Norwegian Football Association Gold Watch
The Norwegian Football Association Gold Watch is an honorary proof that's awarded to all Norwegian footballers who reaches 25 caps for the Norway national football team. The watch is awarded by the Norges Fotballforbund. Gunnar Andersen was the first player to reach this milestone, when he was capped for the 25th time on 29 June 1919.
The Gold Watch was introduced in 1930, when the four players with 25 caps, were awarded the Gold Watch during a banquet at the Grand Hotel in Oslo.
In total, 163 male players have received the gold watch, the most recent being Haitam Aleesami, who received the award after Norway's Euro 2020 qualifying match against Sweden on 8 September 2019.
Recipients
Players in bold are still active.Name | Clubs | Caps | age#Footnote| | ||
1 | John Arne Riise | Monaco, Liverpool, Roma, Fulham | 110 | 11 6 2003 | |
2 | Thorbjørn Svenssen | Sandefjord BK | 104 | 6 6 1951 | |
3 | Henning Berg | Lillestrøm, Blackburn, Manchester United, Rangers | 100 | 29 3 1995 | |
4 | Erik Thorstvedt | Eik-Tønsberg, Viking, Borussia Mönchengladbach, IFK Göteborg, Tottenham | 97 | 14 8 1985 | |
5 | John Carew | Vålerenga, Rosenborg, Valencia, Roma, Beşiktaş, Lyon, Aston Villa, Stoke, West Ham | 91 | 5 9 2001 | |
6 | Brede Hangeland | Viking, FC København, Fulham | 91 | 24 5 2006 | |
7 | Øyvind Leonhardsen | Molde, Rosenborg, Wimbledon, Liverpool, Tottenham, Aston Villa | 86 | 8 9 1993 | |
8 | Morten Gamst Pedersen | Tromsø, Blackburn | 83 | 2 9 2006 | |
9 | Kjetil Rekdal | Molde, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Lierse, Rennes, Hertha Berlin | 83 | 13 10 1993 | |
10 | Steffen Iversen | Tottenham, Wolverhampton, Vålerenga, Rosenborg, Crystal Palace | 79 | 15 8 2001 | |
11 | Erik Mykland | Start, Utrecht, FC Linz, Panathinaikos, 1860 München | 78 | 5 6 1994 | |
12 | Svein Grøndalen | Raufoss, Rosenborg, Moss | 77 | 25 8 1976 | |
13 | Tore André Flo | Sogndal, Tromsø, Brann, Chelsea, Rangers, Sunderland, Siena | 76 | 27 5 1998 | |
14 | Stig Inge Bjørnebye | Kongsvinger, Rosenborg, Liverpool, Blackburn | 75 | 28 4 1993 | |
15 | Jan Åge Fjørtoft | HamKam, Lillestrøm, Rapid Wien, Swindon, Middlesbrough | 71 | 31 10 1990 | |
16 | Ole Gunnar Solskjær | Molde, Manchester United | 67 | 8 9 1999 | |
17 | Terje Kojedal | HamKam, Mulhouse, Valenciennes | 66 | 29 7 1984 | |
18 | Jahn Ivar Jakobsen | Rosenborg, Young Boys, MSV Duisburg, Lierse | 65 | 30 10 1991 | |
19 | Rune Jarstein | Odd, Rosenborg, Viking, Hertha BSC | 65 | 16 10 2012 | |
20 | Gunnar Halle | Lillestrøm, Oldham, Leeds, Bradford | 64 | 10 10 1990 | |
21 | Gunnar Thoresen | Larvik Turn | 64 | 15 8 1950 | |
22 | André Bergdølmo | Rosenborg, Ajax, Borussia Dortmund, FC København | 63 | 13 6 2000 | |
23 | Ronny Johnsen | Eik-Tønsberg, Lyn, Lillestrøm, Beşiktaş, Manchester United, Aston Villa, Vålerenga | 63 | 9 10 1996 | |
24 | Olav Nilsen | Viking | 62 | 31 10 1965 | |
25 | Roar Johansen | Fredrikstad | 61 | 16 9 1962 | |
26 | Rune Bratseth | Rosenborg, Werder Bremen | 60 | 11 10 1989 | |
