Football match
| Event | 2011 Norwegian Football Cup | ||||||
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| Date | 6 November 2011 | ||||||
| Venue | Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo | ||||||
| Man of the Match | Michael Barrantes | ||||||
| Referee | Svein-Erik Edvartsen | ||||||
| Attendance | 25,032 | ||||||
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The 2011 Norwegian Football Cup final was the 106th final of the Norwegian Football Cup. It was played on 6 November 2011 at Ullevaal Stadion, in Oslo, Norway. In the final Brann meet Aalesund. The winner, Aalesund, earned a place in the second qualifying round of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League. The draw for the final was held on 27 September 2011 by the Norwegian Football Association, which decided that Brann was the home team of the final and got to play in their red home kits. UEFA-president Michel Platini came to Oslo and watched the final.
Background
Up to the 2011 final, Brann had reached the Cup Final fourteen times, winning six of them, while Aalesund had won the only Final they played in 2009. The first league match of the Tippeliga-season, ended 1–1 at Brann Stadion. The second league match will be played after the Final. In the last ten years, Brann and Aalesund had been drawn together in the Norwegian Cup twice, each winning one tie; in the Fifth Round in 2002, Aalesund, who played on the second-tier that year, won the penalty shootout 6-5 after 120 minutes with 0–0 at Brann Stadion; Aalesund went on to reach the semi-final. Their next meeting was 3 years later, in the Fourth Round of the 2005 competition; Brann won the match 3-2 but were eliminated in the quarter-final.
Pre-match
Officials
Hamar-based referee Svein-Erik Edvartsen was named as the referee for the 2011 Cup Final on 10 October 2011. Edvartsen states that this will be his biggest experience as a referee. Edvartsen has no previous assignments as the primary referee at Ullevaal Stadion, but have been a FIFA-elected referee between 2007 and 2008 and have since 2005 refereed 95 Tippeliga-matches.
His assistants for the 2011 final was Odd-Jarle Hansen, representing Fløy, Magnus Lundberg from Ringsaker, with Brevik Fotball's Anders Johansen as the fourth official.
Route to the final
See also: 2011 Norwegian Football Cup| Brann | Round | Aalesund | ||
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| Tertnes (D3) A 3–0 |
Mezquida 18', 56', Austin 22' | First round | Stranda (D3) A 8–0 |
Okoronkwo 29', Sylling Olsen 35', 39', 72', Barrantes 71', 87', Myklebust 90+1', Sellin 90+3' |
| Fana (D3) A 3–2 |
Mjelde 77', Ojo 88', Bentley 90+2' | Second round | Tornado Måløy (D3) A 5–0 |
Okoronkwo 12', Post 20', Fuhre 35', Ulvestad 86', Sellin 90' |
| Åsane (D2) A 1–0 |
Ojo 80' | Third round | Hødd (D1) A 2–1 aet |
Arnefjord 90+5', Barrantes 120' |
| Sogndal (TL) H 2–2 (3–2 p) |
Guastavino 89', Bentley 116' | Fourth round | Sarpsborg 08 (TL) H 3–0 |
Ulvestad 59', Arnefjord 62', Barrantes 84' |
| Viking (TL) A 1–1 (3–1 p) |
Haugen 73' | Quarter-final | Rosenborg (TL) H 3–1 |
Wangberg 26' (o.g.), Barrantes 56', Phillips 75' |
| Fredrikstad (TL) A 2–0 |
Guastavino 71', Ojo 85' | Semi-final | Start (TL) H 5–0 |
Guðmundsson 40' (o.g.) |
- (TL) = Tippeligaen team
- (D1) = 1. divisjon team
- (D2) = 2. divisjon team
- (D3) = 3. divisjon team
Pre-match
Tickets
The two clubs received 13,000 of the 25,500 tickets to the Final. Since Brann have a higher average home attendance then Aalesund, they get 7,032 tickets while Aalesund gets 5,968 tickets. 2,500 tickets were available for all through sale, while the remaining 10,000 tickets went to partners of the Norwegian Football Association.
Match
| Brann | 1–2 | Aalesund |
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Korcsmár  21' |
Report | Barrantes 19', 38' |
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Aalesund
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61'
86'
70'
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MATCH OFFICIALS
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MATCH RULES
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See also
References
- "Hovedterminliste 2011" (in Norwegian). Football Association of Norway. Retrieved 18 February 2011.
- "Brann får spille cupfinalen i røde drakter" (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. Norwegian News Agency. 27 September 2011. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
- "Platini skal se cupfinalene i Norge" (in Norwegian). VG. 27 October 2011. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
- ^ "Edvartsen dømmer cupfinalen" (in Norwegian). VG. 10 October 2011. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
- "Brann får flest cupfinalebiletter" (in Norwegian). VG. 22 September 2011.
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