NORWEGIAN FOOTBALL CUP

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The logo of the NM SAS Braathens Cup.

The 'Norwegian Men's Football Cup' (no: ''Norgesmesterskapet i fotball for herrer'' ) 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 equivalent competition for women's teams is the Norwegian Women's Football Cup.
The tournament's official name is the 'NM SAS Braathens Cup', as it is sponsored by the airline company SAS Braathens. However, it is more commonly known simply as ''Cupen'' ("The Cup") or ''NM'', an acronym formed from ''Norgesmesterskap'' ("Norwegian Championship"). These terms are used to describe both the men's and women's competitions.
The Norwegian Football Cup is a national championship, meaning that while the Norwegian Premier League may be the most prestigious competition to win, it is the winners of the Cup who are awarded the title "Norwegian football champions". This differs from, for example, English football, where the winners of the FA Premier League are the ones who become English champions.
The current Norwegian champions and holders of the cup trophy are Fredrikstad, who defeated Sandefjord 3-0 in the final on Sunday November 12, 2006.

Contents
Format
History
List of Finals (men)
Performance By Club (men)
Women
List of Finals (women)
Performance By Club (women)
See also

Format


The first rounds of the cup are played in April, around the same time as the Norwegian Premier League starts. The first few rounds are set up by the Norwegian Football Association, and the top premier league teams are usually pitted against fairly weak amateur teams, often in rural areas, on the amateur team's home pitch. Early upsets, where an amateur team knocks a professional team out of the tournament do happen occasionally. Even if the amateur team loses, squaring off against a professional team may well be the highlight of their season.
Later matchups are drawn at random, the teams face off once, and the winner goes on to the next round. The final match is played at Ullevaal Stadium (national stadium) in November, and marks the end of the Norwegian football season.
The cup is very popular in Norway, and tickets for the final match are hard to get hold of, as the game usually sells out quickly. The supporters of the two teams playing in the final match are seated at the two short-ends of the pitch, while the more neutral supporters are seated by the long-ends. The match is also televised on national television.

History


The first cup was played in 1902, but the competition was not nationwide until 1963. 1963 was the first year clubs from Northern Norway were allowed to participate in the cup, this was due to a poor communication system in the nortern parts of Norway and to the belief that the clubs in the three northern counties could not compete at the same level as the southern clubs (Bodø/Glimt - one of the two northern newcomers - did stay in the cup to the fourth round that year).
Before the 2004 cup final, NRK awarded the 1986 final between Tromsø I.L. and Lillestrøm S.K. with the title ''Tidenes Cupfinale'' (Best cup final ever), and ex-Rosenborg B.K. striker Gøran Sørloth with ''Tidenes Cuphelt'' (Best cup hero ever).

List of Finals (men)


