# 1959 Norwegian Football Cup

The 1959 Norwegian Football Cup was the 54th season of the Norwegian annual knockout football tournament. The tournament was open for all members of NFF, except those from Northern Norway. Skeid was the defending champions, but was eliminated by the second-tier team Nessegutten in the fourth round.
The final was played at Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo on 25 October 1959, and was contested by Viking, which had won the cup once in 1953, and Sandefjord BK who played their second cup final, having lost the final in 1957. Viking won 2-1 after extra time against Sandefjord in the final, and secured their second title.

## First round

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Asker | 6–0 | Åsen |
| Aurskog | 1–2 | Greåker |
| Bangsund | 0–3 | Nessegutten |
| Baune | 0–4 | Sandviken |
| Biri | 0–3 | Gjøvik-Lyn |
| Bryne | 6–1 | Klepp |
| Dahle | 2–1 | Molde |
| Djerv | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Varegg |
| Drøbak/Frogn | 0–4 | Sarpsborg |
| Egersund | 2–1 | Stavanger |
| Eik | 3–2 | Kongsberg |
| Fana | 0–5 | Brann |
| Fossekallen | 2–4 | Vålerengen |
| Fram (Larvik) | 3–1 | Borg |
| Fredrikstad | 11–1 | Ski |
| Freidig | 3–1 | Falken |
| Gjøvik SK | 1–5 | Raufoss |
| Hafslund | 0–2 | Frigg |
| Hamar | 2–1 | Sagene |
| Hardy | 0–3 | Årstad |
| Hødd | 1–0 | Måløy |
| Jarl | 4–2 | Haugar |
| Jerv | 1–2 | Storm |
| Jevnaker | 4–2 | Tønsberg Turn |
| Kapp | 5–1 | Stavsjø |
| Kjellmyra | 2–7 (a.e.t.) | Strømmen |
| Kragerø | 2–1 | Grane (Arendal) |
| Kvik (Trondheim) | 7–1 | Clausenengen |
| Langevåg | 3–3 (a.e.t.) | Volda |
| Lena | 2–8 | Brumunddal |
| Lillestrøm | 11–2 | Namnå |
| Lyn | 11–0 | Bjørkelangen |
| Mesna | 0–2 | Fremad Lillehammer |
| Mjøndalen | 7–0 | Falk |
| Moss | 7–1 | Drafn |
| Nedenes | 1–0 | Donn |
| Neset | 3–1 | Stjørdals-Blink |
| Nymark | 2–1 | Sogndal |
| Odda | 0–6 | Djerv 1919 |
| Os | 3–1 | Nordnes |
| Pors | 5–0 | Sørfjell |
| Rapid | 3–0 | Østsiden |
| Runar | 2–0 | Drammens BK |
| Sandaker | 2–0 (a.e.t.) | HamKam |
| Selbak | 5–0 | Navestad |
| Skeid | 2–1 | Sand |
| Skiens BK | 0–2 | Odd |
| Skiens-Grane | 2–0 | Ulefoss |
| Snøgg | 3–2 | Urædd |
| Sparta | 1–0 | Lisleby |
| Start | 6–3 | Vigør |
| Steinkjer | 5–4 | Tryggkam |
| Sverre | 1–0 | Ranheim |
| Træff | 2–9 | Kristiansund |
| Tynset | 1–0 | Brage |
| Tønsberg-Kameratene | 0–4 | Larvik Turn |
| Vard | 2–1 | Ulf |
| Verdal | 0–2 | Rosenborg |
| Vestfossen | 2–1 | Spartacus |
| Viking | 5–0 | Nærbø |
| Vindbjart | 2–2 (a.e.t.) | Flekkefjord |
| Ørn | 5–0 | Sprint-Jeløy |
| Aalesund | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | Skarbøvik |
| Åssiden | 0–1 (a.e.t.) | Sandefjord BK |
| Replay |||
| Flekkefjord | 4–0 | Vindbjart |
| Volda | 0–4 | Langevåg |

