Rosenborg Ballklub, commonly referred to simply as Rosenborg or RBK, is a Norwegian professional football club from Trondheim that plays in Eliteserien.
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36 Facts About Rosenborg BK
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Rosenborg BK enjoyed little success at first, moving constantly between the lower divisions of the regional series.
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In 1960 Rosenborg BK progressed all the way to the cup final where they faced Odd, the team from which they had adopted their original name and colours from in 1917.
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Rosenborg BK was promoted from the regional league to group A of the main Norwegian league in 1960.
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Rosenborg BK finished as number 9 out of the 16 teams and was relegated to the new 2nd division where they played from 1963 until they won promotion by winning group B in 1966.
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In 1967 Rosenborg BK was promoted to the highest level in Norwegian football, the Main League for the first time.
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Rosenborg BK hired Englishman George Curtis as coach ahead of the 1969 season.
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However, when both Odd Iversen and Harald Sunde left the club, Rosenborg BK virtually stopped scoring goals and failed to win again in 1970.
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Rosenborg BK lost the cup final two years in a row and began to struggle in the league.
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Nils Arne Eggen was then called in for his third tenure, from 1978 to 1982, and with the return of the now 35-year-old Odd Iversen, Rosenborg BK climbed back into the 1st Division the following year.
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That would finally happen in 1985 when, after 14 trophyless years, Rosenborg BK defeated Lillestrøm in the final match of the season to win the league by a single point.
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Rosenborg BK went on to dominate Norwegian club football throughout the 1990s.
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In strong contrast to the Norwegian national team's defensive and often criticized style of play at the time, Rosenborg BK achieved success through strict adherence to crowd-pleasing, attacking football.
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Always able to offer the most promising new players better terms than their opponents, as well as the prospect of playing in Europe, Rosenborg BK were assured of future league championships and European qualifications.
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Rosenborg BK participated in the group phase of the Champions League 11 times in the 13 years between 1995 and 2007.
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Rosenborg BK have on two occasions managed to progress beyond the first group stage of the Champions League.
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In July 2009, Rosenborg BK was eliminated from the UEFA Europa League in the second qualifying round against Qarabag of Azerbaijan.
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Hareide asserted that in order to not only stay ahead at the domestic level, but perform better at the European level, Rosenborg BK would have to become more cynical and focus more on defensive skill, while still maintaining the offensive play that had made the team so strong in the first place.
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Rosenborg BK was replaced by his assistant Ola By Rise, a notable former goalkeeper and goalkeeping coach at the club.
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Rosenborg BK were no longer able to dominate every match, instead taking on the appearance of a team fed up with success.
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Rosenborg BK were league winners again in 2004 but it was only through more goals scored that they were able to claim the title.
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Rosenborg BK won eight straight games, eliminating Brann's lead, and finally overtaking them.
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The following weekend, Rosenborg BK defeated Viking, securing the club's 20th league title.
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On 28 December, Rosenborg BK announced Erik Hamren as their new coach for the 2008 season.
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Rosenborg BK took over after Erik Hamren who went to be the Manager for the national team of Sweden.
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Jan Jonsson, whose contract with Stabæk ended after the 2010 season, was hired as head coach ahead of the 2011 season and he led the team for two seasons, where Rosenborg BK finishing third in the league and qualified for the Europe League group stage both years.
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Hansen's change of formation did not become well received when Rosenborg BK only scored three goals in their eight pre-season matches.
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However, the beginning of the second half of the season shocked everyone when Rosenborg BK were surprisingly beaten by St Johnstone in the Europa League second qualifying round.
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Rosenborg BK continued to gather points in the league, but were shocked when they lost to relegation threatened Tromsø in the 23rd round.
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Rosenborg BK had managed to enter the Cup Final against arch-rival Molde.
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Rosenborg BK played poorly in the first matches with the new coach, losing three of the first four with Kare Ingebrigsten in charge.
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Rosenborg BK had the same vision as former coach Hansen, but the players had to be able to perform better.
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The provision gave results immediately; Rosenborg BK scored 23 goals and let only two against in their first five pre-season matches.
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In 2016 Rosenborg BK won both the league and the cup, and by doing so because the first team in Norway to win the double two years in a row.
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Rosenborg BK was relegated after the 1977 season having won just a single match.
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Rosenborg BK has won the most titles with the club, having won the league 16 times and the cup 5 times.
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