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Norwegian Football Cup
The Norwegian Football Cup (Norwegian: Norgesmesterskapet i fotball for herrer) is the main knockout 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 commonly 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 competition 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.
Winners receive the King's trophy. Winners also qualify for the Europa League second qualifying round. The current Norwegian champions and holders of the cup are Fredrikstad, who defeated Molde 5–4 on penalties (0-0 AET) in the 2024 final. Odd, Fredrikstad and Rosenborg are the most successful clubs with 12 titles each.
The first cup was played in 1902, and Oscar II presented the King's Cup to the inaugural 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 match. 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. In the beginning, the cup was open for county champions only. This continued until 1917, when the cup was opened for all clubs of a certain standing. 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 nationwide 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 level as the southern clubs (Bodø/Glimt – one of the two northern newcomers – did stay in the cup to the fourth round that year). Until 1963, teams from Northern Norway competed in their own Northern Norwegian Championships, including the Northern Norwegian Cup.
Before the 2004 cup final, NRK awarded the 1986 final between Tromsø and Lillestrøm with the title Tidenes Cupfinale (Best cup final ever), and ex-Rosenborg striker Gøran Sørloth with Tidenes Cuphelt (Best cup hero ever).
The final has been played at Ullevaal Stadion since the 1948 cup final.
Before the proper rounds take place, two qualifying rounds are played in March and April. As of the 2025 edition, all non-reserve clubs from tiers 1 (Eliteserien), 2 (OBOS-ligaen), and 3 (PostNord-ligaen) enter in the First Round, in sharp contrast to some other countries' main cups such as the FA Cup and Coupe de France where teams enter much more gradually. The top 4 teams in each of the 6 areas of the Norwegian Third Division also enter in the First Round, as do an additional few teams placed 5th and possibly below in order to replace ineligible reserve teams to reach a total of 84 eligible teams.
176 clubs from tier 4, 5, and 6 enter the first qualifying round and 44 of these advance to the first round where they are joined by the above-mentioned First Round-entering teams.
Norwegian Football Cup
The Norwegian Football Cup (Norwegian: Norgesmesterskapet i fotball for herrer) is the main knockout 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 commonly 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 competition 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.
Winners receive the King's trophy. Winners also qualify for the Europa League second qualifying round. The current Norwegian champions and holders of the cup are Fredrikstad, who defeated Molde 5–4 on penalties (0-0 AET) in the 2024 final. Odd, Fredrikstad and Rosenborg are the most successful clubs with 12 titles each.
The first cup was played in 1902, and Oscar II presented the King's Cup to the inaugural 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 match. 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. In the beginning, the cup was open for county champions only. This continued until 1917, when the cup was opened for all clubs of a certain standing. 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 nationwide 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 level as the southern clubs (Bodø/Glimt – one of the two northern newcomers – did stay in the cup to the fourth round that year). Until 1963, teams from Northern Norway competed in their own Northern Norwegian Championships, including the Northern Norwegian Cup.
Before the 2004 cup final, NRK awarded the 1986 final between Tromsø and Lillestrøm with the title Tidenes Cupfinale (Best cup final ever), and ex-Rosenborg striker Gøran Sørloth with Tidenes Cuphelt (Best cup hero ever).
The final has been played at Ullevaal Stadion since the 1948 cup final.
Before the proper rounds take place, two qualifying rounds are played in March and April. As of the 2025 edition, all non-reserve clubs from tiers 1 (Eliteserien), 2 (OBOS-ligaen), and 3 (PostNord-ligaen) enter in the First Round, in sharp contrast to some other countries' main cups such as the FA Cup and Coupe de France where teams enter much more gradually. The top 4 teams in each of the 6 areas of the Norwegian Third Division also enter in the First Round, as do an additional few teams placed 5th and possibly below in order to replace ineligible reserve teams to reach a total of 84 eligible teams.
176 clubs from tier 4, 5, and 6 enter the first qualifying round and 44 of these advance to the first round where they are joined by the above-mentioned First Round-entering teams.