2009 Norwegian Football Cup final

The 2009 Norwegian Football Cup final was played between Molde FK and Aalesunds FK on 8 November 2009 on Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo, Norway. With both clubs hailing from Møre og Romsdal, the match was dubbed as a local derby between the league silver medalists from Molde and the pride of Ålesund, who ended up as number four from the bottom in the league.

2009 Norwegian Football Cup final

The penalty shootout
Event	2009 Norwegian Football Cup
Molde Aalesund 2 2
Aalesund won 5–4 on penalties
Date	8 November 2009
Venue	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo
Referee	Kristoffer Helgerud
Attendance	25,109

Molde played their fifth cup final, having won in 1994 and 2005, while Aalesund played their first cup final and had the chance to win the club's first trophy ever. Molde's captain Daniel Berg Hestad was a part of both the 1994 and the 2005 winning teams, while Knut Dørum Lillebakk, Øyvind Gjerde and Marcus Andreasson became cup champions in 2005. Both Glenn Roberts and Fredrik Carlsen had the chance to win their second straight cup after winning it with Vålerenga in 2008.

Route to the final

Main article: 2009 Norwegian Football Cup

Molde		Round	Aalesund
Tornado Måløy (D3) A 8–1	Biram Diouf 9', 36', 58', Steen 48', Skjølsvik 80', Ertsås 86', Moström 88', Forren 90'	First round	Brattvåg (D3) A 5–0	Silva 17', 55', Arnefjord 35', 53', Mathisen 90'
Hødd (D2) A 2–0	Biram Diouf 63', 73'	Second round	Kristiansund (D2) A 2–0	Arneng 49', Larsen 68'
Kongsvinger (D1) A 1–0	Ertsås 80'	Third round	Stavanger (D1) H 2–1	Roberts 50', Aarøy 53'
Alta (D1) A 1–0	Skjølsvik 71'	Fourth round	Sogndal (D1) A 1–0	Mathisen 56
Rosenborg (TL) H 5–0	Biram Diouf 10', Berg Hestad 52', Hoseth 57', Paté Diouf 74', Mota 83'	Quarter-final	Stabæk (TL) H 3–1	Parr 35', Jalasto 78', Stephenson 85'
Vålerenga (TL) H 6–3 aet	Hoseth 78', Paté Diouf 84', 95', Thioune 105', 119', Moström 120'	Semi-final	Odd Grenland (TL) H 1–0	Aarøy 60'

• (TL) = Tippeligaen team
• (D1) = 1. divisjon team
• (D2) = 2. divisjon team
• (D3) = 3. divisjon team

Match

Details

8 November 2009

13:15 CET (UTC 1)

Molde	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Aalesund
Biram Diouf 27', 96'	Report	Roberts 54' Aarøy 114'
Penalties
Mota Thioune Forren Steen Paté Diouf	4–5	Stephenson Arneng Herrera Phillips Skiri

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 25,109

Referee: Kristoffer Helgerud (Lier)

Molde

Aalesund

Molde: GK 1 Knut Dørum Lillebakk RB 2 Kristoffer P. Vatshaug CB 14 Christian Steen CB 24 Vegard Forren LB 5 Øyvind Gjerde0  37' RM 6 Daniel Berg Hestad (c)0  40' CM 8 Makhtar Thioune LM 10 Magne Hoseth0  17' 0  90 1' RW 42 Pape Paté Diouf CF 32 Mame Biram Diouf LW 9 Mattias Moström0  62' Substitutions: GK 22 Jan Kjell Larsen DF 3 Marcus Andreasson0  37' MF 4 Thomas Holm0  62' MF 15 Aksel Berget Skjølsvik MF 18 Valter Tomaz Júnior FW 19 José Mota0  90 1' FW 20 Rune Ertsås Head Coach: Kjell Jonevret

Aalesund: GK 13 Anders Lindegaard RB 5 Ville Jalasto CB 2 Amund Skiri CB 4 Jonatan Tollås Nation LB 14 Jonathan Parr RM 18 Khari Stephenson CM 10 Johan Arneng (c)0  45 1' CM 7 Trond Fredriksen0  102' LM 22 Fredrik Carlsen 0  27'  51' CF 9 Glenn Roberts0  60' CF 25 Diego Silva 0  102' Substitutions: GK 1 Sten Grytebust FW 8 Tor Hogne Aarøy  102' MF 11 Pablo Herrera  60' MF 17 Demar Phillips  102' MF 19 Peter Orry Larsen FW 20 Didrik Fløtre MF 21 Alexander Mathisen Head Coach: Kjetil Rekdal

MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Kim André Johnsen (Enebakk Fotball) Harald Strand (Midtbygdens IL) Fourth official: Ken Henry Johnsen (IL Flint)

MATCH RULES 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions.