2009 Superfinalen

2009 Superfinalen

Stabæk Vålerenga 3 1
Date	8 March 2009
Venue	Telenor Arena, Bærum
Referee	Terje Hauge (Olsvik)
Attendance	6,362

Stabæk captain Morten Skjønsberg receiving the throphy.

The 2009 Superfinalen was the first edition of Superfinalen, an annual football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Tippeligaen and Norwegian Cup competitions. It was played on 8 March 2009, at Telenor Arena in Bærum, between Stabæk and Vålerenga, winners of the 2008 Tippeligaen and 2008 Norwegian Football Cup respectively. A collaboration between the Football Association of Norway, Norsk Toppfotball, the incumbent league and cup champions, and the broadcaster TV 2, the match was seen as a test of the viability of a Super Cup in Norway.^[1][2] Modeled on the FA Community Shield, the Superfinalen is intended to be a season opener, with the net proceeds of each match going to charity. In 2009, these proceeds were donated to UNICEF.^[1]

The game was a repeat of the 2008 Norwegian Football Cup Final, in which Vålerenga had defeated Stabæk 4–1. This time, however, it was Stabæk who won the match 3–1 after goals by Daniel Nannskog, Daigo Kobayashi and Pálmi Rafn Pálmason. Mohammed Abdellaoue scored for the losing side.^[3]

The game also served as the official opening match of Telenor Arena, which became Stabæk's home ground from 2009 to 2011.

Match details

8 March 2009

19:00 CET

Stabæk	3–1	Vålerenga
Nannskog 19' Kobayashi 38' Pálmason 56'	Report	Abdellaoue 48'

Telenor Arena, Bærum

Attendance: 6,362

Referee: Terje Hauge (Olsvik)

Stabæk

Vålerenga

STABÆK: GK 1 Jon Knudsen RB 9 Christian Keller  65' CB 2 Lars Fredrik Risp  58' CB 15 Morten Skjønsberg (c) LB 3 Jon Inge Høiland RM 10 Daigo Kobayashi CM 17 Pontus Farnerud CM 7 Henning Hauger  71' LM 13 Pálmi Rafn Pálmason CF 11 Daniel Nannskog CF 8 Espen Hoff Substitutes: GK 22 Iven Austbø DF 18 Thomas Rogne  65' DF 20 Inge André Olsen  58' MF 21 Mix Diskerud  71' MF 23 Vegar Eggen Hedenstad FW 27 Torstein Andersen Aase Manager: Jan Jönsson

VÅLERENGA: GK 1 Troy Perkins RB 13 Jarl André Storbæk CB 18 Juan Fuenmayor CB 4 André Muri (c) LB 3 Allan Jepsen DM 23 Kristofer Hæstad DM 8 Martin Andresen  22'  43' RM 19 Dawda Leigh  46' AM 10 Lars Iver Strand  23'  65' LM 11 Morten Berre CF 25 Mohammed Abdellaoue  71' Substitutes: GK 30 Øyvind Bolthof MF 6 Freddy dos Santos  65' MF 24 Stefan Strandberg MF 26 Bojan Zajić MF 28 Harmeet Singh  46' MF 31 Kristian Brix FW 20 Mostafa Abdellaoue  71' Manager: Martin Andresen

MATCH RULES 90 minutes. Penalty shoot-out if scores level after 90 minutes. Seven named substitutes Maximum of three substitutions.

See also

• 2008 Tippeligaen
• 2008 Norwegian Football Cup

References

1. "Se superfinalen søndag". VIF Fotball (in Norwegian). 8 March 2009. Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 6 March 2010.
2. "Superfinalen mellom Aafk og RBK 7. mars". Football Association of Norway (in Norwegian). 3 March 2010. Retrieved 6 March 2010.
3. "Stabæk viste mestertakter". VG (in Norwegian). 3 March 2010. Archived from the original on 17 March 2010. Retrieved 6 March 2010.