2019 Norwegian Football Cup Final
# 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.

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.

| Haugesund | Haugesund | Round | Viking | 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:

## Match

### Details

| 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. |
