The 2004 Norwegian Football Cup was the 99th edition of the Norwegian Football Cup. The tournament was contested by 128 teams, going through 7 rounds before a winner could be declared. The final match was played on 7 November at Ullevaal stadion in Oslo. Brann won their 6th Norwegian Championship title after defeating Lyn in the final with the score 4–1.
The clubs from Tippeligaen all made it to round 3 (round of 32). However, six Tippeligaen teams - Vålerenga, Odd Grenland, Viking, Fredrikstad, Molde and Sogndal - were knocked out in the third round. The fourth round (round of 16) saw two more top-tier clubs - Tromsø and Bodø/Glimt - being knocked out, leaving six Tippeligaen teams and two 1. divisjon teams the quarter-finals.
Brann won the cup, beating Lyn 4–1 in the final match.
Calendar Below are the dates for each round as given by the official schedule:
Round Date(s) Number of fixtures ClubsFirst Round 5–6 May 2004 64 128 → 64Second Round 26–27 May 2004 32 64 → 32Third Round 9–10 June 2004 16 32 → 16Fourth Round 23–24 June 2004 8 16 → 8Quarter-finals 14–15 August 2004 4 8 → 4Semi-finals 22–23 September 2004 2 4 → 2Final 7 November 2004 1 2 → 1
First round
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|5 May 2004
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|6 May 2004
Second round
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|26 May 2004
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|27 May 2004
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|28 May 2004
Third round
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|3 June 2004
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|9 June 2004
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|10 June 2004
Fourth round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Top goalscorers RankScorerClubGoals1 Robbie WintersBrann122 Harald BrattbakkRosenborg113 Stig JohansenBodø/Glimt8
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