Rosenborg Ballklub is an association football club based in Trondheim, Norway. It is Norway's most successful club, having won the Norwegian Premier League twenty-six times and the Norwegian Football Cup twelwe times. Although founded in 1917,Svardal (2007): 18 it was not permitted to play Football Association of Norway-sanctioned matches until 1928 because of restrictions on the number of teams allowed to join the regional football association.Svardal (2007): 26 It then joined the regional Class B and went through several promotions and relegations until joining the inaugural eleven-conference top-tier League of Norway in 1937–38.Svardal (2007): 262 After World War II, the club moved between the Third Division and the Regional League (second tier), seeing promotion or relegation more seasons than not. The club reached the Main League in 1960–61, but was subsequently relegated after the 1961–62 season.Svardal (2007): 263

After four years at tier two, Rosenborg joined the First Division in 1967 and won the league that season.Svardal (2007): 104 Since, Rosenborg has only played the 1978 season at the second tier.Svardal (2007): 138 The First Division was renamed the Norwegian Premier League in 1991. The club entered the cup for the first time in 1932, claiming its first title in 1960.Svardal (2007): 264–265 Rosenborg has experienced two golden eras; the first in the 1960s and early 1970s resulted in three league and three cup honors, in addition to an equal number of runner-up positions in both tournaments. The second golden era started with winning the league in 1985 and has resulted in nineteen league and six cup titles. Fourteen league titles were claimed under manager Nils Arne Eggen and sixteen have been won by midfielder Roar Strand. Rosenborg won thirteen consecutive league trophies between 1992 and 2004.

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

Key

League table key P = Played W = Games won D = Games drawn L = Games lost F = Goals for A = Goals against Pts = Points Pos = Final position Att = Average attendance

Competition key LoN = League of Norway ML = Main League TL = Tippeligaen ES = Eliteserien 1D = First Division 2D = Second Division 3D = Third Division RL = Regional League RLQ = Regional League Qualifier A = Class A B = Class B CL = Champions League EL = Europa League ECL = Europa Conference League

Position key W = Winner CO = Co-winner RU = Runners-up SF = Semi-finals QF = Quarter-finals G = Group stage G2 = Second group stage PO = Play-off round

Q1 = First qualifying round Q2 = Second qualifying round Q3 = Third qualifying round R1 = Round 1 R2 = Round 2 R3 = Round 3 R4 = Round 4 R32 = Round of 32