## Second round

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Asker | 2–1 | Sparta |
| Brann | 2–1 | Nymark |
| Brumunddal | 0–4 | Kapp |
| Djerv 1919 | 1–2 | Bryne |
| Egersund | 0–2 | Jarl |
| Eik | 6–0 | Runar |
| Flekkefjord | 0–1 | Start |
| Fremad Lillehammer | 6–1 | Sverre |
| Frigg | 2–0 | Moss |
| Gjøvik-Lyn | 3–2 | Vestfossen |
| Greåker | 5–1 | Fram (Larvik) |
| Hamar | 1–2 | Lyn |
| Hødd | 4–0 | Langevåg |
| Kristiansund | 3–1 | Dahle |
| Kvik (Trondheim) | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Aalesund |
| Larvik Turn | 5–2 | Skiens-Grane |
| Nessegutten | 4–0 | Tynset |
| Odd | 4–0 | Nedenes |
| Os | 0–1 | Djerv |
| Rapid | 1–2 | Lillestrøm |
| Raufoss | 6–1 | Jevnaker |
| Rosenborg | 2–1 | Neset |
| Sandefjord BK | 4–1 | Kragerø |
| Sandviken | 1–4 | Årstad |
| Sarpsborg | 0–2 | Sandaker |
| Snøgg | 1–2 | Skeid |
| Steinkjer | 3–1 | Freidig |
| Storm | 1–4 | Fredrikstad |
| Strømmen | 2–1 | Mjøndalen |
| Viking | 3–2 | Vard |
| Vålerengen | 0–1 | Selbak |
| Ørn | 4–4 (a.e.t.) | Pors |
| Replay |||
| Pors | 3–2 | Ørn |

## Third round

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 9 August 1959 |||
| Selbak | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | Sandefjord BK |
| Fredrikstad | 1–3 | Nessegutten |
| Sandaker | 3–0 | Årstad |
| Skeid | 7–2 | Steinkjer |
| Lillestrøm | 5–2 | Kvik (Trondheim) |
| Kapp | 3–2 | Lyn |
| Eik | 1–4 | Gjøvik-Lyn |
| Larvik Turn | 5–0 | Fremad Lillehammer |
| Pors | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Strømmen |
| Start | 0–1 | Frigg |
| Bryne | 3–3 (a.e.t.) | Odd |
| Jarl | 2–5 | Brann |
| Djerv | 0–2 | Viking |
| Hødd | 1–3 | Greåker |
| Kristiansund | 0–1 | Asker |
| Rosenborg | 1–0 | Raufoss |
| Replay: 12 August 1959 |||
| Sandefjord BK | 2–1 | Selbak |
| Odd | 5–0 | Bryne |

## Fourth round

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 30 August 1959 |||
| Greåker | 1–0 | Rosenborg |
| Frigg | 3–2 (a.e.t.) | Lillestrøm |
| Asker | 0–3 | Larvik Turn |
| Gjøvik-Lyn | 0–1 | Sandefjord BK |
| Odd | 3–0 | Kapp |
| Viking | 1–0 | Pors |
| Brann | 2–2 (a.e.t.) | Sandaker |
| Nessegutten | 1–0 | Skeid |
| Replay: 2 September 1959 |||
| Sandaker | 0–2 | Brann |

## Quarter-finals

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 20 September 1959 |||
| Viking | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Nessegutten |
| Brann | 0–3 | Greåker |
| Sandefjord BK | 3–1 | Larvik Turn |
| Odd | 2–1 | Frigg |
| Replay: 27 September 1959 |||
| Nessegutten | 0–4 | Viking |

## Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 4 October 1959 |||
| Viking | 4–0 | Odd |
| Greåker | 0–2 | Sandefjord BK |

## Final

Viking: :
* Sverre Andersen
* Otto Hermansen
* Leif Nicolaisen
* Kåre Bjørnsen
* Edgar Falch
* Sigurd Wold
* Rolf Bjørnsen
* Olav Nilsen
* Åsbjørn Skjærpe
* Gustav Hult
* Hans Andersen
Sandefjord BK: :
* Per Einan
* Kjell Østby
* Yngve Karlsen
* Ernst Norli
* Thorbjørn Svenssen
* Carl Thuve
* Rolf Johansen
* Hans Sperre
* Erik Kristiansen
* Arild Havnaas
* Gunnar Guthu