The Norwegian Football Cup (Norwegian: Norgesmesterskapet i fotball for herrer) 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 ("The Cup"), NM or NM Cup (NM Cupen), an acronym formed from Norgesmesterskap ("Norwegian Championship"). These terms are used to describe both the men's and women's competitions. The equivalent competition for women's teams is the Norwegian Women's Football Cup.

The Norwegian Football Cup is a national championship, meaning that while the Eliteserien may be the most prestigious competition to win, it is the winners of the Cup who are awarded the title "Norwegian football champions". This differs from, for example, English football, where the winners of the Premier League are the ones who become English champions.

Winners receive the King's trophy. Winners also qualify for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round and a place in the Mesterfinalen, the Norwegian super cup match. The current Norwegian champions and holders of the cup are Molde, who defeated Bodø/Glimt 1–0 in the 2022 final. Odd and Rosenborg are the most successful clubs with 12 titles each.

History

The first cup was played in 1902, and Oscar II presented the King's Cup to the inaugural tournament. This was an invitation tournament organised by Kristiania IF and the Norwegian Football Association, which was later given official status. Five teams joined the competition, and Odd reached the final without playing a match. Grane won the first Norwegian Cup after they defeated Odd 2–0 at Gamle Frogner Stadion, Kristiania. The first tournament who had official status at the time of the events was the 1904 Norwegian Cup and was won by Odd. In the beginning, the cup was open for county champions only. This continued until 1917, when the cup was opened for all clubs of a certain standing. League football began with the 1937–38 season, and Fredrikstad became the first team to win a domestic double by winning both the league and the cup in the same year. Due to the outbreak of World War II, the competition was not played between the 1940 and 1945 editions. The competition was not nationwide until 1963. 1963 was the first year clubs from Northern Norway were allowed to participate, this was due to a poor communication system in the northern parts of Norway and to the belief that the clubs in the three northern counties could not compete on the same level as the southern clubs (Bodø/Glimt – one of the two northern newcomers – did stay in the cup to the fourth round that year). Until 1963, teams from Northern Norway competed in their own Northern Norwegian Championships.

Before the 2004 cup final, NRK awarded the 1986 final between Tromsø and Lillestrøm with the title Tidenes Cupfinale (Best cup final ever), and ex-Rosenborg striker Gøran Sørloth with Tidenes Cuphelt (Best cup hero ever).

The final has been played at Ullevaal Stadion since the 1948 cup final.

NM 컵은 노르웨이에서 개최되는 축구 대회로, 매년 여름에 열립니다. 이 대회는 노르웨이 축구 협회가 주최하며, 전국 각 지역의 프로페셔널 및 아마추어 축구팀들이 참가합니다. NM 컵은 노르웨이 축구계에서 가장 중요한 대회 중 하나로 인정받으며, 많은 관심과 열기를 불러일으킵니다.

NM 컵은 싱글 일련식 토너먼트 형식으로 진행되며, 참가 팀들은 예선전을 통해 상위로 올라가는 방식으로 경쟁합니다. 예선전에서는 각 팀이 한 경기에서 승리해야 다음 라운드로 진출할 수 있습니다. 이후에는 16강, 8강, 4강, 결승전으로 진행되며, 최종 우승팀이 결정됩니다.

NM 컵은 노르웨이 축구 팬들에게 큰 관심을 받으며, 경기장은 매 경기마다 열광적인 분위기로 가득 찹니다. 경기장 주변에는 다양한 축제와 이벤트가 개최되어, 축구 이외의 즐거움도 함께 누릴 수 있습니다. 또한, 이 대회는 노르웨이 축구 선수들에게 뛰어난 경기력을 발휘할 수 있는 기회를 제공하며, 많은 선수들이 미래의 프로 경력을 위해 노력합니다.

NM 컵은 노르웨이 축구의 역사와 전통을 보존하며, 노르웨이 축구계의 발전과 성장에 큰 역할을 하고 있습니다. 이 대회는 노르웨이 축구 팬들에게 뿐만 아니라 국내외 축구 애호가들에게도 매력적인 축제로 인정받고 있으며, 노르웨이 축구의 미래를 밝히는 중요한 행사입니다.