Norwegian Football Cup

Football tournament
The Norwegian Football Cup ( norwegian : Norgesmesterskapet i fotball for herrer ) is the main hard 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 normally known as Cupen ( “ The Cup ” ), NM or NM Cup ( NM Cupen ), an acronym formed from Norgesmesterskap ( “ norwegian Championship ” ). These terms are used to describe both the men ‘s and women ‘s competitions. The equivalent competition for women ‘s teams is the norwegian Women ‘s Football Cup. The norwegian Football Cup is a national championship, meaning that while the Eliteserien may be the most prestigious contest 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 Premier League are the ones who become english champions.

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Winners receive the King ‘s trophy. Winners besides qualify for the Europa Conference League second qualify round and a place in the Mesterfinalen, the norwegian superintendent cup match. The current norwegian champions and holders of the cup are Viking, who defeated Haugesund 1–0 in the 2019 final examination. Odd and Rosenborg are the most successful clubs with 12 titles each .

history [edit ]

The first cup was played in 1902, and Oscar II presented the King ‘s Cup to the inauguration tournament. This was an invitation tournament organised by Kristiania IF and the Norwegian Football Association, which was later given official status. Five teams joined the competition, and Odd reached the final without playing a equal. Grane won the first norwegian Cup after they defeated Odd 2–0 at Gamle Frogner Stadion, Kristiania. The first tournament who had official status at the time of the events was the 1904 norwegian Cup and was won by Odd. [ 1 ] In the beginning, the cup was overt for county champions only. This continued until 1933, when the cup was opened for all clubs of a certain stand. League football began with the 1937–38 season, and Fredrikstad became the first team to win a domestic double by winning both the league and the cup in the same year. Due to the outbreak of World War II, the competition was not played between the 1940 and 1945 editions. The competition was not nationally until 1963. 1963 was the first year clubs from Northern Norway were allowed to participate, this was due to a poor communication system in the northern parts of Norway and to the belief that the clubs in the three northern counties could not compete on the same flat as the southerly clubs ( Bodø/Glimt – one of the two northern newcomers – did stay in the cup to the fourth turn that class ). Until 1963, teams from Northern Norway their own Northern Norwegian Championships. Before the 2004 cup final, NRK awarded the 1986 final between Tromsø and Lillestrøm with the claim Tidenes Cupfinale ( Best cup final examination always ), and ex- Rosenborg hitter Gøran Sørloth with Tidenes Cuphelt ( Best cup hero ever ). The concluding has been played at Ullevaal Stadion since the 1948 cup concluding .

format [edit ]

overview [edit ]

Before the proper rounds take place, two qualifying rounds are played in March and April. 176 clubs from tier 4 and 5 embark the first qualify round off and 44 of these advance to the first round where they are joined by 84 teams from tiers 1, 2 and 3. The first gear rung of the cup are played in April, around the lapp time as the Eliteserien season starts. The first two rounds are set up by the Norwegian Football Association, and the lead escape teams are normally pitted against fairly weak amateur teams, much in rural areas, on the amateur team ‘s home pitch. early on upsets, where an amateur team knocks a professional team out of the tournament do happen occasionally. For exemplar, in 2012 the Eliteserien teams Sandnes Ulf and Sogndal were knocked out in the first round by the third base division ( fourthly tier ) teams Staal Jørpeland IL and Florø SK respectively. [ 2 ] evening if the amateurish team loses, squaring off against a professional team may well be the highlight of their temper. From the third round to the semi-final, matchups are drawn at random, the teams face off once, and the achiever goes on to the adjacent round. The concluding match is played at Ullevaal Stadium ( national stadium ) in November or December, and takes topographic point near the end of the norwegian football season. The cup is identical popular in Norway, and tickets for the final peer are hard to get reserve of, as the game normally sells out promptly. The supporters of the two teams playing in the final match are seated at the two short-ends of the pitch, while the more inert supporters are seated by the long-ends. The match is besides televised on national television .

schedule [edit ]

Most entrants from level 4 and all entrants from level 5 have to play to qualifying rounds to join the rival proper. [ 3 ] Reserve teams of Eliteserien clubs, who are eligible to play in 2. divisjon ( degree 3 ) can not enter. Depending on the count of reserve teams, the first round proper will be filled with the best clubs from floor 4 until the number of teams from levels 1–4 is 84. Clubs from higher levels are then added in the first beat, as per the postpone below. The months in which rounds are played are traditional, with claim dates subject to each class ‘s calendar .

