2007 Norwegian Football Cup final

The 2007 Norwegian Football Cup final took place at Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo on 11 November 2007. The match was contested between heavy favorites Lillestrøm and underdogs Haugesund.

2007 Norwegian Football Cup final
Event2007 Norwegian Football Cup
Date11 November 2007
VenueUllevaal Stadion, Oslo
RefereePer Ivar Staberg
Attendance24,361[1]
2006
2008

With Lillestrøm played in the top tier Tippeligaen and Haugesund in the second tier Adeccoligaen, the Norwegian media dubbed Lillestrøm the biggest favorites to win the cup final since Rosenborg met Fyllingen in 1990.[2] Haugesund surprisingly made it to the cup final, becoming the first team outside Tippeligaen in 10 years to reach the final. However, players from Haugesund admitted to having been lucky with the draw in both the quarterfinals and semifinals, where Haugesund avoided the big clubs.[3]

Route to the final

HaugesundRoundLillestrøm
Djerv 1919A6–1Round 1FlisaA6–3
FløyA1–0 aetRound 2OrklaA5–0
Løv-HamH4–0Round 3BærumH4–0
StartA1–0Round 4AalesundH1–0
NybergsundH6–1QuarterfinalLynA1–0
Odd GrenlandH1–0SemifinalStabækH2–0

Match

Details

Haugesund0–2Lillestrøm
ReportOccean 57', 90'
Attendance: 24,361[1]
Haugesund
Lillestrøm
Haugesund:
GK01 Per Morten Kristiansen
DF20 Bjørn Strøm
DF03 Elias Storm
DF08 Eirik Horneland (c)
DF18 Carlos Castro  86'
MF17 Dag Roar Ørsal
MF15 Rodolfo Rodríguez
MF04 Svein Tore Brandshaug 0  65'
FW22 Sten Ove Eike  65'
FW16 Cam Weaver
FW14 Stian Johnsen
Substitutions:
MF07 Petter Larsen  65'
MF11 Tor Arne Andreassen  65'
MF6 Jonas Johansen  86'
Coach:
Rune Skarsfjord
Lillestrøm:
GK26 Otto Fredrikson
DF02 Anders Rambekk  21'
DF13 Frode Kippe (c)
DF23 Pål Steffen Andresen
DF15 Marius Johnsen  68'
MF07 Espen Søgård
MF25 Khaled Mouelhi
MF14 Simen Brenne
FW11 Magnus Myklebust  58'
FW30 Olivier Occean
FW10 Bjørn Helge Riise
Substitutions:
FW18 Arild Sundgot  58'
DF18 Shane Stefanutto  79' 0  68'
Coach:
Tom Nordlie

References