The 2026–27 Norwegian Football Cup is the 121st season of the Norwegian annual knock-out football tournament, and the second season since the competition was switched to an autumn–spring format. It started on 21 August 2026, and will end on 29 May 2027.
The winners of this tournament will enter the 2027–28 UEFA Europa League (exact starting round TBD).
84 teams are directly qualified to the First Round with the remaining 44 teams going through regional qualifiers in their respective regions. The 84 directly qualified teams are all teams from Eliteserien (16 teams), First Division (16 teams), Second Division (28 teams) and the 5 non-reserve teams relegated from 2025 Second Division. The remaining 19 directly qualified teams are from Third Division who finished the 2025 season the strongest, did not achieve promotion to the Second Division and excluding reserve teams.
Starting from this season and onwards, teams from any tier can compete in the qualifying rounds. All of the qualifying matches are arranged by each District Football Association, with each district association having different amount of quota of teams that can qualify for the First Round. After the final qualifying round have been completed, there will be 44 teams left whom will all enter the First Round together with the 84 directly qualified teams.
Participating clubs The following teams qualified for the competition (tier in brackets):
Eliteserien (1)the 16 clubs of the 2026 season First Division (2)the 16 clubs of the 2026 season Second Division (3)the 28 clubs of the 2026 season Third Division (4)the 5 clubs relegated from Second Division + the top 19 clubs of the 2025 season Aalesund Bodø/Glimt Brann Fredrikstad HamKam KFUM Oslo Kristiansund Lillestrøm Molde Rosenborg Sandefjord Sarpsborg 08 Start Tromsø Vålerenga Viking Åsane Bryne Egersund Haugesund Hødd Kongsvinger Lyn Moss Odd Ranheim Raufoss Sandnes Ulf Sogndal Stabæk Strømmen Strømsgodset Arendal Bjarg Brattvåg Eidsvold Turn Eik Tønsberg Follo Grorud Hønefoss Jerv Junkeren Kjelsås Kvik Halden Levanger Lørenskog Lysekloster Mjøndalen Notodden Pors Rana Sandviken Skeid Sotra Stjørdals-Blink Træff Tromsdalen Trygg/Lade Ullensaker/Kisa Vidar Alta (relegated) Asker (relegated) Fløy (relegated) Strindheim (relegated) Vard Haugesund (relegated) Bærum Djerv 1919 Elverum Fana Førde Frigg Gamle Oslo Gjøvik-Lyn Lillehammer Lokomotiv Oslo Madla Melhus Nordstrand Ørn Horten Os Spjelkavik Vindbjart Volda Representatives of the regional associations44 representatives of 18 regional associations of the NFF, qualified through regional qualifiers that each respective associations arranged. Tier in bracketsAgder Flekkefjord (5) Froland (6) Våg (4) Akershus Aurskog-Finstadbru (5) Eidsvold (5) Buskerud Åssiden (5) Modum (5) Finnmark Bossekop (4) Hordaland Arna-Bjørnar (5) Askøy (4) Frøya (5) Fyllingen (7)Hålogaland Harstad (4) Indre Østland Ridabu (5) Skreia (5) Trysil (5) Nordland Fauske/Sprint (4) Stålkameratene (5) Nordmøre og Romsdal Midsund (5) Oslo Christiania (5) Grei (4) Heming (4) Ready (4)Rogaland Brodd (4) Nord (5) Rosseland (5) Varhaug (4) Sogn og Fjordane Fjøra (5) Florø (5) Sunnmøre Langevåg (5) Rollon (5) Telemark Eidanger (5) Urædd (5)Troms Fløya (4) Ulfstind (4) Trøndelag Nationalkameratene (5) Steinkjer (5) Trønder-Lyn (5) Tynset (5) Vestfold Flint (5) Teie (5) Østfold Drøbak-Frogn (4) Råde (4) Sparta Sarpsborg (5)
Calendar Below are the estimated dates for each round as given by the official schedule: Round Main date Number of fixtures ClubsFirst round 22 August 2026 64 128 → 64Second round 16 September 2026 32 64 → 32Third round 28 October 2026 16 32 → 16Fourth round 7 March 2027 8 16 → 8Quarter-finals 21 April 2027 4 8 → 4Semi-finals 12 May 2027 2 4 → 2Final 29 May 2027 1 2 → 1
First round The pair-ups for the first round were announced on 11 June 2026.
Second round The pair-ups for the second round were announced on 31 August 2026. However, due to the death of King Harald V of Norway, majority of games this round has been postponed by one week and some games further postponed due to participation in European club football.
Some of the teams got to the second round, by beating teams in a higher division. Those winning teams include Asker,Report Bærum,Report Elverum,Report Madla,Report Os,Report Fløya,Report and Flint.[ https://www.fotball.no/fotballdata/kamp/?fiksId=9177288 Report]
Third round The pair-ups for the third round were announced on 17 September 2026.
Fourth round The draw of pair-ups for the fourth round is TBA.
Quarter-finals The draw of pair-ups for the quarter-finals are TBA.
Semi-finals The draw of pair-ups for the semi-finals are TBA.
Final
The final will played on 29 May 2027.
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