# 2021 Norwegian Football Cup final

The 2021 Norwegian Football Cup final was the final match of the 2021 Norwegian Football Cup, the 115th season of the Norwegian Football Cup, the premier Norwegian football cup competition organized by the Norwegian Football Federation (NFF). The match was played on 1 May 2022 at the Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo, and opposed two Eliteserien sides, Bodø/Glimt and Molde.
Molde defeated Bodø/Glimt 1–0 to claim the Norwegian Cup for the fifth time in their history, the first time since 2014. Sivert Mannsverk scored the winning goal, a penalty after 76 minutes.

## Route to the final

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first.
| Bodø/Glimt | Bodø/Glimt | Round | Molde | Molde |
| Rana (D3) A 4–1 | Nordås 59', 62', 78' (pen.), M. Bjørnmyr 65' (o.g.) | First round | Spjelkavik (D3) A 4–1 | Grødem 32', Fofana 62', Brynhildsen 64', Tjåland 90+3' |
| Junkeren (D3) A 3–1 | Hagen 3', Berg 67', Nordås 72' | Second round | Hødd (D2) A 2–1 | Grødem 35' (pen.), 90+1' (pen.) |
| Alta (D2) A 2–1 | Kvile 45', Sampsted 50' | Third round | Bryne (D1) A 4–1 | Eikrem 12', Grødem 26', Andersen 63', Bjørnbak 75' |
| Aalesund (ES) A w/o | N/A | Fourth round | Odd (ES) H 3–2 (a.e.t.) | Andersen 82', Fofana 116', Haugen 119' |
| Lillestrøm (ES) H 4–1 | Espejord 37', Hagen 53', Pellegrino 87', Boniface 90+2' | Quarter-final | Sarpsborg 08 (ES) H 4–2 | Brynhildsen 21', Eikrem 48', Andersen 80', Linnes 90+2' |
| Viking (ES) H 2–1 | Espejord 17', Koomson 38' | Semi-final | Strømsgodset (ES) H 3–0 | Eikrem 58', 78', Leifsson 88' (o.g.) |
Key:

## Match
### Details

| Bodø/Glimt | Molde |
Bodø/Glimt: :
| GK | 12 | Nikita Haikin | |
| RB | 3 | Alfons Sampsted |
| CB | 18 | Brede Moe |
| CB | 4 | Marius Høibråten |
| LB | 5 | Brice Wembangomo | 83' |
| CM | 10 | Hugo Vetlesen | 83' |
| CM | 23 | Elias Hagen | 46' |
| CM | 14 | Ulrik Saltnes (c) |
| RW | 9 | Ola Solbakken |
| CF | 11 | Runar Espejord | 46' |
| LW | 7 | Amahl Pellegrino | 83' |
| Substitutions: |||
| GK | 22 | Joshua Smits |
| DF | 2 | Japhet Sery Larsen |
| FW | 8 | Victor Boniface | 46' |
| MF | 15 | Anders Konradsen |
| MF | 17 | Gaute Vetti | 46' |
| MF | 19 | Sondre Brunstad Fet | 83' |
| DF | 26 | Sigurd Kvile |
| FW | 27 | Sondre Sørli | 83' |
| FW | 77 | Gilbert Koomson | 83' |
| Head coach: |||
| Kjetil Knutsen ||||
Molde: :
| GK | 1 | Jacob Karlstrøm |
| CB | 4 | Benjamin Hansen | 67' 0 | |
| CB | 2 | Martin Bjørnbak |
| CB | 3 | Birk Risa |
| RM | 21 | Martin Linnes |
| CM | 8 | Sivert Mannsverk |
| CM | 25 | Emil Breivik | 45' | |
| LM | 28 | Kristoffer Haugen | | 80' |
| AM | 23 | Eirik Ulland Andersen | | 34' |
| CF | 7 | Magnus Wolff Eikrem (c) | | 80' |
| CF | 11 | Ola Brynhildsen | | 85' |
| Substitutions: |||
| GK | 26 | Oliver Petersen |
| MF | 14 | Erling Knudtzon | | 80' |
| MF | 15 | Markus Kaasa | | 34' |
| FW | 17 | Rafik Zekhnini | | 85' |
| DF | 19 | Eirik Haugan |
| FW | 22 | Magnus Grødem | | 80' |
| MF | 24 | Johan Johanessen Bakke |
| FW | 30 | Mathis Bolly |
| DF | 31 | Mathias Fjørtoft Løvik |
| Head coach: |||
| Erling Moe ||||
| MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Geir-Oskar Isaksen (Furuflaten IL) Isaak Elias Skjeseth Bashevkin (IF Ready) Fourth official: Kristoffer Hagenes (TIL Hovding) | MATCH RULES 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Nine named substitutes. Maximum of five substitutions. |