1947 Norwegian Football Cup

1947 Norwegian Football Cup
Norgesmesterskapet i fotball for menn 1947
Tournament details
Country	Norway
Teams	128 (main competition)
Defending champions	Lyn
Final positions
Champions	Skeid (1st title)
Runner-up	Viking
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The 1947 Norwegian Football Cup was the 42nd season of the Norwegian annual knockout football tournament. The tournament was open for all members of NFF, except those from Northern Norway. The final was played at Brann Stadion in Bergen on 19 October 1947, and Skeid secured their first title with a 2–0 win against Viking. Skeid had previously played two cup finals but lost both in 1939 and 1940, while it was Viking's second appearance in the final, having previously lost in 1933. Lyn were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Brann in the fourth round.

First round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Asker	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Fremad Lillehammer
Askim	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Strømmen
B.14	3–0	Drafn
Birkebeineren	9–0	Grue
Borg	2–0	Gjøa
Brann	6–1	Nordnes
Brodd	0–5	Viking
Bækkelaget	1–7	Kongsberg
Djerv	6–2	Falken (Høyanger)
Drøbak-Frogn	4–5	Sandefjord BK
Egersund	0–1	Flekkefjord
Eidsvold IF	0–3	Selbak
Folldal	1–8	Falken (Trondheim)
Fram (Larvik)	2–1	Eiker
Fredrikstad	8–0	Frogner
Gjøvik-Lyn	4–1	Aurskog
Grane (Arendal)	2–4	Larvik Turn
Hamar	5–2	Koppang
Jordal	3–2	Snøgg
Kapp	5–1	Solberg
Kjelsås	3–1	Torp
Kongsvinger	0–1	Moss
Kristiansund	6–0	Åndalsnes
Lena	1–4	Drammens BK
Lillestrøm	3–0	Pors
Lisleby	5–3	Slemmestad
Liull	0–2	Frigg
Lyn	4–2	Greåker
Lyn (Trondheim)	0–2^[a]	Rosenborg
Melhus	0–3	Steinkjer
Mesna	1–8	Skeid
Mjøndalen	2–0	Sundjordet
Molde	1–2	Clausenengen
Mysen	2–1	Nydalen
National	1–0	Brage
Nymark	4–1	Os
Orkanger	1–4	Freidig
Rakkestad	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Kvik (Halden)
Ranheim	0–1	Ørn (Trondheim)
Rapid	2–0	Aasen
Rjukan	2–4	Skiens Grane
Sandaker	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Geithus
Skiens BK	2–1	Strong
Skiold	1–3	Sarpsborg
Skreia	3–2	Raufoss
Sparta (Drammen)	1–2	Jevnaker
Sparta (Sarpsborg)	2–1	Grei
Start	3–1	AIK Lund
Stavanger	2–4	Jarl
Sverre	1–4 (a.e.t.)	Kvik (Trondheim)
Ulefoss	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Storm
Urædd	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Falk
Vard	2–0	Stord
Verdal	5–2	Marienberg
Vigør	1–2	Jerv
Vikersund	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Tønsberg Turn
Volda	1–4	Rollon
Voss	0–1	Minde
Vålerengen	6–1	Bjørkelangen
Wing	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Neset
Ørn (Horten)	4–1	Reidulf
Aalesund	2–0	Ørsta
Ålgård	4–0	Trygg (Stavanger)
Årstad	5–2	Pallas-Høyden
Replay
Fremad Lillehammer	4–2	Asker
Neset	1–2	Wing
Rosenborg	1–2^[a]	Lyn (Trondheim)
Strømmen	2–1	Askim
Tønsberg Turn	4–0	Vikersund

^ ^a ^b Rematch after protest.

