The 1974
Norwegian Football Cup
The Norwegian Football Cup ( no, 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 ...
was the 69th edition of the
Norwegian
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*Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe
* Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway
* Demographics of Norway
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annual knockout
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
tournament. The Cup was won by
Skeid
Skeid is a Norwegian alliance sports club from Nordre Åsen, Oslo. It has sections for association football (one for elite and one for grassroots football), Nordic skiing and bandy.
General history
The club was founded as ''IK Skeid'' on 5 De ...
after beating
Viking
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who from the late 8th to the late 11th centuries raided, pirated, traded and se ...
in the cup final with the score 3–1. This was Skeid's eighth Norwegian Cup title.
First round
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Second round
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Third round
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Fourth round
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Quarter-finals
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Semi-finals
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Final
Skeid's winning squad: Per Egil Nygård, Harald Gjedtjernet,
Jan Birkelund,
Per Chr. Olsen,
Georg Hammer,
Trygve Bornø
Trygve Bornø (born 2 February 1942) is a retired Norwegian international footballer.
Active career
His career began in Harstad IL, but he made his name with Skeid where he played 419 matches between 1964 and 1978.
VG awarded him the Player ...
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Frank Olafsen
Frank Willy Olafsen (born 20 April 1944) is a Norwegian former football player, bandy player and ice hockey player. With his club Skeid he won the Norwegian Football Cup three times, in 1963, 1965 and 1974, and the league in 1966. He played for ...
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Tor Egil Johansen
Tor Egil "Toro" Johansen (born 8 August 1950) is a retired Norwegian footballer.
He was born in Oslo. A midfielder with 52 caps and 7 goals for his country, he was even the national team captain in 14 matches during the 1970s.
Johansen played 32 ...
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Bjørn Skjønsberg, Stein Thunberg and Kai Arild Lund.
References
http://www.rsssf.no
{{1974–75 in European football (UEFA)
Norwegian Football Cup seasons
Norway
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