SeasonWinnerScoreRunner-upNotes
2006'Fredrikstad''3 - 0''Sandefjord Fotball'
2005'Molde''4 - 2''Lillestrøm'
After extra time
2004'Brann'
'4 - 1''Lyn'
2003'Rosenborg'
'3 - 1''Bodø/Glimt'
After extra time
2002'Vålerenga'
'1 - 0''Odd Grenland'
2001'Viking'
'3 - 0''Bryne'
2000'Odd Grenland'
'2 - 1''Viking'
1999'Rosenborg'
'2 - 0''Brann'
1998'Stabæk'
'3 - 1''Rosenborg'
1997'Vålerenga'
'4 - 2''Strømsgodset'
1996'Tromsø'
'2 - 1''Bodø/Glimt'
1995'Rosenborg'
'3 - 1''Brann'
Replay
1994'Molde'
'3 - 2''Lyn'
1993'Bodø/Glimt'
'2 - 0''Strømsgodset'
1992'Rosenborg'
'3 - 2''Lillestrøm'
1991'Strømsgodset'
'3 - 2''Rosenborg'
1990'Rosenborg'
'5 - 1''Fyllingen'
1989'Viking'
'2 - 1''Molde'
Replay
1988'Rosenborg'
'2 - 0''Brann'
Replay
1987'Bryne'
'1 - 0''Brann'
1986'Tromsø'
'4 - 1''Lillestrøm'
1985'Lillestrøm'
'4 - 1''Vålerenga'
1984'Fredrikstad'
'3 - 2''Viking'
Replay
1983'Moss'
'2 - 0''Vålerenga'
1982'Brann'
'3 - 2''Molde'
1981'Lillestrøm'
'3 - 1''Moss'
1980'Vålerenga'
'4 - 1''Lillestrøm'
1979'Viking'
'2 - 1''Haugar'
1978'Lillestrøm'
'2 - 1''Brann'
1977'Lillestrøm'
'1 - 0''Bodø/Glimt'
1976'Brann'
'2 - 1''Sogndal'
1975'Bodø/Glimt'
'2 - 0''Vard'
1974'Skeid'
'3 - 1''Viking'
1973'Strømsgodset'
'1 - 0''Rosenborg'
1972'Brann'
'1 - 0''Rosenborg'
1971'Rosenborg'
'4 - 1''Fredrikstad'
1970'Strømsgodset'
'4 - 2''Lyn'
1969'Strømsgodset'
'5 - 3''Fredrikstad'
Replay
1968'Lyn'
'3 - 0''Mjøndalen'
1967'Lyn'
'4 - 1''Rosenborg'
1966'Fredrikstad'
'3 - 2''Lyn'
1965'Skeid'
'2 - 1''Frigg'
Second Replay
1964'Rosenborg'
'2 - 1''Sarpsborg'
1963'Skeid'
'2 - 0''Fredrikstad'
1962'Gjøvik-Lyn'
'2 - 0''Vard'
1961'Fredrikstad'
'7 - 0''Haugar'
1960'Rosenborg'
'3- 2''Odd Grenland'
Replay
1959'Viking'
'3- 1''Sandefjord Ballklubb'
1958'Skeid'
'1- 0''Lillestrøm'
1957'Fredrikstad'
'4- 0''Sandefjord Ballklubb'
1956'Skeid'
'2- 0''Larvik Turn'
1955'Skeid'
'5- 0''Lillestrøm'
1954'Skeid'
'3- 0''Fredrikstad'
1953'Viking'
'2- 1''Lillestrøm'
1952'Sparta Sarpsborg'
'3- 2''Solberg'
1951'Sarpsborg'
'3- 2''Asker'
1950'Fredrikstad'
'3- 0''Brann'
1949'Sarpsborg'
'3- 1''Skeid'
1948'Sarpsborg'
'1- 0''Fredrikstad'
1947'Skeid'
'2- 0''Viking'
1946'Lyn'
'3- 2''Fredrikstad'
1945'Lyn'
'4- 2''Fredrikstad'
Second Replay
1940'Fredrikstad'
'3- 0''Skeid'
1939'Sarpsborg'
'2- 1''Skeid'
1938'Fredrikstad'
'3- 2''Mjøndalen'
1937'Mjøndalen'
'4- 2''Odd Grenland'
1936'Fredrikstad'
'2- 0''Mjøndalen'
1935'Fredrikstad'
'4- 0''Sarpsborg'
1934'Mjøndalen'
'2- 1''Sarpsborg'
1933'Mjøndalen'
'3- 1''Viking'
1932'Fredrikstad'
'6- 1''Ørn'
1931'Odd Grenland'
'3- 1''Mjøndalen'
1930'Ørn'
'4- 2''Drammen'
1929'Sarpsborg'
'2- 1''Ørn'
1928'Ørn'
'2- 1''Lyn'
1927'Ørn'
'4- 0''Drafn'
1926'Odd Grenland'
'3- 0''Ørn'
1925'Brann'
'3- 0''Sarpsborg'
1924'Odd Grenland'
'3- 0''Mjøndalen'
1923'Brann'
'2- 1''Lyn'
1922'Odd Grenland'
'5-1''Kvik'
1921'Frigg'
'2-0''Odd Grenland'
1920'Ørn'
'1-0''Frigg'
1919'Odd Grenland'
'1-0''Frigg'
1918'Kvik'
'4-0''Brann'
1917'Sarpsborg'
'4-1''Brann'
1916'Frigg'
'2-0''Ørn'
1915'Odd Grenland'
'2-1''Kvik'
1914'Frigg'
'4-2''Gjøvik-Lyn'
1913'Odd Grenland'
'2-1''Mercantile'
1912'Mercantile'
'6-0''Fram Larvik'
1911'Lyn'
'5-2''Urædd'
1910'Lyn'
'4-2''Odd Grenland'
1909'Lyn'
'4-3''Odd Grenland'
1908'Lyn'
'3-2''Odd Grenland'
1907'Mercantile'
'3-0''Sarpsborg'
1906'Odd Grenland'
'1-0''Sarpsborg'
1905'Odd Grenland'
'2-1''Akademisk'
1904'Odd Grenland'
'4-0''Porsgrund FC'Porsgrund FC is now named Urædd
1903'Odd Grenland'
'1-0''Grane'
1902'Grane'
'2-0''Odd Grenland'

Performance By Club (men)

'Club' 'Winners' 'Runners-up' 'Winning Years'
Odd (Grenland) 12 8 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1913, 1915, 1919, 1922, 1924, 1926, 1931, 2000
Fredrikstad 11 7 1932, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1940, 1950, 1957, 1961, 1966, 1984, 2006
Rosenborg 9 5 1960, 1964, 1971, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1999, 2003
Lyn 8 6 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1945, 1946, 1967, 1968
Skeid 8 3 1947, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1963, 1965, 1974
Brann 6 8 1923, 1925, 1972, 1976, 1982, 2004
Sarpsborg 6 6 1917, 1929, 1939, 1948, 1949, 1951
Viking 5 5 1953, 1959, 1979, 1989, 2001
Lillestrøm 4 7 1977, 1978, 1981, 1985
Ørn 4 4 1920, 1927, 1928, 1930
Strømsgodset 4 2 1969, 1970, 1973, 1991
Mjøndalen 3 5 1933, 1934, 1937
Frigg 3 3 1914, 1916, 1921
Vålerenga (Includes Vålerengen) 3 2 1980, 1997, 2002
Bodø/Glimt 2 3 1975, 1993
Molde 2 2 1994, 2005
Mercantile 2 1 1907, 1912
Tromsø 2 - 1986, 1996
Kvik/Halden (known as Fredrikshald until 1928) 1 2 1918
Bryne 1 1 1987
Gjøvik/Lyn 1 1 1922
Grane 1 1 1902
Moss 1 1 1983
Sparta 1 - 1952
Stabæk 1 - 1998
Haugar - 2 -
Sandefjord Ballklubb - 2 -
Urædd (includes Porsgrunds FC) - 2 -
Vard - 2 -
Akademisk - 1 -
Asker - 1 -
Drafn - 1 -
Drammens B.K. - 1 -
Fram - 1 -
Fyllingen - 1 -
Larvik Turn - 1 -
Sandefjord - 1 -
Solberg - 1 -
Sogndal - 1 -

Women


Since 1978, an official cup for women's clubs has also been played. The women's cup final is usually played on a Saturday, the day before the men's cup final. The 1978 cup final between BUL and Trondheims-Ørn was the first and only Norwegian cup final to be decided on penalties.
Before the 2006 final, the Norwegian Football Association decided that the Women's final would be played at Bislett Stadion in stead of Ullevaal Stadion, which caused some debate. The Football Association claimed that two matches over one weekend would cause too much wear on the Ullevaal pitch, while representatives for the clubs claimed that the move was discriminating against women's football. When the semi-finals of the 2006 cup were drawn, all 4 clubs boicoted the draw in a protest against the move. [1]

List of Finals (women)



★ 1978 'BUL' 6-5 Trondheims-Ørn '(p.k. shootout, 1-1 a.e.t)'

★ 1979 'BUL' 4-1 Sprint/Jeløy

★ 1980 'BUL' 2-0 Trondheims-Ørn '(Replay)'

★ 1981 'Bøler' 2-1 BUL

★ 1982 'BUL' 2-1 Sprint/Jeløy '(a.e.t.)'

★ 1983 'BUL' 2-1 Sprint/Jeløy

★ 1984 'Asker' 2-1 Sprint/Jeløy

★ 1985 'Sprint/Jeløy' 1-0 Asker

★ 1986 'Sprint/Jeløy' 3-0 Trondheims-Ørn

★ 1987 'Sprint/Jeløy' 2-1 Klepp

★ 1988 'Sprint/Jeløy' 1-0 Asker

★ 1989 'Klepp' 2-1 Trondheims-Ørn

★ 1990 'Asker' 5-1 Sprint/Jeløy

★ 1991 'Asker' 8-0 Sandviken

★ 1992 'Setskog/Høland' 3-0 Asker

★ 1993 'Trondheims-Ørn' 3-2 Asker

★ 1994 'Trondheims-Ørn' 5-1 Donn

★ 1995 'Sandviken' 3-2 Trondheims-Ørn '(a.e.t)'

★ 1996 'Trondheims-Ørn' 3-0 Klepp

★ 1997 'Trondheims-Ørn' 6-1 Klepp

★ 1998 'Trondheims-Ørn' 4-0 Kolbotn

★ 1999 'Trondheims-Ørn' 1-0 Athene Moss

★ 2000 'Asker' 4-1 Bjørnar

★ 2001 'Trondheims-Ørn' 3-2 Asker

★ 2002 'Trondheims-Ørn' 4-3 Arna-Bjørnar '(a.e.t)'

★ 2003 'Medkila' 2-1 Kolbotn

★ 2004 'Røa' 2-1 Asker

★ 2005 'Asker' 2-1 Team Strømmen '(a.e.t)'

★ 2006 'Røa' 3-2 Asker
Performance By Club (women)

'Club' 'Winners' 'Runners-up' 'Winning Years'
Trondheims-Ørn 8 5 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002
Asker 5 7 1984, 1990, 1991, 2000, 2005
BUL 5 1 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983
Sprint/Jeløy 4 5 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988
Røa 2 - 2004, 2006
Klepp 1 3 1989
Team Strømmen (formerly Setskog/Høland) 1 1 1992
Sandviken 1 1 1995
Bøler 1 - 1981
Medkila 1 - 2003
Kolbotn - 2 -
Arna-Bjørnar (formerly Bjørnar) - 2 -
Donn - 1 -
Athene Moss¹ - 1 -

¹club no longer exists

See also



★ List of Norwegian football cup champions

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