Second round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Borg	1–4	Rapid
Brann	2–1	Vard
Clausenengen	3–1	Aalesund
Drammens BK	3–1	Skiens BK
Falken (Trondheim)	1–0	Wing
Flekkefjord	0–2	Ålgård
Freidig	4–0	Verdal
Fremad Lillehammer	2–1	Lyn (Trondheim)
Frigg	2–0	Kapp
Geithus	0–3	Fredrikstad
Gjøvik-Lyn	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Vålerengen
Hamar	0–3	Lyn
Jarl	3–1	Djerv
Jevnaker	2–0	Sparta (Sarpsborg)
Kongsberg	1–0	Urædd
Kvik (Trondheim)	2–0 (a.e.t.)	Ørn (Trondheim)
Larvik Turn	5–1	B.14
Minde	1–7	Årstad
Mjøndalen	3–1	Lillestrøm
Moss	1–2	Rakkestad
Rollon	1–3	Kristiansund
Sandefjord BK	2–0	Kjelsås
Sarpsborg	4–0	Mysen
Selbak	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Fram (Larvik)
Skeid	5–0	Skreia
Skiens Grane	1–4	Jordal
Start	2–3	Jerv
Steinkjer	2–0	National
Strømmen	1–3	Lisleby
Tønsberg Turn	1–0	Birkebeineren
Viking	7–0	Nymark
Ørn (Horten)	4–0	Ulefoss
Replay
Fram (Larvik)	0–3	Selbak

Third round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
17 August 1947
Lisleby	0–4	Ørn (Horten)
Fredrikstad	8–2	Jevnaker
Rapid	1–3	Mjøndalen
Lyn	12–0	Falken (Trondheim)
Jordal	0–5	Sarpsborg
Fremad Lillehamer	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Kvik (Trondheim)
Drammens BK	2–5	Brann
Kongsberg	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Selbak
Tønsberg Turn	1–2	Skeid
Sandefjord BK	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Rakkestad
Larvik Turn	3–0 (a.e.t.)	Jerv
Viking	4–0	Gjøvik-Lyn
Ålgård	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Frigg
Årstad	4–1	Jarl
Kristiansund	2–3	Steinkjer
Freidig	3–1	Clausenengen
Replay: 24 August 1947
Selbak	1–0	Kongsberg
Frigg	2–1	Ålgård

Fourth round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
31 August 1947
Sarpsborg	7–1	Ørn (Horten)
Fredrikstad	2–1	Frigg
Skeid	5–4 (a.e.t.)	Freidig
Selbak	3–2	Sandefjord BK
Mjøndalen	2–1	Larvik Turn
Viking	6–0	Årstad
Brann	4–0	Lyn
Kvik (Trondheim)	4–0	Steinkjer

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
14 September 1947
Sarpsborg	3–2^[a]	Kvik (Trondheim)
Fredrikstad	0–1	Skeid
Brann	0–1	Viking
Mjøndalen	2–0^[b]	Selbak

^ Played at Bislett Stadion in Oslo.
^ Played in Tønsberg.

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
28 September 1947
Mjøndalen	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Viking
Skeid	3–0	Sarpsborg
Replay: 12 October 1947
Viking	3–2	Mjøndalen

Final

19 October 1947

13:00 CET (UTC+1)

Skeid	2–0	Viking
Nordahl 30' Sæthrang 90'	Report

Brann Stadion, Bergen

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Bjarne Halvorsen (Skiold)

Skeid (2-3-5):

Petter Due - Sigurd Smestad, Gustav Rehn - Knut Andersen, John Bøhling, Willy Sundblad - Henry Mathiesen, Brede Borgen, Hans Nordahl, Paul Sætrang, Kjell Anker Hanssen

Viking (2-3-5):

Torgeir Torgersen - Karsten Johannessen, Tonning Skjæveland - Arthur Wilsgård, Thore Thu, Lauritz Abrahamsen - Inge Paulsen, Gunnar Stensland, Ragnar Paulsen, William Danielsen, Georg Monsen

References

"Norwegian cup 1947". RSSSF Norway. Archived from the original on 24 May 2008. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
"Cup final in Bergen, October 19". RSSSF Norway. Archived from the original on 24 May 2008. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
Jorsett, Per; Arne Scheie (December 1999). Cupen 1902-1999. J.M. Stenersens forlag. ISBN 82-7201-275-8.

[LynTrondheimRosenborg-1] Rematch after protest.

[Bislett-2] Played at Bislett Stadion in Oslo.

[Tønsberg-3] Played in Tønsberg.

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