The 2025âÂÂ26 Norwegian Football Cup is the 120th season of the Norwegian annual knock-out football tournament, and the first season since the competition was switched to an autumnâÂÂspring format. It started on 13 August 2025, and the final will be played on 9 May 2026.
The winners will play a qualifying play-off match against Lillestrøm â the winners of 2025 Norwegian Football Cup â for a place in the 2026âÂÂ27 Europa League play-off round. However, this play-off match will be cancelled if Bodø/Glimt end up winning the 2025âÂÂ26 cup; in that case, Lillestrøm will directly enter the 2026âÂÂ27 Europa League play-off round.
As a transitional arrangement, the qualifying rounds and the first two main rounds will be played without the 16 teams from the 2025 Eliteserien. For the third time in the tournament's history, the clubs from the top tier will enter directly into the third round; the first two were in 1998 and 2000, when there were 14 teams in the highest tier.
Below are the dates for each round as given by the official schedule (the clubs from Eliteserien will enter the competition in third round):
The pair-ups for the first round were announced on 30 June 2025.
The pair-ups for the second round were announced on 14 August 2025.
The pair-ups for the third round were announced on 27 August 2025.
The pair-ups for the fourth round were announced on 25 September 2025.
The pair-ups for the quarter-finals were announced on 8 March 2026.
The pair-ups for the semi-finals were announced on 22 March 2026.