2011 Norwegian Football Cup Final

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2011 Norwegian Football Cup Final
Event2011 Norwegian Football Cup
Brann Aalesund
1 2
Date6 November 2011
VenueUllevaal Stadion, Oslo
Man of the MatchMichael Barrantes
RefereeSvein-Erik Edvartsen
Attendance25,032
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The 2011 Norwegian Football Cup Final was the 106th final of the Norwegian Football Cup. It was played on 6 November 2011[1] at Ullevaal Stadion, in Oslo, Norway. In the final Brann meet Aalesund. The winner, Aalesund, earned a place in the second qualifying round of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League. The draw for the final was held on 27 September 2011 by the Norwegian Football Association, which decided that Brann was the home team of the final and got to play in their red home kits.[2] UEFA-president Michel Platini came to Oslo and watched the final.[3]

Background[]

Up to the 2011 final, Brann had reached the Cup Final fourteen times, winning six of them, while Aalesund had won the only Final they played in 2009. The first league match of the Tippeliga-season, ended 1-1 at Brann Stadion. The second league match will be played after the Final. In the last ten years, Brann and Aalesund had been drawn together in the Norwegian Cup twice, each winning one tie; in the Fifth Round in 2002, Aalesund, who played on the second-tier that year, won the penalty shootout 6-5 after 120 minutes with 0–0 at Brann Stadion; Aalesund went on to reach the semi-final. Their next meeting was 3 years later, in the Fourth Round of the 2005 competition; Brann won the match 3-2 but were eliminated in the quarter-final.

Pre-match[]

Officials[]

Hamar-based referee Svein-Erik Edvartsen was named as the referee for the 2011 Cup Final on 10 October 2011. Edvartsen states that this will be his biggest experience as a referee. Edvartsen has no previous assignments as the primary referee at Ullevaal Stadion, but have been a FIFA-elected referee between 2007 and 2008 and have since 2005 refereed 95 Tippeliga-matches.[4]

His assistants for the 2011 final was Odd-Jarle Hansen, representing Fløy, Magnus Lundberg from , with 's Anders Johansen as the fourth official.[4]

Route to the final[]

See also: 2011 Norwegian Football Cup
Brann Round Aalesund
Tertnes (D3)
A
3–0		 Mezquida 18', 56', Austin 22' First Round (D3)
A
8–0		 Okoronkwo 29', Sylling Olsen 35', 39', 72',
Barrantes 71', 87', Myklebust 90+1',
Sellin 90+3'
Fana (D3)
A
3–2		 Mjelde 77', Ojo 88', Bentley 90+2' Second Round Tornado Måløy (D3)
A
5–0		 Okoronkwo 12', Post 20', Fuhre 35', Ulvestad 86', Sellin 90'
Åsane (D2)
A
1–0		 Ojo 80' Third Round Hødd (D1)
A
2–1 aet		 Arnefjord 90+5', Barrantes 120'
Sogndal (TL)
H
2–2 (3–2 p)		 Guastavino 89', Bentley 116' Fourth Round Sarpsborg 08 (TL)
H
3–0		 Ulvestad 59', Arnefjord 62', Barrantes 84'
Viking (TL)
A
1–1 (3–1 p)		 Haugen 73' Quarterfinal Rosenborg (TL)
H
3–1		 Wangberg 26' (o.g.), Barrantes 56', Phillips 75'
Fredrikstad (TL)
A
2–0		 Guastavino 71', Ojo 85' Semifinal Start (TL)
H
5–0		 Guðmundsson 40' (o.g.)
  • (TL) = Tippeligaen team
  • (D1) = 1. divisjon team
  • (D2) = 2. divisjon team
  • (D3) = 3. divisjon team

Pre-match[]

Tickets[]

The two clubs received 13,000 of the 25,500 tickets to the Final. Since Brann have a higher average home attendance then Aalesund, they get 7,032 tickets while Aalesund gets 5,968 tickets. 2,500 tickets were available for all through sale, while the remaining 10,000 tickets went to partners of the Norwegian Football Association.[5]

Match[]

Brann1–2Aalesund
Korcsmár 21' Report Barrantes 19', 38'
Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo
Attendance: 25,032
Brann
Aalesund
BRANN:
GK 24 Poland Piotr Leciejewski
RB 2 Iceland Birkir Már Sævarsson 0 Yellow card 61'
CB 4 Norway Lars Grorud
CB 21 Hungary Zsolt Korcsmar
LB 7 Norway Hassan El Fakiri
CM 5 Jamaica Rudolph Austin
CM 18 Uruguay Maximiliano Bajter Yellow card 45' 0 downward-facing red arrow 86'
CM 15 Uruguay Diego Guastavino
RW 10 Norway Erik Mjelde (c)
CF 9 Nigeria Kim Ojo
LW 26 Norway Bjørnar Holmvik Yellow card 40' downward-facing red arrow 70'
Substitutes:
GK 12 Norway Håkon Opdal
MF 8 Norway Fredrik Haugen Yellow card 73' upward-facing green arrow 70'
FW 11 Nigeria Bentley
MF 16 Norway Bjarte Haugsdal
FW 19 Lithuania Tadas Labukas upward-facing green arrow 86'
DF 25 Norway Yaw Ihle Amankwah
FW 30 Norway Kristoffer Larsen
Head Coach:
Norway Rune Skarsfjord
AALESUND:
GK 13 Norway Sten Grytebust
RB 16 Estonia Enar Jääger
CB 4 Norway Jonatan Tollås Nation
CB 15 Sweden Daniel Arnefjord (c)
LB 22 Norway Jo Nymo Matland
RM 23 Norway Fredrik Ulvestad
CM 7 Jamaica Jason Morrison Yellow card 45'
CM 6 Norway Magnus Sylling Olsen downward-facing red arrow 90'
LM 31 Costa Rica Michael Barrantes downward-facing red arrow 87'
SS 17 Jamaica Demar Phillips
CF 3 Norway Edvard Skagestad downward-facing red arrow 74'
Substitutes:
GK 35 Sweden Jonas Sandqvist
DF 5 Finland Ville Jalasto upward-facing green arrow 87'
FW 9 Estonia Sander Post upward-facing green arrow 90'
MF 10 Norway Peter Orry Larsen upward-facing green arrow 74'
FW 18 Norway Christian Myklebust
FW 19 Norway Kjell Rune Sellin
MF 25 Norway Lars Fuhre
Head Coach:
Norway Kjetil Rekdal

MATCH OFFICIALS

  • Assistant referees:
    • Odd Jarle Larsen (Fløy Fotball)[4]
    • Magnus Lundberg (Ringsaker IF)[4]
  • Fourth official: Anders Johansen (Brevik IL)[4]

MATCH RULES

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Seven named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Hovedterminliste 2011" (in Norwegian). Football Association of Norway. Retrieved 18 February 2011.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Brann får spille cupfinalen i røde drakter" (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. Norwegian News Agency. 27 September 2011. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  3. ^ "Platini skal se cupfinalene i Norge" (in Norwegian). VG. 27 October 2011. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
  4. ^ a b c d e f "Edvartsen dømmer cupfinalen" (in Norwegian). VG. 10 October 2011. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
  5. ^ "Brann får flest cupfinalebiletter" (in Norwegian). VG. 22 September 2011.
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