1956 Norwegian Football Cup

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1956 Norwegian Football Cup
Norgesmesterskapet i fotball for menn 1956
Tournament details
Country Flag of Norway.svg Norway
Teams128 (main competition)
Defending champions Skeid
Final positions
Champions Skeid (4th title)
Runner-up Larvik Turn
  1955
1957  

The 1956 Norwegian Football Cup was the 51st season of the Norwegian annual knockout football tournament. The tournament was open for all members of NFF, except those from Northern Norway. The final was played at Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo on 21 October 1956, and was contested the defending champions Skeid, and Larvik Turn who contested their first final. Skeid successfully defended their title with a 5–0 victory in the final.

Contents

First round

Team 1 Score Team 2
Asker 5–0Aasen
Aurskog 3–6 Lyn
Bjørkelangen1–2 Strømmen
Brann 3–1 Djerv
Brevik0–5Borg
Buøy 1–0 Stavanger
Clausenengen 1–2Braatt
Djerv 1919 4–1Kopervik
Donn 3–1Nedenes
Drafn 1–2 Kongsberg
Eik 3–1 Drammens BK
Falk 2–3 Mjøndalen
Flekkefjord0–2 (a.e.t.) Bryne
Florø 1–2 Langevåg
Freidig 3–1 Nessegutten
Fremad Lillehammer10–0 Tynset
Frigg 10–1Sørli
Geithus1–0 Stabæk
Gjerpen 0–4 Sandefjord BK
Gjøvik SK2–3 Vålerengen
Grane (Arendal)4–3 Herkules
Greåker 3–1 Kvik (Halden)
Grue 1–4 Hamar
Grüner 1–2Sagene
HamKam 4–2Mesna
Hardy 0–6 Årstad
Hødd 5–1 Aalesund
Jevnaker 2–1 Fram (Larvik)
Jotun0–2 Raufoss
Kapp4–1 Grei
Kragerø2–7 Odd
Kristiansund 5–1 Dahle
Kvik (Trondheim) 8–1Wing
Lillestrøm 11–0Einastrand
Lisleby 5–1Sandaker
Molde 2–1 (a.e.t.) Træff
National 1–1 (a.e.t.) Sverre
Nordnes3–3 (a.e.t.)Fjellkameratene
Os 4–0 Nymark
Ranheim 2–0 Falken
Rapid 3–0Tune
Rjukan1–2 Pors
Sarpsborg 4–1Mysen
Selbak 5–0Spartacus
Skeid 6–1Lillestrøm/Fram
Ski 2–5 (a.e.t.) Sparta
Skiens BK0–2 Larvik Turn
Snøgg 5–0 Tønsberg-Kameratene
Steinkjer 3–1 Neset
Sterling1–9 Moss
Stjørdals-Blink 1–3 Rosenborg
Strømsgodset 1–0 Vestfossen
Sørfjell 1–3 Start
Torp 1–3 Fredrikstad
Tryggkam1–4 Brage
Tønsberg Turn 2–1Ulefoss
Ulf 3–2 Varhaug
Urædd 5–1 Ørn
Vang0–3 Gjøvik-Lyn
Varegg 7–0Fana
Vidar 0–4 Vard
Vigør 1–8 Jerv
Viking 6–1Jarl
Voss 0–1Baune
Replay
Fjellkameratene1–3Nordnes
Sverre 3–1 National