27 | Tarik Elyounoussi | Fredrikstad, Heerenveen, Rosenborg, Hoffenheim, Olympiacos, Qarabağ, AIK | 60 | 11 10 2013 | |
28 | Harry Boye Karlsen | Larvik Turn, Lyn, Ørn | 58 | 15 5 1951 | |
29 | Ståle Solbakken | Lillestrøm, Aalborg | 58 | 29 3 1997 | |
30 | Thomas Myhre | Everton, FC København, Beşiktaş, Sunderland, Charlton | 56 | 27 3 2002 | |
31 | Gøran Sørloth | Rosenborg, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Bursaspor | 55 | 25 10 1989 | |
32 | Per Egil Ahlsen | Fredrikstad, Brann, Düsseldorf | 54 | 16 10 1985 | |
33 | Arne Bakker | Asker | 54 | 1 9 1957 | |
34 | Christian Grindheim | Vålerenga, Heerenveen | 54 | 1 4 2009 | |
35 | Markus Henriksen | Rosenborg, AZ, Hull City | 54 | 29 5 2016 | |
36 | Arne Larsen Økland | Bryne, Bayer Leverkusen, Racing Paris | 54 | 17 6 1981 | |
37 | Jostein Flo | Molde, Sogndal, Sheffield United, Strømsgodset | 53 | 23 6 1994 | |
38 | Daniel Braaten | Skeid, Bosenborg, Bolton, Toulouse, FC København | 52 | 14 11 2009 | |
39 | Asbjørn Hansen | Sparta, Sarpsborg | 52 | 30 5 1956 | |
40 | Stefan Johansen | Strømsgodset, Celtic, Fulham, West Bromwich | 52 | 24 3 2016 | |
41 | Tor Egil Johansen | Skeid, Lillestrøm | 52 | 18 6 1975 | |
42 | Håvard Nordtveit | Borussia Mönchengladbach, West Ham, Hoffenheim, Fulham | 52 | 3 9 2015 | |
43 | Vidar Riseth | LASK Linz, Celtic, 1860 München, Rosenborg | 52 | 27 5 2000 | |
44 | Reidar Kvammen | Viking | 51 | 19 9 1937 | |
45 | Frode Grodås | Lillestrøm, Chelsea, Tottenham, Schalke 04, Hønefoss | 50 | 1 9 1996 | |
46 | Åge Hareide | Molde, Manchester City, Norwich | 50 | 12 10 1983 | |
47 | Hallvar Thoresen | FC Twente, PSV Eindhoven | 50 | 1 6 1983 | |
48 | Lars Bohinen | Vålerenga, Young Boys, Lillestrøm, Nottingham Forest, Blackburn, Derby | 49 | 9 3 1994 | |
49 | Tom Høgli | Tromsø, Club Brugge | 49 | 26 5 2012 | |
50 | Henry Johansen | Vålerenga | 48 | 10 6 1934 | |
51 | Finn Thorsen | Ham-Kam, Skeid | 48 | 14 8 1966 | |
52 | Nils Eriksen | Odd, Moss | 47 | 1 11 1936 | |
53 | Tom Lund | Lillestrøm | 47 | 9 6 1975 | |
54 | Gunnar Andersen | Lillestrøm | 46 | 29 6 1919 | |
55 | Vidar Davidsen | Frigg, Vålerenga | 46 | 20 6 1984 | |
56 | Joshua King | Manchester United, Blackburn, Bournemouth | 46 | 8 10 2016 | |
57 | Petter Rudi | Molde, Perugia, Sheffield Wednesday, Lokeren, Germinal Beerschot | 46 | 30 5 1999 | |
58 | Odd Iversen | Rosenborg, Racing Mechelen, Vålerenga | 45 | 23 9 1970 | |
59 | Jørgen Juve | Lyn | 45 | 24 9 1933 | |
60 | Tore Pedersen | IFK Göteborg, Brann, Oldham, Sanfrecce Hiroshima, St. Pauli, Eintracht Frankfurt | 45 | 2 6 1993 | |
61 | Omar Elabdellaoui | Eintracht Braunschweig, Olympiacos, Hull City | 44 | 1 9 2017 | |
62 | Martin Andresen | Stabæk, Blackburn, Brann, Vålerenga | 43 | 2 9 2006 | |
63 | Harald Berg | Bodø/Glimt, Lyn, FC Den Haag | 43 | 3 9 1967 | |
64 | Trygve Bornø | Skeid | 43 | 10 9 1969 | |
65 | Harald Hennum | Skeid, Frigg | 43 | 13 10 1957 | |
66 | Per Ciljan Skjelbred | Rosenborg, Hamburg, Hertha BSC | 43 | 9 9 2014 | |
67 | Pål Jacobsen | Ham-Kam, Vålerenga | 42 | 12 8 1981 | |
68 | Sigbjørn Slinning | Viking | 42 | 23 2 1972 | |
