2021 Norwegian Football Cup final explained

2021 Norwegian Football Cup final
Event:	2021 Norwegian Football Cup
Team1:	Bodø/Glimt
Team1score:	0
Team2:	Molde
Team2score:	1
Date:	1 May 2022
Stadium:	Ullevaal Stadion
City:	Oslo
Referee:	Rohit Saggi
Attendance:	19,657
Previous:	2019
Next:	2022

The 2021 Norwegian Football Cup final was the final match of the 2021 Norwegian Football Cup, the 115th season of the Norwegian Football Cup, the premier Norwegian football cup competition organized by the Norwegian Football Federation (NFF). The match was played on 1 May 2022 at the Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo, and opposed two Eliteserien sides, Bodø/Glimt and Molde.

Molde defeated Bodø/Glimt 1–0 to claim the Norwegian Cup for the fifth time in their history, the first time since 2014. Sivert Mannsverk scored the winning goal, a penalty after 76 minutes.^[1]

Route to the final

See also: 2021 Norwegian Football Cup. Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first.^[2]

Bodø/Glimt	width=10%	Round!	Molde
Rana (D3) A 4 - 1	Nordås 59', 62', 78' (pen.), M. Bjørnmyr 65' (o.g.)	First round		Spjelkavik (D3) A 4 - 1	Grødem 32', Fofana 62', Brynhildsen 64', Tjåland 90+3'
Junkeren (D3) A 3 - 1	Hagen 3', Berg 67', Nordås 72'	Second round	Hødd (D2) A 2 - 1	Grødem 35' (pen.), 90+1' (pen.)
Alta (D2) A 2 - 1	Kvile 45', Sampsted 50'	Third round		Bryne (D1) A 4 - 1	Eikrem 12', Grødem 26', Andersen 63', Bjørnbak 75'
Aalesund (ES) A w/o	align=centre	N/A	Fourth round		Odd (ES) H 3 - 2	Andersen 82', Fofana 116', Haugen 119'
Lillestrøm (ES) H 4 - 1	Espejord 37', Hagen 53', Pellegrino 87', Boniface 90+2'	Quarter-final		Sarpsborg 08 (ES) H 4 - 2	Brynhildsen 21', Eikrem 48', Andersen 80', Linnes 90+2'
Viking (ES) H 2 - 1	Espejord 17', Koomson 38'	Semi-final	Strømsgodset (ES) H 3 - 0	Eikrem 58', 78', Leifsson 88' (o.g.)

Key:

• ES = Eliteserien team
• D1 = 1. divisjon team
• D2 = 2. divisjon team
• D3 = 3. divisjon team

• H = Home
• A = Away
• a.e.t. = After extra time

Match

Details

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Bodø/Glimt: width=25 ! width=25 GK 12 RB 3 Alfons Sampsted CB 18 Brede Moe CB 4 Marius Høibråten LB 5 CM 10 CM 23 CM 14 Ulrik Saltnes (c) RW 9 Ola Solbakken CF 11 LW 7 Substitutions: GK 22 Joshua Smits DF 2 Japhet Sery Larsen FW 8 MF 15 Anders Konradsen MF 17 MF 19 DF 26 Sigurd Kvile FW 27 FW 77 Head coach: Kjetil Knutsen

Molde: width=25 ! width=25 GK 1 Jacob Karlstrøm CB 4 CB 2 Martin Bjørnbak CB 3 Birk Risa RM 21 Martin Linnes CM 8 Sivert Mannsverk CM 25 LM 28 AM 23 CF 7 Magnus Wolff Eikrem (c) CF 11 Substitutions: GK 26 Oliver Petersen MF 14 MF 15 FW 17 DF 19 Eirik Haugan FW 22 MF 24 Johan Johanessen Bakke FW 30 Mathis Bolly DF 31 Mathias Fjørtoft Løvik Head coach: Erling Moe

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MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Geir-Oskar Isaksen (Furuflaten IL) Isaak Elias Skjeseth Bashevkin (IF Ready) Fourth official: Kristoffer Hagenes (TIL Hovding)

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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.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Moldes finalehelt hylles: – Nesten ikke til å tro at han bare er 19 år. NRK. no. 1 May 2022.
2. Web site: NM Menn - ordinære runder 2021 - Terminliste. Norwegian Football Federation. no. 1 May 2022.