Norwegian Football Cup | |
Year: | 2011 |
Other Title: | Norgesmesterskapet i fotball for herrer |
Num Teams: | 275 (overall) 128 (main competition) |
Defending Champions: | Strømsgodset |
Champions: | Aalesund (2nd title) |
Runner-Up: | Brann |
Matches: | 127 |
Goals: | 483 |
Top Goal Scorer: | Daniel Chima Chukwu (7 goals)[1] |
Prevseason: | 2010 |
Nextseason: | 2012 |
The 2011 Norwegian Football Cup was the 106th edition of the Norwegian annual knockout football tournament. It began on 6 April 2011 with the matches of the first qualifying round and ended on 6 November 2011 with the final.[2] The winners, Aalesund, earned a place in the second qualifying round[3] of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League.
Below are the dates for each round as given by the official schedule:
Round | Main date | Number of fixtures | width=100 | Clubs |
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6 April 2011 | 98 | 275 → 177 | ||
13 April 2011 | 49 | 177 → 128 | ||
1 May 2011 | 64 | 128 → 64 | ||
11 May 2011 | 32 | 64 → 32 | ||
25 May 2011 | 16 | 32 → 16 | ||
25 June 2011 | 8 | 16 → 8 | ||
13–14 August 2011 | 4 | 8 → 4 | ||
20–22 September 2011 | 2 | 4 → 2 | ||
Final | 6 November 2011 | 1 | 2 → 1 |
The 49 winners from the second qualifying round joined with 79 clubs from the Tippeligaen, First Division and Second Division in this round of the competition.
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|30 April 2011|-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|1 May 2011|-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|2 May 2011|}
The 64 winners from the first round took part in this stage of the competition. These matches took place on 11 and 12 May 2011.
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|11 May 2011|-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|12 May 2011|}
The 32 winners from the second round took part in this stage of the competition. These matches took place on 25 and 26 May 2011.
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|25 May 2011|-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|26 May 2011|}
The 16 winners from the third round took part in this stage of the competition.
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The 8 winners from the fourth round took part in this stage of the competition.
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The draw for the semi-finals took place on 17 August 2011. The semi-finals took place on 21 and 22 September 2011.
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See main article: 2011 Norwegian Football Cup final.
The 2011 Norwegian Football Cup final was played on 6 November 2011 at the Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo. 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.[4]
All fixtures, results and matchinfo have been retrieved from this page[5]