Norway is best known in football circles as the birthplace of Frida Maanum, but the city has produced 135 documented association football players in total. Other notable players include Bente Nordby, Elisabeth Terland, Amalie Eikeland and Julie Blakstad. Among them are 95 male and 40 female players. Documented players span more than 107 years, from 1901 to 2008.
