Egil Roger Olsen (born April 22, 1942) nicknamed "Drillo", is the most successful manager in the history of the Norwegian national football team. He coached the team from 1990 to 1998, guiding them to World Cup final tournaments in 1994 and 1998, Norway peaking as number two on the FIFA ranking. As of 2005 he is analyst for Vålerenga I.F.. Olsen was a formidable bandy player while playing football. April 22 is the 112th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (113th in leap years). ... 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ... First international Sweden 11 - 3 Norway (Gothenburg, Sweden; 12 July 1908) Biggest win Norway 12 - 0 Finland (Bergen, Norway; 28 June 1946) Biggest defeat Denmark 12 - 0 Norway (Copenhagen, Denmark; 7 October 1917) World Cup Appearances 3 (First in 1938) Best result Round 2, 1998 European Championship Appearances 1 (First... MCMXC redirects here; for the Enigma album, see MCMXC a. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean by UNESCO. [1]. // Coated in ice, power and telephone lines sag and often break, resulting in power outages. ... The FIFA World Cup Trophy, which has been awarded to the world champions since 1974. ... The 1994 Football World Cup held in the USA was won by Brazil who beat Italy 3-2 on penalty kicks after the game and extra time ended 0-0. ... The 1998 Football World Cup was held in France by the FIFA decision in July 1992. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... VÃ¥lerenga I.F. Fotball is a Norwegian football club from Oslo, founded in 1913. ... Look up bandy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Olsen was a successful player with 16 caps for the national team, earning the nickname "Drillo" from his dribbling skills.

In June 1999, the then 57-year-old Olsen made his appearance in English football when he was named as manager of Wimbledon F.C. He remained in charge for less than a year, and was sacked just before the club slipped out of the Premiership, having been top division members since 1986. He has since returned to Norway. Wimbledon F.C. crest Wimbledon F.C. was the original name of a football club that played in south London. ...

Olsen was a member of the Norwegian Workers' Communist Party (known as AKP(m-l)). He is also known for his immense knowledge of geography trivia. Workers Communist Party (in Norwegian: Arbeidernes Kommunistparti), a Norwegian communist party. ...

In August 2007 Olsen will train the Iraq national football team First international Morocco 3 - 3 Iraq (Lebanon; October 19, 1957) Biggest win Iraq 10 - 1 Bahrain (Baghdad, Iraq; April 5, 1966) Biggest defeat Turkey 7 - 1 Iraq (Turkey; December 6, 1959) World Cup Appearances 1 (First in 1986) Best result Round 1, 1986 AFC Asian Cup Appearances 5 (First in...

Football philosophy

Olsen has sometimes been called a football professor for his scientific approach to football, and was arguably one of the first managers to use video analysis of matches. He has collected statistical data to find out which playing styles are the most efficient. As Norway manager, he argued that as Norway didn't have the players to beat the best teams, they needed a smarter playing style than them, and one that fit Norway's skills. Ironically, his preferred style of football has historically often been called primitive.

He has found that breakdowns, losing/gaining the ball, played an important role immediately prior to many goals, and that counter-attacks after breakdowns should be carried out as fast and directly as possible before the opponent can organise their defense. According to Olsen, only few goals are scored against what he calls an "established defense". As a large number of transverse passes or trying to play out an established defense with short passes and combinations increases the chance of a breakdown against, often in dangerous positions, his philosophy was to always make long passes against an established defense. More precisely, defenders should in these cases always play high, long passes towards attackers or flank players (and never short passes along the ground to central midfielders, as is often seen in international football). His use of a player with good heading abilities as a target man on the flank, such as Jostein Flo, was a major break with the established idea that all flank players should be small, quick and good dribblers. The striker (wearing the red shirt) has run past the defender (in the white shirt) and is about to take a shot at the goal, while the goalkeeper positions himself to attempt to stop the ball. ... Jostein Flo (born October 3, 1964) is a former Norwegian football (soccer) player. ...

