2008 Norwegian Football Cup

2008 Norwegian Football Cup

Norgesmesterskapet i fotball for herrer
Country	Norway
Teams	128 (main competition)
Champions	Vålerenga (4th title)
Runners-up	Stabæk
Matches played	127
Goals scored	518 (4.08 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Mohammed Abdellaoue Veigar Pall Gunnarson (7 goals each) [1]
← 2007 2009 →

The 2008 Norwegian Football Cup 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 2009–10 UEFA Europa League.

Results[]

First Round[]

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

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

Quarter-finals[]

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Semi-finals[]

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Final[]

References[]

External links[]

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