1959 Norwegian Football Cup

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1959 Norwegian Football Cup
Norgesmesterskapet i fotball for menn 1959
Tournament details
Country Flag of Norway.svg Norway
Teams128 (main competition)
Defending champions Skeid
Final positions
Champions Viking (2nd title)
Runner-up Sandefjord BK
  1958
1960  

The 1959 Norwegian Football Cup was the 54th season of the Norwegian annual knockout football tournament. The tournament was open for all members of NFF, except those from Northern Norway. Skeid was the defending champions, but was eliminated by the second-tier team Nessegutten in the fourth round.

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The final was played at Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo on 25 October 1959, and was contested by Viking, which had won the cup once in 1953, and Sandefjord BK who played their second cup final, having lost the final in 1957. Viking won 2-1 after extra time against Sandefjord in the final, and secured their second title.

First round

Team 1 Score Team 2
Asker 6–0Åsen
Aurskog 1–2 Greåker
Bangsund 0–3 Nessegutten
Baune0–4 Sandviken
Biri0–3 Gjøvik-Lyn
Bryne 6–1 Klepp
Dahle 2–1 Molde
Djerv 2–1 (a.e.t.) Varegg
Drøbak/Frogn 0–4 Sarpsborg
Egersund 2–1 Stavanger
Eik 3–2 Kongsberg
Fana 0–5 Brann
Fossekallen2–4 Vålerengen
Fram (Larvik) 3–1Borg
Fredrikstad 11–1 Ski
Freidig 3–1 Falken
Gjøvik SK1–5 Raufoss
Hafslund0–2 Frigg
Hamar 2–1Sagene
Hardy 0–3 Årstad
Hødd 1–0Måløy
Jarl4–2 Haugar
Jerv 1–2 Storm
Jevnaker 4–2 Tønsberg Turn
Kapp5–1Stavsjø
Kjellmyra2–7 (a.e.t.) Strømmen
Kragerø2–1Grane (Arendal)
Kvik (Trondheim) 7–1 Clausenengen
Langevåg 3–3 (a.e.t.) Volda
Lena2–8 Brumunddal
Lillestrøm 11–2Namnå
Lyn 11–0Bjørkelangen
Mesna0–2Fremad Lillehammer
Mjøndalen 7–0 Falk
Moss 7–1 Drafn
Nedenes1–0 Donn
Neset 3–1 Stjørdals-Blink
Nymark 2–1 Sogndal
Odda 0–6 Djerv 1919
Os 3–1Nordnes
Pors 5–0 Sørfjell
Rapid 3–0 Østsiden
Runar 2–0 Drammens BK
Sandaker2–0 (a.e.t.) HamKam
Selbak5–0Navestad
Skeid 2–1Sand
Skiens BK0–2 Odd
Skiens-Grane2–0Ulefoss
Snøgg 3–2 Urædd
Sparta 1–0 Lisleby
Start 6–3 Vigør
Steinkjer 5–4Tryggkam
Sverre 1–0 Ranheim
Træff 2–9 Kristiansund
Tynset 1–0 Brage
Tønsberg-Kameratene 0–4 Larvik Turn
Vard 2–1 Ulf
Verdal 0–2 Rosenborg
Vestfossen 2–1Spartacus
Viking 5–0Nærbø
Vindbjart 2–2 (a.e.t.)Flekkefjord
Ørn 5–0 Sprint-Jeløy
Aalesund 1–0 (a.e.t.) Skarbøvik
Åssiden 0–1 (a.e.t.) Sandefjord BK
Replay
Flekkefjord4–0 Vindbjart
Volda 0–4 Langevåg

Second round

Team 1 Score Team 2
Asker 2–1 Sparta
Brann 2–1 Nymark
Brumunddal 0–4Kapp
Djerv 1919 1–2 Bryne
Egersund 0–2Jarl
Eik 6–0 Runar
Flekkefjord0–1 Start
Fremad Lillehammer6–1 Sverre
Frigg 2–0 Moss
Gjøvik-Lyn 3–2 Vestfossen
Greåker 5–1 Fram (Larvik)
Hamar 1–2 Lyn
Hødd 4–0 Langevåg
Kristiansund 3–1 Dahle
Kvik (Trondheim) 2–1 (a.e.t.) Aalesund
Larvik Turn 5–2Skiens-Grane
Nessegutten 4–0 Tynset
Odd 4–0Nedenes
Os 0–1 Djerv
Rapid 1–2 Lillestrøm
Raufoss 6–1 Jevnaker
Rosenborg 2–1 Neset
Sandefjord BK 4–1Kragerø
Sandviken 1–4 Årstad
Sarpsborg 0–2Sandaker
Snøgg 1–2 Skeid
Steinkjer 3–1 Freidig
Storm 1–4 Fredrikstad
Strømmen 2–1 Mjøndalen
Viking 3–2 Vard
Vålerengen 0–1Selbak
Ørn 4–4 (a.e.t.) Pors
Replay
Pors 3–2 Ørn

Third round

Team 1 Score Team 2
9 August 1959
Selbak0–0 (a.e.t.) Sandefjord BK
Fredrikstad 1–3 Nessegutten
Sandaker3–0 Årstad
Skeid 7–2 Steinkjer
Lillestrøm 5–2 Kvik (Trondheim)
Kapp3–2 Lyn
Eik 1–4 Gjøvik-Lyn
Larvik Turn 5–0Fremad Lillehammer
Pors 2–1 (a.e.t.) Strømmen
Start 0–1 Frigg
Bryne 3–3 (a.e.t.) Odd
Jarl2–5 Brann
Djerv 0–2 Viking
Hødd 1–3 Greåker
Kristiansund 0–1 Asker
Rosenborg 1–0 Raufoss
Replay: 12 August 1959
Sandefjord BK 2–1Selbak
Odd 5–0 Bryne

Fourth round

Team 1 Score Team 2
30 August 1959
Greåker 1–0 Rosenborg
Frigg 3–2 (a.e.t.) Lillestrøm
Asker 0–3 Larvik Turn
Gjøvik-Lyn 0–1 Sandefjord BK
Odd 3–0Kapp
Viking 1–0 Pors
Brann 2–2 (a.e.t.)Sandaker
Nessegutten 1–0 Skeid
Replay: 2 September 1959
Sandaker0–2 Brann

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Score Team 2
20 September 1959
Viking 1–1 (a.e.t.) Nessegutten
Brann 0–3 Greåker
Sandefjord BK 3–1 Larvik Turn
Odd 2–1 Frigg
Replay: 27 September 1959
Nessegutten 0–4 Viking

Semi-finals

Team 1 Score Team 2
4 October 1959
Viking 4–0 Odd
Greåker 0–2 Sandefjord BK

Final

Viking 2–1 (a.e.t.) Sandefjord BK
Bjørnsen Soccerball shade.svg16'
Hult Soccerball shade.svg97'
Report Kristiansen Soccerball shade.svg30'
Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo
Attendance: 28,195
Referee: Trygve Dahlgren (Urædd)
Viking:
Sverre Andersen
Otto Hermansen
Leif Nicolaisen
Kåre Bjørnsen
Edgar Falch
Sigurd Wold
Rolf Bjørnsen
Olav Nilsen
Åsbjørn Skjærpe
Gustav Hult
Hans Andersen
Sandefjord BK:
Per Einan
Kjell Østby
Yngve Karlsen
Ernst Norli
Thorbjørn Svenssen
Carl Thuve
Rolf Johansen
Hans Sperre
Erik Kristiansen
Arild Havnaas
Gunnar Guthu

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