Lerkendal is the home of Rosenborg BK and the largest football stadium in Trondheim, with a capacity of about 21,400. It opened in 1947 and Rosenborg moved in for the 1957-58 season.
Rosenborg is one of the most successful clubs in Scandinavian football history. Between 1992 and 2004, they won 13 consecutive league titles, a run that no other Norwegian club has come close to matching. During that period they also played in eight consecutive Champions League group stages, beating AC Milan, Real Madrid, and Porto along the way. For a club from a city of 200,000 people at 63 degrees north, this was extraordinary.
Those days are long gone. Rosenborg still has the largest fanbase in Norwegian football, but the dominance ended in the mid-2000s and the club has not been a regular in European competition for years. Lerkendal on a match day is still a good atmosphere, but it is a shadow of what it was when the stadium regularly hosted Champions League nights.
If you happen to be in Trondheim on a match day, tickets are usually available. The stadium is about 2 kilometres south of the centre.
Rosenborg is one of the most successful clubs in Scandinavian football history. Between 1992 and 2004, they won 13 consecutive league titles, a run that no other Norwegian club has come close to matching. During that period they also played in eight consecutive Champions League group stages, beating AC Milan, Real Madrid, and Porto along the way. For a club from a city of 200,000 people at 63 degrees north, this was extraordinary.
Those days are long gone. Rosenborg still has the largest fanbase in Norwegian football, but the dominance ended in the mid-2000s and the club has not been a regular in European competition for years. Lerkendal on a match day is still a good atmosphere, but it is a shadow of what it was when the stadium regularly hosted Champions League nights.
If you happen to be in Trondheim on a match day, tickets are usually available. The stadium is about 2 kilometres south of the centre.