1908 Norwegian Football Cup

The 1908 Norwegian Football Cup was the seventh season of the Norwegian annual knockout football tournament. The tournament was open for 1908 local association leagues (kretsserier) champions, except in Smaalene and Kristiania og omegn, where a separate cup qualifying tournament was held. Lyn won their first title.^[1]

1908 Norwegian Football Cup

Norgesmesterskapet i fotball for menn 1908
Tournament details
Country	Norway
Teams	5
Defending champions	Mercantile
Final positions
Champions	Lyn (1st title)
Runners-up	Odd
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4
Goals scored	18 (4.5 per match)
← 1907 1909 →

First round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
5 September 1908
Lyn	6–0	Lyn (Gjøvik)

• Odd, Kvik (Fredrikshald), Ørn received a bye.

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
12 September 1908
Lyn	2–0	Ørn
Odd	5–0	Kvik (Fredrikshald)

Final

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13 September 1908

Lyn	3–2	Odd
	Report

Gamle Frogner, Kristiania

Referee: Charles Stanley Davis (Sarpsborg)

Lyn: GK August Heiberg Kahrs DF Olav Tygesen DF Hjalmar Syversen MF Erling Lorck MF Henrik Nordby MF Henning Wiese FW Knut Heyerdahl-Larsen FW Victor Nysted FW Nikolai Ramm Østgaard FW Erling Maartmann FW Rolf Maartmann

Odd: GK Jacob Abrahamsen DF Peder Henriksen DF Marius Lund MF Bernhart Halvorsen MF Frithjof Nilsen MF Øivind Stensrud FW Otto Olsen FW Bjarne Gulbrandsen FW Johan Nilsen FW Berthold Pettersen FW Daniel Gasman