2008 Norwegian Football Cup

2008 Norwegian Football Cup

Country	Norway
Teams	128 (competition proper)
Champions	Vålerenga (4th title)
Runner-up	Stabæk
Top goal scorer(s)	Mohammed Abdellaoue Veigar Pall Gunnarson (7 goals) [1]
← 2007 2009 →

The Norwegian Football Cup 2008 was the 103rd season of Norwegian annual knockout football tournament. The competition started on 10 May 2008 with the first round games and ended on 9 November 2008 with the final. The defending champions were Lillestrøm.

The format of the Cup has not changed for this season what means that, unlike other European cup competitions, all teams (including Tippeligaen ones) entered the Cup in the First Round. In the First and Second Round amateur teams (or at least lower-placed at the time of the draw) were seeded and played the matches at home ground. From the Third Round until the end the draw was random.

The winners, Vålerenga, qualified for the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League 2009–10.

Results

First Round

The games were played on May 10 and 12, 2008.

Home team Score Away team Elnesvågen og Omegn 0–6 Molde Ørn Horten 0–5 Vålerenga Drøbak Frogn 0–2 Korsvoll Fana 2–0 Fyllingen Follesse 1–3 Åsane Groruddalen 1–4 Manglerud Star Lørenskog 2–0 Skjetten Mandalskameratene 3–2 Vard Haugesund Mjøndalen 0–1 Asker Namsos 1–2 Levanger Stavanger 3–1 Randaberg Strindheim 1–4 Steinkjer Tromsdalen 6–2 Lofoten Ull/Kisa 1–0 Strømmen Østsiden 1–2 (aet) Pors Grenland Tønsberg 4–2 Modum Førde 1–3 Aalesund Harstad 1–6 Lyn Loddefjord 1–4 Brann Mjølner 0–3 Bodø/Glimt Mysen 1–6 Fredrikstad Sandar 1–3 Lillestrøm Sander 0–2 Ham-Kam Skjervøy 0–2 Tromsø Tynset 0–11 Rosenborg Vestfossen 0–14 Stabæk Vidar 0–3 Viking Øvrevoll Hosle 2–7 (aet) Strømsgodset Austevoll 1–1 (aet, p. 4–1) Nest Sotra Averøykameratene 1–2 Kristiansund Borgar 0–3 Sarpsborg Sparta Bossekop 0–2 Alta

Home team Score Away team Brumunddal 2–4 Eidsvold Turn Bøler 1–3 Sprint Jeløy Charlottenlund 2–3 (aet) Ranheim Lillehammer 1–2 (aet) Nybergsund Trysil Arendal 1–6 Fløy Fram Larvik 2–0 Bærum Frigg 2–3 Notodden Gjøvik Lyn 0–3 Kongsvinger Grorud 0–3 Follo KFUM Oslo 2–0 Kjelsås Kongsberg 1–4 Sandefjord Kopervik 2–4 Ålgård Kvik Halden 0–2 Moss Langevåg 0–6 Skarbøvik Nardo 2–0 KIL/Hemne Nord 0–4 Bryne NTNUI 2–1 Byåsen Sandviken 0–3 Os Senja 3–4 Skarp Skarphedin 1–5 Odd Grenland Solberg 0–3 Raufoss Stord 1–3 Haugesund Stålkameratene 0–3 Mo Søgne 0–2 Start Tornado Måløy 0–3 Sogndal Toten 0–2 Valdres Trauma 0–6 Vindbjart Ullern 1–4 Hønefoss Valder 2–4 Hødd Vollen 2–6 Skeid Voss 0–3 Løv-Ham Åkra 0–4 Sandnes Ulf

Second Round

The games were played between June 3 and 8, 2008.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Skeid	2–3	Fredrikstad
Vindbjart	0–4	Odd Grenland
KFUM Oslo	0–3	Strømsgodset
Fram Larvik	0–2	Stabæk
Alta	6–2	Tromsdalen
Asker	1–0	Notodden
Fløy	1–3	Bryne
Hødd	4–1	NTNUI
Kongsvinger	4–2	Lørenskog
Korsvoll	1–3	Lyn
Manglerud Star	2–1	Nybergsund-Trysil
Os	0–4	Haugesund
Pors Grenland	6–3	Hønefoss
Ranheim	8–0	Nardo
Sandefjord	4–0	Mandalskameratene
Skarbøvik	1–6 (aet)	Sogndal
Sprint-Jeløy	0–6	Moss
Start	2–1	Tønsberg
Stavanger	0–2	Viking
Steinkjer	1–1 (aet, p. 2–4)	Molde
Ålgård	2–3	Sandnes Ulf
Åsane	4–5 (aet)	Aalesund
Eidsvold Turn	1–0	Lillestrøm
Mo	0–3	Bodø/Glimt
Skarp	2–5	Tromsø
Follo	0–2	Sarpsborg Sparta
Levanger	0–4	Ullensaker/Kisa
Løv-Ham	4–0	Fana
Austevoll	2–3	SK Brann
Kristiansund	1–1 (aet, p. 5–2)	Rosenborg
Raufoss	1–4	Vålerenga
Valdres	2–1	Ham-Kam

Third Round

The games were played between July 1 and 9, 2008.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Brann	3–1	Valdres
Ranheim	0–3	Tromsø
Bodø/Glimt	3–1	Alta
Lyn	4–0	Asker
Molde	2–1 (aet)	Kristiansund
Stabæk	5–0	Manglerud Star
Strømsgodset	4–0	Pors Grenland
Viking	3–0	Eidsvold Turn
Bryne	1–4	Løv-Ham
Haugesund	3–2	Sandnes Ulf
Moss	2–3	Start
Odd Grenland	2–0	Sandefjord
Sogndal	3–0	Kongsvinger
Sarpsborg Sparta	2–3	Vålerenga
Ull/Kisa	0–1	Fredrikstad
Hødd	1–2	Aalesund

Fourth Round

The games were played between July 23 and August 6, 2008.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Molde	8–0	Brann
Tromsø	0–2 (aet)	Vålerenga
Bodø/Glimt	3–1	Haugesund
Fredrikstad	5–2	Løv-Ham
Sogndal	1–3	Stabæk
Start	2–3	Odd Grenland
Aalesund	1–4	Lyn
Strømsgodset	3–2	Viking

Quarterfinals

The games were played on August 15, 16 and 17, 2008.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Lyn	1–3 (aet)	Molde
Odd Grenland	2–2 (aet, p. 7–6)	Fredrikstad
Vålerenga	3–1	Bodø/Glimt
Stabæk	4–1	Strømsgodset

Semifinals

2008-09-24 19:00 CET	Stabæk	3 – 0	Molde	Nadderud Stadion, Bærum Attendance: 4,880 Referee: Per Ivar Staberg, Harstad IL
	Nannskog  30'  90+2' Farnerud  76'	Report

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2008-09-25 19:00 CET	Vålerenga	2 – 1	Odd Grenland	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo Attendance: 9,563 Referee: Espen Berntsen, Vang FL
	Abdellaoue  30' Sæternes  37'	Report	21' Dokken

Final

Main article: 2008 Norwegian Football Cup Final

2008-11-09 13:15 CET	Stabæk	1 – 4	Vålerenga	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen, SK Haugar
	Andersson  69'	Report	31'  54' Abdellaoue  50'  70' Fredheim Holm

References

1. ^ http://www.fotballen.eu/nm/maalNM08.html

External links

• Official site (Norwegian)
• nrksport.no (Norwegian)
• speaker.no (Norwegian)