The 2019 Norwegian Football Cup final was the final match of the 2019 Norwegian Football Cup, the 114th season of the Norwegian Football Cup, the premier Norwegian football cup competition organized by the Norwegian Football Federation (NFF). The match was played on 8 December 2019 at the Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo, and opposed two Eliteserien sides, FK Haugesund and Viking FK. 8 December is the latest time of the year the Norwegian Cup Final has ever been played.
Viking defeated Haugesund 1–0 to claim the Norwegian Cup for the sixth time in their history, the first time since 2001. Viking's captain, Zlatko Tripić, scored the game-winning goal, a penalty after 51 minutes. As a result, Viking qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round.
Background Haugesund finished the 2019 Eliteserien season in 7th place. Viking, on the other hand, finished the league season in 5th place as a newly promoted side. Haugesund and Viking are both from the county of Rogaland, and this was the first time in ten years that two teams from the same county played in the final. This final was Haugesund's second ever appearance in a Norwegian Cup Final, the last time being in 2007, when they lost against Lillestrøm. Viking last made a cup final appearance in 2001, when they won against another Rogaland club, Bryne. Prior to this year's edition, Viking have made a total of ten appearances in the cup final, winning it on five occasions.
Route to the final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first. HaugesundRoundVikingÅkra (D4)A4–0Samuelsen 10', 60', Koné 59', Underhaug 78' (o.g.)First roundFrøyland (D4)A3–1Bytyqi 55', 63', Thorstvedt 70'Sotra (D2)A3–1Wadji 36', Krygård 63', 74'Second roundHinna (D4)A4–1Friðjónsson 19', 36', Tripić 28', 81'Bryne (D2)A6–2Velde 3', 64', Samuelsen 5', 16', Sandberg 38', Kallevåg 90'Third roundSandnes Ulf (D1)A2–1 Høiland 46', Ibrahimaj 58'Strømmen (D1)H2–0 a.e.t.Koné 112', Samuelsen 116'Fourth roundStabæk (ES)H5–2Furdal 8', Vikstøl 21', Østensen 23', Thorstvedt 84', Høiland 86'Mjøndalen (ES)A3–1Pedersen 18', Samuelsen 65', Kallevåg 86'Quarter-finalAalesund (D1)A1–1 a.e.t. (5–3 p)Torsteinbø 40'Odd (ES)A3–0Sandberg 49' (pen.), Samuelsen 83', Tronstad 89'Semi-finalRanheim (ES)H3–0Thorstvedt 8', Ibrahimaj 38', Källman 52' Key:
ES = Eliteserien team D1 = 1. divisjon team D2 = 2. divisjon team D3 = 3. divisjon team D4 = 4. divisjon team
H = Home A = Away a.e.t. = After extra time p = Penalty shoot-out o.g. = Own goal pen. = Penalty goal
Match Details
Haugesund: GK12 Helge SandvikRB19 Mikkel Desler CB2 Doug Bergqvist CB5 Benjamin Hansen LB23 Thore Baardsen PedersenCM7 Christian Grindheim (c)DM8 Sondre Tronstad CM 16 Bruno Leite RW10 Niklas SandbergCF 11 Martin Samuelsen LW 33 Kristoffer Velde Substitutions:GK82 Oskar SnorreMF13 Kristoffer GunnarshaugMF14 Torbjørn KallevågDF18 Pascal Gregor FW20 Ibrahima Koné DF25 Stian RingstadMF34 Kevin Martin Krygård Head Coach: Jostein GrindhaugViking: GK1 Iven AustbøRB18 Sondre BjørsholCB6 Runar Hove CB3 Viljar Vevatne LB30 Adrian Pereira CM28 Kristian ThorstvedtDM24 Kristoffer Løkberg CM8 Johnny Furdal RW20 Ylldren IbrahimajCF29 Benjamin KällmanLW11 Zlatko Tripić (c) Substitutions:GK15 Amund WichneDF4 Tord SalteFW7 Zymer BytyqiMF9 Fredrik Torsteinbø FW10 Tommy HøilandDF23 Rolf Daniel Vikstøl MF27 Samúel Friðjónsson Head Coach: Bjarne Berntsen MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Anders Olav Dale (Nordre Holsnøy IL) Runar Langseth (Kolstad Fotball) Fourth official: Rohit Saggi (SBK Drafn)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 2019 Norwegian Football Cup 2019 Eliteserien 2019 in Norwegian football
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