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2025 Norwegian Football Cup final
Event2025 Norwegian Football Cup
Lillestrøm Sarpsborg 08
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Date6 December 2025
VenueUllevaal Stadion, Oslo
Man of the MatchMarkus Karlsbakk
RefereeSivert 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). It was played at the Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo, on 6 December 2025, between the First Division side Lillestrøm and the Eliteserien side Sarpsborg 08.

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

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See also: 2025 Norwegian Football Cup

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

Lillestrøm Round Sarpsborg 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'

Key:

Match

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Details

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Lillestrøm3–1Sarpsborg 08
 Report
Attendance: 23,202
Lillestrøm
Sarpsborg 08
Lillestrøm:
GK 12 Norway Mads Hedenstad Christiansen
RB 2 Norway Lars Ranger
CB 28 Norway Ruben Gabrielsen (c) Yellow card 90+7'
CB 4 Norway Espen Garnås
LB 5 Norway Frederik Elkær
RM 8 Norway Markus Karlsbakk Yellow card 89'
CM 6 Norway Vebjørn Hoff
LM 17 Norway Eric Kitolano Yellow card 75'
RW 15 The Gambia Salieu Drammeh downward-facing red arrow 90+6'
CF 10 Norway Thomas Lehne Olsen downward-facing red arrow 85'
LW 20 Angola Felix Vá downward-facing red arrow 85'
Substitutions:
GK 1 Norway Stefan Hagerup
DF 5 Norway Sander Moen Foss upward-facing green arrow 90+6'
MF 7 Sweden Linus Alperud
DF 19 Norway Kristoffer Tønnessen
MF 23 Norway Gjermund Åsen
MF 26 Norway Yaw Paintsil upward-facing green arrow 85'
MF 32 Norway Harald Woxen
FW 33 Senegal Moctar Diop upward-facing green arrow 85'
DF 64 Norway Eric Larsson
Head coach:
Norway Hans Erik Ødegaard Yellow card 90+10'
Sarpsborg 08:
GK 1 Senegal Mamour Ndiaye
RB 20 Norway Peter Reinhardsen downward-facing red arrow 85'
CB 13 Norway Bjørn Inge Utvik Yellow card 44'
CB 2 Netherlands Menno Koch Yellow card 77'
LB 3 Iraq Mohanad Jeahze downward-facing red arrow 85'
CM 33 Norway Andreas Nibe
CM 6 Iraq Aimar Sher Yellow card 56' downward-facing red arrow 85'
RW 28 Norway Sondre Sørli
AM 14 Norway Jo Inge Berget (c) downward-facing red arrow 76'
LW 6 Denmark Frederik Carstensen downward-facing red arrow 67'
CF 11 Norway Daniel Karlsbakk
Substitutions:
GK 31 Norway Håvar Jenssen
MF 4 Norway Anders Trondsen upward-facing green arrow 85'
DF 5 Norway Magnar Ødegaard upward-facing green arrow 85'
DF 8 Norway Sander Christiansen
MF 10 Norway Harald Nilsen Tangen upward-facing green arrow 76'
FW 15 Denmark Michael Opoku
MF 21 Norway Anders Hiim upward-facing green arrow 85'
MF 22 Norway Victor Halvorsen
MF 26 Nigeria Daniel Job upward-facing green arrow 67'
Head coach:
England 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

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  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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