National Football Team

Norway

Group I · #26 FIFA · UEFA

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Norway

Group I · UEFA

To win

26.00

Manager

Ståle Solbakken

Star player

Erling Haaland

FIFA rank

#26

Group

Team overview

System 4-2-3-1

Norway arrive in World Cup 2026 as a serious knockout-stage threat from UEFA. They sit in Group I with France, Senegal, Iraq, and the market reads them as a side expected to shape the group.

Ståle Solbakken is expected to lean on a 4-2-3-1 base. Erling Haaland remains the obvious headline talent, while the wider roster profile shows an average age of 26.9 and roughly 25.6 international caps per player.

Norway should be judged less on raw reputation and more on whether they can impose their preferred tempo early in games. In a 48-team tournament, clean group-stage management matters almost as much as peak ceiling, especially for sides trying to protect seeding and rotation windows.

Strengths

Clear attacking reference points in transition

Experienced spine with major-match minutes

Balanced age curve across key positions

Risk points

Expectations are high and margin pressure is real

Tournament control can dip when matches slow down

Finishing efficiency must match territorial dominance

Betting angle

Norway sit in the useful middle of the outright market: respected enough to beat weaker sections, but still mispriced when their game model matches the opponent. Look at group qualification, draw-no-bet spots, and measured unders if they are expected to control territory without opening up.

Martin ØdegaardMohamed ElyounoussiAlexander SørlothSander Berge