And then there’s me who is a norwegian HSV fan 🥲
Despite being on r/soccer, I read this headline and I’m all: “You’re the herpes of Europe…? Wait. Wut?”
Hamburg has been out of the top tier for so long now that it just didn’t register.
I remember in the 90s, Brazil got owned twice by Norway
Only Denmark not trash from the Scandinordics, dark times
I would argue Bosnia are a closer parallel than Norway are. Yes, both have consistently come close to qualifying for international tournaments for over a decade now, but as a Former Yugoslav territory Bosnia has the prior success that Hamburg has but Norway simply does not
Beating a topped Brazil 2-1 to get to RO16 in '98 was more difficult and impressive than anything Bosnia ever pulled off
Yugoslavia were 2 time WC Semi Finalists, and 2 time Euros Runner Up. That’s far better than anything Norway has done
and bosnia was just 1/6th of yugoslavia, so i dont know if they should really get full credit for all those achievements
Yugoslavia doesn’t exist anymore, and its success was a joint effort of the states within it, so your parallel is a stretch at best. If we’re using defunct multinational states, Norway was a part of the Kalmar Union with Denmark and Sweden too. And Denmark won the Euros in 92.
