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Norwegian success story: Bodo/Glimt's historic run to a European semi-final

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Bodo/Glimt's historic run to the semi-finals of this season's Europa League has not happened by chance after a remarkable success story that has been years in the making.

On Thursday, the club from just north of the Arctic Circle will become the first Norwegian team to play in the semi-finals of a major European competition when they take on Tottenham Hotspur in the first leg of their last-four tie.

It is a stunning achievement for a side from a town with a population of barely 50,000 situated almost 1,200 kilometres, or 16 hours, by road north of Norway's capital Oslo.