The Norwegian Football Cup 1998 was the 93rd Norwegian Football Cup

Norwegian football cup

The Norwegian Football Cup is the main knockout cup competition in Norwegian football. It is run by the Football Association of Norway and has been contested since 1902, making it the oldest football tournament in the country. The tournament is commonly known as Cupen or NM, an acronym formed...

 and was played between Stabæk Fotball and Rosenborg Ballklub at Ullevall stadion on 1 November. 23 251 people attended. Stabæk won the game 3-1 after extra time. The goal scorers for Stabæk were Helgi Sigurdsson, who scored in the 6th and 106th minute, and Thomas Finstad

Thomas Finstad

Thomas Finstad is a Norwegian footballer who currently plays for Bærum SK. -Career:He started his career by Jutul IL and joined 1994 to Bærum SK. It followed short speels for Stabæk and Strømsgodset before rejoining Bærum in 2008. In his comeback-season for Bærum he scored 10 goals...

, who scored in the 98th. The goal scorer for Rosenborg was Sigurd Rushfeldt

Sigurd Rushfeldt

Sigurd Rushfeldt is a current Norwegian football coach for Tromsø IL and retired football player. During his career, he played for IL Norild, Tromsø IL, Birmingham City F.C., Rosenborg BK, Racing de Santander, and FK Austria Wien. He is well known for his strength and for being a prolific goalscorer...

, who scored a penalty in the 65th minute. The referee was Rune Pedersen

Rune Pedersen

Rune Pedersen is a former football referee, representing SK Sprint-Jeløy. He was regarded as the best match official in Norway during the 1990s, and won the Kniksen award for "Referee of the year" 10 times between 1990 and 2000. Only Roy Helge Olsen stood in the way of Pedersen winning the award...

, Sprint/Jeløy.

Stabæk's winning team: Frode Olsen

Frode Olsen

Frode Olsen is a retired football goalkeeper with international caps for Norway.During his career he played for clubs like Viking F.K., Stabæk IF, IK Start and Sevilla FC...

, Inge André Olsen

Inge André Olsen

Inge André Olsen is a retired Norwegian footballer who last played for Stabæk. Olsen came to the club from Start in 1998....

 (Niclas Svensson 116),
John Arvid Skistad, André Flem

André Flem

André Flem is a former Norwegian football player.Flem started his career in the amateur club Clausenengen. He joined Stabæk in 1990, when the club played in the Norwegian Fourth Division. During the early 1990s, when Stabæk was promoted three times successively, Flem was a key player.Flem was...

, Christian Holter

Christian Holter

Christian Holter is a retired Norwegian football defender.He started his youth career in Heggedal IL, and made his senior debut for Asker SK at the age of 16. In 1992 he joined Bærum SK. From 1995 he played for Stabæk Fotball. He played 214 Norwegian Premier League games and 11 First Division...

, Martin Andresen

Martin Andresen

Martin Andresen is a Norwegian football manager.-Club career:Martin Andresen was a regular on many Norwegian national youth teams while playing for Moss, Viking and Stabæk Fotball from 1995-1999. After the 1999 season, Andresen was sold to Premier League club Wimbledon in a deal worth £1,8 million...

, Jesper Jansson

Jesper Jansson

Jesper Jansson is a retired professional footballer from Sweden, who played as a defender and a midfielder during his career. He was a member of the Sweden national football team competing at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain...

, Tommy Svindal Larsen

Tommy Svindal Larsen

Tommy Svindal Larsen is a Norwegian football player, capped 24 times for his nation Norway. He is the current record holder for most games played for the Norwegian youth teams, 99 in total. His current club is Odd Grenland....

 (Andreas Hauger

Andreas Hauger

Andreas Hauger is a retired Norwegian football midfielder.He came through the youth ranks of Stabæk, and played professionally with this club. He got two matches in the Norwegian Premier League in 1998 and 1999. His only honour during this period was the Norwegian Football Cup 1998 victory...

 119), Tommy Stenersen
(Thomas Finstad

Thomas Finstad

Thomas Finstad is a Norwegian footballer who currently plays for Bærum SK. -Career:He started his career by Jutul IL and joined 1994 to Bærum SK. It followed short speels for Stabæk and Strømsgodset before rejoining Bærum in 2008. In his comeback-season for Bærum he scored 10 goals...

 91), Petter Belsvik

Petter Belsvik

Petter Belsvik is a Norwegian football coach and former player. With 159 goals in the Norwegian Premier League he ranks third in the all-time statistics, behind Harald Brattbakk. He has never appeared for the Norwegian national team....

, Helgi Sigurdsson, Richard Ackon and
Axel Kolle

Axel Kolle

Axel Kolle is a retired Norwegian football midfielder.He is a son of footballer Kurt Kolle, and started his youth career in a small club named Cicignon. He then came through SFK Lyn's youth ranks, and in 1987 he trained with Sampdoria. He made his senior debut in the 1991 Norwegian Premier League,...

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Rosenborg's team:Jørn Jamtfall

Jørn Jamtfall

Jørn Jamtfall is a Norwegian football coach and a former goalkeeper. He spent most of his professional career, from 1994 to 2001, at Rosenborg BK, but was loaned out to Sogndal IL in the last half of the 2001 season...

 , Christer Basma

Christer Basma

Christer Basma is a Norwegian football coach and defender. He played 16 consecutive seasons and 350 matches in Norwegian Premier League, for Kongsvinger IL, Stabæk IF and Rosenborg BK. He is the player with the fourth most matches in the Norwegian Premier League, only surpassed by Roar Strand,...

, Bjørn Otto Bragstad

Bjørn Otto Bragstad

Bjørn Otto Bragstad is a former football defender from Norway. He currently works as a teacher.-Club career:Bragstad came through the youth ranks at Rosenborg before making his senior debut in the 1989 season. He scored 26 goals in 194 matches for them. In 2000, he joined English team Derby...

,
Erik Hoftun

Erik Hoftun

Erik Hoftun is a Norwegian former football defender, currently assistant director in Rosenborg BK.-Career:...

, André Bergdølmo

André Bergdølmo

André Bergdølmo is a former Norwegian football defender. He was capable of playing in all defensive positions on the field, and while most often taking up a position on the left side, his favourite was that of right full back....

 , Roar Strand

Roar Strand

Roar Strand is a Norwegian retired football player. He played as a midfielder at the Norwegian club Rosenborg. Strand has 42 caps for the Norwegian national team. He is the player with most matches in the Norwegian Premier League...

 (Fredrik Winsnes

Fredrik Winsnes

Fredrik Guttormsen Lærum Winsnes is a Norwegian professional football midfielder, who plays for Rosenborg BK in the Norwegian Premier League. He has played 19 games for the Norway national football team.-Career:...

 82),
Bent Skammelsrud

Bent Skammelsrud

Bent André Skammelsrud is a Norwegian former football player, most known as an important midfielder for Rosenborg BK. He has eleven consecutive championships in the Norwegian Premier League, and three times he won the Norwegian Football Cup.-Biography:Skammelsrud played 272 matches for Rosenborg...

, Runar Berg

Runar Berg

Runar Berg is a retired Norwegian football midfielder. His last club was Bodø/Glimt, and has previously played for Rosenborg, Tromsø, Lyn and Venezia....

 and Børge Hernes (Tore André Dahlum

Tore André Dahlum

Tore André "Totto" Dahlum is a Norwegian former footballer who played as a striker. During his playing career, he had three spells at Start and two spells at Rosenborg. He also played briefly in Denmark, Greece and Belgium....

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