Stephen Kenny: Rosenborg don’t scare us

Back when Stephen Kenny last faced Rosenborg in the Champions League as manager of Bohemians in 2003, the Norwegians were the team most League of Ireland sides wanted to emulate.

A 5-0 aggregate defeat on that occasion showed the gulf in class back then but ahead of tonight’s second qualifying round meeting between Dundalk and Rosenborg at Oriel Park, it’s fair to say times have changed.

While 14 years ago the Trondheim outfit were on a period of domination in their homeland that saw them reach the Champions League group stages in 11 out of 13 seasons, they have failed to get there in the last decade.