69 | Roar Strand | Rosenborg | 42 | 18 6 2000 | |
70 | Sverre Andersen | Viking | 41 | 4 6 1963 | |
71 | Arne Legernes | Larvik Turn, Molde, Freidig | 41 | 29 6 1958 | |
72 | Trond Pedersen | Start | 41 | 9 5 1979 | |
73 | Per Skou | Odd, Lyn | 41 | 21 9 1919 | |
74 | Christer Basma | Stabæk, Rosenborg | 40 | 30 4 2003 | |
75 | Claus Lundekvam | Brann, Southampton | 40 | 19 11 2003 | |
76 | Arne Pedersen | Fredrikstad | 40 | 8 11 1964 | |
77 | Jan Gunnar Solli | Rosenborg, Brann | 40 | 12 10 2005 | |
78 | Ruben Yttergård Jenssen | Tromsø, Kaiserslautern | 39 | 11 6 2013 | |
79 | Erik Solér | Lillestrøm, Eik, Hamburger SV, Brann, AGF Aarhus | 39 | 22 5 1985 | |
80 | Tom Sundby | Lillestrøm, Iraklis | 39 | 4 6 1986 | |
81 | Harald Sunde | Nidelv, Rosenborg, Racing Mechelen | 39 | 6 11 1968 | |
82 | Trond Andersen | Molde, Wimbledon, Aalborg | 38 | 2 4 2003 | |
83 | Anders Giske | Brann, Lillestrøm, Bayer Leverkusen, Nürnberg | 38 | 28 5 1987 | |
84 | Thorstein Helstad | Brann, Austria Wien, Rosenborg, Le Mans | 38 | 8 9 2007 | |
85 | Erik Johansen | Gjøvik-Lyn, Skeid | 38 | 31 10 1965 | |
86 | Svein Kvia | Viking | 38 | 30 6 1975 | |
87 | Sigurd Rushfeldt | Tromsø, Rosenborg, Austria Wien | 38 | 18 2 2004 | |
88 | Bent Skammelsrud | Drøbak/Frogn, Frigg, Malmö FF, Rosenborg, Bayer Leverkusen | 38 | 20 1 1999 | |
89 | Alexander Olsen | Brann | 37 | 1 6 1930 | |
90 | Kjetil Osvold | Start, Lillestrøm, Nottingham Forest, Djurgården, PAOK | 37 | 1 6 1988 | |
91 | Bjørn Spydevold | Greåker, Fredrikstad | 37 | 26 11 1950 | |
92 | Øivind Holmsen | Lyn | 36 | 4 9 1938 | |
93 | Erik Huseklepp | Brann, Bari, Portsmouth, Birmingham | 36 | 11 10 2011 | |
94 | Karl-Petter Løken | Rosenborg | 36 | 5 6 1991 | |
95 | Einar Jan Aas | Moss, Bayern München, Nottingham Forest | 35 | 10 9 1980 | |
96 | Bjørn Borgen | Fredrikstad, Lyn | 35 | 6 11 1960 | |
97 | Sverre Brandhaug | Rosenborg | 35 | 28 9 1988 | |
98 | Kai Erik Herlovsen | Fredrikstad, Borussia Mönchengladbach | 35 | 24 9 1986 | |
99 | Frode Johnsen | Rosenborg, Nagoya Grampus Eight | 35 | 13 10 2004 | |
100 | Helge Karlsen | Brann | 35 | 30 6 1977 | |
101 | Per Pettersen | Frigg | 35 | 3 8 1972 | |
102 | Bjørn Helge Riise | Lillestrøm, Fulham, Sheffield United | 35 | 7 9 2010 | |
103 | Espen Ruud | OB | 35 | 12 10 2012 | |
104 | Alf Inge Håland | Nottingham Forest, Leeds, Manchester City | 34 | 10 9 1997 | |
105 | Kjell Kaspersen | Skeid | 34 | 24 9 1967 | |
106 | Thorleif Olsen | Vålerenga | 34 | 5 5 1954 | |
107 | Alexander Tettey | Rosenborg, Stade Rennais, Norwich | 34 | 3 9 2015 | |
108 | Mohammed Abdellaoue | Vålerenga, Hannover 96, VfB Stuttgart | 33 | 22 3 2013 | |
109 | Bjarne Berntsen | Viking | 33 | 23 9 1981 | |
110 | Jan Birkelund | Skeid, Lillestrøm | 33 | 1 6 1977 | |
111 | Arne Brustad | Lyn | 33 | 9 11 1938 | |
112 | Svein Fjælberg | Viking | 33 | 26 2 1985 | |
113 | Vegard Forren | Molde, Southampton | 33 | 6 9 2015 | |
114 | Einar Gundersen | Odd, Tønsberg Turn | 33 | 17 6 1923 | |
115 | Finn Berstad | Brann | 32 | 2 11 1930 | |
