The 2025 Norwegian Football Cup final was the final match of the 2025 Norwegian Football Cup, the 119th season of the Norwegian Football Cup, the premier Norwegian football cup competition organized by the Football Association of Norway (NFF). It was played at the Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo, on 6 December 2025, between the First Division side Lillestrøm and the Eliteserien side Sarpsborg 08.
It was Lillestrøm's 7th cup title. By also winning the 2025 Norwegian First Division, the second tier, Lillestrøm took a rare type of double. Furthermore, by winning, Lillestrøm managed to not record a single loss in the year of 2025, across all competitions. The final was also noted for being the last cup final in the traditional format; being played on Ullevaal Stadion after the conclusion of the league season. The subsequent 2025–26 Norwegian Football Cup will not follow the calendar year.
To have a winner from the second tier was not unprecedented; it previously happened in 1960, 1964, 1975, 1982, 1994, 1997 and 2012.
Route to the final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first. LillestrømRoundSarpsborg 08Skjetten (D3)A5–0Diop 39', 50', 56', Karlsbakk 64', Vá 78'First roundSprint-Jeløy (D3)A4–0Gudjohnsen 9', Sanyang 28', 34', 64'Eidsvold Turn (D2)A2–0Adedeji 34', Vá 90+5'Second roundGamle Oslo (D3)A6–1Karlsbakk 6', 46', Sanyang 7', 46', 68', Reinhardsen 35', Gudjohnsen 49'Grorud (D2)A3–2 a.e.t.Vá 53', Kitolano 98', Karlsbakk 102'Third roundSandefjord (ES)H3–1Guðjohnsen 4', 49', Sanyang 13'Fredrikstad (ES)H1–1 a.e.t. (3–1 p)Lehne Olsen 13'Fourth roundEgersund (D1)A3–1Guðjohnsen 40', Halvorsen 42', Karlsbakk 76' (pen.)KFUM Oslo (ES)H2–0Karlsbakk 51', Diop 84'Quarter-finalRosenborg (ES)A2–2 a.e.t. (4–2 p)Ørjasæter 39', Berget 105'Kristiansund (ES)h2–0Karlsbakk 33', Lehne Olsen 47'Semi-finalViking (ES)H1–0Berget 50' Key:
ES = Eliteserien team D1 = 1. divisjon team D2 = 2. divisjon team D3 = 3. divisjon team
H = Home A = Away
Match
Details
Lillestrøm: GK 12 Mads Hedenstad ChristiansenRB 2 Lars RangerCB 28 Ruben Gabrielsen (c) CB 4 Espen GarnåsLB 5 Frederik ElkærRM 8 Markus Karlsbakk CM 6 Vebjørn HoffLM 17 Eric Kitolano RW 15 Salieu Drammeh CF 10 Thomas Lehne Olsen LW 20 Felix Vá Substitutions:GK 1 Stefan HagerupDF 5 Sander Moen Foss MF 7 Linus AlperudDF 19 Kristoffer TønnessenMF 23 Gjermund ÅsenMF 26 Yaw Paintsil MF 32 Harald WoxenFW 33 Moctar Diop DF 64 Eric LarssonHead coach: Hans Erik Ødegaard Sarpsborg 08: GK 1 Mamour NdiayeRB 20 Peter Reinhardsen CB 13 Bjørn Inge Utvik CB 2 Menno Koch LB 3 Mohanad Jeahze CM 33 Andreas NibeCM 6 Aimar Sher RW 28 Sondre SørliAM 14 Jo Inge Berget (c) LW 6 Frederik Carstensen CF 11 Daniel KarlsbakkSubstitutions:GK 31 Håvar JenssenMF 4 Anders Trondsen DF 5 Magnar Ødegaard DF 8 Sander ChristiansenMF 10 Harald Nilsen Tangen FW 15 Michael OpokuMF 21 Anders Hiim MF 22 Victor HalvorsenMF 26 Daniel Job Head coach: Martin Foyston MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Ivar Askeland (IL Kvernbit) Aleksander Jæger (Åssiden IF) Fourth official: Marius Lien (Fossum IF) Video assistant referee: Kristoffer Hagenes (TIL Hovding) Assistant video assistant referee: Magnus Nicolai Koløy (Bjørndal IF)MATCH RULES 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Nine named substitutes. Maximum of five substitutions.
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