Brazil vs. Norway: Head-to-head record and past meetings

Head-to-head record

Previous meetings: 5

Brazil wins: 0

Draws: 2

Norway wins: 3

Brazil have locked horns with Norway five times throughout their storied footballing history, but remarkably failed to win any of those contests, losing three times to the Vikings while drawing on two further occasions.

The very first encounter between the sides took place back in July 1988, when the Selecao were held to a 1-1 draw during a friendly at Oslo's Ullevaal Stadion.

Norway and Brazil reconvened nine years later at the same venue, only this time Egil Olsen's men ran out 4-2 winners thanks to an early effort from Petter Rudi, a first-half brace from Tore Andre Flo, and a 77th-minute sealer from Egil Ostenstad in July 1997.

In June 1998, Olsen's side repeated the trick to record one of the most famous results in the history of Norwegian football, beating Brazil 2-1 in Group A at the World Cup in France.

Bebeto gave Brazil the lead that day at Marseille's Stade Velodrome, and it seemed as though the reigning world champions - who fielded the likes of Cafu, Roberto Carlos, Dunga, Rivaldo and Ronaldo - would claim another routine victory.

However, trailing 1-0 with just seven minutes remaining, Landslaget mounted a dramatic late turnaround to win 2-1, courtesy of an equaliser from Flo and a historic 89th-minute penalty-spot winner from Kjetil Rekdal, a triumph that sent Norway into the knockout phase for the first time ever.

The two also met for a friendly in August 2006, which saw Morten Gamst Pedersen's opener cancelled out by Daniel Carvalho early in the second half.

Most recently, Brazil were beaten 2-1 by Norway in July 2026, a brace from Erling Haaland rendering Neymar's stoppage-time penalty a mere consolation as Carlo Ancelotti's Selecao were dumped out of the World Cup in the round of the 16 at MetLife Stadium.