116 | Geir Karlsen | Odd, Rosenborg, Dunfermline, Vålerenga | 32 | 8 8 1974 | |
117 | Roger Nilsen | Viking, Köln, Sheffield United, Molde | 32 | 7 6 1995 | |
118 | Ole Selnæs | Rosenborg, Saint-Étienne, Shenzhen | 32 | 26 3 2019 | |
119 | Alexander Søderlund | Haugesund, Rosenborg, Saint-Étienne | 32 | 24 3 2016 | |
120 | Kjetil Wæhler | Vålerenga, AaB, IFK Göteborg | 32 | 10 8 2011 | |
121 | Harry Hestad | Molde, FC Den Haag | 31 | 8 8 1974 | |
122 | Roald Jensen | Brann, Hearts | 31 | 7 11 1963 | |
123 | Per Edmund Mordt | Vålerenga, IFK Göteborg | 31 | 9 9 1987 | |
124 | Erik Hoftun | Rosenborg | 30 | 25 4 2001 | |
125 | Nils Arne Eggen | Rosenborg, Vålerenga | 29 | 21 7 1969 | |
126 | Tore Kordahl | Lyn, Lillestrøm | 29 | 3 6 1981 | |
127 | Arild Mathisen | Strømsgodset, Vålerenga | 29 | 21 7 1969 | |
128 | Tore Reginiussen | Tromsø, OB, Rosenborg | 29 | 23 3 2018 | |
129 | Haitam Aleesami | IFK Göteborg, Palermo, Amiens | 28 | 8 9 2019 | |
130 | Otto Aulie | Odd, Lyn | 28 | 2 9 1920 | |
131 | Edgar Falch | Viking | 28 | 28 6 1959 | |
132 | Erik Hagen | Vålerenga, Zenit Saint Petersburg | 28 | 12 9 2007 | |
133 | Kristian Henriksen | Sarpsborg, Frigg, Lyn | 28 | 26 8 1945 | |
134 | Kristofer Hæstad | Start, Wigan, Vålerenga | 28 | 20 8 2008 | |
135 | Ørjan Nyland | Molde, Ingolstadt | 28 | 8 10 2017 | |
136 | Thor Spydevold | Sarpsborg, Fredrikstad | 28 | 3 8 1972 | |
137 | Stein Thunberg | Skeid, Start | 28 | 9 5 1979 | |
138 | Jørn Andersen | Vålerenga, Nürnberg, Frankfurt, Düsseldorf | 27 | 22 8 1990 | |
139 | Trygve Andersen | Årstad, Brann | 27 | 11 11 1964 | |
140 | Eirik Bakke | Sogndal, Leeds, Brann | 27 | 11 6 2003 | |
141 | Gunnar Dybwad | Steinkjer | 27 | 8 7 1957 | |
142 | Thor Hernes | Lyn | 27 | 24 6 1956 | |
143 | Erik Holmberg | Fredrikstad | 27 | 21 7 1952 | |
144 | Even Hovland | Sogndal, Molde, 1. FC Nürnberg, Rosenborg | 27 | 13 10 2018 | |
145 | Håvard Flo | AGF Aarhus, Werder Bremen, Wolverhampton, Sogndal | 26 | 28 1 2004 | |
146 | Rolf Holmberg | Odd | 26 | 2 6 1939 | |
147 | Tom R. Jacobsen | Fram, Bryne, Vålerenga | 26 | 7 9 1983 | |
148 | Kjell Kristiansen | Asker | 26 | 21 8 1959 | |
149 | Arne Natland | Eik, Skeid | 26 | 18 9 1960 | |
150 | Frode Olsen | Start, Stabæk, Sevilla, Viking | 26 | 11 6 2003 | |
151 | Edgar Stakset | Steinkjer | 26 | 20 11 1966 | |
152 | Adolph Wold | Ready | 26 | 18 9 1921 | |
153 | Roger Albertsen | FC Den Haag, Feyenoord, KFC Winterslag, Olympiakos | 25 | 12 9 1984 | |
154 | Jacob Berner | Trygg | 25 | 2 11 1930 | |
155 | Ola By Rise | Rosenborg | 25 | 22 5 1994 | |
156 | Arne Børresen | Fredrikstad | 25 | 15 9 1937 | |
157 | Dan Eggen | Brøndby, Celta Vigo, Deportivo Alavés | 25 | 15 4 2001 | |
158 | Thaulow Goberg | Odd | 25 | 27 9 1931 | |
159 | Jon Inge Høiland | Malmö FF, Kaiserslautern, Stabæk | 25 | 29 5 2010 | |
160 | Per Kristoffersen | Fredrikstad | 25 | 20 11 1966 | |
161 | Alf Martinsen | Lillestrøm | 25 | 28 7 1946 | |
162 | Svein Mathisen | Start | 25 | 26 9 1984 | |
163 | Odd Wang Sørensen | Sparta | 25 | 25 5 1955 |
;Footnotes
- The players age when making his 25th appearance.