2019 Norwegian Football Cup final

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.^[1]

2019 Norwegian Football Cup final

Event	2019 Norwegian Football Cup
Haugesund Viking 0 1
Date	8 December 2019
Venue	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo
Referee	Espen Eskås
Attendance	21,895
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Viking defeated Haugesund 1–0 to claim the Norwegian Cup for the sixth time in their history, the first time since 2001.^[2] Viking's captain, Zlatko Tripić, scored the game-winning goal, a penalty after 51 minutes.^[3][4] 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.^[2] This final was Haugesund's second ever appearance in a Norwegian Cup Final, the last time being in 2007, when they lost against Lillestrøm.^[5] 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.^[6]

Route to the final

See also: 2019 Norwegian Football Cup

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first.

Haugesund		Round	Viking
Åkra (D4) A 4–0	Samuelsen 10', 60', Koné 59', Underhaug 78' (o.g.)	First round	Frøyland (D4) A 3–1	Bytyqi 55', 63', Thorstvedt 70'
Sotra (D2) A 3–1	Wadji 36', Krygård 63', 74'	Second round	Hinna (D4) A 4–1	Friðjónsson 19', 36', Tripić 28', 81'
Bryne (D2) A 6–2	Velde 3', 64', Samuelsen 5', 16', Sandberg 38', Kallevåg 90'	Third round	Sandnes Ulf (D1) A 2–1	Høiland 46', Ibrahimaj 58'
Strømmen (D1) H 2–0 a.e.t.	Koné 112', Samuelsen 116'	Fourth round	Stabæk (ES) H 5–2	Furdal 8', Vikstøl 21', Østensen 23', Thorstvedt 84', Høiland 86'
Mjøndalen (ES) A 3–1	Pedersen 18', Samuelsen 65', Kallevåg 86'	Quarter-final	Aalesund (D1) A 1–1 a.e.t. (5–3 p)	Torsteinbø 40'
Odd (ES) A 3–0	Sandberg 49' (pen.), Samuelsen 83', Tronstad 89'	Semi-final	Ranheim (ES) H 3–0	Thorstvedt 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	0–1	Viking
	Report	Tripić 51' (pen.)

8 December 2019

13:15 CET (UTC+1)

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 21,895

Referee: Espen Eskås (Bækkelaget)

Haugesund

Viking

Haugesund: GK 12 Helge Sandvik RB 19 Mikkel Desler  50' CB 2 Doug Bergqvist  43' 0  77' CB 5 Benjamin Hansen  35' LB 23 Thore Baardsen Pedersen CM 7 Christian Grindheim (c) DM 8 Sondre Tronstad  90' CM 16 Bruno Leite  79' RW 10 Niklas Sandberg CF 11 Martin Samuelsen  72' LW 33 Kristoffer Velde  90' Substitutions: GK 82 Oskar Snorre MF 13 Kristoffer Gunnarshaug MF 14 Torbjørn Kallevåg DF 18 Pascal Gregor  77' FW 20 Ibrahima Koné  90' DF 25 Stian Ringstad MF 34 Kevin Martin Krygård  79' Head Coach: Jostein Grindhaug

Viking: GK 1 Iven Austbø RB 18 Sondre Bjørshol CB 6 Runar Hove  46' CB 3 Viljar Vevatne  87' LB 30 Adrian Pereira  25' CM 28 Kristian Thorstvedt DM 24 Kristoffer Løkberg  61' 0  75' CM 8 Johnny Furdal  67' RW 20 Ylldren Ibrahimaj CF 29 Benjamin Källman LW 11 Zlatko Tripić (c)  55' 0  90' Substitutions: GK 15 Amund Wichne DF 4 Tord Salte FW 7 Zymer Bytyqi MF 9 Fredrik Torsteinbø  67' FW 10 Tommy Høiland DF 23 Rolf Daniel Vikstøl  90' MF 27 Samúel Friðjónsson  75' 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