Currently, at the top of the first Norwegian football league (Eliteserien), FK Bodø/Glimt is attempting to reclaim this trophy for their hometown after finishing behind Molde last season.
Kjetil Knutsen, Bodø/Glimts head coach, promoted them in 2017, avoided relegation in 2018, and won the league twice in a row (in 2020 and 2021).
He was and still is considered the leading man responsible for this Norwegian sides surprising rebirth.
With some critical departures from their squad, like Ola Solbakken to José Mourinhos AS Roma or even Erik Botheim to Krasnodar (who transferred to Serie A side Salernitana this season), Knutsen had to sort this challenge out, and it seems that he was successful in doing so, since they are the top of Elitrserien again.
In his sixth season as head coach of Bodø, his team is still unbeaten in the domestic league with 10 victories and one draw after 11 games played.
They have an outstanding goal difference with 32 goals scored and just nine losses.
However, this years European campaign wasnt as great as last seasons, when they reached the quarter-finals of the UEFA Conference league.
Although Bodø is the top-valued team in Eliteserien, with a squad valuation of 28.35 m euros, they are still far from the majority of European clubs in terms of their squads market price.
Yet, due mainly to Kjetils tactical model, they are competitive in their European campaigns.
In this tactical analysis, we aim to understand some of the reasons behind Bodøs recent dominance in Norwegian football by examining key aspects of their offensive and defensive strategies.
Kjetil Knutsen Tactics & Preferred Formation
Bodø attacks and defends in a classical and very concrete 4-3-3 formation, yet it varies during the game due to the players movements.
Initially, in a lower zone of the pitch, one of the fullbacks descends to initiate a three-man build-up, which resembles a 3-4-3 formation.
However, as soon as they are in possession near the oppo
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