Bodo/Glimt: Five facts about 'Arctic' team who beat Man City

If you play sport, you know exactly how good it feels to win against a team or a player ranked higher than you.

And that's precisely what happened on Tuesday night, when a tiny Norwegian club caused one of the biggest upsets in modern Champions League history.

Bodo/Glimt, playing their first season in the competition, beat previous winners of the trophy, Manchester City 3-1 at home.

It turns out this small team are pretty unique in many ways..

Keep reading to find out five cool facts about the football club.

Bodo/Glimt is based in the city of Bodo in the north of Norway - so far north in fact - that the club are located around 200 miles into the Arctic Circle.

During its shortest days, Bodo has less than an hour of sunlight and it can be bitterly cold, snowy and windy during the long winter months, with temperatures deep into minus figures.

The difficult weather conditions mean that the team play on an artificial pitch made of plastic, instead of grass, which has been criticised by some clubs for the way the ball rolls and bounces differently.

However, Uefa allows approved artificial pitches to be used up to and including the semi-finals of its competitions.

Bodo/Glimt is known for its yellow kits and also a rather unusual accompaniment - huge yellow toothbrushes that its supporters carry to matches.

It all started around fifty years ago, when one of the fans was looking for a baton to help lead the singing from the stands - and someone gave him a toothbrush they had in their pocket.

It quickly caught on, and now the team even have their own range which is sold across the country.

Bodo/Glimt was founded in 1916, when the team was originally just called Glimt.

However, the club changed its name in 1948, due to an older club in Norway having the same name.

It originally changed to Bodo-Glimt, with a hyphen instead of a slash, however this was changed again in the 1980s to avoid confusion, as some people thought it was two clubs.

Since then, the team has gone by the name FK Bodo/Glimt (Bodo/Glimt FC).

Glimt means flash, gleam or spark.

The small city of Bodo is home to around 54,000 people - meaning that everyone who lives there could fit inside Manchester City's Etihad Stadium!

The club's first-ever football match was against the local high school, because Bodo/Glimt were the only football club in town at the time.

Bodo was named a European Capital of Culture in 2024, and is known for its music and unique street art.

It's Arctic Circle location means that visitors can enjoy the midnight sunshine in summer and Northern Lights in the winter.

Bodo/Glimt's win against Manchester City isn't the only big victory the team have recently celebrated.

The club has built up quite the reputation as tough opponents - both in Norway and internationally.

In recent years the team has also beaten Celtic, Roma, Besiktas, Porto and Lazio.

Bodo/Glimt has also won four of Norway's last seven top league titles - and finished as runners-up on the other three occasions.

The team also reached the Europa League semi-finals last season, losing to the eventual tournament winners, Tottenham Hotspur.