Second round

Team 1 Score Team 2
Baune0–0 (a.e.t.) Djerv 1919
Borg1–5 Snøgg
Braatt 1–6 Ranheim
Brage 1–1 (a.e.t.) Freidig
Bryne 0–3 Viking
Fredrikstad 8–0Geithus
Gjøvik-Lyn 0–2 Asker
Hamar 2–3 (a.e.t.) Sarpsborg
HamKam 3–2 Frigg
Hødd 2–1 Kristiansund
Jerv 2–2 (a.e.t.) Donn
Kongsberg 3–3 (a.e.t.)Kapp
Langevåg 2–4 (a.e.t.) Molde
Larvik Turn 2–1 Selbak
Lyn 1–7 Greåker
Mjøndalen 2–1 Eik
Moss 3–0 Lillestrøm
Odd 2–1Grane (Arendal)
Os 1–6 Brann
Pors 1–2 Lisleby
Raufoss 3–2 Rapid
Rosenborg 2–0 Steinkjer
Sagene0–6 Skeid
Sandefjord BK 5–0 Jevnaker
Sparta 7–2 Tønsberg Turn
Start 0–3 Urædd
Strømmen 8–0 Strømsgodset
Sverre 1–3 Kvik (Trondheim)
Ulf 4–0 Buøy
Vard 2–1 Varegg
Vålerengen 2–0Fremad Lillehammer
Årstad 1–0Nordnes
Replay
Djerv 1919 1–0Baune
Donn 5–1 Jerv
Freidig ?–? Brage
Kapp9–2 Kongsberg

Third round

Team 1 Score Team 2
12 August 1956
Sarpsborg 0–1 Raufoss
Greåker 3–1 Strømmen
Lisleby 2–2 (a.e.t.) Odd
Asker 7–1 Brage
Skeid 6–2 Mjøndalen
Kapp2–0 Rosenborg
Urædd 0–11 Fredrikstad
Snøgg 3–1 Sandefjord BK
Donn 0–1 Vålerengen
Viking 2–1 Vard
Djerv 1919 0–2 Årstad
Brann 2–0 Ulf
Hødd 0–5 Larvik Turn
Molde 2–2 (a.e.t.) Sparta
Ranheim 2–3 (a.e.t.) Moss
Kvik (Trondheim) 4–0 HamKam
Replay: 26 August 1956
Odd 5–3 Lisleby
Replay: 27 August 1956
Sparta 1–0 Molde

Fourth round

Team 1 Score Team 2
2 September 1956
Fredrikstad 6–0 Kvik (Trondheim)
Moss 0–8 Skeid
Vålerengen 2–1 (a.e.t.) Snøgg
Raufoss 1–2 (a.e.t.) Viking
Larvik Turn 7–2Kapp
Årstad 1–6 Asker
Odd 4–1 Greåker
Sparta 2–3 Brann

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Score Team 2
23 September 1956
Skeid 5–1 Odd
Larvik Turn 3–3 (a.e.t.) Fredrikstad
Viking 2–0 Vålerengen
Asker 3–2 Brann
Replay: 30 September 1956
Fredrikstad 2–2 (a.e.t.) Larvik Turn
2nd replay: 7 October 1956
Larvik Turn 3–1 [lower-alpha 1] Fredrikstad
  1. Played in Horten.

Semi-finals

Team 1 Score Team 2
7 October 1956
Skeid 1–0 Asker
14 October 1956
Viking 1–1 (a.e.t.) Larvik Turn
Replay: 17 October 1956
Larvik Turn 2–1 Viking

Final

Skeid 2–1 Larvik Turn
Hennum Soccerball shade.svg21'
Gundersen Soccerball shade.svg28'
Report Sundby Soccerball shade.svg65'
Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo
Attendance: 33,444
Referee: Gunnar Andersen (Ulefoss)
Skeid:
GKØivind Johannessen
DFArne Winther
DFKnut Gudem
MFJan Gulbrandsen
MFLeif Belgen
MFJack Farem
FWJan Erik Wold
FWHans Nordahl
FW Harald Hennum
FW Finn Gundersen
FWBernhard Johansen
Larvik Turn:
GKThor Kristiansen
DFMarkus Borgersen
DF Harry Boye Karlsen
MFEinar Danielsen
MFAsbjørn Hansen
MFØivind Johansen
FWErling Mathisen
FW Gunnar Thoresen
FWReidar Sundby
FWPer Ljostveit
FWFinn Rismyhr

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