Ronny Deila is a former Norwegian football player and from the 2008 season coach for Strømsgodset in Tippeligaen

Tippeligaen

Tippeligaen is a Norwegian professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Norwegian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. The league is also unofficially known under its neutral name Eliteserien , although the name has never been official...

. He played for Urædd

IF Urædd

IF Urædd is a Norwegian sports club from Porsgrunn, founded in 1880. Since 8 December 1993 it has been an alliance sports team, with independent sections for football, handball, sport wrestling, skiing, gymnastics, basketball, athletics and speed skating....

, Odd Grenland and Viking before joining Strømsgodset as playing assistant coach in 2006

Adeccoligaen 2006

The 2006 Norwegian First Division season kicked off on April 9, 2006, with eleven rounds being played before the World Cup break on June 5...

. Under coach Dag-Eilev Fagermo

Dag-Eilev Fagermo

Dag-Eilev Akkarhauet Fagermo is a Norwegian football coach. Currently he's coaching the Norwegian Premier League-club Odd Grenland....

 he was the assistant until the end of 2007, when Fagermo decided to move to Odd Grenland. Deila was then promoted to head coach, and at the same time he retired as a player.

In 2010 he won the Norwegian Cup

Norwegian football cup

The Norwegian Football Cup is the main knockout cup competition in Norwegian football. It is run by the Football Association of Norway and has been contested since 1902, making it the oldest football tournament in the country. The tournament is commonly known as Cupen or NM, an acronym formed...

 with Strømsgodset.

Playing career

• Urædd
  IF Urædd
  IF Urædd is a Norwegian sports club from Porsgrunn, founded in 1880. Since 8 December 1993 it has been an alliance sports team, with independent sections for football, handball, sport wrestling, skiing, gymnastics, basketball, athletics and speed skating....
  
  
• Odd Grenland (1993–2004)
• Viking (2005)
• Strømsgodset (2006–2007)

Coaching career

• Brodd
  IL Brodd
  Idrettslaget Brodd is a Norwegian sports club from Stavanger. It has sections for football, handball, badminton and floorball.The club was founded on 25 April 1913 as BK Brodd. It participated in competitions for the first time in 1915, and reached the inaugural League of Norway in 1937–38...
  
   (2005)
• Strømsgodset, assistant coach (2006-January 2008)
• Birkebeineren, assistant coach (November 2007-January 2008)
• Strømsgodset, head coach (January 2008 – present)

Year	Nat	Team	Pos	Pl	W	D	L	GD	+/-	Pts	Cup	Notes
2008		Strømsgodset IF	11th	26	8	5	13	33-44	-11	29/78	Qtr Final
2009		Strømsgodset IF	12th	30	10	6	14	40-42	-2	36/90	2nd Round
2010		Strømsgodset IF	7th	30	13	4	13	51-59	-8	43/90	Winner
2011		Strømsgodset IF	-	28	11	9	8	41-37	+4	42/84	4th Round