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, among others. He is among an exclusive group of Norwegians who have managed a top-flight team abroad, in Brogeland's case the Austrian

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. Controversially, however, he was sacked at a moment when the club was third in the league and had qualified for the quarter-finals of the cup. Under Brogeland's command, the small club

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were runners-up in the

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in 1992. In the 1993

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, after having beaten Swedish

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7–2 on aggregate, Brogeland led Kongsvinger to a surprise draw against

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at home.

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