He is opposed to stationary offensive players, and argues that offensive runs (also for players that do not possess the ball) should be carried out as often as possible when one's team has the ball, as multiple simultaneous runs are very difficult to defend against. He also holds the idea that breakthrough passes to the area behind the opponent's defensive line (bakrom (backroom) in Norwegian) should be sought out very often, and that frequent offensive runs towards this area is important. He also coined the phrase "å være best uten ball" (roughly "to be best at off-the-ball running", lit. "to be best without the ball") which gained some fame in Norway. It was originally said about Øyvind Leonhardsen, a player doing an exceptional number of runs during games. Øyvind Leonhardsen (born August 17, 1970) is a Norwegian footballer. ...

He is also an ardent supporter of zone defense, as opposed to man-to-man marking. He also argues that players with extreme skills (extremely fast, extremely good headers, extremely good dribblers, extremely good passers etc.), as opposed to players with only good all-round skills, are important in football. Zone defense is a type of defense used in sports which is the alternative to man-to-man defense; instead of each player guarding a corresponding player on the other team, each defensive player is given an area, or a zone, to cover. ...

His long-ball philosophy, use of the 4-5-1 system and his teams' often extremely successful defending earned him a bad reputation of boring football, even during the period when his results as Norway manager were astonishing. Formation in association football describes how the players in a team are positioned on the pitch. ...

His thoughts, together with those of Nils Arne Eggen, have had a strong impact on Norwegian football. Norwegian club sides generally make many runs without ball, play zone defense and are very focused on fast counter-attacks. The idea of playing long balls against an established defense, however, has become increasingly unfashionable in Norway over the latest years. Nils Arne Eggen (born September 17, 1941 in Orkdal, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway) is one of the most winning coaches in the history of Norwegian football. ...

Playing career

• Østsiden (1958-65)
• Vålerenga I.F. (1966-67)
• Sarpsborg (1968-71)
• Frigg (1972-74)
• Hasle/Løren (1975)

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Managerial career

• Frigg (1972-74, 1978-79, 1981-83)
• Hasle/Løren (1975)
• Østsiden (1976-78)
• Norway U21 (1979-85)
• Fossum (1983-84)
• Lyn (1986-88)
• Aalesund (1989)
• Norway U23 (1990)
• Norway (1990-98)
• Vålerenga I.F. (1998-99)
• Wimbledon (1999-2000)
• Norway U19 (2003-04)
• Fredrikstad (2004-2005)
• Vålerenga I.F. (2005-2007) (analyst)
• Iraq national football team (August 2007-)

Statistics for the Norwegian national team with Olsen as manager: 91 matches; 51 victories, 26 draws, 14 losses. Goal difference: 181-63. F.C. Lyn Oslo is a Norwegian football club from Oslo established in 1896. ... Aalesunds Fotballklubb (Aalesunds Football Club) is a Norwegian football club from the city of Ã…lesund, which in Adeccoligaen 2006 ended second and thereby was promoted to the Norwegian Premier League. ... VÃ¥lerenga I.F. Fotball is a Norwegian football club from Oslo, founded in 1913. ... Wimbledon F.C. crest Wimbledon F.C. was the original name of a football club that played in south London. ... Fredrikstad Fotballklubb (also known as Fredrikstad or FFK) is a Norwegian football club from the town of Fredrikstad. ... VÃ¥lerenga I.F. Fotball is a Norwegian football club from Oslo, founded in 1913. ... First international Morocco 3 - 3 Iraq (Lebanon; October 19, 1957) Biggest win Iraq 10 - 1 Bahrain (Baghdad, Iraq; April 5, 1966) Biggest defeat Turkey 7 - 1 Iraq (Turkey; December 6, 1959) World Cup Appearances 1 (First in 1986) Best result Round 1, 1986 AFC Asian Cup Appearances 5 (First in... First international Sweden 11 - 3 Norway (Gothenburg, Sweden; 12 July 1908) Biggest win Norway 12 - 0 Finland (Bergen, Norway; 28 June 1946) Biggest defeat Denmark 12 - 0 Norway (Copenhagen, Denmark; 7 October 1917) World Cup Appearances 3 (First in 1938) Best result Round 2, 1998 European Championship Appearances 1 (First...