2018 Norwegian Football Cup Final
# 2018 Norwegian Football Cup Final

The 2018 Norwegian Football Cup Final was the final match of the 2018 Norwegian Football Cup, the 113th 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 2 December 2018 at the Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo, and opposed two Eliteserien sides Rosenborg and Strømsgodset. Rosenborg defeated Strømsgodset 4–1 to claim the Norwegian Cup for a twelfth time in their history and equaled Odd's record number of cup titles.

## Route to the final

| Rosenborg | Rosenborg | Round | Strømsgodset | Strømsgodset | Strømsgodset |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Trygg/Lade (D4) A 4–2 | Zekhnini 28', Lundemo 47', Søderlund 52', Bjørnstad 90' | First Round | First Round | Vestfossen (D3) A 4–1 | Abdellaoue 8', 54', Pellegrino 58', Andersen 79' |
| Steinkjer (D3) A 5–0 | Trondsen 28', Botheim 30', 45', 90', Stamnestrø 85' | Second Round | Second Round | Valdres (D3) A 3–1 | Tokstad 31', Pellegrino 76', Jradi 83' |
| Brattvåg (D2) A 1–0 | Søderlund 64' | Third Round | Third Round | Bærum (D2) A 3–0 | Lyngen 51' o.g., Abdellaoue 59', Andersen 63' |
| Odd (ES) H 2–2 (5–3 p) | Konradsen 25', Søderlund 81' | Fourth Round | Fourth Round | Ranheim (ES) H 2–0 | Andersen 57', Jradi 90+2' |
| Vålerenga (ES) H 2–0 | Denić 17', Søderlund 54' | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Haugesund (ES) A 1–0 | Abdellaoue 16' |
| Start (ES) H 2–1 | Bendtner 55', Søderlund 90+3' | Semifinal | Semifinal | Lillestrøm (ES) H 3–0 | Abdellaoue 49', 52', 83' |

* (ES) = Eliteserien team
* (D1) = 1. divisjon team
* (D2) = 2. divisjon team
* (D3) = 3. divisjon team
* (D4) = 4. divisjon team

## Match

### Details

| Rosenborg | Strømsgodset |
| - | - |

Rosenborg: :

| GK | 1 | André Hansen |
| - | - | - |
| RB | 2 | Vegar Eggen Hedenstad | 62' 0 | 75' |
| CB | 4 | Tore Reginiussen |
| CB | 16 | Even Hovland |
| LB | 3 | Birger Meling |
| RM | 7 | Mike Jensen (c) |
| CM | 8 | Anders Konradsen |
| LM | 15 | Anders Trondsen |
| RW | 23 | Pål André Helland | 43' 0 | 81' |
| CF | 9 | Nicklas Bendtner |
| LW | 28 | Samuel Adegbenro | | 56' |
| Substitutions: |||
| GK | 24 | Arild Østbø |
| FW | 10 | Matthías Vilhjálmsson |
| FW | 11 | Yann-Erik de Lanlay | | 56' |
| FW | 14 | Alexander Søderlund | | 81' |
| MF | 17 | Jonathan Levi | | 75' |
| MF | 25 | Marius Lundemo |
| DF | 26 | Besim Šerbečić |
| Head Coach: |||
| Rini Coolen ||||

Strømsgodset: :

| GK | 40 | Morten Sætra |
| - | - | - |
| RB | 26 | Lars Christopher Vilsvik | 82' |
| CB | 2 | Mounir Hamoud |
| CB | 5 | Jakob Glesnes (c) |
| LB | 3 | Jonathan Parr |
| CM | 6 | Henning Hauger |
| CM | 7 | Herman Stengel | 82' |
| RW | 90 | Amahl Pellegrino | 76' |
| AM | 93 | Tokmac Nguen |
| LW | 23 | Eirik Ulland Andersen |
| CF | 30 | Mustafa Abdellaoue |
| Substitutions: |||
| GK | 1 | Espen Bugge Pettersen |
| MF | 8 | Johan Hove |
| FW | 11 | Kristoffer Tokstad | 82' |
| DF | 17 | Christoffer Lindquist |
| MF | 18 | Martin Rønning Ovenstad | 82' |
| MF | 19 | Francisco Júnior |
| DF | 39 | Lars Sætra | 76' |
| Head Coach: |||
| Bjørn Petter Ingebretsen ||||
| MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Morten Jensen (Fjellhamar FK) Eivin Christofer Møllerud Hansen (Grorud IL) Fourth official: Kristoffer Horne Hagenes (TIL Hovding) | 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. |
