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Upbeat
Squad24 Aug 2026
2 kept out from twelve yards, and a stadium that will describe each of them for twenty years. A goalkeeper needs one night like this in a career, and this was it.
Market24 Aug 2026
The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Rosenborg have lost him in all but the paperwork.
Match19 Aug 2026
Rosenborg bow out of the cup
Sarpsborg 08 go through and Rosenborg go home, 0‑0 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
Torino wanted more than $21.4M and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.
Market24 Aug 2026
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 25. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Market24 Aug 2026
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Rosenborg have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
The game went through Ole Selnæs — 6.94
Marked 6.94 on 14 actions at both ends of the pitch. Midfielders like this get described as unspectacular by people who have never tried to play against one.
Squad24 Aug 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Rosenborg this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
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Triumph
Match15 Aug 2026
A derby is never about the football alone, but the football helped: 5‑2, and the away end emptied early. Bragging rights renewed for another season.
Match12 Aug 2026
Rosenborg march on in the cup
Mjondalen are out and Rosenborg go through, 3‑1 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
What a way to start for Fredrik Røsten — 7.77
1 on the scoresheet on his first appearance and a mark of 7.77 beside it. Most debuts are got through; this one was enjoyed, by him and by everybody watching it.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
$17.6M on the table at Torino. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Market17 Aug 2026
Rosenborg say no — this time
The offer from Kristiansund for Dávid Ďuriš was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Beat anybody else and it is three points. Beat them and it is a story a city tells for a decade. Rosenborg have their man.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 6 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Marked 7.75 at 21, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Rosenborg close the window on a squad of their own making
1 in and 1 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.
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Steady
Market10 Aug 2026
Rosenborg say no — this time
The offer from Bodo/Glimt for Mikkel Ceïde was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $500.0K — a club that wants Sigurd Kvile enough to be asked twice.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
The offer went to Fredrikstad this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Squad10 Aug 2026
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Emil Ceïde and Rosenborg agree another 3 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Rosenborg
Ole Selnæs and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Market10 Aug 2026
“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Fredrikstad will keep picking him until June and will get nothing for him after it. Ulrik Fredriksen has pre-agreed a move to Rosenborg, and the only people who lose in that arrangement are the ones who let the contract run down.
Match8 Aug 2026
Brann left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
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Triumph
Match1 Aug 2026
4‑0, and Dino Islamović took the headlines on an afternoon when everything Rosenborg tried came off. Days like this are retold all winter.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Two goals and a mark of 8.84 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Noah Sahsah, 21, plays like he has been here for years — 8.07
A mark of 8.07 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 21-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.
Market3 Aug 2026
Rosenborg say no — this time
The offer from B.93 for Noah Sahsah was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Market3 Aug 2026
Tomáš Nemčík wants to know where this is going
“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Rosenborg hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.
Squad3 Aug 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Ole Selnæs commits to Rosenborg for another 2 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Ole Selnæs and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
The terraces3 Aug 2026
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Johan Bakke has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.