2025 Norwegian Football Cup final

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2025 Norwegian Football Cup final
Event 2025 Norwegian Football Cup
Lillestrøm Sarpsborg 08
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Date6 December 2025
Venue Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo
Referee Sivert Øksnes Amland
Attendance23,202
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The 2025 Norwegian Football Cup final was the final match of the 2025 Norwegian Football Cup, the 119th season of the Norwegian Football Cup, the premier Norwegian football cup competition organized by the Football Association of Norway (NFF). The match played on 6 December 2025 at the Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo, and opposed the First Division side Lillestrøm and the Eliteserien side Sarpsborg 08.

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It was Lillestrøm's 7th cup title. By also winning the 2025 Norwegian First Division, the second tier, Lillestrøm took a rare type of double. Furthermore, by winning, Lillestrøm managed to not record a single loss in the year of 2025, across all competitions. The final was also noted for being the last cup final in the traditional format; being played on Ullevaal Stadion after the conclusion of the league season. The subsequent 2025-26 Norwegian Football Cup will not follow the calendar year. [1] [2]

To have a winner from the second tier was not unprecedented; it previously happened in 1960, 1964, 1975, 1982, 1994, 1997 and 2012. [3]

Route to the final

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first. [4]

LillestrømRoundSarpsborg 08
Skjetten (D3)
A
5–0		 Diop 39', 50', 56', Karlsbakk 64', Vá 78'First round Sprint-Jeløy (D3)
A
4–0		 Gudjohnsen 9', Sanyang 28', 34', 64'
Eidsvold Turn (D2)
A
2–0		 Adedeji 34', Vá 90+5'Second round Gamle Oslo (D3)
A
6–1		 Karlsbakk 6', 46', Sanyang 7', 46', 68', Reinhardsen 35', Gudjohnsen 49'
Grorud (D2)
A
3–2 a.e.t. 		Vá 53', Kitolano 98', Karlsbakk 102'Third round Sandefjord (ES)
H
3–1		 Guðjohnsen 4', 49', Sanyang 13'
Fredrikstad (ES)
H
1–1 a.e.t. (3–1 p)		 Lehne Olsen 13'Fourth round Egersund (D1)
A
3–1		 Guðjohnsen 40', Halvorsen 42', Karlsbakk 76' (pen.)
KFUM Oslo (ES)
H
2–0		 Karlsbakk 51', Diop 84'Quarter-final Rosenborg (ES)
A
2–2 a.e.t. (4–2 p)		 Ørjasæter 39', Berget 105'
Kristiansund (ES)
h
2–0		 Karlsbakk 33', Lehne Olsen 47'Semi-final Viking (ES)
H
1–0		 Berget 50'

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Match

Details

Lillestrøm 3–1 Sarpsborg 08
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Ullevaal Stadion , Oslo
Attendance: 23,202
Referee: Sivert Øksnes Amland (Fana)
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Lillestrøm
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Sarpsborg 08
Lillestrøm:
GK12 Flag of Norway.svg Mads Hedenstad Christiansen
RB2 Flag of Norway.svg Lars Ranger
CB28 Flag of Norway.svg Ruben Gabrielsen (c)Yellow card.svg 90+7'
CB4 Flag of Norway.svg Espen Garnås
LB5 Flag of Norway.svg Frederik Elkær
RM8 Flag of Norway.svg Markus Karlsbakk Yellow card.svg 89'
CM6 Flag of Norway.svg Vebjørn Hoff
LM17 Flag of Norway.svg Eric Kitolano Yellow card.svg 75'
RW15 Flag of The Gambia.svg Salieu Drammeh Sub off.svg 90+6'
CF10 Flag of Norway.svg Thomas Lehne Olsen Sub off.svg 85'
LW20 Flag of Angola.svg Felix Vá Sub off.svg 85'
Substitutions:
GK1 Flag of Norway.svg Stefan Hagerup
DF5 Flag of Norway.svg Sander Moen Foss Sub on.svg 90+6'
MF7 Flag of Sweden.svg Linus Alperud
DF19 Flag of Norway.svg Kristoffer Tønnessen
MF23 Flag of Norway.svg Gjermund Åsen
MF26 Flag of Norway.svg Yaw Paintsil Sub on.svg 85'
MF32 Flag of Norway.svg Harald Woxen
FW33 Flag of Senegal.svg Moctar Diop Sub on.svg 85'
DF64 Flag of Norway.svg Eric Larsson
Head coach:
Flag of Norway.svg Hans Erik Ødegaard Yellow card.svg 90+10'
Sarpsborg 08:
GK1 Flag of Senegal.svg Mamour Ndiaye
RB20 Flag of Norway.svg Peter Reinhardsen Sub off.svg 85'
CB13 Flag of Norway.svg Bjørn Inge Utvik Yellow card.svg 44'
CB2 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Menno Koch Yellow card.svg 77'
LB3 Flag of Iraq.svg Mohanad Jeahze Sub off.svg 85'
CM33 Flag of Norway.svg Andreas Nibe
CM6 Flag of Iraq.svg Aimar Sher Yellow card.svg 56'Sub off.svg 85'
RW28 Flag of Norway.svg Sondre Sørli
AM14 Flag of Norway.svg Jo Inge Berget (c)Sub off.svg 76'
LW6 Flag of Denmark.svg Frederik Carstensen Sub off.svg 67'
CF11 Flag of Norway.svg Daniel Karlsbakk
Substitutions:
GK31 Flag of Norway.svg Håvar Jenssen
MF4 Flag of Norway.svg Anders Trondsen Sub on.svg 85'
DF5 Flag of Norway.svg Magnar Ødegaard Sub on.svg 85'
DF8 Flag of Norway.svg Sander Christiansen
MF10 Flag of Norway.svg Harald Nilsen Tangen Sub on.svg 76'
FW15 Flag of Denmark.svg Michael Opoku
MF21 Flag of Norway.svg Anders Hiim Sub on.svg 85'
MF22 Flag of Norway.svg Victor Halvorsen
MF26 Flag of Nigeria.svg Daniel Job Sub on.svg 67'
Head coach:
Flag of England.svg Martin Foyston

MATCH OFFICIALS

MATCH RULES

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Nine named substitutes.
  • Maximum of five substitutions.

References

  1. ↑ "Elleville scener på Ullevaal – Lillestrøm er cupmestere!" (in Norwegian). TV 2. 6 December 2025. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
  2. ↑ "Hedret avdøde Lukas (15) etter cuptriumf: – Vi gjorde det for Lukas i dag" (in Norwegian). NRK. 6 December 2025. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
  3. ↑ "Bare sju lag fra nivå to har blitt cupmester: – Dette kan bli tidenes overraskelse". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 19 November 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
  4. ↑ "NM Menn - ordinære runder 2025 - Terminliste". Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian). Retrieved 13 September 2025.
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