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Meet Bodø/Glimt, the Team From a Norwegian Fishing Town Delivering a Champions League Fairy Tale
Bodø/Glimt reached the Champions League last 16 after key wins over Man City and Atlético Madrid, with 2025 revenue at €80 million, driven by European success.
- On Wednesday, Bodø/Glimt advanced to the Champions League round of 16 and will face Sporting Lisbon in the first leg, joining clubs like Real Madrid and Liverpool.
- With culture shifts from mental coach Bjørn Mannsverk, Bodø/Glimt changed its culture and achieved domestic success, fueled by coach Kjetil Knutsen, who joined in 2018.
- Notable results such as a 3-1 home win over Manchester City, a 2-1 away victory at Atletico Madrid, and playoff wins over Inter Milan propelled Bodø/Glimt into the knockout stage, led by Kasper Høgh and Jens Petter Hauge.
- Bodø/Glimt is budgeting for 50 million euros in 2026, and last year posted 80 million euros , boosted by over 26 million euros in European earnings.
- This tiny fishing town of around 55,000 in Bodø, Norway, plays at Aspmyra stadium, which has a forecast temperature of 3 Celsius during the match against Sporting Lisbon.
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Meet Bodø/Glimt, the team from a Norwegian fishing town delivering a Champions League fairy tale
Tiny Norwegian club Bodø/Glimt is turning the Champions League into a feelgood story by toppling Europe’s biggest clubs in its first ever season in the competition. The club located north of the Arctic Circle and in a fishing town of…
CHRONICLE. The continuation of the Norwegian football saga of Bodö/Glimt tickles more than the heavyweight match between Real Madrid and Manchester City. The sensational team's success is a much-needed northern light in the Champions League.
The main sensation of the European football season is that of the Norwegian club Budé/Glimt, with a very modest top-club budget, he beat the Manchester City and Atletico Championship League, went to playoffs, and on February 24, 2026, he beat last year's finalist and champion of Italy's Milan "Inter" Championship, and shortly before the next Buda/Glimt match in the Championship League, sports journalist Sergei Krivoharchenko explained how the cl…
The players of Bodö/Glimt, authors of a historic course in the Champions League, struggle to get a place in the national team, which will return to the World Cup this summer after 28 years of absence. On Wednesday (21 hours), the Norwegian club faces the Sporting Portugal in eighth of the C1 final go.
Bodo/Glimt: Norwegian club have beaten Man City, Atletico Madrid and Inter Milan on way to Champions League last 16 - what is their secret?
Bodo/Glimt are into the Champions League last 16 despite not winning any of their first six matches in the league phase; the Norwegian side come from a town of 54,000 people but have beaten Man City, Atletico Madrid and Inter Milan; Sky Sports Sam Blitz speaks to their mentality coach
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