Round

New entrants at this round

Month

No of matches

Qualifying Competition

First Qualifying Round

Level 4 and 5 clubs

March

Second Qualifying Round

none

April

Competition Proper

First Round

Level 1, 2 and 3 clubs

April

Second Round

none

May

Third Round

Fourth Round

June

Quarter-finals

August

Semi-finals

September

Final

December

Tiebreaking [edit ]

In all rounds, if a fixture solution in a pull after normal time, the winner is settled by a period of extra prison term, and if silent necessary, a punishment gunfight. Earlier, fixtures resulting in a draw ( after normal meter ) would go to a replay, played at the venue of the away team. The first gear Cup Final to go to a replay was the 1945 final, between Lyn and Fredrikstad. The initial tie finished 1–1 and the foremost play back besides finished 1–1. Lyn won the second play back 4–0. The alone other time the concluding has taken three matches to settle was the 1965 final examination between Oslo rivals Skeid and Frigg ( 2–2, 1–1, 2–1 ). The last replay final examination was the 1995 final, when Rosenborg and Brann fought a 1–1 draw. The play back saw Rosenborg win the Cup, with the score 3–1. The beginning final examination to be decided by a penalty gunfight was the 2009 final examination between Molde and Aalesund. The grudge ended 1–1 after normal time and 2–2 after extra clock. Aalesund won the final examination 5–4 on penalties.

qualification for subsequent competitions [edit ]

anterior to 2020, the Cup winners qualified for the follow season ‘s UEFA Europa League ( once named the UEFA Cup ; from its launch in 1960 until 1998, they entered the now-defunct UEFA Cup Winners ‘ Cup rather ). Effecting from the 2020 norwegian Cup, winners will qualify for the UEFA Europa Conference League. This european put applies tied if the team is relegated or is not in the norwegian top trajectory. In the past, if the Cup fetching team besides qualified for the pursue season ‘s Champions League or Europa League through their league place, then the losing Cup finalist were given this european position rather. norwegian Cup winners enter the Europa League at the second qualify round off. Losing finalists, if they have n’t qualified for Europe via the league, began early, at the beginning qualify round off. From the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League season, however, UEFA does not allow the runner-up to qualify for the Europa League through the competition. [ 4 ] If the winner – and until 2015, the runner-up – has already qualified for Europe through their league position ( with the exception of the UEFA Cup until 1998 ), the Cup berth was then given to the highest-place team in the league who has not yet qualified .

Mesterfinalen [edit ]

The Cup winners besides qualify for the follow season ‘s single-match Mesterfinalen, a season opener played against the previous season ‘s Eliteserien champions ( or the Eliteserien runner-up if the Cup winners besides won the league – the double ) .

Finals [edit ]

key [edit ]

(R)

Replay

Match went to extra time

†

Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time

Bold

Winning team won The Double of Norwegian Cup & top division

Italics

Team from outside the top level of Norwegian football

Winners and finalists [edit ]

Results by team [edit ]

Since its institution, the norwegian Cup has been won by 27 different teams. Teams shown in italics are no longer in universe .

Records and statistics [edit ]

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All rounds [edit ]

Highest attendance at Ullevaal Stadion: 36,000 at the 1949 final (Sarpsborg v. Skeid, 23 October 1949)

Women [edit ]

Since 1978, an official cup for women ‘s club has besides been played. The women ‘s cup final examination is normally played on a Saturday, the day before the men ‘s cup final. The 1978 cup final between BUL and Trondheims-Ørn was the only norwegian cup final to be decided on penalties. Before the 2006 final, the Norwegian Football Association decided that the Women ‘s concluding would be played at Bislett Stadium alternatively of Ullevaal Stadion, which caused some debate. The Football Association claimed that two matches over one weekend would cause excessively a lot wear on the Ullevaal cant, 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 boycotted the pull in a protest against the be active. [ 1 ]