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Superfinalen is a former Norwegian
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 association football competition contested between the previous season's champions of the Norwegian Premier League
Norwegian Premier League
Tippeligaen is a Norwegian professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Norwegian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. The league is also unofficially known under its neutral name Eliteserien , although the name has never been official...

 and the Norwegian Football Cup
Norwegian football cup
The Norwegian Football Cup is the main knockout cup competition in Norwegian football. It is run by the Football Association of Norway and has been contested since 1902, making it the oldest football tournament in the country. The tournament is commonly known as Cupen or NM, an acronym formed...

. The super cup
Super Cup
A Super Cup is a competition, usually but not exclusively in football, which often forms the curtain-raiser to a season. Most Super Cups are one-off fixtures between the League Champions and major Cup Winners of the previous season. Sometimes these are two-legged affairs, with a match played at...

 was incorporated as part of a charity-themed television show broadcast on TV2, with the profits from the matches going to UNICEF. The competition was held twice, in 2009
2009 Superfinalen
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 Norwegian...

 and 2010
2010 Superfinalen
The 2010 Superfinalen was the second edition of Superfinalen, an annual football match between the winners of the previous season's Tippeligaen and Norwegian Cup competitions. Modeled on the FA Community Shield, the match is intended to be a season opener, with the net proceeds going to charity...

. The first competition saw Stabæk, reigning league winners, beat Vålerenga 3–1. The following year, league winners Rosenborg beat cup winners Aalesund 3–1. The competition was then deemed commercially unprofitable and abandoned.

History

There have previously been attempts at pre-season friendlies between the reigning league and cup champions. For instance, the 2002 pre-season match between Rosenborg and Viking was played between the reigning league and cup champions, although it had no official status. Superfinalen was the first attempt to make an official tournament. Such a super cup is common between the domestic league and cup winners in many European countries, such as the English Charity Shield. Superfinalen also introduced philanthropy
Philanthropy
Philanthropy etymologically means "the love of humanity"—love in the sense of caring for, nourishing, developing, or enhancing; humanity in the sense of "what it is to be human," or "human potential." In modern practical terms, it is "private initiatives for public good, focusing on quality of...

 into such a match: the game was to be baked into a larger television event which would include concerts and entertainment in an attempt to generate revenue for charity. The matchday profits from the inaugural season were, along with the television fundraising, given to UNICEF, who used the revenue to fund part of a school project in Africa, which had been fronted by Ole Gunnar Solskjær
Ole Gunnar Solskjær
Ole Gunnar Solskjær is the manager of Norwegian first division side Molde. He is better known as a former footballer who spent most of his career playing for Manchester United. Often dubbed "the baby-faced assassin," he played 366 times for the Red Devils and scored 126 goals during a very...

.

The first season was organized as a trial project by the Football Association of Norway
Football Association of Norway
The Football Association of Norway is the governing body of football in Norway. Current FIFA World Champions It was formed in 1902 and organises the men's and women's national teams, as well as the Norwegian Premier League.The team are enjoying their best ever spell thanks to World Player of the...

 (NFF), Norsk Toppfotball
Norsk Toppfotball
Norsk Toppfotball is an interest organization for the 16 Norwegian Premier League and 16 Adeccoligaen clubs in Norway. The organization was previously known as Serieforeningen, but changed its name in 2001. NTF goal is to be a leading factor in the development of Norwegian top football on a club...

 (NTF), the clubs Stabæk and Vålerenga, and broadcaster TV2. The 2009 edition was regarded as a success by NFF and it was decided to continue with a new edition for 2010, which was held between Rosenborg and Aalesund.

Ahead of the 2011 season, NFF and NTF stated that Superfinalen would be discontinued, stating that the championship was interesting neither from a sports nor from a commercial aspect. However, the two would-be qualified teams, league winner Rosenborg and cup winner Strømsgodset, were free to play a pre-season friendly, although it would not be regarded as an official match. Rosenborg has traditionally played its final pre-season game against Viking and stated that they intended to take up that tradition following the abandoning of Superfinalen.

Rules

The date and location of the match was decided through an agreement between the two involved teams in cooperation with NFF and NTF. The assignment of referees was done by NFF. The match was not regulated as part of the NFF's laws, and is played using the regulations regarding a regular Premier League match. If the game was a draw at the end of full time, the game was determined with a penalty shootout without an intermediate extra time. A caution (yellow card) would not be registered for determining disqualification in later matches, and a player sent off (red card) would not be disqualified if normally given one match quarantine. If a player was disqualified for more than one match because of a direct red card, he had to serve the number of matches minus one. Yellow and red cards still qualifed to send off a player for the remaining of the game.

