2006 Norwegian Football Cup Explained

Norwegian Football Cup
Year:2006
Other Title:Norgesmesterskapet i fotball for herrer
Num Teams:128 (main competition)
Defending Champions:Molde
Champions:Fredrikstad (11th title)
Runner-Up:Sandefjord
Matches:127
Goals:558
Top Goal Scorer:Roman Kienast
Steffen Iversen
Tor Henning Hamre
(8 goals each) [1]
Prevseason:2005
Nextseason:2007

The 2006 Norwegian Football Cup was the 101st edition of the Norwegian annual football knock-out tournament. The tournament started on 10 May and was contested by 128 teams, going through 7 rounds before a winner could be declared. The final match was played on 12 November at Ullevaal Stadium, and marked the end of the 2006 Norwegian football season.

Calendar

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

Round Date(s) Number of fixtures width=100 Clubs
10–11 May 2006 64 128 → 64
8 June 2006 32 64 → 32
5 July 2006 16 32 → 16
19–20 July 2006 8 16 → 8
19–20 August 2006 4 8 → 4
20–21 September 2006 2 4 → 2
Final 12 November 2006 1 2 → 1

First round

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|10 May 2006|-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|11 May 2006|}

Second round

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|7 June 2006|-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|8 June 2006|}

Third round

This was the last round in which the Norwegian FA determined match-ups.|colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|5 July 2006|-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|12 July 2006|}

Fourth round

From this round onwards, matches were drawn by lots.----------------------------

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Final

See main article: 2006 Norwegian Football Cup final.

References

All fixtures, results and matchinfo have been retrieved from this page[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Toppscorer - NM - 2006.
  2. Web site: Terminliste Fotball-NM, menn 2006 . . 3 February 2012 . no.