ChampionsRunners-upPromoted ↑Relegated ↓Top scorer in Rosenborg's league ♦

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

+Rosenborg BK seasons Season League Cup Other competitions Top goalscorer Ref(s) Division Other Name Goals 1928 B 5 5 1 1 13 5 +8 5 1st Play-off – Not promoted — — —  — 1929 B 6 6 0 0 25 6 +19 12 1st Play-off – Not promoted — — —  — 1930 B 6 5 0 1 46 7 +39 10 2nd — — — —  — 1931 B ↑ 6 6 0 0 24 6 +18 12 1st Play-off – Promoted — — —  — 1932 A ↓ 4 1 0 3 5 18 −13 2 5th R1 Play-off – Relegated — — —  — Svardal (2007): 264 1933 B ↑ 6 6 0 0 20 7 +13 12 1st Play-off – Promoted — — —  — 1934 A 8 3 1 4 20 7 +13 7 4th R2 — — — —  — 1935 A 8 3 2 3 15 10 +5 8 2nd R1 — — — —  — 1936 A 8 4 1 3 19 14 +5 9 2nd R1 — — — —  — 1937 A 5 2 0 3 14 11 +3 4 5th R4 — — — —  — 1937–38 LoN 12 4 0 8 22 37 −15 8 7th R2 — — — —  — 1938–39 LoN 12 7 3 2 38 19 +19 17 1st R3 Play-off – SF — — —  — 1939–40 LoN R1 — — — —  — 1945 A 4 3 1 0 15 1 +14 7 1st R1 Play-off – W — — —  — 1946–47 RLQ ↓ 18 5 5 8 31 39 −8 15 7th R2 — — — —  — 1947–48 3D 16 13 3 0 75 18 +57 29 1st R1 — — — —  — 1948–49 3D ↑ 14 9 2 3 49 19 +30 20 1st R2 — — — —  — 1949–50 RL 14 6 2 6 23 30 −7 14 5th R1 — — — —  — 1950–51 RL 14 7 2 5 20 19 +1 16 3rd R1 — — — —  — 1951–52 RL ↓ 14 1 2 11 14 42 −28 4 8th R1 — — — —  — 1952–53 3D 12 7 2 3 26 20 +6 16 2nd R1 — — — —  — 1953–54 3D ↑ 12 8 3 1 34 11 +23 19 1st Q1 — — — —  — 1954–55 RL 14 6 1 7 28 24 +4 13 5th R2 — — — —  — 1955–56 RL ↓ 14 3 4 7 15 27 −12 10 6th R4 — — — —  — 1956–57 3D ↑ 14 11 2 1 47 16 +31 24 1st R3 — — — —  — 1957–58 RL ↓ 14 2 1 11 20 35 −15 5 8th Q2 — — — —  — 1958–59 3D ↑ 14 12 1 1 95 8 +87 25 1st R2 — — — —  — 1959–60 RL ↑ 14 10 1 3 43 15 +28 21 1st R4 — — — —  — 1960–61 ML (B) 14 6 4 4 28 28 0 16 3rd &— — — — —  — 1961–62 ML ↓ 30 13 3 13 55 60 −5 29 9th (1961)SF (1962) — — —  — 1963 2D 14 6 4 4 36 23 +13 16 3rd R3 — — —  — 1964 2D 14 6 3 5 22 19 +3 15 3rd &— — — —  — Svardal (2007): 265 1965 2D 14 8 3 3 36 20 +16 19 2nd R3 Cup Winner's Cup – R2 — — —  — Svardal (2007): 267 1966 2D ↑ 14 12 1 1 38 11 +27 25 1st R4 — — — —  — 1967 1D 18 9 7 2 40 24 +16 25 1st — — —  — ♦ 1968 1D 18 11 2 5 53 29 +24 24 2nd — —  — ♦ 1969 1D 18 13 1 4 36 15 +21 27 1st — — R1  — ♦ 1970 1D 18 10 4 4 15 5 +10 24 2nd R4 — —  — 1971 1D 18 9 6 3 25 11 +14 24 1st — — R2  — 1972 1D 22 6 10 6 22 19 +3 22 4th — —  — 1973 1D 22 10 7 5 32 18 +14 27 2nd — — —  — 1974 1D 22 9 5 8 39 31 +8 23 8th R4 — — R1  — 1975 1D 22 11 5 6 36 28 +8 27 4th — — —  — 1976 1D 22 7 7 8 24 29 −5 21 8th R2 — — —  — 1977 1D ↓ 22 1 5 16 17 48 −31 7 R4 — — —  — Kjell Øyasæther 1978 2D ↑ 18 11 5 2 42 15 +27 27 1st — — —  — 1979 1D 22 9 4 9 31 29 +2 22 6th — — —  — Jørgen Sørlie 1980 1D 22 9 5 8 42 36 +6 23 5th R4 — — —  — 1981 1D 22 9 8 5 35 24 +11 26 3rd R4 — — —  — 1982 1D 22 7 9 6 32 29 +3 23 6th R3 — — —  — 1983 1D 22 7 7 8 41 38 +3 21 7th R4 — — —  — 1984 1D 22 8 7 7 36 37 −1 23 6th — — —  — ♦ 1985 1D 22 15 3 4 43 33 +10 33 1st R4 — — —  — 1986 1D 22 8 5 9 28 28 0 21 8th — —  — 1987 1D 22 8 4 7 33 25 +8 28 4th — — —  — 1988 1D 22 14 5 3 33 25 +8 47 1st — — —  — 1989 1D 22 13 5 4 56 29 +27 44 2nd — —  — ♦ 1990 TL 22 13 5 4 60 24 +36 44 1st — — R1  — 1991 TL 22 10 6 6 38 28 +10 36 2nd — —  — ♦ Svardal (2007): 268 1992 TL 22 14 4 4 58 19 +39 46 1st — — R1  — 1993 TL 22 14 5 3 47 30 +17 47 1st R4 — —  — 1994 TL 22 15 4 3 70 23 +47 49 1st — — R1  — ♦ 1995 TL 26 19 5 2 78 29 +49 62 1st — G —  — ♦ 1996 TL 26 18 5 3 82 26 +56 59 1st R4 — QF —  — ♦ 1997 TL 26 18 7 1 87 20 +67 61 1st — G —  — ♦ 1998 TL 26 20 3 3 79 23 +56 63 1st — G —  — ♦ Svardal (2007): 269 1999 TL 26 18 2 6 79 23 +56 56 1st — G2 —  — 2000 TL 26 16 6 4 61 26 +35 54 1st R3 — G R3  — 2001 TL 26 17 6 3 71 30 +41 57 1st R3 — G —  — ♦ Svardal (2007): 270 2002 TL 26 17 5 4 57 30 +27 56 1st R4 — G —  — ♦ 2003 TL 26 19 4 3 68 28 +40 61 1st — R3  — ♦ 2004 TL 26 14 6 6 52 34 +18 48 1st Royal League – G2 G —  — ♦ 2005 TL 26 10 4 12 50 42 +8 34 7th R4 — G R32  — 2006 TL 26 15 8 3 47 24 +23 53 1st Royal League – G — —  — 2007 TL 26 12 5 9 53 39 +14 41 5th R4 — G R32  — 2008 TL 26 11 6 9 40 34 +6 39 5th R2 Intertoto Cup – CW —  — 2009 TL 30 20 9 1 60 22 +38 69 1st — — Q2  — ♦ 2010 TL 30 19 11 0 58 24 +34 68 1st Superfinalen – W  — 2011 TL 30 14 7 9 69 44 +25 49 3rd —  — 2012 TL 30 15 10 5 53 26 +27 55 3rd — —  — 2013 TL 30 18 8 4 50 25 +25 62 2nd — —  — 2014 TL 30 18 6 6 64 43 +21 60 2nd — —  — 2015 TL 30 21 6 3 73 27 +46 69 1st — —  — ♦ 2016 TL 30 21 6 3 65 25 +40 69 1st  —  — ♦ 2017 ES 30 18 7 5 57 20 +37 61 1st Mesterfinalen – W Q3  — ♦ 2018 ES 30 19 7 4 51 24 +27 64 1st Mesterfinalen – W  — 2019 ES 30 14 10 6 53 41 +12 52 3rd Mesterfinalen Cancelled  — 2020 ES 30 15 7 8 50 35 +15 52 4th Cancelled — —  — 2021 ES 30 13 9 8 58 42 +16 48 5th R3 — — — 2022 ES 30 16 8 6 69 44 +25 56 3rd R4 — — — — 2023 ES 30 11 6 13 46 50 -4 39 9th R2 — — — Q3 2024 ES 30 16 5 9 52 39 +13 53 4th R3 — — — — 2025 ES 30 11 9 10 45 42 +3 42 7th QF — — — PO 2026 ES (In progress) 21 10 3 8 39 30 +9 33 5th R4 — — — —

See also The Invincibles (football)

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