The Rosenborg Post
Squad12 Apr 2027
Oliver Fjelldal breaks a bone — 25 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 25 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Player ratings12 Apr 2027
A brace, and Simen Bolkan Nordli takes the afternoon — 8.29
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Simen Bolkan Nordli provided it, and the 8.29 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Tempers go at Rosenborg
Aslak Fonn Witry was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Boardroom12 Apr 2027
7 academy players handed senior numbers at Rosenborg
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
The terraces12 Apr 2027
The crowd has taken to Niklas Fuglestad
At 20 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Match10 Apr 2027
Simen Bolkan Nordli sends Rosenborg past Sandefjord
It finished 2‑0, and it was Simen Bolkan Nordli’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Rosenborg.
Market12 Apr 2027
Rosenborg promote Jens Elyounoussi from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jens Elyounoussi has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market12 Apr 2027
Rosenborg promote Sander Hauge from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Sander Hauge has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market12 Apr 2027
One of our own: Fredrik Svensson joins the Rosenborg first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Fredrik Svensson is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Thomas Ryerson joins the Rosenborg first team
- Squad Zvonimir Šarlija falls out with a teammate over standards
- Squad When it matters, Aslak Fonn Witry plays