met at the Hotel Bristol in Oslo. These were Trygve Karlsen, Arthur Nordlie, Leif Eriksen, and Bredo Eriksen from Lyn; Just Hagemann, Isak Benjaminsen, Walter Aigeltinger, and Emil Wettergreen from Grane; and Christen Hummel Johansen, Arne Baggerud, Birger Freihow, Thorleif Wibe, and Thorvald Torgersen from Spring. Together they agreed to form a football association and voted 9 to 5 to adopt the name proposed by Lyn - Norsk Fodboldforbund. Isak Benjaminsen from Grane was adopted as the first chairman.
International honours
Men
Olympic Bronze Medal 1936
U21 Men
European Championships Bronze Medal 1998, 2013
Women
World Cup Silver Medal 1991
World Cup Gold Medal 1995
Olympic Gold Medal 2000
European Championships Gold Medal 1987, 1993
European Championships Silver Medal 1989, 1991, 2005, 2013
European Championships Bronze Medal 2009
Regional associations
NFF Agder
NFF Akershus
NFF Buskerud
NFF Finnmark
NFF Hordaland
NFF Hålogaland
NFF Indre Østland
Nordland fotballkrets
Nordmøre og Romsdal fotballkrets
Oslo fotballkrets
Rogaland fotballkrets
Sogn og Fjordane fotballkrets
Sunnmøre fotballkrets
Telemark fotballkrets
Troms fotballkrets
Trøndelag fotballkrets
Vestfold fotballkrets
Østfold fotballkrets
National team coaches
The following are head coaches for the Norwegian national teams, including assistant coaches on senior level: