2017 Norwegian Football Cup Final
# 2017 Norwegian Football Cup Final

The 2017 Norwegian Football Cup Final was the final match of the 2017 Norwegian Football Cup, the 112th 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 3 December 2017 at the Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo, and opposed two Eliteserien sides Lillestrøm and Sarpsborg 08. Lillestrøm defeated Sarpsborg 08 3–2 to claim the Norwegian Cup for a sixth time in their history and a first since 2007.

## Route to the final

| Lillestrøm | Lillestrøm | Lillestrøm | Round | Sarpsborg 08 | Sarpsborg 08 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Skjetten (D3) A 2–0 | Ajeti 27', Škoda 47' | First Round | First Round | Drøbak-Frogn (D3) A 10–1 | Fejzullahu 3', 11', 19', Diatta 21', 30', 86', Trondsen 23', Larsen 45', 78', 90+2' |
| Brumunddal (D2) A 3–1 | Ajeti 25', Melgalvis 52', Škoda 83' | Second Round | Second Round | Moss (D3) A 3–1 | Heintz 28', Mortensen 67', Fejzullahu 90+3' |
| Ull/Kisa (D1) A 4–2 | Innocent 27', Rafn 30', Mikalsen 67', Kippe 87' | Third Round | Third Round | Kongsvinger (D1) A 4–0 | Mortensen 14', Nielsen 43', Halvorsen 63', Zachariassen 66' |
| Tromsø (ES) H 1–0 | Tagbajumi 57' | Fourth Round | Fourth Round | Odd (ES) H 4–0 | Rossbach 38' o.g., 41' o.g., Diatta 47', Trondsen 52' |
| Stabæk (ES) H 3–1 | Melgalvis 21', Tagbajumi 56', Krogstad 90+2' | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Mjøndalen (D1) A 2–1 | Zachariassen 66', Heintz 85' |
| Molde (ES) A 3–0 | Mikalsen 75', Knudtzon 87', Melgalvis 90+1' | Semifinal | Semifinal | Vålerenga (ES) A 3–0 | Diatta 25', Halvorsen 59', 90' |

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

## Match

### Details

| Lillestrøm | Sarpsborg 08 |
| - | - |

Lillestrøm: :

| GK | 77 | Arnold Origi Otieno |
| - | - | - |
| RB | 2 | Mats Haakenstad |
| CB | 4 | Marius Amundsen |
| CB | 13 | Frode Kippe (c) |
| LB | 5 | Simen Rafn |
| RM | 33 | Aleksander Melgalvis | 83' |
| CM | 14 | Fredrik Krogstad |
| CM | 6 | Ifeanyi Mathew |
| LM | 3 | Simen Kind Mikalsen |
| CF | 23 | Chigozie Udoji | 89' 0 | 89' |
| CF | 11 | Erling Knudtzon | 90' |
| Substitutions: |||
| GK | 1 | Marko Marić |
| FW | 7 | Moses Ebiye |
| MF | 8 | Charles Ezeh |
| FW | 10 | Marco Tagbajumi | 90' |
| MF | 15 | Erik Næsbak Brenden | 83' |
| MF | 22 | Stefan Antonijevic | 89' |
| DF | 24 | Erik Sandberg |
| Head Coach: |||
| Arne Erlandsen ||||

Sarpsborg 08: :

| GK | 1 | Anders Kristiansen |
| - | - | - |
| RB | 77 | Amin Askar |
| CB | 11 | Joackim Jørgensen |
| CB | 15 | Sigurd Rosted |
| LB | 16 | Joachim Thomassen (c) |
| RM | 7 | Ole Jørgen Halvorsen |
| CM | 8 | Matti Lund Nielsen |
| CM | 6 | Nicolai Poulsen |
| LM | 17 | Kristoffer Zachariassen |
| CF | 19 | Krépin Diatta |
| CF | 69 | Patrick Mortensen |
| Substitutions: |||
| GK | 1 | Stefan Čupić |
| FW | 10 | Jonas Lindberg |
| DF | 13 | Ole Christoffer Heieren Hansen |
| MF | 14 | Tobias Heintz |
| MF | 18 | Tor Øyvind Hovda |
| DF | 20 | Anders Østli |
| MF | 22 | Jon-Helge Tveita |
| Head Coach: |||
| Geir Bakke ||||
| MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Geir-Oskar Isaksen (Ramfjord UIL) Anders Michael Velo (Furuset Fotball) Fourth official: Kai Erik Steen (Gneist IL) | 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. |
