2008 Norwegian Football Cup Final
# 2008 Norwegian Football Cup Final

The 2008 Norwegian Football Cup Final was the final match of the 2008 Norwegian Football Cup, the 103rd season of the Norwegian Football Cup, the premier Norwegian football cup competition organized by the Football Association of Norway (NFF). The match was played on 9 November 2008 at the Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo, and opposed two Tippeligaen sides Stabæk and Vålerenga. Vålerenga defeated Stabæk 4–1 to claim the Norwegian Cup for a fourth time in their history.

## Route to the final

| Stabæk | Stabæk | Stabæk | Round | Vålerenga | Vålerenga | Vålerenga |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vestfossen | A | 14–0 | Round 1 | Ørn-Horten | A | 5–0 |
| Fram Larvik | A | 2–0 | Round 2 | Raufoss | A | 4–1 |
| Manglerud Star | H | 5–0 | Round 3 | Sarpsborg Sparta | A | 3–2 |
| Sogndal | A | 3–1 | Round 4 | Tromsø | A | 2–0 aet |
| Strømsgodset | H | 5–0 | Quarterfinal | Bodø/Glimt | H | 3–1 |
| Molde | H | 3–0 | Semifinal | Odd Grenland | H | 2–1 |

## Match

### Details

| Stabæk | Vålerenga |
| - | - |

Stabæk: :

| GK | 01 | Jon Knudsen |
| - | - | - |
| DF | 09 | Christian Keller | 74' |
| DF | 02 | Niklas Sandberg |
| DF | 15 | Morten Skjønsberg (c) |
| DF | 03 | Jon Inge Høiland | 88' |
| MF | 19 | Johan Andersson |
| MF | 17 | Pontus Farnerud |
| MF | 07 | Henning Hauger |
| FW | 25 | Alanzinho |
| FW | 10 | Veigar Pall Gunnarsson 0 | 84' |
| FW | 11 | Daniel Nannskog |
| Substitutions: |||
| DF | 26 | Bjørnar Holmvik | 74' |
| MF | 13 | Pálmi Rafn Pálmason | 84' |
| DF | 06 | Tom Stenvoll | 88' |
| Coach: |||
| Jan Jönsson ||||

Vålerenga: :

| GK | 01 | Troy Perkins | | 89' |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| DF | 06 | Freddy dos Santos |
| DF | 24 | Kjetil Wæhler | 63' 0 | 83' |
| DF | 04 | André Muri |
| DF | 03 | Allan Jepsen |
| MF | 10 | Lars Iver Strand |
| MF | 23 | Kristofer Hæstad |
| MF | 08 | Martin Andresen | 77' |
| MF | 11 | Morten Berre | 52' | 86' |
| FW | 07 | Daniel Fredheim Holm (c) |
| FW | 25 | Mohammed Abdellaoue |
| Substitutions: |||
| DF | 05 | Erik Hagen | | 83' |
| MF | 28 | Harmeet Singh | | 86' |
| GK | 30 | Øyvind Bolthof | | 89' |
| Coach: |||
| Martin Andresen ||||
