List of foreign Eliteserien players explained

This is a list of foreign players in the top flight of Norwegian football, currently known as Eliteserien, which commenced play in 1937. The following players must meet both of the following two criteria:

  1. Have played at least one Eliteserien game. Players who were signed by Eliteserien clubs, but only played in lower league, cup and/or European games, or did not play in any competitive games at all, are not included.
  2. Are considered foreign, determined by the following:

A player is considered foreign if he is not eligible to play for Norway national football team, more specifically:

Clubs listed are those for which the player has played at least one Eliteserien game — and seasons are those in which the player has played at least one Eliteserien game.

In bold: players who have played at least one Eliteserien game in the current season (2023), and are still at a club for which they have played. This does not include current players of an Eliteserien club who have not played an Eliteserien game in the current season.

Details correct as of 28 November 2021

Albania

Algeria

Andorra

Angola

Argentina

Armenia

Australia

Austria

Belgium

Benin

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Brazil

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cameroon

Canada

Cape Verde

Central African Republic

Chile

Comoros

Costa Rica

Croatia

Curaçao

Czech Republic

Denmark

DR Congo

Egypt

El Salvador

England

Estonia

Ethiopia

Equatorial Guinea

Faroe Islands

Finland

France

Gabon

Gambia

Georgia

Germany

Ghana

Guatemala

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Honduras

Hungary

Iceland

India

Indonesia

Iran

Iraq

Israel

Italy

Ivory Coast

Jamaica

Japan

Kenya

Kosovo

Latvia

Lebanon

Liberia

Libya

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Malawi

Mali

Malta

Mauritania

Mexico

Montenegro

Morocco

Namibia

Netherlands

New Zealand

Nigeria

Northern Ireland

North Macedonia

Oman

Paraguay

Poland

Portugal

Republic of Ireland

Romania

Russia

Rwanda

Scotland

Senegal

Serbia

Sierra Leone

Slovakia

Slovenia

Somalia

South Africa

South Korea

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Syria

Tanzania

Togo

Trinidad and Tobago

Tunisia

Turkey

Uganda

Ukraine

United States

Uruguay

Venezuela

Wales

Zimbabwe

References

Notes and References

  1. Nielsen, p. 259
  2. Nielsen, pp. 237, 240–244
  3. Nielsen, p. 254
  4. Nielsen, pp. 257–258
  5. Nielsen, p. 255
  6. Nielsen, pp. 229–234, 236
  7. Nielsen, pp. 253–255
  8. Nielsen, p. 252
  9. Nielsen, p. 231
  10. Nielsen, pp. 252–254
  11. Nielsen, p. 228