Editing Rosenborg BK (section)

=== Consolidation (2003) ===

At the end of 2002 Rosenborg saw the retirement of Nils Arne Eggen after many successful years, during which he was only relieved once, in the 1998 season, by his assistant, [[Trond Sollied]]. Eggen was replaced by [[Åge Hareide]], who had previously led both [[Helsingborgs IF|Helsingborg]] and [[Brøndby IF|Brøndby]] to championships in their respective leagues.

Hareide asserted that in order to not only stay ahead at the domestic level, but also perform better at the European level, Rosenborg would have to become more cynical and focus more on defensive skill, while still maintaining the offensive play that had made the team so strong in the first place. The new manager also highlighted the need to renew the aging squad, whose continuity had been another key to the club's success; many of the players had been in the club since the start of the 1990s. In a controversial move, Hareide began this process by releasing the popular [[Bent Skammelsrud]], who subsequently retired.

Under new leadership, Rosenborg laid waste to the league, losing only three games and winning 14 points ahead of runners-up [[F.K. Bodø/Glimt|Bodø/Glimt]]. The club claimed its seventh successive Double, again defeating Bodø/Glimt in the cup final. Despite failing to qualify for the Champions League, Rosenborg had enjoyed another great season and it looked like Hareide's beginning reforms were paying off, but 2003 turned out to be his one and only season at the club as he accepted an offer to lead the Norwegian national team in December of that year. He was replaced by his assistant [[Ola By Rise]], a notable former goalkeeper and goalkeeping coach at the club.