2004 Norwegian Football Cup Explained

Norwegian Football Cup
Year:	2004
Other Title:	Norgesmesterskapet i fotball for herrer
Num Teams:	128 (main competition)
Defending Champions:	Rosenborg
Champions:	Brann (6th title)
Runner-Up:	Lyn
Matches:	127
Goals:	584
Top Goal Scorer:	Robbie Winters (12)
Prevseason:	2003
Nextseason:	2005

The 2004 Norwegian Football Cup was the 99th edition of the Norwegian Football Cup. The tournament was contested by 128 teams, going through 7 rounds before a winner could be declared. The final match was played on 7 November at Ullevaal stadion in Oslo.^[1] Brann won their 6th Norwegian Championship title after defeating Lyn in the final with the score 4–1.

The clubs from Tippeligaen all made it to round 3 (round of 32). However, six Tippeligaen teams - Vålerenga, Odd Grenland, Viking, Fredrikstad, Molde and Sogndal - were knocked out in the third round. The fourth round (round of 16) saw two more top tier clubs - Tromsø and Bodø/Glimt - being knocked out, leaving six Tippeligaen teams and two 1. divisjon teams the quarter-finals.

Brann won the cup, beating Lyn 4–1 in the final match.

Calendar

Below are the dates for each round as given by the official schedule:

Round	Date(s)	Number of fixtures	width=100	Clubs
	5–6 May 2004	64	128 → 64
	26–27 May 2004	32	64 → 32
	9–10 June 2004	16	32 → 16
	23–24 June 2004	8	16 → 8
	14–15 August 2004	4	8 → 4
	22–23 September 2004	2	4 → 2
Final	7 November 2004	1	2 → 1

First round

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|5 May 2004|-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|6 May 2004|}

Second round

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|26 May 2004|-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|27 May 2004|-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|28 May 2004|}

Third round

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|3 June 2004|-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|9 June 2004|-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|10 June 2004|}

Fourth round

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Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Final

See main article: 2004 Norwegian Football Cup final.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Robbie Winters	Brann	12
2	Harald Brattbakk	Rosenborg	11
3	Stig Johansen	Bodø/Glimt	8

Notes and References

Web site: Brann 4–1 Lyn . fotball.no . Norwegian Football Association (NFF) . no. 7 November 2004 . 3 December 2018.