2009

The first edition was contested between Stabæk and Vålerenga at Telenor Arena
Telenor Arena
Telenor Arena, sometimes referred to as Fornebu Arena, is a multi-use indoor arena located at Fornebu in Bærum, outside Oslo, Norway. It serves primarily as a football stadium for Norwegian Premier League side Stabæk Fotball, but is also used as a concert venue...

 in Bærum
Bærum
is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Sandvika. Bærum was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838. A suburb of Oslo, Bærum is located on the west coast of the city....

 on 8 March 2009. It was the first official match to take place at Stabæk's new home ground. Stabæk qualified as winners of the 2008 Norwegian Premier League, where they finished six points ahead of Fredrikstad. Vålerenga qualified as winners of the 2008 Norwegian Football Cup, where they had won the final
2008 Norwegian Football Cup Final
The 2008 Norwegian Football Cup Final took place at Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo on November 9, 2008 at 13.15 CET. The match was contested between the Premiership champions Stabæk and Vålerenga. Vålerenga defeated Stabæk 4-1, and won their 6th Norwegian Cup....

 4–1 against Stabæk. As such, Superfinalen became a replay of the previous year's cup final. Stabæk won the match 3–1 after goals by Daniel Nannskog
Daniel Nannskog
Daniel Paul Gustav Nannskog is a Swedish former football player. He played as a striker, and last played for Stabæk IF in the Norwegian Premier League. Nannskog was known as a hard working, determined player who worked for the team by not only scoring goals but creating them as well. He announced...

, Daigo Kobayashi
Daigo Kobayashi
Daigo Kobayashi is a Japanese football player who last played for Shimizu S-Pulse.-Career:He started up his professional career at Tokyo Verdy where he won the Emperor's Cup in 2004 and the Japanese Super Cup in 2005. In the same year they got relegated from the J-League which marked his end in...

 and Pálmi Rafn Pálmason
Pálmi Rafn Pálmason
Pálmi Rafn Pálmason is an Icelandic footballer who is currently playing forLillestrøm SK in the Norwegian Tippeligaen. Before that he played in Iceland for Völsungur, KA and Valur, where he was a key player in the team that won the league in 2007, Valur's first title in 20 years.He was signed by...

. Mohammed Abdellaoue scored for the losing side. Martin Andresen
Martin Andresen
Martin Andresen is a Norwegian football manager.-Club career:Martin Andresen was a regular on many Norwegian national youth teams while playing for Moss, Viking and Stabæk Fotball from 1995-1999. After the 1999 season, Andresen was sold to Premier League club Wimbledon in a deal worth £1,8 million...

, playing coach for Vålerenga, received two yellow cards.

Match details

2010

The 2010 edition was contested between Rosenborg BK and Aalesund FK at Color Line Stadion in Ålesund
Ålesund
is a town and municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Sunnmøre, and the center of the Ålesund Region. It is a sea port, and is noted for its unique concentration of Art Nouveau architecture....

 on 7 March 2010. Rosenborg qualified as winners of the 2009 Norwegian Premier League, where they finished 13 points ahead of Molde. Aalesund qualified as winners of the 2009 Norwegian Football Cup
2009 Norwegian Football Cup
The Norwegian Football Cup 2009 was the 104th season of the Norwegian annual knockout football tournament. The competition started with two qualifying rounds on 13 April and 22 April, and the final was held on 8 November...

, where they beat Molde in a penalty shootout in the final
2009 Norwegian Football Cup Final
2009 Norwegian Football Cup Final was played between Molde FK and Aalesunds FK on November 8, 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 Aalesund, who...

. Rosenborg won the match 3–1 after leading 2–0 at halftime. Kris Stadsgaard
Kris Stadsgaard
Kris Stadsgaard is a Danish professional football central defender, who currently plays for Málaga CF in La Liga. He has previously played for Danish club FC Nordsjælland, Italian club Reggina Calcio, and Rosenborg BK in Norway, winning two Norwegian Premier League championships with Rosenborg...

 and Rade Prica
Rade Prica
Rade Stanislav Prica is a Swedish footballer currently playing for Rosenborg BK of Norway.Prica is the only player who has won league championships in the three Scandinavian countries - Sweden, Denmark and Norway.- Club career :...

 scored the goals in the first half, and Trond Olsen
Trond Olsen
Trond Olsen is a Norwegian footballer playing for Viking in the Norwegian Premier League. He is known for his speed and his hard shots.-Career:...

 increased Rosenborg's lead to 3–0 before Aalesund pulled one back, courtesy of Peter Orry Larsen
Peter Orry Larsen
Peter Orry Larsen is a Norwegian footballer currently playing for Aalesund-External links:* at AaFK.no...

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