1945 Norwegian Football Cup

1945 Norwegian Football Cup

Norgesmesterskapet i fotball for menn 1945
Country	Norway
Defending champions	Fredrikstad
Champions	Lyn (5th title)
Runners-up	Fredrikstad
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The 1945 Norwegian Football Cup was the 40th season of the Norwegian annual knockout football tournament. This was the first cup in five years, due to the Second World War. The tournament was open for all members of NFF, except those from Northern Norway. The final was contested by the defending champions Fredrikstad and the four-time former winners Lyn. It took two replays to decide a winner, and in the third final Lyn won 4–0 securing their fifth title and the first title in 34 years, having last won in 1911.

Third round[]

Kristiansund - Aalesund 2-1 (extra time)

Årstad - Voss 1-0

Birkebeineren - Strømsgodset 0-3

Lisleby - Borg 2-0

Stavanger IF - Djerv 1919 3-1

Fram (Larvik) - Fredrikstad 0-3

Frigg - Mjøndalen 1-3

Raufoss - Gjøa 1-1 (extra time)

Kvik (Trondheim) - Wing 1-2

Lillestrøm - Vålerengen 1-0

Lyn - Sandefjord 5-0

Nydalen - Moss 1-1 (extra time)

Ranheim - Verdal 1-0

Sarpsborg - Vikersund 3-1

Skiold - Skeid 0-1

Start - Viking 2-2 (extra time)

Rematch

Gjøa - Raufoss 6-3

Moss - Nydalen 1-1 (extra time)

Viking - Start 3-1

Rematch

Nydalen - Moss 0-1 (extra time)

Fourth round[]

Årstad - Stavanger IF 3-2

Fredrikstad - Lillestrøm 10-1

Gjøa - Kristiansund 3-4 (extra time)

Viking - Lisleby 0-6

Mjøndalen - Lyn 0-1

Moss - Strømsgodset 1-1 (extra time)

Skeid - Ranheim 7-1

Wing - Sarpsborg 2-6

Rematch

Strømsgodset - Moss 0-1

Quarter-finals[]

Fredrikstad - Årstad 4-0

Lyn - Kristiansund 6-0

Lisleby - Moss 3-0

Sarpsborg - Skeid 4-3

Semi-finals[]

Fredrikstad - Sarpsborg 3-0

Lyn - Lisleby 6-1

Final[]

14 October 1945

Fredrikstad	1–1	Lyn
Brynildsen 46' (pen.)		Osnes 19'

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 34,162

Referee: Haakon Engebretsen, Brage

Fredrikstad: GK Hans Hansen DF Rolf Johannessen DF Bjørn Berger MF Gunnar Andreassen MF Erik Holmberg MF Reidar Olsen FW Thorleif Larsen FW Bjørn Spydevold FW Knut Brynildsen FW Kjell Moe  47' FW Arne Ileby Substitutions: FW Jacob Wilhems  47'

Lyn: GK Tom Blohm DF Eugen Hansen DF Øivind Holmsen MF Eilert Eilertsen MF Kristian Henriksen MF Adalbert Kjellberg FW Marlow Bråthen FW John Sveinsson FW Knut Osnes FW Magnar Isaksen FW Arne Brustad

Rematch

October 28: Fredrikstad - Lyn 1–1 (extra time)

Rematch

November 4: Lyn - Fredrikstad 4–0

See also[]

• 1945 in Norwegian football

References[]

• "Norwegian cup 1945". RSSSF Norway. Archived from the original on 24 May 2008. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
• "Cup final in Oslo, October 14". RSSSF Norway. Archived from the original on 24 May 2008. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
• Jorsett, Per; Arne Scheie (December 1999). Cupen 1902-1999. J.M. Stenersens forlag. ISBN 82-7201-275-8.